Most expensive carnivorous plant

The most expensive carnivorous plant known to have been sold to date is a male clone of Nepenthes veitchii called "Candy Dreams", sold in March 2022 by carnivorous plant grower Domonick Gravine of Tennessee, USA, to an anonymous buyer for $19,800 (£15,076) or $19,840 with transaction fees. The ancestor of this selection is from south-east Asia, perhaps originally of field-collected origin, and the plant was named “Candy Dreams” by Gravine in 2014.

Gravine is the owner of Redleaf Exotics nursery near Morrison, Tennessee, USA.

The next most expensive carnivorous plant known to have been sold to date is another Nepenthes veitchii clone called "Geoff Wong", sold in May 2023 by carnivorous plant grower Jeremiah Harris of Colorado, USA, to an anonymous buyer for $7,993 ($8,239 with transaction fees). This selection is believed to be female. Notably, Harris also sold a hybrid Nepenthes pitcher plant (N. rajah x N. peltata), named "Leviathan", which he developed. The male specimen sold in July 2019 to an anonymous buyer for $4,500 (£3,540). Harris first hybridized "Leviathan" in 2008. A total of six seeds from the hybrid germinated and four survived to maturity. The name comes from the giant biblical sea monster and is also a play on his brother's name (Levi). During the same transaction, the buyer also purchased a specimen of N. undulatifolia for $900. Harris founded the Colorado Carnivorous Plant Society in 2003 and has one of the largest private collections in the USA.

Plants in the genus Sarracenia also occasionally command extraordinary sums. The priciest public sale of Sarracenia was a division of Sarracenia "King Cobra". This specimen was developed and grown by the master hybridizer Phil Faulisi of California, USA, who sold the plant on eBay for $2,500 (£1,998) on 2 January 2025.

It must be noted, for those hoping to make a quick profit trading in carnivorous plants, that these were exceedingly rare, valuable selections. Typically, carnivorous plants can be bought/sold for $5 to $200.