African Violets and Gesneriads: For new gesneriad growers(like me), 1 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
Good going jannich and Nancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is amazing...........don't anyone ever be jealous of my plants.............look what I just got.......I placed the order almost 2 months ago so that most every plant I wanted could be sent..........giving Lyndon Lyons plenty of time to fill my order.

I am going to give you a preview of the size of the box........there was nothing in it to protect the plants..........worst wrapping job ever and they even charged me to wrap plus shipping equaled over 40.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you God they didn't send many that i ordered.............

I am convinced in my heart that these plants were grown well.........you can tell that they were........I just think the box was crushed and there is no doubt in my mind that these plants were not packed on Monday and received today. They had to have been packed last week sometime and left to sit........(there were a couple of cups of peanuts in the bottom and nothing to protect the top when the box got crushed).
A few are Ok........but I am heartsick........not so much about the money (though i won't order from them anymore) but I really wanted the plants I ordered.

Back to the same growers.......that would be Kartuz, Rob'sVioletBarn and Gary's (out of Africa)...........the rest I will buy from shows and trade on DG or grow from leaves and suckers..........
***Lyndon Lyons has a great reputation.......i just can't figure out why they would pack this way and then leave in box so long.......before shipping