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My Order:
4x Sarracenia Rubra ssp. Rubra
2x Sarracenia Flava var. Flava + 1 Bonus
3x Sarracenia Minor - Orange CO, Florida
3x Sarracenia "Scarlett Belle"

Shipping:
The plants were shipped the following Monday after I won the auctions (2/10) and arrived two days later (2/12). The packaging itself was very complex. They were received in a long mailing tube to accommodate the leaves and the root balls were wrapped in a layer or sphagnum moss, which was wrapped in a layer of plastic wrap, which was in turn wrapped in a layer of clear tape. It took well over half an hour to unpack all the plants but everything came in good condition.

IMAG0310 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

IMAG0311 by Random_Dude., on Flickr
Plants:
The plants were received with last year's old pitchers still attached, most of them brown. Although not the prettiest to look at this definitely gives you a scale of how large these plants had grown in the previous growing season. Their rhizomes were quite large and many of them had multiple crowns/divisions.
Rubras-

IMAG0312 by Random_Dude., on Flickr


IMAG0313 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

Flavas-

IMAG0314 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

Minors-

IMAG0315 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

"Scarlet Belles"-

IMAG0316 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

Size Comparison-

IMAG0317 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

Rhizome Sizes w/ Water Bottle for Scale-

IMAG0318 by Random_Dude., on Flickr


IMAG0320 by Random_Dude., on Flickr


IMAG0321 by Random_Dude., on Flickr


IMAG0322 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

IMAG0323 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

After Pruning-

IMAG0324 by Random_Dude., on Flickr

Soaking in Water Before Potting-

IMAG0328 by Random_Dude., on Flickr
Service:
Adam was very quick to answer any questions I had (combining shipping, etc.) and was very generous. I initially won the 4 rubras and 3 minors on Friday and the next day he had listed the Flavas and Scarlet Belles. I expressed an interest in the Flavas and contacted him to see if he would ship them with my other auctions, he quickly responded with a yes but I could not request a new invoice with only 1 item in my cart so I also purchased the Scarlett Belles. Due to this, he also offered to give me an extra of any plant I won from him, hence the extra Flava var Flava.

All in all I am very satisfied with my purchase (Spent roughly $74 total) and would definitely recommend this seller.
Thanks, Adam

-Eric

Nice looking plants ! Good luck with them. Looks like you got a good deal. Some people do not like ebay because the price is sometimes high. In my case I have seen that on ebay if you shop right you can get larger plants and well the plants are larger and older so one would expect to pay a little more. In the end you can get plants that are a year or two older than you might find on many on line sites.I did look at ebay today they do have some 3 to 6 year old Sarrecenias for $10 bucks each. good deal in my book. Post some mid summer pics ! It be nice to see these plants at that time.Again Good luck

Should give him extra props for including some pitchers so you could confirm the species. I have had 2 times where I didn't get the plant I was supposed to get on ebay and didn't know until like 2 months later but luckily the sellers corrected the problem.

Just placed another order for 2 S. Purpurea Venosa.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251457561780?ss ... 1439.l2649

Will update when they arrive.

Received today but there was only one plant in the box. A couple of days before, however, Adam sent me a message on Facebook that he might have only put one in the box and offered to make it up to me. He told me that if I made another order in the future he would include the 2nd Purpurea and would also give me a bonus plant of my choice. Long story short, I have now ordered the following:
Sarracenia Leucophylla 'Burgundy' +1 Bonus Sarracenia Leucophylla Washington CO. AL The Leuco's were 4 each because he felt bad about goofing up the Purpurea order, so in total I spent 14.65. Will update again when they arrive.

nice I just received my order from hornplants today it was Four adult Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra no tag. I didn't take pictures before I potted them, green pot has 2 rubra