UNSPSC 10217411: Live hybrid painted lady waxflower

Live plant including the root ball of the hybrid painted lady variety of waxflowers

UNSPSC 10217411 Live hybrid painted lady waxflower is a Commodity code that describes a specific ornamental plant species, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it show little alignment with this narrow botanical specification. The five recent solicitations—posted between January and June 2026—span landscape installation, dune restoration, environmental planting, and general plant procurement, but none explicitly request painted lady waxflower or narrow their scope to this single cultivar. Issuing bodies include county governments (DeKalb County in Georgia; Pasco County, Collier County, and Pinellas County in Florida), a city (Dallas, Texas), and special-purpose divisions (Collier County's Pelican Bay Services Division). The work being solicited under this code tag ranges from IT infrastructure installation at a recreation facility through comprehensive coastal dune stabilization using native plants, five-year environmental restoration contracts for wetlands and stormwater sites, roadside landscaping and irrigation systems, and straightforward plant purchase agreements—a scope so broad it suggests tagging inconsistency rather than coherent demand for this particular waxflower variety.

The geographic concentration is predominantly Florida (four of five recent opportunities), with secondary activity in Georgia and Texas. Pasco County posted an IFB for landscaping and irrigation installation on Ridge Road with a bid due April 14, 2026, scoped at $120,000 and requiring Florida-licensed contractors; Collier County's Pelican Bay Services Division issued a Quick Quote for coastal dune planting (approximately 56,250 native plants including sea oats, railroad vine, and dune sunflower) due March 13, 2026; Pinellas County released an RFP for five-year environmental planting, monitoring, and maintenance services due July 29, 2025, with SBE participation provisions; and the City of Dallas posted an Informal Solicitation for general plant purchase due February 3, 2026. DeKalb County's reconstruction project (ITB 2026-076-ITB, due July 13, 2026) centers on IT and low-voltage infrastructure, not landscaping. The mismatch between the code's botanical specificity and the diversity of landscaping, environmental restoration, and general plant procurement actually being solicited suggests either systematic miscoding or that the painted lady waxflower commodity is rarely requested as a standalone line item in state and local procurement.