Online shopping for orchids
Todays editor introduces the knowledge of orchid plants, online shopping for orchids (beginners' experience), and then takes everyone to learn together.
Nowadays, online shopping is very common, and online shopping for orchids is the most common way for many orchid enthusiasts to obtain orchids. However, faced with a variety of merchants, online shopping for orchids seems so powerless, and one can easily be deceived if not careful. Speaking of being deceived, the blood and tears of orchid enthusiasts cannot be stopped.
There are several situations for online shopping for orchids. One is to buy from orchid enthusiasts or merchants on forums, and the other is to directly search and purchase on a certain shopping platform. It cannot be said which of the two situations is the most reliable, as both will have good merchants and unreliable ones. Therefore, orchid enthusiasts need to be vigilant, not rush, and not be greedy for cheap deals. Here are some experiences summarized, hoping to help orchid enthusiasts.
1. When buying plants, prioritize the region (not all parts of the country produce orchids, so orchid enthusiasts should pay attention). I basically don't look at plants from certain places because the market is too deep, even though there are good sellers, it's too difficult to choose.
2. You can buy plants from famous growers or forum moderators on professional forums. Although the plants are a bit more expensive, they are well guaranteed in terms of variety and easier to grow, not getting worse from generation to generation.
3. If buying from a forum, be sure to check the registration time. The longer the registration time, the more reliable it is relatively speaking, as most scammers have been filtered out over a long period.
4. You can search for the seller's posting records and comments on the seller by others, as well as related posts about the plants sold by the seller over the years.
5. Buy plants by looking at flowers. Plants like 'Da Fu Gui' are too deep in the market and it's easy to buy fake ones.
6. Reputation is one of the reference factors, but it should not be entirely trusted (especially on certain platforms). Selling orchids is not the better the reputation, the better. Too much reputation can make you alert to the origin of the plants and their breeding methods. On the contrary, some with long registration times and low reputation have plants that are worth buying because many of them are not profitable from orchids, but are hobbies, and their plants are mostly genuine.
7. Look at the pictures taken by the seller. Be more vigilant if the pictures are blurry or without root shots.
The above is a detailed introduction to online shopping for orchids (beginners' experience). Have you understood it?