I agree it would be nice if OakHill Gardens would take up much of the Hoosiers species and unusual hybrids collection. I would imagine they are going to try to sell off much of their collection at retail prices, but it would be nice to see their unique breeding stock go to another grower, who will continue their work.
I will miss Hoosiers, as they did a lot of species seed germination that very few other growers have taken on. Loosing a grower that did a lot for good work to expand the variety of species available to collectors and other growers is sad. I hope more growers look at the success they had, as well as the success of OakHill Gardens, J&L, and others have had expanding the number and variety of species available in the commercial market. Tom Hillson On Aug 1, 2008, at 6:51 AM, Gareth Wills wrote: > Charles M. Ufford wrote "... Oak Hill has grown species and often > has very > small plants, but the price reflected the size. A note that Oak Hill > also > has much larger plants also available, and they often flower very > quickly > for me. I ended up buying more from Oak Hill than Hoosiers because > of this, > and others may have done so as well. I hope true species lovers can > take > over Hoosiers collections of very interesting species and keep them > alive." > > I agree. And it would be to Oakhill's advantage to take over Hoosier's > stock. If you compare the 2 or them, while there are some overlaps > there are > some glaring differences. Oakhill has few Pleurothallids while > Hoosier has > an abundance. Oakhill could easily absorb Hoosiers without > duplicating too > much. I know there are a lot of people who "specialize" in > Pleurothallids > but I don't know the market. It could be something Oakhill has > avoided for > good reason. Many Pleurothallids are quite small but their prices > are not. I > know success or failure can depend on a number of things or just 1 > or 2. I > don't know J&L's recipe for success (or whether they're clinging to a > thread) but price doesn't seem to be it. They do mix in a lot of other > miniatures besides Pleurothallids. So does Oakhill. Hmm... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > [email protected] > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com Tom /-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tom Hillson Orchid Grower Specializing In | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paphs, Pleurothallids, & Epi's | http://www.orchids.iastate.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |"There is always room for one more Orchid!!" _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
