In June, a Singapore collector shelled out $40,000 for a rare and exotic philodendron houseplant from Candy Floriculture, a nursery in Thomson Road.
The Instagram post showing the back of the camera-shy collector as he walked off with a Philodendron Spiritus Sancti was the talk of the town and trained the spotlight on a growing community of serious plant collectors who seem to be immune to sticker shock.
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