Ten years ago the price for a Tecophillea corm, in the UK, was £7.00. The price has been sreadily dropping and last year I saw it on Alpine Garden Society events Trade stands for £4.00. The plant is becoming more widely grown and the rarity value is dropping whether or not anyone is 'micropropping' it. I doubt it is hardy at Zone 7 but it can withstand the corm freezing (I don't reccomend this) Peter (UK) On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Matt Mattus <mmattus@charter.net> wrote: > I've been wondering this year why Tecophilaea are more affordable than in > past years. > > This lead me to believe that they someone is micropropagating them now, > does > anyone know ? > > Also, some mass retailers listed them at hardy to zone 3, which I thought > was funny. > > Matt Mattus > Worcester, MA >