Comments on: Large White Calla Lillies

By: edel

edel — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:23:33 +0000

hi mandy,
try visiting dangwa around 1130pm wednesday/thursday/saturday nights. then go to the farthest end of dangwa (the one leading to north cemetery). you can buy the flowers at cheap prices there. and you can usually buy bulk or they weigh it like the baby’s breath. always look for the ones not wrapped in plastic because it becomes expensive. the middle part of dangwa are the expensive part (maybe because the buyers gets tamad na to cross the other end because they still have to cross a busy street) and the other end (the one that leads to espana) have exotic flowers and the cute mickey mouse fruits. its best to dress down and dont forget to haggle haggle haggle. dont appear too interested also ;)

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 04:11:59 +0000

thanks MM! i really appreciate your tips! :)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:40:38 +0000

Mandy, they’ll spot a newcomer in an instant…if your Filipino is totally fluent, you may get a slightly better price. I find the key is to buy in volume. I did see other calla lilies for less but they were shorter and not these really long ones that had the blooms individually wrapped. At any rate I find PHP100 a dozen still a good price. Dangwa is best visited between 8-10 pm on a Wednesday or Thursday night. Do not take any valuables, dress down, and have cash in your pocket. Exercise care as you would in all places such as this.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:17:59 +0000

was so excited to comment agad, haven’t read the post totally. those longstemmed ones are lovely talaga!! kahit na overused, they look graceful naman. and arranging them differently dapat, not like yung pang condolence flowers ang arrangement. hehe. gotta make that dangwa trip. any tips on not looking stupid or having sucker-written-across-the-forhead in dangwa?

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:13:23 +0000

hey!! that’s me! :) the day i don’t log in… they are lovely MM! i was just at a party last weekend and there were white calla lilies–their stem cut to about 8-10 inches short and bunched up together. looks really classy.