gabew Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) i was just looking on ebay and look what i FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!! it isn't a very big plant but it is still the real deal (i have bought from this seller before, he is a member of this forum as loligo1964, and he is a VERY good seller) this is a VERY rare opportunity to get this extremely rare and sought after plant, if you have a couple hundred dollars or so to spend on it!!! sorry to say only USA members in the lower 48 states can buy this however PLEASE NOTE: this is NOT my plant Edited November 4, 2010 by gabew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) Not to sound like a party pooper, but it sounds like blatant and unashamed advertising... That plant is TINY! I doubt it can survive much transport shock. Edited November 4, 2010 by MFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepGrower Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 And by no stretch of the imagination is it the rarest Nepenthes species, either in the wild or in cultivation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) PLEASE NOTE: this is NOT my plant i am merely making this as a public service announcement A 'public service announcement' would draw attention to the eBay listing. The following could be construed as advertising, in my opinion: this is a VERY rare opportunity to get this extremely rare and sought after plant, if you have a thousand dollars or so to spend on it!!!sorry to say only USA members in the lower 48 states can buy this however Edited November 4, 2010 by mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchasselblad74 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 It's true, the plant is sooooo tiny, that I don't think it's worth the risk.....But then MAN it's an EDWARDSIANA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Not a great investment as the'yre only likely to get more common (assuming it survives more than 5 seconds anyhow) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 This plant does not look healthy! - I would not spent any money for a sick plant with great risk of loosing it... Joachim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchasselblad74 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 .......................................... as the'yre only likely to get more common............ Man !!!! I hope soon, cause I want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligo1964 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) This plant does not look healthy! - I would not spent any money for a sick plant with great risk of loosing it...Joachim I had absolutely nothing to do with the "advertising" on this site -- and the plants are in good shape and have been since they arrived from Germany several months ago. Considering just how truly tiny they were when they arrived, I have no complaints. I planted the damn things with tweezers. In reply to the plant's "dubious" rarity, I can think of no other Nepenthes species that is in more demand; and in thirty years of growing the plants, I can only count on one hand the number of "eddies" that I have seen in cultivation. A good-sized plant with mature pitchers sold in California for US 3000.00 but a few months ago; and I have known orchid growers to spend more on a plant than my car in college. I certainly hope that they enter wider availability but it took years for other species such as N. hamata to become "commonly" available; and I can clearly recall the difficulty in obtaining my first rooted cutting back in the mid-1980s. when they were still arguing over its name. In addition, all of the proceeds go directly the continued 24-hour support of an ailing parent . . . Edited November 4, 2010 by loligo1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabew Posted November 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I am sorry if it sounded like I was "advertising" on this post This species is truly extremely hard to find for sale, the only place to buy it commercially is through Wistuba, selling similar sized or smaller plants, and he is sold out for a while I was merely saying that there is a very rare opportunity to buy this plant for those looking desperately to find it (i know there are people like that out there being one) Sorry for the confusion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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