I’ve been seeing a ton of “rare” plants or seeds for sale...
I’ve been seeing a ton of “rare” plants or seeds for sale lately. Basically anything that has the word “rare” in it is a scam. Some color patterns are unbelievable but real like my Neil Diamond Rose (pink and white, tagged below). The majority of incredible colors are fake as are the majority of sponsored plant ads that show up above search results. I’ve only seen roses lately. Some are AI generated. Others are touched up in PhotoShop. Remember that roses can’t be blue. “Blue” hybrid roses are actually purple. In general, avoid rose seeds. Nobody legit sells seeds. Also any seeds from a hybrid plant won’t look like the parent. I’ve reported some eBay and Walmart listings as well as entire websites to the domain host. If you have been scammed, report them on the FBI’s Internet Crimes form
20” pot with drainage
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There's an online seller that does smt similar… uses edited photos to promote their stuff. But like 90% of their stuff can't realistically grow here. Either needs grafting [which is unsuitable for most], conditions here aint right, or simply just bs. Like how tf are you supposed to grow a phal from seed by plopping into soil? Looking at the reviews it don't even look anywhere close to an orchid seed or seed pod
@Araceae yeah, 50 seeds for $1.40 is suspicious on its own, nevermind the other problems. This blurry picture of seeds was on almost all of the scammy rose seeds I saw.
