Good morning everyone,

Long time no see- and I hope everybody is doing well. Business is good here, but with so much turmoil amid our growth, I have been so swamped that I have boarded my entire assortment of Paph seedlings until next summer by which time I hope to be growing in a greenhouse and not in the dining room where I spend half the day watering by hand.

However, I have held back one very nice compot of Phrag. Fox Valley Fireball with 5 seedlings plus one larger single seedling. Busy as I have been lately, many plants got neglected- but these have done fine just sitting in RO water and growing nicely.

Full retail for these 6 plants would be over $150.00.

I will start the bidding at $50.00 and bidding will end Friday October 24th at 5:00PM EST. Please post your bids here and high bidder wins.

100% of proceeds to be paid to Peter for the support of SOF, and once he confirms to me payment has been received, I will ship these to the winner anywhere in the continental US via Priority Mail at my expense. As I am a private grower, I do not have the ability to ship plants abroad. The plant shelves are all to be dismantled and given away this coming weekend, so hoping to ship Monday the 27th if possible since after this weekend they would just be sitting on the counter and not in proper lighting conditions. Plus it is starting to get cold (and yes I do have heat packs.)

Thanks for looking and good luck everyone! I stay pretty busy, but will try to check in every couple of days or so in case there are questions. For now, here is a photo I took of the plants just minutes ago,

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/4069/foxvalleyfireballan9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

They all look so well grown and beautiful!

Let's all show our support of this wonderful site!!
Here is a representative picture of what the typical bloom of Fox Valley Fireball looks like.

http://www.slipperorchidforum.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=4&pictureid=15

Are the parents diploid ?

Wow nice phrags! more support for sof!

Beautiful cross and a great cause! I will start the bidding to get the ball rolling...you have $50....do I hear $60 ????

Beautiful cross and a great cause! I will start the bidding to get the ball rolling...you have $50....do I hear $60 ????

Congratulations Ron! Thank you for your winning bid and support for SOF! I will PM you and Peter now to finalize all the arrangements.

And to all- happy growing and I look forward to seeing you again in the spring.

BTW- to the few of you who had been waiting for me to have some older seedlings to sell or trade- I have not forgotten you. You will be the first people I contact when I get back into the game and retrieve the orchids from boarding.

Congratulations Ron! :woohoo::Party:

Thanks for supporting the site, Ron!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

:woohoo: Peter Payment made. Thanks Tom for your generous support of the forum!

Thank you Ron and Tom for the generous support! :thumbsup:

Great support for the site congrats!