Thanks David...
I see the AOC has that award number for a clone called 'Queensclift'. Must be a typo.

Regards, Mick

I think the var' name given in the AOC pics is definitely a typo, "Queenscliffe" is award number is 3643.

Seedling market prices aside, whoever got that division got a very nice plant for a good price. Nice sized division too.

No sign of the bubble bursting. Check out the price this division of St Swithin 'Summer Storm' went for on eBay today. It is an exceptional clone, but way beyond what I was prepared to pay.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ORCHID-PA...em4d0 051e40d

I actually have a piece of this clone. I flowered it once in 2006, but it went downhill after I flowered it. It is just a really small single growth going nowhere. After what it sold for today, I am going to have to make a big effort to save it. Here is my plant when it flowered.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ummerStorm.jpg

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prices are high right now, but I thought it was a good looking division and fully expected it to go for between $200 and $250. A little higher than I expected, but good luck to the seller.

I dont see anything wrong with single growth divisions provided they are established with a decent root system and this one did look to be exactly that.

Prices on this quality of paph have been the same for a long time, try buying a piece of St Swithin 'Sunnybank' and see what it costs

Maybe I'm the exeption? I've never bought anything on ebay (but I plan to try sellinghttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/evil3.gif) A while back I desperately wanted a venustum alba and I saw one on ebay. It was a seedling maybe 1 year from flask and went for over $90!, so I bowed out. 6 months later I have 2 alba clones. one was $20 and the other was $15. I hope the nuseries don't all end up on ebayhttp://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/mad.gif If they do, maybe we hobby growers should band together and start an inter-grower supply of seed, flasks , seedlings and divisions?

dont get me wrong prices for small seedlings have been very high, but you cant expect to be able to buy an awarded (and in my opinion still very good) st swithin for $100.

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I thought enough of that plant to bid more than $250 but wasn't willing to go higher. I think it sold for about the right price as things stand in the Aust market today. I do wonder how big the market is.

If we look at that auction. There were 490 views of the auction at auction end but only 7 bidders and of them only 4 went above $125 including me. I wonder what the price would be if the vendor listed 3 or 4 divisions of this plant over a few months?

I have seen a vendor listing a species seedling 6 times, the first couple of times it sold for $80-$90 but the same seedling has been going for about $28 recently. Some sellers are getting around this by second chance offers, on one occasion I was the 4 highest bidder and received a second chance offer.

12 months ago every paph was getting bids but more recently some have gone unsold,two in the last week that I have noticed and I only look at what interests me.

Mick

david, I agree the PEOY went fairly cheaply really given it's quality and the size of the plant.

In all honesty large divisions of any paphs are rarely seen available for sale here

It makes you appreciate how much your plants are worth. I'm starting to get a collection of multiple growth multi-florals - some of them nice clones. Going by these prices many of them would be worth $2000 - $3000 each. It also makes it difficult when people ask you for divisions. If you can get $300+ on eBay it is a pretty generous gift. Especially when it costs you that much to buy a division yourself.

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