US Seller RARE Unusual Aroid Cyrtosperma johnstonii red veins! ODDBALL Alocasia

Description

Cyrtosperma johnstonii
I’m certain you’ll fall for Cyrtospermas after you’ve seen C. johnstonii! Maybe you’ve already been bitten by the aroid collecting bug, maybe you just can’t get enough big crazy elephant ears like alocasias, colocasias, and
xanthosomas, well take a deep breath and pull your seat closer to the monitor so this one can blow your mind. Imagine for a moment if your favorite alocasia was somehow magically crossed with a dinosaur or dragon, well Cyrtosperma johnstonii is about as close to that impossible cross as you are likely to ever get. Picture large sagittate foliage with exaggerated lobes, with pink to red veins like flowing rivers of lava, held a top a crazy scaled petiole (with spines no less), if a plant could breathe fire this one might be a prime candidate! If you keep your C. johnstonii content it may eventually with it unique aroid spathe spadix combo, but for us its always been about the foliage stem show this one put on, just an outstanding collector plant. Unlike alocasias, this one likes to grow with constantly wet feet, a bucket or pot without holes will do the trick if done so in a warm tropical climate or greenhouse setting. We have grown it as an aquatic, but the results are far more rewarding if grown as a marginal, wet feet is all it needs, not up to its neck. We’ve been growing this plant for about twenty years and find a little liquid fertilizer (think Miracle Grow) during the warmer months will yield a larger specimen, if left unfertilized it will grow an average height of three to five feet here in tropical zone 10.
This auction:
This offering is a well rooted division made over 5 months ago about to outgrow a 4” pot. This offering isn’t tissue culture plug or a tiny toothpick grown under led lights in a dark basement, this is old school pre-pandemic size, if it kicks the box open and demands your lunch money we apologize in advance. Currently outgrowing a 4” pot, have another look at the actual pictures of the auction plant, we’ve uploaded the largest images possible, unretouched, so you can see every flaw or blemish (no IG filters here).
About us:
We have been buying and selling uncommon plants here on ebay since 1999! During that time, we have maintained a 100% positive feedback rating. We don’t list as frequently as we did in the earlier days, so some of you that are newer to plant collecting may not know of us yet. We have been collecting rare and unusual plants since well before we signed up with ebay to share our plants. We are not plant flippers, we are not buying plants from other sources to flip and make a quick buck. We do not sell tissue culture plants. We seldom propagate, we are collectors that simply have a spare plant from time to time. We ship our plants well packed, and as quickly as we can get them in the mail. Our plants are shipped without pot, or soil, and we package the plants in a way that allows you to unpack them without tearing the plant apart. Being collectors for decades, we know what a good plant is, we know when a plant is well packed, and we simply strive to offer a good plant packed the way we would appreciate receiving them.
International shipping:
We do offer shipping to most countries, but only at the buyer’s risk. During the past twenty years of selling here on ebay, we have shipped to most major countries and we have never had a plant not arrive alive that we are aware of. We ship all of our plants without soil, in clear plastic for quick inspection should that occur upon arriving in your country. Despite our decades of successful international shipping, we have not done so during a global pandemic, we cannot guarantee live arrival. All international shipping is strictly at the buyer’s risk; no refunds or replacement plants will be offered.
Friendly advice:
Most of what we list is typically rare, think one of a kind, we do not propagate in bulk like some sellers. If you like a unique plant, please bid accordingly while the auction is still active. Please do not contact us after the auction has ended asking for another offering, most of our listings are one of a kind plants. After an auction ends, we will only respond to the winning bidders, ebay is not our full time job, we have limited time for the few listings we offer. On the rare occasion we have a similar plant, it will be listed at a later time when the plant is ready so everyone has an equal opportunity to win the plant. –Thank you for understanding and best of luck with your biddings.