Hello my fellow Nexians! A dear friend showed me first hand his harvest of
the elusive D. Leptolobus seeds he collected this season. And he told of the trouble he went through
finding them. Tx is a big state! Someone might want to search a certain rainforest
shopping site It's a jungle out there but sometimes good people put in the effort.
Godspeed

$30 for 10 seeds?

Knowing him personally, he has done his research and went through great effort to obtain such a rare,
Positively tested!, and viable plant seed. Not to mention there is nowhere else I have found that has any stock.
I might be able to persuade him to donate a few to the right Nexians. But frowning at the the price won't do
You any good.

Why not take these over to Share the Seeds and you know, share them with the community, like some others are already doing, rather than trying to take advantage of people?

I was just informed of STS today by another Nexian. Wonderful site! And I have joined to share what I have.
I appreciate your advice to the same link. It's just my opinion that if one were so inclined to do further research
into ethnobotanical gardening; one could do so with only 10 seeds. It takes research on how to germinate and care
for this species but with proper knowledge and application, you could have a sustainable, seed bearing crop of your
own within two years. Not a bad $30 investment...just my opinion.

STS is great and some members are already freely sharing desmanthus leptolobus seeds over there.

Also this site has 20 seeds for $1.99

I appreciate the hard work for finding a wild specimen and making seeds available but there is a not so fine line between asking for reasonable compensation and outright extortion.

noun: extortion; plural noun: extortions
the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

Three harvest trips were made w a vehicle getting 20mpg. A total of 1600 miles
were traveled while the price of gas was an avg of $3.50 a gallon. Each trip was
At least 10hrs work time per trip. Then another 10hrs for stripping seeds by hand,
Sifting for healthy specimens, and packaging for a total of 40hrs labor. Let's give me
At least $10 an hour. That's honest. So let's total here. Gas=$280.00 + Labor=$400.00
Total=$680.00 + $20 for shipping stock=$700.00
This is a rare plant(at least in Tx) and harvest resulted in only 200 seeds.
My investment $700x100pennies=70,000 pennies. And 70,000 pennies divided by 200 seeds=
350 pennies or $3.50 per viable seed. I want no part if extortion. And in my experience,
You get what you pay for.

I'm hoping for better hunting next season so that They may be offered at a better rate.