There is a reliable Japanese vendor who sells on eBay. I have ordered from them with good luck. You can also order some excellent hippeastrums from bulk domestic dealers (Sunshine etc.) and niche breeders ( Mary Mancini ?) on eBay. I haven't ordered from them in a few years so my info might be outdated. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Arnold140 > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 6:47 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] CHAD > > The only one I know is Telos Rare Bulbs in CA. Diane who is the proprietor > appears here on occasion. > > Arnold > New Jersey > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 15, 2017, at 6:11 PM, From HK <hk@icarustrading.com> wrote: > > > > Has anyone order from dhgate? Having done agriculture business in China, > > I am weary of this site. > > > > Please let me know if someone finds a good seller on dhgate. > > > >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> > wrote: > >> > >> I understand that CHAD can be difficult for family harmony. I have a > >> PTSD from having lived with a collector many years ago--not a plant > >> collector, but in the extreme case, the symptoms are probably the > >> same. My situation had a happy ending when I traded him my > >> half-interest in the collection, for the house and full custody of the kids. > >> I have a few hippeastrums in the garden in Mexic/o./ Here in > >> Massachusetts, I am considering getting one to put indoors on the > >> bright, cool windowsill. There was a website offering them, > >> http://dhgate.com/product/… > >> rum-rutilum/381632910.html > >> First of all, it says they are blue, and this seems questionable to me. > >> Are there really blue ones? > >> Secondly, he says he ships them from China. Is it possible to mail > >> bulbs here from China? Or even seeds? > >> If this isn´t a proper hippeastrum source, could you tell me what would be? > >> January seems a bad time for a bulb to be in a Fedex truck in > >> Massachusetts. It´s cold. > >> The reasons I´m not afraid that I´ll get CHAD: > >> I can quit whenever I want to. > >> Other people have more hippeastrums than I do. > >> I´m not hurting other people. > >> I´m not even hurting myself. > >> It´s not illegal. > >> It actually improves my performance. > >> I deserve it. > >> Everybody does it. > >> You do it, too. > >> It´s a disease, not a moral failing. > >> One day at a time. > >> Jane > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/