skopjecollection said:Online seller? If its abroad its probably giromagi...and dont count on them being too healthy. Also unless you got a phytosanitary certificate dont count on them arriving at all...
skopjecollection said:I ordered 6 plants from giromagi
-graptopetallum bellum
-2 x pachycereus marginatus
-echinocactus texensis
- 2 x orostachys spionosa
-i also got some kind of mammillaria as a gift
The outcome was:
Echinocactus failed to root, died after a while(roots were likely dry)
Orostachys rooted a bit, but then died suddenly
Graptopetalums roots were too dry(didnt root). Survived the longest but died eventually
Mammillaria was rootless and rotted
Only plants that survived long term were the pachycereus marginatus.
They caught scale, and it was very difficult to cure them of it properly. One eventually succumbed. The other is still alive, i gave it away to a botanical garden.
Basically your plants are bare root, and often drought damaged.
cwhitt said:I have left starts from various succulents on my counter for weeks, and they survived, so I expect you have a good chance of saving them. They will probably be very pale though, from lack of light. I would open them right away when you get them - put them in brighter light, but not direct sun. I would not think lack of water will be an issue- more a matter of lack of light.
Potato01 said:
I guess I'll have to wait for myne and see, I'll let you know when I do.
How many days did it take them to arrive to you?
I should've only bought a few to test with then, lol
I got around 30 plants!
skopjecollection said:
My condolences. Best bet is to do that weird water therapy thing on youtube, because i dont know if anything else will work. Some crassulaceae are easy to start from a cutting, but not if they are severely stressed. Some haworthias with offshoots as well. But dont expect to much and be prepared to deal with any pests...
skopjecollection said:
My condolences. Best bet is to do that weird water therapy thing on youtube, because i dont know if anything else will work. Some crassulaceae are easy to start from a cutting, but not if they are severely stressed. Some haworthias with offshoots as well. But dont expect to much and be prepared to deal with any pests...
Time wise it took them about a month , maybe slightly more or less. You can see where i am and how far it is (and not very), so...
Potato01 said:
So on a side note, do you have a good experience with other online sellers of succulents?
skopjecollection said:
I bought seeds mostly. A lot of sellers dont deal with plants because of that phyto certificate. Only one with live plants .
Seeds i bought mostly from koehres and e-bay. Ebay was more successful with germination, though more expensive. Koehres was so-so. I stopped because they changed the regulations...
Its just not worth paying 25-40 euros for a piece of paper more expensive than a handful of half dead plants. I might need to do that with the seeds as well, so its just not cost effective. I basically play a waiting game with imported plants to find any good stuff.
If you can, buy or order locally.
skopjecollection said:Basically, moral of the story is the age old thesis: buy what you can touch and feel with your own eyes and hands. Not only is it cheaper, safer(well, safe-ish, beacuse some succulents are quite toxic or spiny), but also a lot more effective and satisfying.
DaisyI said:Don't count your new plants out just yet. You haven't even seen them. Do you know when they shipped? If they haven't shipped at all, then 20 days in the dark hasn't happened yet.
Have you attempted to contact the seller and ask what gives? Contact them through PayPal, that way, PayPal has a record of your attempts.
When (if) you get your new plants, pot them up in barely damp soil and put them someplace bright but not sunny. If they arrive in really bad shape (or don't arrive at all), that's why you used PayPal.
skopjecollection said:They did here. Yes, you cant find some stuff wholesale, or its just rare(pachycereus marginatus and e.texensis). G.bellum and orostachys are simply not present in dutch wholesale(where more than likely most of your plants come from). But, sometimes you can get lucky like I did:
You can find gems even in wholesale. All you gotta do is make them dance. Considering your climate it shouldnt be so hard...
But yes, you need to familiarize yourself and look for what you want.
As they say in my country: It just doesnt simply fall from sky.