The mom plant he showed was very pretty. I was surprised that he removed such a small offset. If it's that valuable you'd think he would want to let it grow as large as possible.

He is in Michigan, I wonder if he got it from Indonesia

He's thinning down the more common ones and keeping the better ones for himself, I think.

Hi Nancy! In general, although that seller is a know-it-all and annoying as all get go, his plants are generally small but nice. I have bought quite a few plants from him in the past and all did well. I, however, would never spend $80 on that pup, rare or not. In a few years it will be all over Indonesia and being brought into the US.

Vitorama, good to know, lol. I have never purchased anything from him. Don't worry, I wouldn't pay that much either. It is up to $93 now. I can't wait to see how high it goes.

I was promised a Agave 'White Rhino' last year and when I saw it going for $400 on Ebay I knew I would never see one. Don't blame them, That is a lot of money. The thing is, if I got one from them, It's in my book and if they should ever loose theirs, I would always give it back or at least have some to replace it with. The gift of giving is 'You always get more than you give'.

"Is it worth it"? Well if people are paying those prices I guess it is worth it to someone. I was lucky enough to get one of these a while back (also a small offset) in a trade but I lost it. Personally I am not that excited by this cultivar. I have a variegated moonshine with random lighter striping which I like much better......almost lost this one too but managed to save it. Prices of some plants are crazy. Variegated Monsteras go for crazy large sums of money at this time so I occasionally sell a cutting on ebay.

Woodnative, On this particular one selling right now looks to me like a common Moonshine. Reversion from the mother plant. With only one green stripe in one leaf is not enough for me. Still wouldn't pay that much even for the mother plant, but that's just me.

Now on the other post, a full well grown S. Lauren is worth it. Nice plant.

My small growing Moonshine I presently have is all I want in a moon shine right now.