> “I’ve heard from growers I really respect that they were asking upwards of $40,000 for some of their varieties,” says Tyler Thrasher, a US plant propagator wh

> “I’ve heard from growers I really respect that they were asking upwards of $40,000 for some of their varieties,” says Tyler Thrasher, a US plant propagator who is the host of the popular podcast Greenhouse Rants. “It’s usually because those plants will end up in a tissue culture lab where they can be turned into millions in a couple of years.” That's pretty much the only explanation that would make sense - these are all clonal plants that the purchaser will duplicate and resell for much more reasonable prices. Seems like there's a fad-time component to get them cloned and grown before competitors can find another sample.