Interesting Eddy Conversation on Chatbox

[Entwadumela]

Hiya Fellow Nep'ers-

For those of you that are curious, check out the Chatbox archives between 11ish and 12 last night (11/18). I checked it, it starts at the 23:05 mark.

N. edwardsiana lovers will find it . . . quite entertaining

E

 

[BigBella]

Hiya Fellow Nep'ers-

For those of you that are curious, check out the Chatbox archives between 11ish and 12 last night (11/18). I checked it, it starts at the 23:05 mark.

N. edwardsiana lovers will find it . . . quite entertaining

E

I saw that too . . .

I'll believe it when I see it. I have had several empty leads in the last couple of years from reputable people, from whom I have obtained some rare Nepenthes seed; that someone, out of the blue, has access to that seed, would be a feat.

There is also an ongoing conversation on the CPUK site over bogus N. edwardsiana seed being sold by an online auction house that rhymes with "schmee-hay" by -- as it turns out -- some bored teenage kid in London.

I have germinated a ****load of Nepenthes seeds over the years and would love to see that particular species distributed . . .

 

[dashman]

To be fair, maybe the plant(s) are mislabeled.

I know the common approach is to call everything Nepenthes Alata or ventrata, but perhaps this particular source went the other direction with his misnomer?

 

[RL7836]

I have zero knowledge on / about any referenced seed sellers (wanted to get that out of the way up front).

Selling deliberately mislabeled seed from an impoverished country would seem to be a tremendous opportunity:

- true identity of seed will not be revealed for years (if it germinates at all)
- much higher profit than if labeled accurately / many eager buyers willing to take the risk
- easy to swap online identities once scam is revealed

 

[Capensis]

Either A- He's trolling.
or B - The plants are mislabeled like mentioned above. They're probably N. singalana or something, methinks.

 

[theyellowdart]

No pictures=

(edit) =rules of the interwebs

 

[Capensis]

^^^

 

[theyellowdart]

(Actually describes my reaction to this whole thing very well.)

 

[Clue]

Well, I found that discussion to be... interesting...

I'm not calling anyone a liar, but that was some hard to believe information... mostly because edwardsiana is pretty fussy in its needs, AFAIK.

 

[glider14]

i just so happened to be in it too. haha.

its... whatever i guess. i think i small hole turned into a very big one in this situation. nothing came out of that hole. at all.

Alex