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Name that nep
- Thread starter Lord Humungus
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but imagine if they get species there and hybrid! it would be convinient because i live walking distance to walmart. i pretty sure that if they do then the vendors we know today have to lower their prices too to compete, even for the rare species! and if they do continue to sell this plant that you got and they see that they sell quick then they may into selling more diff. var.
i was actually talking about the vendors. but good point and i do feel sorry for the plants that go to the newbies for nepenthes![b said:Quote[/b] (Lord Humungus @ Sep. 16 2005,7:34)]My thoughts exactly. 99.9%of the people out there have no idea about clean water and the other needs of Neps.[b said:Quote[/b] (fc3srx713b @ Sep. 15 2005,10:23)]oh my good!then they are all gonna be introuble. may god have mercy on all of them! lol
"Our pitcher plants are on sale!"
"Do you have other kinds?"
"Kinds? Of plants? Sure, we have flowers, vegetables..."
"No... other species..."
*blank look*
"Of pitcher... nevermind."
... that's the scenario I'm envisioning. Be glad there's one there at all... and feel sorry for all of the other ones that have now been killed by their owners.
"Do you have other kinds?"
"Kinds? Of plants? Sure, we have flowers, vegetables..."
"No... other species..."
*blank look*
"Of pitcher... nevermind."
... that's the scenario I'm envisioning. Be glad there's one there at all... and feel sorry for all of the other ones that have now been killed by their owners.
Don't feel sorry.. the mass produced Nepenthes, Sarracenia, etc etc that sell dirt cheap at walmart, lowes etc etc introduce tons of people to CPs! If that is all they accomplish before the plant is dead then so be it. Some of those people will become interested enough to persue them and join the ranks of us obsessed nuts!
I bought those about four months ago and have not seen any since. When I was in the check out line, everyone was asking me what they where. When I told them that the plants eat bugs, two people got out of line to get one. Being in Florida (the bug capital of the world) I'm surprised everyone didn't get out of line for one. But like I said, they where sold out in a couple of weeks. I’m wondering why they have not brought in more.
I doubt Walmart could keep any of the harder species/hybrids alive long enough to get that big. They would also have to compete for the more specialized plants which have a much more limited availability and higher price. They can do that with ventrata as it is widely available and mostly ignored by the specialty growers/sellers. I have seen ventricosa at Walmart and many of them died before they sold. But its a start! I'm sure there will be some other widely available, easy hybrids in the future, but don't expect to find a N. villosa there.
