Well, Porkpal, not affordable here either, which is why I asked over on the original site on the Florida gardening forum. They just fall out of the trees down there, but in this one I hit paydirt, as the gal said that besides the wind that blew some down, the power company came through to trim trees and she asked that they leave any branches that had them on so she could *harvest* them for me. She said the guys just threw them on a pile by her door. What service, eh??? On medium sized air plant is usually around $20.00 at the garden centers.