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WANTED/ORCHIDS 2015s

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Morphedout

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Im looking to acquire some orchid corns ive been searching high and low and ive only found 1 breeder that has them however im choosing to see if anyone else has them.
Please contact me if you can help me in my search.
Thanks
 
VMS has both males and females available.
So price is the issue? What are you looking to spend for an Orchid?

Terri
 
200 to 250 is rather steep imo im looking for them cheaper from 100 to 175 possibly as the ones on vms herp are the ones i looked at however the one i want is a female and for some odd reason their priced higher
 
100 for an orchid girl? :laugh: Good luck. I did once see a yearling for 175, but it got snapped up right away. Considering the relative commonness of lavender and sunkissed morphs, you'd think they'd be easier to find. They usually seem to sell reasonably quick, so I guess high demand keeps the prices higher. I don't really get why females are more either...the males are prettier anyway.
 
Girls are frequently higher priced than boys because you only need one male for a LOT of females.
I produce Orchids every year. The problem is the Lavender gene and it's tendency to produce kinked animals. Therefore there are relatively few animals that are perfect and available for sale.
The simple economic principle of supply being less than demand regulates price. I sold all my non-keeper Orchids (all females for some odd twist of fate) this season for $300ea. before they even hatched and I have several folks who didn't get one because not enough were produced or they wanted males. So they wait on next season's possible clutches.
Males are much nicer than females in the Lavender morphs. Maybe you could try for a SK female Het for Lavender or vs versa. That would bring your cost down some.
Good luck,
Terri

BTW - You can always offer less for an animal and see what happens.
 
I should have some orchids (het redcoat) in the spring. As Terri says, they are prone to kinks. I'll be incubating those eggs at the low end of the safe temperature range, in hopes that it will have a positive effect on kinks.
 
I incubate at 78F and still get the occasional kink. Of course it is ALWAYS the most stunning animal in the clutch too! The Lavender gene and I have a Love/Hate relationship. lol

Terri
 
We should also have more next year. this season we sold out within a few days. Luckily none of the lavenders we had this year had kinks (a miracle compared to last year) but they hatched on day 85-90.
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Be patient and wait for one of these members (from the pictures I've seen of Terri's offspring you can't go wrong!), or talk to Stephan Roylance (already mentioned). He has a mega hatchling thread floating around here somewhere. You will NOT be disappointed if you go with Steve (or anyone else who's already commented for that matter).

Look on the bright side.. if you have to wait a little longer than expected it will give you time to save.
 
If I hadn't already bought an orchid this year I'd be holding out for one of ACMEcorns' red factors. At this rate I'll just produce my own...in a decade or so. XD
 
Dragonling said:
100 for an orchid girl? :laugh: Good luck
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A quick search brought up this. DCR might not have them at this time but at some point were selling hatchlings at a low price point.

"Orchid corn snakes are the dual combination of the sunkissed gene with the lavender gene. They tend to be a lighter colored purple snake with some orange hues. Very attractive animals.

$100-150 ea. Request more information


Not Available"

:cheers:
 
i most likly will go with vms as ive got from them in the past i was just looking to see if others had any at fair price as ive seen many private breeders offer high end animals at fair prices then the going market price
I dont really have intentions to breed i just like how they look and wanted 1 in my collection so and from what was said with males being more colorfull i will look into that further and go from here.
Thanks to all for the helpfull info
 
Dragonling said:
I'm betting the $150 was for females. ;)
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HMmmmm??? I might take that bet ;)

As you said " I don't really get why females are more either...the males are prettier anyway." So as breeders females are more valuable BUT in the pet trade males are more in demand for their beauty :D
 
Is that redcoat or red factor in those orchids? What did you use to introduce it? Amazing.
 
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