don't ya just love that attitude!!
We sell Sarrs and Neps at local plant shows, often held at local botanical gardens, and we've heard everything! Michelle finally gave up with one woman. She kept asking Michelle cultural questions, and everytime Michelle answered the woman disputed her. Finally Michelle said, "You're right, yep, uh huh. You're the expert!
The woman continues to pontificate wrong info, finally asking how we happen to have these marvelous flowers(we are talking Nep pitchers)
Michelle, "Well, we've got a greenhouse with about two thousand of them, but you already know everything."
Many of these people never buy anything, they just wander around the show and pretend to be experts. Real customers spend money and LISTEN to cultural advice.
We get the flower question quite a bit, at least a dozen times a day at the typical plant show/sale.
And I can't repeat here the kinds of comments the Nepenthes elicit from some of the "dirty old ladies." Let your imagination run wild, and yes, most of the naughty comparisons come from the women, not the men. The guys suddenly become experts on pitcher plants, explaining how the lids clamp down on trapped insects, and how Nepenthes are either 1.a tropical Jack in the Pulpit, or 2. an orchid.
I could go on. When the day is over, we count our money and Michelle and I exchange stories. We even meet really nice people and often make new friends too.