Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Are these alive?, 1 by crestedchik

crestedchik wrote:
I just got these in todays mail,from a greatly anticipated trade

The big one is suppose to be an Orchid Tree

The little one is suppose to be a Pecan tree

The big one is black at the what I assume is the root zone,its mushy ,bent,and looks like what was maybe the tap root ? was cut off,I scraped it on the upper part and there is no green
Looks like its dead to me,but I don't know what they are suppose to look like

the little one is brittle,I scraped it too and there is no green

If they are dormant would there still be green?

and what would you do if you were me?

the trader says I didn't send 2 of the plants I promised her,I promised 14 and she says she only got 12
I sent her large starts of live growing plants
They were good enough for her to be trading them already

If I leave bad feedback,she in turn will leave me bad feed back for supposedly shorting her in plants
3 of the things she sent me are alive,tiny,but living

I'm pretty sure she can't replace the dead stuff she sent me,if it is indeed dead

Should I plant these?
Put them in the GH?
Write it off as a bad trade?
What would YOU say to the trader ?

I need input here......