Re: expensive plants
- Subject: Re: expensive plants
- From: B*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:37:21 EST
In a message dated 12/31/02 6:49:28 PM Eastern Standard Time,
justme@prairieinet.net writes:
> But I don't think I would pay 600 for any plant.... maybe a tree, but
> not a plant. Do you think they could have made a mistake on the price?
> Gees.... 600 for a ladyslipper? I realize they are not common and are
> pricy... but
I paid $90 for a daffodil bulb a few years ago. The year before it had sold
for $500 in an auction at the Daffodil Society convention. It has flourished
for me, though a few others who bought one of the 6 existing bulbs have lost
it.
Since I have yet to succeed in keeping a $20 ladyslipper alive for more than
a year, I surely wouldn't go for one at $600. A local (Cincinnati-area)
nursery is propagating several kinds of ladyslipper orchids and should have
them for sale in a year or two--but I know they won't be going for $600! I
bought a spiranthes (I think a common name is Ladies Tresses Orchid) at a
local perennial nursery two years ago and it has lived and bloomed for
me--it's a lovely little plant if you have the right climate and setting for
it. It's native to Ohio and probably adjoining areas.
Bill Lee
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