Succulent potted plant prices are insane; you might not be able to afford even one pot in your entire life

Succulent plants have been a fairly popular type of potted plant in recent years, and their cute appearance with thick, juicy leaves is deeply loved by potted plant enthusiasts.

Just like the collectibles circle, people who like succulent plants also form a group. Just as most people who play with collectibles are men, most people who grow succulent plants are women. In the succulent plant circle, different succulent varieties have different prices. There are roughly more than 10,000 kinds of succulent plants in the world, and some rare and beautiful succulent varieties are priced unimaginably high.

This is a pot of original Haworthia truncata 'Snow White', one of the rarest varieties among succulent plants, priced as high as 6 million yuan.

Such a price really seems unbelievable, but just as a pair of walnuts in the collectibles circle could once sell for several million, original Haworthia truncata 'Snow White' is the ace variety in the succulent potted plant world.

Growing succulents is actually the same as collecting antiques. Besides the variety itself, the "playing and polishing" skill for collectibles and the "growing" skill for succulents are bonus points for their value. Some people play with walnuts and give them the most expensive ones, but in their hands they will still be ruined; growing succulents is the same. If a precious variety is given to someone who does not understand how to grow it, its shape will also change.

This is neon Haworthia cooperi var. obtusa. Because succulents are relatively easy to propagate, a single leaf can take root and sprout, so varieties like neon Haworthia cooperi var. obtusa are often priced by weight, and the unit price per gram of neon Haworthia cooperi var. obtusa is at least tens of thousands of yuan.

As we said earlier, people who do not know how to grow succulents will ruin precious varieties. The neon Haworthia cooperi var. obtusa we see now is in its most beautiful form. If it were given to someone who does not understand succulent cultivation to grow, the tightly packed leaves would spread out, and chlorophyll would cover the leaves completely, making them all green, no different from ordinary succulents.

White-skinned Monadenium, mature plants grow very slowly. The pot above has been grown for at least more than 50 years. White-skinned Monadenium is an endangered plant in the world, and very little circulates on the market. Any mature white-skinned Monadenium can sell for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of yuan per plant, and mature white-skinned Monadenium with a good shape is even more expensive.

The top of the leaves of Haworthia maughanii is transparent, and the leaf veins inside can be clearly seen, arranged in a loose rosette shape. The sides of the leaves have stripes of white, yellow, or red showing through the green, very beautiful. The growth cycle of Haworthia maughanii is very long, and ordinary Haworthia maughanii seedlings also cost 40,000 to 70,000 yuan each.

The stripes of Haworthia maughanii are very sensitive. White is the most common, while red and yellow are more expensive. But if the control of water and light is not paid attention to, the red and yellow stripe colors will fade and form white stripes.

Therefore, to grow expensive succulent plants well is also a technical job.