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Alex2893 wrote:I would imagine fondue would be in the alien price category if you sold it on the store due to the rarity.

Perhaps, but I probably wouldn't price it that high. I guess the pricing in the store is somewhat subjective based on how highly we value the plants, in addition to being driven by supply/demand. Fondue is a cool plant and certainly very limited in availability in the US, but I find Alien far cooler, both in terms of looks and vigor. Additionally, I think the demand for Alien is likely quite a bit higher.

I'd probably price Fondue in the $40-$45 range to start.

Matt wrote:

Alex2893 wrote:I would imagine fondue would be in the alien price category if you sold it on the store due to the rarity.

Perhaps, but I probably wouldn't price it that high. I guess the pricing in the store is somewhat subjective based on how highly we value the plants, in addition to being driven by supply/demand. Fondue is a cool plant and certainly very limited in availability in the US, but I find Alien far cooler, both in terms of looks and vigor. Additionally, I think the demand for Alien is likely quite a bit higher.

I'd probably price Fondue in the $40-$45 range to start.

here's to hoping it flowers so we can get it in tc Can you take a leaf pulling and put it in tc?

Alex2893 wrote:

Matt wrote:

Alex2893 wrote:I would imagine fondue would be in the alien price category if you sold it on the store due to the rarity.

Perhaps, but I probably wouldn't price it that high. I guess the pricing in the store is somewhat subjective based on how highly we value the plants, in addition to being driven by supply/demand. Fondue is a cool plant and certainly very limited in availability in the US, but I find Alien far cooler, both in terms of looks and vigor. Additionally, I think the demand for Alien is likely quite a bit higher.

I'd probably price Fondue in the $40-$45 range to start.

here's to hoping it flowers so we can get it in tc Can you take a leaf pulling and put it in tc?

no doubt Alien is a beast of a plant. here is mine

20160703_093827 by Alex Littig, on Flickr

Fondue looks awesome, but those 3 little cilia and the name fondue kind of gross me out! ;P

Alex2893 wrote:Can you take a leaf pulling and put it in tc?

I've done that with quite a few flytraps now and I could try that next year, but the growth habit of Fondue doesn't really provide for very good leaves to work with.

Missed the deadline too, here's mine

Benurmanii wrote:Missed the deadline too, here's mine

That's awesome! Which species are those? Hollyhock's guessing game thread has taught me to know better than to venture a guess.

xr280xr wrote:

Benurmanii wrote:Missed the deadline too, here's mine

That's awesome! Which species are those? Hollyhock's guessing game thread has taught me to know better than to venture a guess.

D. pulchella

Matt, I was wondering, why do you have plants listed in the international section of the store (admittedly out of stock) that you don't sell in the US store? Things like Jaws Smiley, Umgekremplet (an absolutely wicked looking plant), and Pinnacle? All those look like they'd be very good sellers, have you just not gotten cultures potted out yet? I don't check the international store often, perhaps they're very recent and I just missed them.

katya_dog1 wrote:Matt, I was wondering, why do you have plants listed in the international section of the store (admittedly out of stock) that you don't sell in the US store?

Anything listed in the International store are plants that I had in tissue culture at one point or another. Some of them, I don't think are worth offering the US (such as Pinnacle, which is a poor grower for us and unremarkable in any way I can see). Others just haven't done well in TC (like Jaws Smiley) and we don't have many or any that were successfully hardened off.

And others (like Umgekrempelt) we just got in TC last year and haven't hardened off and grown plants to the point where they are sale ready yet, but should have some this year or next year.

Matt wrote: Others just haven't done well in TC (like Jaws Smiley) and we don't have many or any that were successfully hardened off.

"Harden-off" Matt could yo kindly please explain what "harden-off means in relation to these plants? I read the term used everywhere even abroad in Europe.

Yeah I agree with you, why sell plants that don't do well in US "at all." To add to that some plants do well in Green House but do poorly outdoors depending what zone your in. Red Dragon, Royal Red, Maroon Monster are the only red clones that do well here in SoCal, Zone 10, out doors. I tried growing other reds and they just tank with-in weeks, most just get fried by the sun...my experience growing VFT reds. I went through hoops getting some Euro Clones here to me just to watch them die. Its murder!..and frustrating watching them die over and over again before I just come to the realization not to grow the ones that do poorly outdoors, zone 10.

what is the VFT in the third picture which has entirely deep red traps?

Bristol wrote:"Harden-off" Matt could yo kindly please explain what "harden-off means in relation to these plants? I read the term used everywhere even abroad in Europe.

In this context, I'm talking about taking a plant of out of a tissue culture vessel and acclimating it to growing in soil with ambient humidity and stronger light levels (first, strong artificial lighting, then greenhouse light, then full sun).

The transition can be challenging and plants can die quickly if it's not done properly. And some varieties just don't make the transition well at all.

VigorousFlyTrap wrote:

Alex2893 wrote:
OMG what in the world is that Fondue trap. I WANT IT !!! That is wicked

Its a cultivar that tends to grow traps that look like they have melted!
Yes it's a pretty rare cultivar atm
And of course who wouldn't want such a freaky little thing

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Here's the "Fondue" that I have. Produces truly weird looking traps.

Thank Matt for the response.....