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Jul 16, 2015 11:54 AM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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I really think you'll be taking a big risk, Alex. Why do you want this plant so badly?

These orchids cost a lot, don't transplant easily, only bloom for a week (if you're lucky) once a year and don't even have a lot of good looking foliage to show for the rest of the season. If you're ordering online they'll have to be shipped so that will increase the risk that they won't survive.

Please listen, and spend your money on something more dependable that will also be more worth the money. Hostas are beautiful, hardy perennials for shade that bloom for a long time, come back faithfully, and increase so you can divide and spread them around. You could probably buy 3 or 4 nice big plants for the cost of one cypripedium.
Elaine

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill

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