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Originally Posted by Richard
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Many of us believe that "California Gold" is just Dwarf Orinoco being sold at an exorbitant price. |
I've seen not seen many people make such a claim and don't recall anybody who has actually grown both make such a claim. Probably the most accurate statement on the matter is in Gabe's post here:
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Originally Posted by Gabe15
Morphologically, it is very easy to tell that 'California Gold' is a dwarf type of Bluggoe, as is the common 'Dwarf Orinoco'. Just by looking at them at any stage you are not likely to be able to tell them apart. However, the claim of 'California Gold' and what makes it different has nothing to do with morphology, it is it's growth habit, which you cannot tell from morphology. It is my belief that if the two are different at all, it is just in cold tolerance and/or speed of growth and that 'California Gold' is a hardier/faster sport off the common 'Dwarf Orinoco'.
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The high prices have been established by buyers, mostly in eBay auctions. One eBay seller has been selling tissue culture plants of something other than California Gold and selling them as such and those have been pretty cheap. I've sold one California Gold to a forum member who solicited a pup and offered $100. I thought that was too high so I threw in free shipping.
If someone would come by and dig up the pup themselves, I'd sell them a large pup for a very reasonable price.