Interesting link!
I would bet quite a few of us possess a plant or two that originated from there. With the exception of local growers or direct purchase from a grower who knows the actual source of their parent plant, who knows? Even small time, hometowny "nurseries" truck a good percentage of their inventory in or purchase wholesale bareroots (from Costa Rica?) to start in their greenhouses. Even the large commercial nurseries I know of focus on trees and shrubbery, not perennials. And let's face it, they purchase starts, not seeds. Not to say there aren't large commercial operations here in the USA that focus on perennials but with such a huge market and demand these imports have to hold their "fair share".
Very interesting to ponder. No doubt the latest and greatest hybrids are grown on a small enough scale that lineage might be traced like an ancestor but everything else?
As for Lowes? They get a lot of business from me including plants. Without a 100 mile round-trip they've usually got the best selection, variety, and prices locally. Lucky I can shop a semi-commercial daylily farm and the same goes for ground-grown hostas. I've had good luck with my Lowes plants just the same.
Thanks for sharing!
