Syrumani,- just save all you can, you may spend more than you want! I came home with $7 in my pocket! I guess they are all different. Not all show plants are for sale. Some of the people that grow them don't want to take them home. Some are traveling other places and can't attend to a plant in a hot (cold) car. Others say that once they've been with other plants, they don't want to have to bring it home and isolate it and or risk the rest of their collection becoming sick too. Some just want to move on to something else to grow and show. I did not know how much each one cost, I think the grower sets the price they want...they were very reasonable I thought. A trailer went for $6. A smithianthia for $8, some were 10 or 12 dollars. The starter plants were from $1 (just a few of these) on up....mostly about 3-4 dollars, but many at this price were just recently rooted cuttings. The bigger or special plants were $5 and 7 and up. I did get a couple that died, as I found out too late they hardly had any roots, they were tip cuttings. Some were in solo cups and some in pots. It was two clubs that were having the plants for the show, so it was just members like us growing some extra plants. You should get in touch with a contact person and ask questions, you will get more specific info. I think the good thing is there is an assortment of different plants you won't be able to purchase other places. And the info I got was invaluable..as gessies are new to me.
RainGazer, - The judging at Sarasota was very critical. One plant had a stake to hold it up. It was taller than the plant, it was the wrong color, the ties were too noticable and too big and the stake should have been closer to the stem. Beautiful plant, but they took off a lot of points for all that. Another plant had perlite showing. It should have been covered with just peat or moss. A plant in a terranium lost points because it had a plastic deli top...not sure what would have been acceptible in place of that, I wasn't with that judge. Make sure all the spent leaves and flowers are off the plant. I felt bad for the plants! ha. But I learned a lot. I learned I'll be afraid to enter a plant for show, ha, mine are all the things done wrong!
