Proplifting

[4] However, this derivation is misleading as ethical proplifters are advised to seek permission first to take such floor sweepings.

[4][5] Though what started as a joke quickly became an on-line community of dedicated practitioners that has surprised its founder.

[4][6] Practitioners often gather fallen leaves of succulents and other plants from the floors of big-box stores.

[7] Clipping off pieces of living plants for sale is a discouraged practice even among proponents of proplifting.

[7][9] Despite communities of proplifters encouraging asking permission and discouraging cutting and outright theft, others see it as a slippery slope from one to the other.