Unboxing orchids from Wichmann online store

So here it is, my online order at Wichmann is here! so here are the 4 orchids I ordered in order of appearance:
Enyclia vitellina
Beallara Joe's Drum
Beallara Marfitch 'Howard's Dream' AM/AOS
Cattleya Tropical Pointer 'Galaxy'

Only the Encyclia and cattleya are mine :) Enjoy!

[artistenoire]

Oh Danny, normally that newspaper wrapping has been perfect for flower spikes- even really tall ones! I think these are some bad luck you had. I've had a lot of orchids come in perfect shape to me with the newspaper wrapping. 
What lovely orchids you got!! :) That cattleya is awesome!!

[throbbtharnaby]

Bummer about the flowers, but I LOVE that Tropical Pointer. I have the 'Cheetah' clone, grown from seedling and just coming into its first bloom. Fingers crossed as I've been waiting for some time to see this one. Yours is so much bigger than mine. Looks like a really healthy plant. For a Cattleya, this one does not like to stay dry for very long at all. It did so much better this year with waterings every couple of days in a  clay pot/course medium. Good luck with yours, it's beautiful!

[Susana]

I do enjoy your unboxing, Danni!  So funny with your magic screwdriver. I'm sorry to see that the ones you ordered were damaged in one form or other. But, with your special TLC, the new additions to your orchid family will be happy and reward you with beautiful flowers!

[PictureMaria]

I love the Cattleya!!! Absolutely gorgeous! ...but yea I agree Schwerter is awesome in how they package their orchids...one of the best...They really do shine in that department! Great video!

[BaotransBotanicals]

They still look wonderful, but I can totally understand your disappointment with the broken spikes and leaves. That last one is beautiful!

[XxbrokenXravenxX]

Woah. Those last few orchids are HUGE!!

[jackie]

I love David Tenant. All my favorite episodes are starred by him. I just placed an order for a few neofinetia. Can't wait for them to arrive.

[Maria]

What a great purchases, love, love, love all your new orchids ( I know some of them for your friends) but anyways it's great.  Don't be sad about your flowers, they'll bloom again.  Shipping is always tricky, if you'd order from Larry's orchids, they wouldn't even ship orchid with blooms. So you are lucky to get such a beautiful orchid:))))

[Bananof]

Hey Danny, did you have the chance to re-order from Wichmann? It would be nice to have a review of this nursery in you series at some point. Thank you for sharing

[PrincessKatarinah]

Hey Danni, beautiful orchids u got 'urself! Am sure 'ur going to be a good mum to those babies. In the US most vendors use shredded news paper it works great here. I just got 13 orchids from Larry's, 12 out of 13 got to me in good condition. The 13th orchid was in rough shape, it didn't have roots!!! I am trying to rehabilitate it. Anyway I know u will take good care of them and off course they're in good hands. Just keep us updated if you

[johnbenedictorchids]

The 'Galaxy' is a beauty and well worth the price for that size plant. They're all nice-size plants... and it looks like you're going to need to negotiate with neighbors real soon for use of their balony space... :)

[Rosemary]

WOW Danni All the orchids are stunning, and huge, shame about the damage tho, I had an orchid wrapprd in news paper it too was damage and out of its pot, it;s not doing too well, But I'm sure with your care they will do just fine, keep us posted :)

[andreasoilander]

How is your encyclia vitellina doing? How was the media and the roots when you repotted it? I also bought an encyclia vitellina from Wichmann, but though the price was the same, mine was only half the size of yours. When I repotted it, there was very old and compact sphagnum moss in the middle of the pot, and the rest of the media (the bark) had the most awfully strong smell of mold! It was a terrible smell! The roots were ok, but they would certainly soon have died if I hadn't repotted and changed the media. The bulbs are slightly wrinkled, and the new bulb has grown very slowly. I think it will recover, but I'm a little disappointed. This plant was clearly too long in that old media. And it should have costed less, since it was smaller. It is, however, flowersize. It has apparently bloomed from old bulbs. Maybe Wichmann doesn't have a very good quality control when selling orchids. Some Finnish customers had worse problems, at least those who ordered the garden orchids they sell. One customer bought a Dactylorhitza majalis orchid, but the pot came empty (only media, but no orchid!). She also bought 2 Epipactis palustris and 2 Epipactis sabine, and even though they were all the same price, 2 of them were very, very small compared to the others. Another Finnish customer paid for an adult vanda coerulea, but got an young plant instead. I supposed most of the other orders were ok, and hopefully these were the exception, but it seems their quality control is not good enough. I probably won't buy from there again. How was the media from your orchids? Was it moldy and stinky too?

[ViolettSkyy]

Sad that the flowers & buds got damaged. :( But I'm certain you'll get them to grow and bloom again! As for German online shops I can also recommend Currlin, their shipping is cheap (6€ for Germany, 15€ for EU) but efficient (at least that's my experience!) and the orchids are great. They also immediately shipped after I ordered and it arrived the next day.

Hi Danni! Woah there is some spacey wacey timey wimey stuff going on there! 
Soo sorry to see that the orchids got damaged in the transport! I was really annoyed with the shredded paper too! Especially because I have eczema and the dust annoyed my skin so badly! Ughh! But they told me the shredded paper keeps the orchid moist - err well if you say soo... duh! 
The Tropical Pointer "Galaxy" is humongous! And my own will be just a maturing one! Oh noes!  However the Beallara's are massive! Like a bush not an orchid! Which is good, because compared to the supermarket or any random nursery version is like 1/3 of the size!

[rkatika]

It is such a bummer that the flower spike came broken, and the gorgeous floeers also suffered on the last one. You should definitely leave feedback and packaging suggestion for them!

[akosisenen]

I love the last orchid! It is very beautiful and magnificant! :)

[andreasoilander]

I'm happy you finally got your order, and wow, these orchids are BEAUTIFUL!!! The tropical pointer is much bigger than I imagined. When I was thinking of ordering it, I read in a Finnish orchid magazine that her size was around 20 cm. This is clearly much bigger than that!!! How tall is this orchid? It looks like at least 40 cm! But wow, the flowers are absolutely amazing! What a pity they were a little damaged in the transport, but the plant itself seems to be healthy. I was curious to see the encyclia, since I too ordered one from Wichmann. It looks so beautiful and healthy! Let's hope the second sheath will develop, so that your plant will be blooming soon. By the way, I enjoyed a lot these two recent unboxing videos with the magic tricks. :D Now, where could I find a screwdriver like that one. ;)

[NinaVanini]

hello danni,  i hope your orchids will be doing fine. i used to order 4-5 time from wichmann but i dont do it any more because i had a very very bad experience with them. and the prices as you said especially for cattleya orchids are incredibly high, for some about 40 euro. the prices from schwerter are only half of that but i have 50 percent more chances to get a healthy orchid. so my personal choice is schwerter))

[rosannarodarte]

Cute video Dani lol, love both orchids you got :)