These succulents look outrageously bizarre, yet they are the Hermes of the succulent world
There are already over a thousand succulent varieties, and on top of that, new varieties keep appearing every so often. Besides the common cheap ones you can buy for a few yuan each, some of the expensive ones you have never even laid eyes on, and the prices alone are unbelievable......
Pseudolithos migiurtinus
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Top price: 200,000
Pseudolithos migiurtinus also blooms, and the flowers stink, and it can set seed. Nowadays a single seed sells for around 10 yuan
White-fleshed Adromischus
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Top price: 200,000
A newly bred variety, currently rather scarce on the market. A single leaf now sells for several hundred yuan, and mature plants are even rarer
Dioscorea elephantipes
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Top price: 100,000
There are South African Dioscorea elephantipes and Mexican Dioscorea elephantipes. The former goes dormant in winter, the latter in summer, but we don't need to worry about that, since we won't buy them anyway (can't afford them)
Orca
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Top price: 60,000
Orca readily forms cristate growth, and once cristate it looks even more imposing, so naturally the price goes up
Silver Silkworm
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Top price: 30,000
Silver Silkworm can only be propagated by seed, so the price has stayed high. The Silver Silkworm seeds on the market now are a mixed bag, and true specimens are priceless
Crystal Diamond Velvet Lotus
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Top price: 20,000
A tiny little thing, not even as big as a napa cabbage heart, yet it can sell for 20,000 yuan. Say no more, Huahua is off to grow succulents
Dudleya White Chrysanthemum
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Top price: 20,000
White Chrysanthemum is a Korean variety. It looks no different from the common ones, but the price is worlds apart
Buddha's Seat Ring
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Top price: 18,000
Buddha's Seat Ring is a type of Jade Emerald, but Jade Emerald is cheaper, and many sellers in China pass off Jade Emerald as this one. The biggest difference between them is the flower stalk: Buddha's Seat Ring has only one short flower stalk
Large-tuberous Purple Jade
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Hot price: 15,000
Purple Jade looks very artistic. Raise it into a good shape and meet a connoisseur, and you won't have to worry about the price at all
Raise them from tiny plants, and every one below is pure renminbi
Yuwengdian
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Top price: 10,000
The white fuzz on Yuwengdian is the whole point. Without the right environment and growing skills, you simply cannot grow such dense fuzz
Haworthia cooperi 'Inazuma'
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Top price: 10,000
A complete Haworthia cooperi 'Inazuma' looks like this below... how are you doing, those of you with trypophobia~
Dachunchuan
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Top price: 10,000
It feels a bit like ginger, though surely there is no ginger this expensive
Conophytum Wukong
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Top price: 9,000
Named Wukong because its markings resemble him. Here is a comparison photo with a finger, it really is tiny
Black-skinned Pachypodium
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Top price: 8,000
They say only the super rich play with woody-rooted plants, but Huahua just thinks it looks like a sprouting potato
Sigh, I just can't appreciate it
Blue Sky Column
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Top price: 4,000
It became hugely popular because of its bluish color. Grafted and cutting-raised seedlings on the market now go for a few hundred yuan each, so if you like it you can still afford to grow it~
Five-star Red Cage
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Top price: 3,000
To grow a standard five-star shape, besides skill, it is mostly down to luck
Tony
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Top price: 3,000
It is fairly rare because it is hard to propagate. The old leaf splits in two, a new leaf grows in the middle, and it keeps cycling like that. Sun it and it even turns pink
Seal
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Top price: 1,000
One of the super cute water-blister series. Luckily the little Seal variety has started to become widespread, with single leaves selling for a dozen or so yuan. Common-plant fans are waiting for the day you get even cheaper
Sika Deer
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Top price: 1,000
Sika Deer and Seal are relatives, and they are about equally popular. Hurry, hurry, I want to grow a whole zoo
Pig Trotter
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Top price: 800
As a hugely popular member of the Aizoaceae, Pig Trotter has appeared right on cue. Why bother growing butt flowers, hurry up and grow Pig Trotter
Now that you have seen these expensive succulents
What do you flower friends think
Are succulents really worth this price
Let's all have a chat
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