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WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

Posted by dethcheez Sunny SoCal Z10 (My Page) on
Sun, Nov 4, 12 at 3:51

HELP!!!

It's been a long time since I've added anything really "Interesting" to my collection
& I'm fiending for a new plant BAD

It doesn't have to be rare per se but at least uncommon
Not something I can get at any HomeDepot or WalMart

Looking for
Interesting Odd Weird Strange Bizarre looking plants
Carnivorous
Moving
Stinky
Glowing
??? IDK ???

Hard part
I already have a Ton of plants
Most of what I "Know" I want that I can afford or isn't pretty much impossible to get
Don't do pretty plants or garden bed type plants

Out Of All The Gardeners On Here
Someone Has To Have Something Cool

Please Please Please Shoot Me An Email If You Think You Might Have Something That Would Interest Me

Have all kinds of stuff I can offer in trade

Thanx for reading my ramblings
Eric
dethcheez@aol.com


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RE: WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

You don't have a list of plants you grow and have to trade - that would be very helpful.


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RE: WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

Hi Kay

For the most part I have stuff like
Highland Nepenthes
Mexican Pinguicula
Amorphophallus / VooDoo Lily corms
Aristolochia
Arisaema
Currently available + other misc. plants & what not

This is going to be long winded & I'm probably going to come off sounding like a Total @$$
But just being 100% honest
NOT directed at you KJ
Hopefully this will help explain the method behind my madness & better explain what I'm looking & not for & help with trades

The main reason I no longer post a "Have" list is
Every time I do (here & on other sites) I get a ton of emails / PMs with offers for plants that are nowhere near the category of plants I list as looking for & I hate having to say NO to people

Example I'll list something like VooDoo Lily corms & will state "Only looking to trade for other VooDoo Lilies I don't have" & someone will offer me a Spider Plant ???

I find it a lot easier for someone to make me an offer & if I'm interested I can check their want list & see if I have anything they're looking for or I will send a list of what I can offer in trade
Which would pretty much depend on how bad I wanted what they were offering
If it's something I really wanted I might offer up something that I would normally never let go of

I've been collecting plants for a good 10 years now & pretty much have most of what I "KNOW" I want other than ones I can't afford or am not willing to spend the money on like I would love a N. Hamata but I'm not willing to pay upwards of $200+ for a 2 to 4 inch seedling
Then there's plants like Monotropa Uniflora or Hydnora Africana that sadly I'm sure I'll never acquire

Which really sucks 'cause I'm dying for a new plant(s) but can't find anything I want

So I'm Hoping Someone Has Something That I Don't Know About That Interests Me

Again going to more than likely sound like an @$$ / SORRY
But if it's a plant I can buy at pretty much any nursery or on eBay chances are I'm not interested in it or I would already have it
+ I also sell plants so value also plays a part
Like I listed the rooted Nep cutting I had posted here a few weeks ago for sale on a CP site after not getting any offers I was interested in

Case in point on value
I was offered (on another site) a Tacca Chanterii rhizome for one of the Neps
Which I sold for $40 on the CP site
I declined the offer because one I already have T. Chanterii & two if I didn't Wellsprings has live plants for $4.95 or I could get two rhizome on eBay for $5.99

So to be honest
No I'm not willing to trade a plant that I can sell for $40 + pay like $8 to ship it for a plant I can buy for $5

If you made it this far thanx for reading my rambling / LOL

Happy Gardening


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RE: WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

Would you be interested in red dragon fruit cactus(hylocereus undatus) ? Deb.


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RE: WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

Hi Deb

Thanx for the offer / Appreciate it
But going to pass / Sorry


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RE: WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

Yea, dethcheez! Beautifully said...and I applaud your courage for the response. Thanks.


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RE: WANTED: New Interesting Plant / Having Withdraws

I have a good list of Carnivorous plants, and would be interested in named varieties of the same, if you'd like to email me. I do not list them on my 'have' list.


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