April 13, 2008
- The Price List has been updated, with the addition of several new items and also several items that were
removed due to shortage were also reinstated. This is another major update, consequence of our recent trip to Brazil.
As always, quantities of some items are limited, so in doubt please send us an e-mail or mention substitutes on
orders.
- During this recent trip to Brazil, a couple of
very interesting habitats were visited and photographed, so an update on the Brazilian Orchids page will follow
in due time. See you at the Redlands Festival next month.
February 07, 2008
- The Price List has been updated, with the addition of new items.
- Our new Division List is now ready. If you interested,
just send me an e-mail. Our list of special items for the WOC will only be available
for a couple of weeks maximum as quantities are quite depleted.
- I am finishing to reorganize a couple of presentations
that once were available, "Orchids from Rio de Janeiro" and "Rupicolous Orchids". This will
add to another half dozen or so computer presentations, as I am phasing out slide presentations for the sake of
preservation of them.
February 02, 2008
- The Price List has been updated, with the removal of out of stock items. New update with new items in
the next few days.
- The new multi-CD is ready and shipping. It includes
Catasetum, Cattleya and Laelia, and
for more information, please go to the CDs page.
Here is an excerpt from what is there.
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Box and CD view:
This is the cover view on the box and CD. The CD of course is round, but have essentially the same information.
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Back cover view:
This is the back cover of the box. The picture shows Laelia
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- Due to increased FedEx shipping charges during the last 8 years, which effectively almost doubled in price,
we have to increase a bit our shipping and handling charges for the first time, from US$15.00 to US$20.00. This
will not be enough to cover shipping, especially on small orders, but it is a reasonable compromise. For the same
reason, the minimum order also increased from US$25.00 to US$35.00. Thanks for the understanding.
January 17, 2008
- These are the final news until after the WOC.
As we have a presentation to give on Thursday we are only going to be at the nursery from Monday afternoon to Wednesday
morning and on the weekend.
- The new CDs are on the way, should be here by
Monday. If everything goes right, I will have samples on Wednesday at the Conference.
- Changing subject completely, I am starting something
new. For many years, a lot of people have been asking me when I will start taking people to Brazil to see orchids
in their habitats. I always said that, throughout the years, I took several people on trips to Brazil and would
eventually expand to take more people. I think it is about time to press forward with this, and from now one I
will be starting a mailing list on the subject. Right now I am aiming to have one or two trips this year, both
with small groups. I know exactly where to take people and the time of the year when it will be best, just have
to decide the size of this first two groups. The main objective would be to SEE and PHOTOGRAPH plants in their
habitats, as collecting is forbidden in Brazil. Of course I am planning nursery visits and maybe a show or two
depending on the precise time. So, not many details at this time, but if you want to keep being informed, just
let me know and I will add you to the list.
- And finally, I am preparing several new presentations
this year, will be testing them soon. These will have, as always, lots of habitat pictures so it will be (almost)
as good as being there. This is possible as I am finally shifting completely from slide to computer presentations,
which gives me a lot more flexibility.
January 15, 2008
- Here we have the page of selected plants for the WOC. Quantities are extremely limited as these
are usually our selection for future stud plants. With this, the list will be available for a very short period
of time. There are several other high-quality plants available, but as we can't list them right now people have
to visit the nursery for those. And by the way, we are going to be open on limited periods during the WOC. A new
list of selected divisions will be also available in a few days.
- Something new about our lecture CDs. We have been
working on several improvements on these, including translation to Portuguese language. So far, I decided to have
two different volumes, one including Brazilian Cattleya, Catasetum and Laelia, and
the second one with Amazon, Orchids of Rio de Janeiro and Rupicolous Orchids. These will be bi-lingual (English
and Portuguese) and will have a much nicer autoload (Windows) and navigation. They will also include several wallpapers
(free for personal use). Besides, they are being totally revised. Well, the first one is being stamped right now,
and they will be available next week during the WOC. The second one is still a few months away. Until the second
one is ready, the Amazon CD will only be available as a standalone, and also as an English version exclusively.
These new sets will be available for $45.00, which is much less than the 3 individually, and I am sure people will
enjoy the improvements. So, from now on and for some time, Catasetum,
Cattleya and Laelia will be available individually only as special order.
January 13, 2008
- Happy New Year for everybody. We will have an
update on the website ready by tomorrow. This will include a list of special items for the WOC. These are high-quality
plants available in very limited quantity and never offered by us before, especially a group of coerulea forms.
We won't be having a sales booth at the Conference as we have to speak and also help some of our overseas friends.
