[Pan]

Limited edition -restricted to a specific number of copies

Rare - Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
or Possibly - Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
or even Not widely distributed

If one is to use LE and Rare interchagealby then one does not have a grasp of the english language, or is modifying meaning to suit taste.
I'm not accusing anyone btw, just offering up my opinion. LE would mean there is ONE or TWO (i would think more would confer another title) sources known of a particular mother colony/frag from that the frags provided are the only ones available anywhere or anyhow. If there is a way to prove records of something being the only mother colony in existence (aquarium trade, not nature) and these are the only available frags from said colony then an LE stamp would be okay. Without the proof if means nothing. If you could document all stages with proof of every step from wild gatering up to reering and fragging then one could easily confer the title of LE. But to do this there would have to be an independent group/agency that is impartial that would monitor. Giving the term LE to a maricultured/aquacultured frag whose history is unknown is pure marketing and strictly a money grab. If you cannot prove there is no other sources available out there then you cannot label LE. But again people pay what they will, even with fish its done. But in fish it is a rare color morph that commands a higher price not a LE Gem tang...a rare gem tang. Even the blue morph of the potters angel is not a LE it's rare. LE sells, it commands a higher price because people let it. No one questions the term because people who can afford the prices really, in all likelyhood could care less.