Actually, $100 a seedling is really quite reasonable.
Hybrid seedlings are going for $75. When besseae was first available (and as Eric said, tricky!), plants were well into the thousands of dollars.
Glen's always said his plan is to flood the market as early as possible with lower priced species seedlings in order to avoid that sort of price gouging that went on with besseae.
He also has a jump on the other two because he isn't working with Peruflora (Arias), who made everyone sign agreements that the seedlings would not be sold until 2007. So, by the time Chuck and Jerry (who owns Orchids Ltd - not affiliated with Ackers except in friendship) can sell their seedlings, Glen's plants will have already been on the market for quite a while.
However, I still think that letting the professionals grow them and figure them out for a while, is not such a bad plan.
I'm looking forward to seeing the hybrids in person in a few weeks. Hopefully Glen will allow photos.
