Re: plant smuggling solution

Andreas Wistuba (andreas.wistuba@rhein-neckar.de)
Wed, 19 Apr 1995 21:23:12 +0000

> Sorry, didnt realize you were quoting someone else. But
> what about my question? Is it true wild plants demand higher
> amounts of money than cultivated ones? If so, how come?

I do not think so. The only CP's which are regullary collected for
sale are VFT's, maybe Sarracenias (Both more for the "garden
center-market") and Australian Sundews (for the collector-market).
In the first cases collecting unfortunately seems to be cheaper than
propagation, in the last case plants are difficult to propagate but
there seems to be a demand among collectors.

Bye

Andreas


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