Rare plant attracts bidding war on TradeMe, sells for $8150

From First Up, 5:36 am on 18 August 2020
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A rare plant has sold for more than $8,000 after an online bidding war broke out on Trade Me - breaking the sites record sale price for a plant.

The Variegated Minima leaves are half green and half yellow, with the colours split down the middle.

62 people entered the bidding war - with two left battling it out as the seconds counter ticked down.

The plant's new owner told Indira all about the nerve-racking end to the auction - and how he and his co-plant parents plan to share it with New Zealand.