You're probably not a hybridizer, eh? I can certainly believe that some hybridizers would pay that much for a SF of a tetraploid conversion of one of the two new color changers that some are so excited about. I can remember just a couple of years ago being shocked that people would pay up to $2,000 for a SF of TET ROSE F. KENNEDY, but they did! And now a couple of years later the newness has worn off and the prices have dropped -- and now I can actually afford one -- although it's certainly at the top of my comfort zone, as well as my pocketbook...
That is a great purchase and gift plant that you got, Cali -- and now I'm all excited to receive my LIVING THE GOOD LIFE from them, as I believe I requested it sometime in February -- can't wait!