Comments regarding Marcelle's Crinums

I ordered from Marcelle's because she has a wonderful website (great for identification, etc) and a good selection. There was one crinum I was especially interested in that was not on her regular sale page, and she sold me a bulb.

The crinums I received from Marcelle's were very small bulbs (small onion sized, smaller than a lemon) and the shipping was, in my opinion, quite high. I asked about combining shipping for the three bulbs I ordered and also asked about going to her nursery to pick them up. I was refused on both counts. The bulbs arrived together, wrapped individually in newspaper, in a USPS box about 13x11x2 or so. The shipping and handling charge was $22 for the three bulbs.

To say I am disappointed would understate the case. Unless these bulbs grow a whole lot faster than I think they will, it will be several years before I get much bloom.

Admittedly, the size of the bulbs was never mentioned, so it was my fault for expecting the bulbs to be as large as I have purchased or been given from friends.