Tropicals & Tender Perennials: At what point are you an addict?, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Went and had a look on Ebay at your spathoglottis kimbaliana supplier - outrageous price for a tiny little division there! The purple ones I'm getting at both Lowe's and HD are at least 10 times that size - one of mine in an 8in. square pot has 12 bloom stems. Ten bucks for that one at Lowe's (see pic)

Just the fact that Lowe's and HD are selling these means to me that somebody is producing them on a huge scale, and you should be able to get a nice big plant at a reasonable price where you are once the weather warms up. Would you believe they were selling them at Lowe's as "annual color"? When I told one of the nursery staff that they were orchids, she just was amazed.