I've had mostly good experiences with ordering online, and I've done a lot of it at this point (Not many garden centers in Buffalo with wide selections of orchids.) Sometimes people do bizarre things like cutting off all of a plant's roots; sometimes the plants are much smaller than described. . . but I have about an 85% satisfaction rate, if I think back. It's certainly nice to have the selection you can get online.

And I'm glad to hear another voice in favor of this orchid. It looks like it ought to be a showstopper -- both very unusual and very elegant. I'll let you know how mine comes out in a couple years.