Ned, I agree with your comments fully with one comment. I believe that the
general orchid buyers today can get orchids in flower from almost any
department store ( the same here ) They don't have to look up Any specific
business to buy one. Its not like the old days when anyone remotely interested
in orchids would have to go to ( say Hoosiers ) to buy an orchid. As I see it,
the same applies here as it does in the USA, the days when orchid growers in
general grew something of everything from the minute botanical to specimen size
cymbids. Many orchid growers today specialise in a few genera only, which
limits sales and those who are still avid collectors are in very limited
numbers. The range of genera available today is much greater than in the past
for sure BUT, in my opinion, are not spectacular enough to be marketable on a
large scale. Cymbidiums, Cattleyas, Phalaenopsis, Paphs and maybe one or two
others are the most marketable plants to the average
person in the street, where the money is.
The problem with this is that imports of Phalys from Taiwan and more than
likely in the near future, Paphs, to operate an orchid nursery and compete will
be near impossible unless it is big enough to produce sufficient quantity at a
price to make imported plants less warranted. What I am saying is that if you
want to succeed, supply the most marketable but still try to provide for the
collector.
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