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Originally Posted by geekdafied  I have to put my 2 sense in on this topic.... When shopping for Rics, ALWAYS check the spelling of it. Ricordia, is Ricordia Yuma, Ricordea, is Ricordea Florida. I can get you any color you want in the Ricordea Florida variety, it will not be cheap because they do have a minimal order when you order from them, and the rarer the Ric, the more expensive it is. They harvested a buttload of them before they tightened the laws on collecting, and now they propagate them. Check out Kiki's website, Ricordeas.net be sure to check out her gallery of what she has for sale. The colors are amazing! |
I'm not quite sure how this post was meant, so forgive me if it was in jest.
I can assure you that the way the vendor spells the coral, has no bearing on what it is. Ricordea florida is ricordea florida and Ricordea yuma is ricordea yuma. They are both Ricordea sp. One is not spelled any different than the other. Not like cents and sense which have two different meanings.
Also, I'd be a little leary of the site you mentioned. First off, $45 for one single polyp of "true" (what the hell does that mean anyway, the ricordea florida collected from Haiti are fake ricordea florida? What are they really then?) If I am going to pay that much more for something that can often be found for much more than half of that price I'd want a little more information at hand. The album doesn't even work. If by "true" they are saying the coral was truly collected in Florida waters, then I think there's some legal issues with that.
I would also suggest doing a little more investigating in the company and their legal woes/collecting practices before blindly throwing money at them.
Again, Ricordea florida is ricordea florida. Where it's collected doesn't make one "truer" than another. That's like saying a Labrador Retriever, Canis familiaris bred in Utah is "truer" than a Labrador Retriever, Canis familiaris bred in Germany. They are both Canis familiaris. Makes no difference where they came from.