Due to customs wouldn't take longer to ship?

Probably a little. I have never ordered from them before but Fraser's stuff arrived within 4 to 5 days. It is not exactly like ordering from Andy but a far cry form getting something from China or Australia.

Nick

The plants arrived. They spend 5 days in the mail and the parcel was not opened by the officials at the border. The Canadian part did not in any way interfere with the order. The plants, however, are small and for seedlings that size, I don't think I got a bargain. They did send me a bonus plant but Hillary will be shivering in the snows of Iowa before these guys will bloom.

I don't think I'll order from them again because of the small size of the plants, not because they are a foreign vendor.

Nick

It's so incredibly frustrating that this doesn't work the other way! Canada won't let anything in without CITES / import permits, even from the US. It's quite idiotic when the majority of US stock now originates from sterile flasks and green houses.

Nick, Did you ever try to order orchids from "Paramount Orchid"? They used to be in Calgary but moved to BC. I saw them last June at orchid show in Calgary, they have an amount of variety or orchids. (in my sight.). I am thinking about order some from them too but not yet. I am finally converting my deck into a little 4 seasons conservatory (so I called). It probably will be finish by mid Sept. then I'll see what I can do...

http://www.paramountorchids.com/about.html

Tanie

Nice to see you back on the forum Calvin. Hope life is going your way.

Brooke

Brooke - thank you for the welcome! it's a pleasure to come back and see so many familiar faces still active.

SASKATOON? What? Was Toronto to warm for you :>)

Hopefully you can find some orchids and LIGHTS that will keep the hobby interesting for you.

Brooke

Saskatoon should work great for the Cloud Forrest plants. -60F for 6 weeks straight in January should be cool enough for them.

Welcome back, Nick

Decided to move on to greener (aka frozen/desolate) pastures!

Nick - I'm finding the cool prairie evenings and the warm-hot days have been delightful for the orchids. We'll see what happens this winter, but at least I'm living alone now, so I can turn a room into a blast freezer if I really wanted to!

Brooke - at least I have windows now!

Nick, thanks for the post. I've looked through the Cloud's Orchids catalog several times in the past year but have been hesitant to order. I was afraid of the issues with CITES and all. Good to know that ordering from them is that fast and easy and not like, say, ordering a (non-orchid) plant from Thailand where its a hit or miss (mostly misses even with an import permit).

The plants were healthy and robust, just a little small.

Nick