I can definitely see what you mean by them being opportunists. They usually sell tiny cuttings consisting of 1 node and very little leeway to work with - just an attempt to make as much money as possible, by giving the customer the bare minimum.
It's hard to come by people who grow and sell for the purpose of increasing and restoring biodiversity of threatened species, or just for the beauty of the plant itself - not just because it's been marketed as a rare plant!! I'm not sure if it's just because of where I live (being a temperate oceanic region), there's not a whole lot of people growing aroids for the sake of biodiversity or botanical reasons, it's more like a trophy collecting sport.
