Wanted: Established hamata or macrophylla

[swampdonkey]

Please PM to discuss trade...

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

Good luck on this quest. Might be a long wait.

 

[Whimgrinder]

It depends what you mean by "established"; if you mean you want larger-than-one-or-two-inch plants, that is indeed going to be a challenge. Most of us have settled for buying plants in the 2" or smaller category and growing them on. That said, it appears that a certain Cali nursery does have hamata (Malesiana clone) available in what looks to be a size larger than 2". Not inexpensive, as you might expect, but its not like you find big plants of this for sale.....ever.

If all you want is a plant that has been in the US for six months or more and is growing well, (size irrelevant) then there are sources. If you want suggestions, PM me.

 

[n bicalcarata]

wistuba has small ones now for sale but i mean small nice but small

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

I'll post what they look like when it gets here. ;-)

 

[Nepenthesis]

The California nursery... Their hamatas are maybe 3" across producing like 1.5" pitchers that you can actually see some nice teeth on. I'd say in a year they would look pretty nice. They have a beautiful speckling which I absolutely love. Not very cheap though. If they were under $200, I would have got one myself. The 1" ones are like $220, the 3" ones are $280... I'd personally pay the 8" extra and get triple and a better survival chance.

 

[Jcal]

That Calif nursery sold me a "medium" plant that measures about 2.5 inches. Read carefully.