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I was contacted by one of my neighbors as she is caught up in this latest, witch doctor, craze. I was able to point her to a couple of online sellers, but they only had small plants available, nothing big enough for her needs. However, she is taking a trip south of Nashville later this week, so she might stop in to see if Dom has any on hand at Red Leaf Exotics. He'd sell them to her even if he knew they were going to be sliced and diced for this homeopathic, snake oil fantasy.
Before I figured out what she was wanting them for I showed her a pic of mine. She wanted to buy them right then. Luckily I said no, but I expect her to offer again come next Spring. At which time I will tell her that mine, unfortunately, did not survive dormancy.

Funny you should mention this... Ive been looking for purps to expand my collection, for 2 weeks with no luck...

Kapahulu wrote: ↑Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:59 pm Funny you should mention this... Ive been looking for purps to expand my collection, for 2 weeks with no luck...

Check out Lee's Botanical Gardens on FB and redleafexotics.com, I saw that they both had them listed.
Scratch that, it looks like Matt has some cool ones listed on flytrapcare.com.

Crazy. Glad I picked up the one I did lol. I have 2. Maybe I'll be able to trade them for a car one day

It's true. They're a lot cooler in person. Only purp I had was the mutated smurf and I didn't really care about them. I got a "real" one not too long ago and it catches your attention, even if they're much smaller than the others

I like purps: they may be short, but they have lots of character.

I like roseas, too: purp's Jimmy Buffet cousin.

One thing that I will not do is sell my plants to people who want to make snake-oil concoctions out of them.

Wait, wait, what am I missing here? What is this homeopathic concoction? Should I roll up my purps and smoke them?

elaineo wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 4:43 am Wait, wait, what am I missing here? What is this homeopathic concoction?

They make tinctures from Venus flytraps and Sarracenia purpurea.

elaineo wrote: Should I roll up my purps and smoke them?

You could, but I don't think your lungs would be very happy about that....

Sarracenia2004 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 21, 2021 4:44 am Glad to know that you don't @MikeB. I consider the people who do CP murderers or just very desperate CP growers

The plants are having a tough-enough time trying to survive as it is without homeopathic remedies added to their list of problems.

MikeB wrote: They make tinctures from Venus flytraps and Sarracenia purpurea.

Oh, you mean this plumbagin stuff? https://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20181 ... xperts-say
That's from a few years ago though... why the sudden frenzy?

Asking for a friend.