HAMLYN ORCHIDS
LIMITED
31 KINGS HOUSE AVENUE, KINGSTON 6, JAMAICA, W.I.
Hamlyn Orchids a small, family owned business, located in Kingston, Jamaica. It is owned and operated by Claude and Elizabeth (Betty) Hamilton, and was founded in 1983. Betty is a Travel Consultant. Claude has been growing orchids for over forty years and is a former President and Life Member of the Jamaica Orchid Society and the Jamaica Horticultural Society. An Accredited Judge of the American Orchid Society, he is affiliated with the Florida Caribbean Judging Center in Miami. He is well known as a hybridizer (breeder) of orchids and lectures on orchids, orchid culture and orchid judging. Perhaps best known as a breeder of Broughtonias, Schomburgkias and their hybrids, his hybrids have won many awards at orchid shows in several countries including over eighty awards from the American Orchid Society.
Most of our orchids from seed, in our own facilities in Kingston. Perhaps best known for producing high quality Broughtonia species and hybrids, more recently we have been producing Schomburgkia, and Brassavola species and hybrids. Additionally, we grow many warm growing species involving several genera. We have plants from flask to blooming size.
We ship worldwide by Federal Express. Prices quoted are FOB our nursery. Plants can be shipped by Fed Ex for U.S. customers are cleared through USDA Plant Quarantine, in Miami, and delivered usually within 24 - 48 hours. Prior to placing an order U.S. customers will need to obtain a USDA Import Permit. Application forms can be downloaded at www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/ Large orders are best shipped Air Freight. For export sales all plants are shipped bare root or mounted on Tree fern root or coconut husk (U.S.D.A. A.P.H.I.S. requirement for U.S. shipments). WE cannot ship 'in pot' to the U.S.A.
Importing countries usually require that the importer first obtain an import permit and that each shipment of plants be accompanied by a C.I.T.E.S. Certificate (indicating that the plants are either artificially produced or are not endangered in the wild) and a Phyto-sanitary Certificate, indicating that the plants were inspected and found to be free of pests and diseases.
We do not have a printed catalogue or price list other than our listing on this site.
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