Torsten Posted December 16, 2011 check out this extremely rare plant on ebay. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/260903191243 I've wanted one of these for many years, but not willing to pay that price ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xenodimensional Posted December 16, 2011 Welwitschias are neato aren't they. I think I traded my seeds away too.... daaang. They need a pretty deep pot to get to any decent size and even then it'd be your great, great, great grandchildren that would be seeing that.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ambient Posted December 16, 2011 Wow, I never realised they sold for that much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xenodimensional Posted December 16, 2011 rub it in why don't ya! :-P It's a very nice specimen indeed. Welwitschias are worthy of laudation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evil Genius Posted December 16, 2011 Looks like an alien from outer space. A female one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel Posted December 16, 2011 Seems to me Torsten that you're giving someone hints about what you want for Christmas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sallubrious Posted December 16, 2011 I've had my eye on that for a while too. I've never seen one that size in Australia I ordered some Welwitschia seeds from an Australian ebay seller 2 weeks ago but it looks like I've been shafted. He won't even answer messages. I sussed his feedback and it wasn't very good, but I ordered them against my better judgement anyway because I just want one so much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted December 16, 2011 Nice, I've been wanting one of these for a long time too. Would never spend that much on one though. I've still got 20 seeds if anyone wanted them. Think I paid around a dollar a seed, but I never got around to sowing them and probably won't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted December 16, 2011 Seems to me Torsten that you're giving someone hints about what you want for Christmas. I can be pretty extravagant with my plant purchases, but in this climate I wouldn't risk that much with such an arid plant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M S Smith Posted December 16, 2011 Torsten, can seedlings be grafted to a close relative that can handle the climate there? Hell, does it even have a close relative? ~Michael~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted December 16, 2011 Michael, I doubt it, as it's one of the three (very distinct) orders/families within the phylum Gnetophyta and the only member of that order/family/genus. The closest relatives are Ephedra and Gnetum species, which aren't even in the same order. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tripsis Posted December 16, 2011 By the way, some might be interested to know that Herbalistics has a couple of young plants for sale as part of a collection that is being sold via the website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poisonshroom Posted December 16, 2011 My botany lecturer used to grow these in Germany. Apparently they had a fairly extravagant way of growing them involving a really tall pot (around 6 foot) and water that slowly goes down as the tap root gets longer. The idea was to simulate the way the water table in the desert would get deeper after the one in a couple of hundred years rainfall that triggers these to germinate in the wild. He mentioned something about only 2 major seedling events in the past I think 700 years. pretty amazing plants. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sagiXsagi Posted October 10, 2019 This thread needs to go up. Does anyone know any viable seed seller for reasonable prices?? I am also looking for Gnetum sp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
