Violet Barn is good, but plants are probably smaller than you want. They have many varieties though and some of the ones I've ordered come with a flower bud although they are still young.

David Thompson sells strong young streps on ebay. His nik is plant_maniac.
And I love his hybrids.

Violet Barn usually sends smaller plants - but - it is a place to get newest varieties from a hybridizer - and I love Rob's hybrids too - they are different.

IMHO - who cares if the plant is small if it is strong enough. They grow fast,they get adjusted to your home environment better if they are young - and how long is the life of this plant - in a year and half - you need to disassemble, divide and repot it anyway - otherwise they just do not bloom that well.

Good Luck - and good strep blooming for you.

Irina

Here is a link that might be useful: these are good

You could try Lyndon Lyon. I've never ordered streps from them, but the episcias I ordered were larger than I expected them to be, and I hear their plants in general tend to be larger than those from Violet Barn.

I always try to get smaller plants - cheaper if you get them from the sales table, less chances for bugs, less damage on a way home. And again - if there is a variety I am dying to get - half of the leaf is great.

I.

I know several people that I would recommend. On eBay David Thompson plant_ maniac, Dennis Miller neil's_Streps. Dennis has his own site neilsstreps.com. Kathystrep, Vmeevmee and Linda Rowe Bloominjungle. Linda has her own forum Bloominjunglegrowingfun@yahoo.com. She also sells off eBay. You can request to be put on her mailing list by contacting her @ Bloominjungle@Frontiernet.net. Also The Violet Barn as Rob's varieties are well known for their abundant blooming capabilities. I have bought from all of these vendors personally with regularity and have always been pleased.

Dave

I forgot to add about Dennis, on his website he has an inventory reduction sale going on for $3/plant. It is his choice but if you are not fussy about what variety you get (mostly Neil's) they are usually good size plants in bud.

Dave

Thanks, Dave and Irina for your help and recommendations. I actually ended up going to Violet Barn and ordering.
I do have one Strep that I recently received from Ebay and will be getting 2 more from Kathystrep.

The one Strep I have now unfortunately was left in the morning sun and when I got home was TOTALLY WILTED. Yikes!
I didn't know what to do, so I watered it, but it doesn't appear to be recovering to quickly !!!!

Have I killed my first Strep !!!!!

Patrick -=

spray your wilted strep. You can apply wet paper napkins to the leaves. Just do not overwater the roots. Barely humid roots - and high humidity for the top will work.

Kathy Spissman's plants are usually on a small side.

Dennis Miller (Neil's..) has some gorgeous fantasy hybrids.

People who do order a lot of plants sometimes rent a maibox at the post office - so they plants are not exposed to the heat in a curbside mailbox. A friend of mine has good relations with his Post office people - and he asks to hold a box for him and not put it out when he knows that it is coming. That's the advantage of living in a small town, you do know everybody.

Irina