$20 000 orchid

[DebsC]

Originally Posted by Dorothy

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[cloudswinger]

Originally Posted by Don Perusse

Well said DebsC. I think MOST people would agree the money could be spent in better ways. I just wish I had more to more sharing.

Well, 20K isn't really that much. If you buy it as a business expense, and plan on producing even only 20K plants(which isn't much by any means!) that's only a cost of 1$ per child plant. And usually they produce in the hundreds of thousands to millions of plants.

If you're just a collector, well I've heard of people collecting cars, and one of those can be in the hundreds of thousands. You can buy a house for the cost of one of these cars. So it's all relative. People spent more than that on the tulip craze, and those were unbloomed bulbs! The people who can afford to collect that one plant are paying at least that much in monthly mortgage. And I think many are already donating money to good causes.

[Bird Song Farm]

Something we have to keep in mind, and it's hard to do because the majority of us are just ordinary folks, that there are people out there that $20,000. is just pocket change to. They spend that on a dress, watch, or some other "needless thing".
It's beautiful, would I want it? No, I can't keep a $20. paph alive!!!

Al

[blackorchid]

Originally Posted by DebsC

Plus, I'm not a breeder and it would be a shame to let it languish until death in my greenhouse when it's genes need to be shared with the world.

wow...thanks for giving me all the feedbacks, I agree with what you wrote, DebsC, people should spend it on good cause but at the same time, I think that the plant has a certain value to it. It makes a good breeding plant with proven result and it's unique, that is, it cannot be multiplied for the population's demand. Therefore, it's ought to be expensive.

[blackorchid]

Originally Posted by Bird Song Farm

Something we have to keep in mind, and it's hard to do because the majority of us are just ordinary folks, that there are people out there that $20,000. is just pocket change to. They spend that on a dress, watch, or some other "needless thing".
It's beautiful, would I want it? No, I can't keep a $20. paph alive!!!

Al

lol, my boss spent thousands dollars on his watch and shoes, and yet he was like "wow" when I spend $100 on my orchid plant, lol.

[Bird Song Farm]

Originally Posted by blackorchid

lol, my boss spent thousands dollars on his watch and shoes, and yet he was like "wow" when I spend $100 on my orchid plant, lol.

All a matter of priorities.
Al

[kinknstein]

I have also seen another $20 000 orchid at Zephyrus Orchids. It is a Phrag sanderianum 'Rapunzel' AM/AOS and is said to be the worlds largest orchid flower and listed in the Guinness Book. They seem to have quite a few expensive divisions on thier website.

[bonsai1504]

A few months ago it was $35,000!

[lily99]

It is a stunningly beautiful plant! As others have said, it would be worth the $20,000 if you were a breeder and were planning to produce lots of new, healthy plants with it. I hope whoever buys it is able to successfully breed it and pass those genes along. I would never buy such a plant because I would feel absolutely sick if I killed such a rare and beautiful orchid. Besides, if I get my hands on $20,000 I will be spending it fixing up my moneypit of a house.

[peeweelovesbooks]

Well, it's beautiful.

If I liked to grow these and had the money I would definitely buy it.

There are some catts on that webpage that I absolutely drool over. They are gorgeous!!

Like someone else said, people have their priorities. It's like buying a piece of history.