I think I did okay

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cactushobbyman
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I think I did okay

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Our local cactus club invites a different dealer each month to sell cacti at our meetings. This time I bought two, I think I got a good deal. Total for both was 19 dollars.

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nice looking plants! but isn't that a bit expensive?
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mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
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Four days later.

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StrUktO wrote:nice looking plants! but isn't that a bit expensive?
The Astrophytum myriostigma is in a 6" pot and is 4.5" tall and 4.5" in diameter. The other is in a 2.5" pot. Any plain Jane cacti at Lowes, HD or even Walmart starts from about $3.00. The small one was $4.00 and the bigger one was $15.00. Internet alone is $5.00 freight on any shipment. The only time I see these local is at our cactus club meetings and most of the time they are even more. California isn't cheap.
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indeed! looks lovely though!
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For that kind of plants and of that hight here I would pay about 12$ (9eur). But if plants are healthy and if you re satisfied....then it's just the right price.

Nice plants BTW.

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not a bad price for those tbh. and yes they are wonderful plants :)
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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Those are great plants at fair prices...you saved money & you did good!
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To me that looks really odd. My A. myriostigma is a lot smaller than my A. ornatum and so your picture makes my head spin :lol:
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Good looking plants, CH. I think you did good.
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if you are willing to pay what someone is asking and you want the plant bad enough the price is always right in my mind.
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