I am not up to date with Exotica news but last I heard (which is really old news) was it was in dire need of financial rescue, some fund raising efforts but don't know how far that went, heard other nursery owners stepped in to help by taking some trees off his hands. Half the original nursery plot already sectioned off looking for a buyer, couple years ago Steve told me the listing price which I don't recall an exact amount but remember thinking "that's pretty damn expensive" ... true enough, it's still there.