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Time to fess up - What the most you've paid?
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The most expensive plants that I purchased along with my partner when we ran our commercial orchid business. 1986-1990 Rothschildianum 'Charles E' 3 gr. $450 Maudiae 'The Queen' 4-5 gr.$200 Neptune Mars 2 +gr. $350 * Mt. Toro 'Orchid Loft' 3 gr.$275 spicerianum 'Orchid Loft' 5 gr. $165 * Snowram 'Georgia' 2 gr. $260 Sioux 'Bozo' 3 gr. $ 750 Winston Churchill 'Indomitable' $350 Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable"$300 Now I feel better! The other posts were making me feel stupid. I am not totally sure what my record was since I never kept close track, but I got a gigantic rothschildianum about 10 years ago from Val Tonkin back when they were $10 per inch. That was a good $400 at least. Also Vandas- $250 each for a pair of Kasem's Delight 'Robert' from RF Orchids. But these days it is total that kills me and not per plant costs. I have gotten to the point where I really insist on having at least 10 of a cross I want to bloom out just to ensure I have a good shot of getting at least one keeper out of the bunch. Also I like the big price breaks that come with larger orders. Instead of buying piecemeal all year, I usually make 2-3 big buys a year to take full advantage of the price breaks. Right now my goal is to build breeding stock for the future, so this works well to achieve that at the best price possible. Tom. |
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