Justin
07-02-2010, 02:53 PM
I recently registered on this board. I was previously a lurker, logging on as a guest. On Wednesday I received my first Ae Ae plant from Bananas.org poster djmb74. When I saw this offer, I decided to go ahead and register. I highly recommend purchasing djmb74 if you have the opportunity in the future.
This guy hand crafted a 5 ft cardboard box into the shape of an elongated triangle around the bubble wrapped (yes bubble wrapped) Ae Ae banana plant but not before filling the voids in the box with newspaper. The actual plant was wrapped in newspaper. On top of the newspaper was bubble wrap. On top of the bubble wrap was crumpled newspaper to fill the void in the peak of the pyramid. I should have taken pictures of the box. This was an incredible feat of engineering. The corm was also kept hydrated with wet moss (and not that cheap sphagnum moss....this looked like the Australian stuff) in a plastic bag. I had no idea it was going to be shipped that well. My kids aren’t this safe in their car seats. Summertime shipping can be risky because of the heat but regular USPS Priority Mail does get a package from Florida to Michigan in two days. The way he packaged this thing, it could have been shipped on the back of a camel through the desert and it would have made it out fine. It was mailed on Monday (maybe late Monday. djmb74 would have to confirm) and received Wednesday.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33598 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33596)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33596 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33594)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33594 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32709)
Pictures of the plant taken right out of the box.
This guy hand crafted a 5 ft cardboard box into the shape of an elongated triangle around the bubble wrapped (yes bubble wrapped) Ae Ae banana plant but not before filling the voids in the box with newspaper. The actual plant was wrapped in newspaper. On top of the newspaper was bubble wrap. On top of the bubble wrap was crumpled newspaper to fill the void in the peak of the pyramid. I should have taken pictures of the box. This was an incredible feat of engineering. The corm was also kept hydrated with wet moss (and not that cheap sphagnum moss....this looked like the Australian stuff) in a plastic bag. I had no idea it was going to be shipped that well. My kids aren’t this safe in their car seats. Summertime shipping can be risky because of the heat but regular USPS Priority Mail does get a package from Florida to Michigan in two days. The way he packaged this thing, it could have been shipped on the back of a camel through the desert and it would have made it out fine. It was mailed on Monday (maybe late Monday. djmb74 would have to confirm) and received Wednesday.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33598 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33596)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33596 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33594)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=33594 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32709)
Pictures of the plant taken right out of the box.