01/06/2021
Hi there! Thanks for checking out our page.
We are a small time reseller of tropical houseplants, particularly in the Araceae (Aroid) family. In the future, you can expect us to be opening a small nursery and gift shop where you'll find a number of offerings from our proprietors including handmade soaps, botanical photography prints, and more. We are currently a self-funded startup, so our initial inventory offerings will likely be in low quantity, but with the local community's support we are certain we'll be able to eventually offer a wide range of exotic plants. You'll find variegation, fuzzy stems, and some of the most imaginative shapes and colors nature can produce!
Our conception came about sometime during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US- one of the few positives to come out of 2020. As bored hobbyists sheltered-in-place, Houseplant sales rose around the world, increasing demand for expensive ornamentals from foreign countries. As demand grew in the Sacramento/Bay Area, retail locations began popping up all over the place to meet the demand for the most common species of houseplants. However, the most sought after plants continued only to be available through scant local listings, or online via out of state sellers. Easily the biggest risk to buying plants online is shipping. Plants arrive melted or crispy, snapped or rotted- the horrifying possibilities seem endless. By offering our supply only locally, Arktos Aroids will eliminate the personal risk associated with importing and otherwise shipping plants. This keeps our overhead prices- and thusly resale prices low, which will always be a goal of ours to maintain.
We have lots of awesome plans to tell you about in the future- but I don’t want to turn this post into a whole book, so keep an eye out here and on our instagram for updates, tips, and pictures- thanks again for checking this out!
-Cody