However, as we will be in and out of Miami during this time, we are accepting orders for delivery at the time.
See you there.
December 4, 2007
- Just a quick interim update, with the removal
of items currently out of stock. New items will be added soon.
October 28, 2007
- This is a major update and probably the most extensive
addition to our list since we started the site. We included more than 40 new items, especially on selected cattleyas
and rupiculous laelias, but also a bit on all other Brazilian groups. Hope you enjoy.
- Also because of that, we are going to be open
for visitation next Friday and Saturday (November 2nd and 3rd), where everything purchased will have a 10% discount
over our web prices. You also will have a chance of browsing through a lot of stuff not on the website. We were
planning a full sale for early November, but a long trip to Brazil and several other obligations prevented us from
advertising an exact date in advance. With this, our planned seasonal sales will start next year. If you want to
be updated in this respect, just call or send us an e-mail message and you will be added to our e-mail update listing.
Thanks all.
August 8, 2007
- This update is to remove items that are now out
of stock. The Catasetum CD is available in Portuguese now. The others will also
be available in Portuguese language soon.
June 21, 2007
- We prepared our first division list of 2007, available
upon request. It includes several high-quality Laelia
purpurata and Cattleya intermedia among other things.
June 17, 2007
- The Price List has been updated, with the removal of out of stock items and inclusion of several new ones.
May 02, 2007
- The Price List has been updated, with the removal of out of stock items. New update in about three weeks,
with the inclusion of items from next shipment.
March 06, 2007
- The Price List has been updated with quite a lot of new items. Several items previously with no photos
now have them as they started to flower. Items out of stock have been removed.
- I am working on another entry for the Taxonomy section, this time with differences between Laelia pumila, L. praestans and L. dayana
(three of the most common hadrolaelias). I got to the conclusion that there are way too many mis-identifications
in the group. The page should be up soon.
December 10, 2006
- A second page was added to the Taxonomy section. This time, it is about the differences between
Cattleya nobilior and C. walkeriana.
Hope you enjoy, and any questions just let me know.
October 30, 2006
- It has been a long time since we made a fairly
major update to the site, but time has come again. The Price List
has been updated with the inclusion of lots of new items, especially on the selected Cattleya page
(where forms of Cattleya leopoldii were included, among them). There is also the listing of
a few new items of Laelia purpurata (these will be available for only a short period of time
as quantities are very limited). We also started a new page for hybrids as we from time to time offer interesting
primaries and high quality complex. Hope you all enjoy.
- In other news, we are finally going to be able
to open the nursery by appointment. This was something that has to be postponed for the last two years due to the
amount of damage we got from hurricanes Charlie, Frances and Jeanne. We are scheduling to open on Fridays and Saturdays
(always by appointment, just call us at 863-422-9398) starting next week Friday (November 3rd.).
- Finally, I added Sophronitis brevipedunculata
to the Brazilian
Orchids section. Hope you find it
interesting.
October 17, 2006
- After another trip to Brazil, when among other
things we had a chance of photographing several Cattleya species in their natural habitats, the Price List has been updated with removal of plants no longer available
(for the time being). A new update is coming soon, with the inclusion of several new items.
August 13, 2006
- The Price List has been updated, mostly with removal of items temporarily out of stock. We will update
the list again after we get another shipment from Brazil by the end of September.
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- On the other hand, we got a shipment of our book
"Orchids from the Brazilian Amazon". For the ones that don't know the book, it was released
by the time of the 15th WOC in Rio de Janeiro on 1996, and deals with the different habitats of the Brazilian part
of the Amazon. It also gives an overview of the orchids to be found on these different types of forests. It has
192 pages and lots of photographs. The price is the same publisher's price of US$ 100.00, but this price is postpaid
and of course you get a signed copy. And for a limited time, we will include a copy of our "Orchids from the Brazilian Amazon" CD which, although has the same title as the book,
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June 11, 2006
- The Price List has been updated, main items added are species of rupiculous laelias. Update is on the
way for the Brazilian
Orchids page.
April 15, 2006
- The previous weeks have been very busy with the
start of the show season, and talking about it, the Jacksonville and Central Florida Orchid Society and AOS Trustees
Meeting were a huge success. We had a chance to display several high quality species plants, mostly of Cattleya intermedia but not limited to. These included stud plants and several seedlings flowering for the
first time. Here are some samples of these displays and species plants. For more pictures and details, please go
to our new Show
Report Page.
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Central Florida Orchid Society Show, Orlando, April 2006
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