I didn't see this mentioned but I think it's worth pointing out some plants are just rare to a region, rather than being rare globally. They're hard to get a hold of in stores or nurseries so people rely on private or online sales to obtain them. Both options are pretty fraught; not everyone knows how to actually trim a plant for propagation, some plants don't propagate but are sold as if they do, and some people are just cruelly selling leaves they've chopped off. There's also this entire side industry of people who will graft flowers to cacti and paint succulents which often will kill the host in due time.
As someone that takes care of a lot of plants the idea of selling plant clippings for propagation seems wrong. Unless you're selling an already rooted seedling you're putting a lot to chance. Not every propagation will take and a fair amount of the chance depends on the person taking care of it doing the right things.
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I didn't see this mentioned but I think it's worth pointing out some plants are just rare to a region, rather than being rare globally. They're hard to get a hold of in stores or nurseries so people rely on private or online sales to obtain them. Both options are pretty fraught; not everyone knows how to actually trim a plant for propagation, some plants don't propagate but are sold as if they do, and some people are just cruelly selling leaves they've chopped off. There's also this entire side industry of people who will graft flowers to cacti and paint succulents which often will kill the host in due time.
As someone that takes care of a lot of plants the idea of selling plant clippings for propagation seems wrong. Unless you're selling an already rooted seedling you're putting a lot to chance. Not every propagation will take and a fair amount of the chance depends on the person taking care of it doing the right things.