The thing with the seed scams is, by the time the buyer realises they've been scammed, it's too late to do anything about it. Yet, they still flock to the rainbow roses, coloured strawberry seeds, monkey faced orchids, buddah shaped pears. Even Aussie sellers are getting in on the act and eBay refuses to do anything about it.
I've only found 2 rainbow rose sellers that tell the truth. They are both in Hong Kong. They tell you straight out the seeds you buy are for a particular variety of rose, which is an off white, apparently the best variety to create the rainbow (other light colours work too, but this variety seems to work the best according to my own research). You have to split the stem in 4 and sit each section in coloured water. The rose then sucks the liquids up creating the different coloured petals. I've never made rainbow ones, but have made blue roses.
The coloured strawberries and orchids are just out and out fake. People have been sent all manner of different seeds, including weed seeds.
The pears are created by putting a plastic mold around the juvenile fruit so they fill out the space in the mold as they grow. They most certainly do not grow in the shape they tell you they do.
The sellers of this rubbish, including the Aussie sellers seem to be untouchable. No amount of reporting makes a scrap of difference. It almost makes you want to get into it too (except I have a conscience).
