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During the pandemic there was a bubble market with high demand for house plants. With the supply chain issues, availability of tropical house plants (mainly aroids) went through the roof. Some hard to find plants like certain species of variegated monsteras as an example shot up to thousands of dollars per plant. The bubble burst a year or so ago and prices have plummeted as nurseries have largely caught up with faded demand. It was the largest wave of house plant demand seen since the 70’s from what I’ve heard local nurseries mention. Lots of people I guess wanted house plants to decorate their home offices for zoom backgrounds and others got into the hobby to keep them occupied? Basically a massive speculative bubble. One positive outcome was more people got into plants, and some have now crossed over to orchids. But orchid prices have stayed  pretty consistent through these past few years, even with all this new found enthusiasm.