Cypress, your photo does not look like Downoi to me. This is what Downoi looks like:
"Downoi" by the way i some sort of wierd made up American spelling of the Tai word "Dou noi" which means "little star".
Aquadise imports all their plants from Asia, and from experience I can tell you the majority of the time they come in extmely small, (I am talking about any time you import)
When you buy plants that are grown in American Florida nurseries, more often than not they are cultivated to be larger and healthier. A nursery in Florida is currently cultivating "Downoi" (Pogostemon helferi) for me. When they release it, the plants will be the size of your fist and look like the picture above.
And here is some more comparison:
your photo of moneywort, take all those stems in the bag and put a lead band around it, and thats what you get for two dollars from any online seller of Florida grown plants
Same thing with the Bacopa and Ammania. Most common stem plants like that are sold by the bunch for 2 dollars or less and each bunch has 5 to 10 stems. Florida grown plants are bigger, better, and mre dependable.
"Downoi" by the way i some sort of wierd made up American spelling of the Tai word "Dou noi" which means "little star".
Aquadise imports all their plants from Asia, and from experience I can tell you the majority of the time they come in extmely small, (I am talking about any time you import)
When you buy plants that are grown in American Florida nurseries, more often than not they are cultivated to be larger and healthier. A nursery in Florida is currently cultivating "Downoi" (Pogostemon helferi) for me. When they release it, the plants will be the size of your fist and look like the picture above.
And here is some more comparison:
your photo of moneywort, take all those stems in the bag and put a lead band around it, and thats what you get for two dollars from any online seller of Florida grown plants
Same thing with the Bacopa and Ammania. Most common stem plants like that are sold by the bunch for 2 dollars or less and each bunch has 5 to 10 stems. Florida grown plants are bigger, better, and mre dependable.
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I'm pretty sure McDonald's strives for better customer satisfaction!! If you only read this thread, the results from him are way bad....seriously, if you compare the good to bad (or ok, i guess) it is horrible. Man, do I wish I would have read this thread before I sent him my $. His policies are so vague, it always benefits him, what other businesses (sorry, I should specify: ethical businesses) are run that way?! Am I the only one who thinks his shipping guarantees are mainly a fail safe for him. I mean if you don't pay extra for shipping he can basically send you anything he wants...including half dead plants, what the :swear: is that. Just from reading various forums (try Google searching Aquadise and see what comes up) it seems as if he rarely actually sends all the correct plants (selling stuff he doesn't have obviously, and not just an occasional thing which would be understandable as things do happen sometimes--but this regularly, that is just misleading and a scam) and even if you pay extra for shipping it still doesn't guarantee good quality and healthy plants. Bottom line is however, you should not have to pay extra to receive living plants...that is completely ridiculous. If there is not at least a 95% chance that the shipping method offered will be sufficient for the item being shipped it should not even be offered as an alternative; and certainly not advertised as a bonus by seller. That is just plain crap. Free shipping is a big sale maker, and you think Aquadise doesn't know this when he misleads people, give me a break. That is like a seller shipping a live coral and offering free ground shipping but no DOA guarantee; it would never happen. Why? Because anyone knows the chance of a live coral making it this way is slim at best; it would never even be made an option. So if the FREE SHIPPING!!! that Aquadise offers, or should I say baits, it's customers with is not a reliable enough form of shipping (which clearly the seller believes according to his own policy) it SHOULD NOT EVEN BE OFFERED!! That being said, I am fairly new to the planted tank scene but have been an avid reef keeper for over 15 years. I have shipped corals in the past and have only ever had 1 coral DOA and that was due to error on the shippers part and was covered by insurance. Needless to say, any coral is way more touchy than any live plant, hands down. So how does this guy manage to get so many dead plants to people; because he sends em that way and uses his "non-guarantee" to cover his ***, come on. The only other plant order I have ever done was shipped ground and was just fine, oh yeah...and it came all the way from Singapore?!?! Not Houston, which is where Aquadise apparently is located. Can someone explain that one to me if Aquadise is sending quality plants all the time? Ok, sorry. I am kinda new to the forum scene and hate to start my first thread this way but if it helps to prevent anyone else from getting burned by this guy I will be happy. There are a lot of understanding and good people out there and Aquadise takes advantage of this, just slimey and he needs to get a big-time wake-up call. BASICALLY, AQUADISE IS HORRIBLE AND I WOULDN'T TAKE THE CHANCE. Pay a little more and get elsewhere. Besides, if the main reason people order from him is because his prices are so good but you HAVE to pay extra for the shipping is it really such a great deal anymore?? I have seen people saying that even with the Priority shipping it still took two weeks or more to get their order?? My free shipping order from Singapore took less time??!! Oh, that place is called Aquaticmagic, they have an eBay store and they are the only place I have been able to find Flame Moss. I think I paid $5 for the moss w/free shipping, how can you beat that? They were really great to deal with and their service was top-notch. Aquadise could use to learn some lessons from them about customer service. They were very responsive to all questions, sent all payment/shipping confirmations. I would highly rec. them over Aquadise, well actually I would rec. anyone over Aquadise. Aside from all this who would want to due business with someone whose own word means nothing? He promised me a full refund more than two weeks ago and has since completely ignored me, awful businessman! 