How to avoid scams when buying orchids? Uncovering the usual tricks of orchid-selling scammers
In April 2012, at the Zhengzhou orchid show, an orchid enthusiast from Xinchang brought a pot of 28 seedlings with one flower. It was jointly bought by Qiufeng and Rongfeng. When dividing the pot, 8 seedlings were given to Pan Jinyong of Xinchang, and I and Rongfeng each got ten seedlings. In 2013, our garden rebloomed it and named it "Hongchen". It also won a silver award at the 2013 National Orchid Show in Taicang. "Hongchen" has thick leaves,...
Author: Wenwu Orchids
Everyone now knows that when buying orchids, you are buying the person's character, buying the person, but how many people can tell a seller's character immediately online? And how many people, when buying orchids, can see that the seller is a scammer? How many new orchid enthusiasts, after seeing orchid photos online, can tell whether the orchid variety is genuine or fake? Especially when buying slightly more expensive starter seedlings, orchid enthusiasts must look carefully and think carefully. One trick of orchid scammers is to soak them in xx water (salt water, etc.) before selling. By the time the orchid dies, the scammer's guarantee period has already passed! If the guarantee period has not passed, the orchid scammer will say: "It's because you cultivated it poorly. Starter seedlings are hard to grow! I'll compensate you with a plant of another variety. If not, I'll compensate you with a plant of a similar variety, okay?" But what variety is this similar variety? Only heaven knows!! Another trick is that orchid scammers process the growth points on the pseudobulbs before selling. After orchid enthusiasts buy them and grow them for one or two years, they still will not sprout, and in the end the orchid seedlings can only slowly wait to die! If, because the scammer did not process the growth points well, a growth point accidentally sprouts, orchid enthusiasts can only slowly wait another 5 or 6 years. If this orchid accidentally blooms again, by that time the orchid scammer may already have vanished without a trace! If you find the orchid scammer, the orchid scammer will tell you.......