It's so interesting to hear peoples' vastly different experiences with plants! I have a large philodendron tortum myself and I accidentally ripped off its ENTIRE root system when trying to repot it a couple months ago. I ended up just sticking the whole plant in a vase to reroot and it didn't even bat an eye. Gave me one large leave and two flowers back to back, no yellowing, no crisping, no nothing. On the other hand, I couldn't keep an anthurium clarinervium happy even if my life depended on it.
I find it so interesting to hear others opinion on what they like or what they do well/struggle with! Thank you for sharing. I purchased a mature Audrey Ficus tree in July. I put it directly in my South-Eastern window and it gets a lot of direct sun. It ended up growing like 7 new leaves and a new branch. I also have a ludisia discolor which I actually adore and it's growing well! I agree with you on the Amydrium Medium being a no go. It did grow fairly quickly for me, but the tips won't stop browning and I can't figure out why!!
Haha, when I saw the title I immediately thought brandtianum! Great video. Agree with most, just not amydrium medium (not tried the other varieties of amydrium) - agree it's slow, at least initially. Mine took about a year from 1 leaf snip to put out it's first leaf and then to realise it had a moss pole (that believe me I strapped it to tight to force it's node against the moss), but this year it's made 5 leaves, all progressively bigger. I changed nothing in its care, in fact it's a feral plant for me. I'd add spider plants to my list (just find them boring) and possibly paraiso verde - easy to grow but takes up far too much space and I've only managed to get 1 variegated leaf.
Okay mine is without a doubt the Flamestar Calathea… I have a 3 strike rule with plants, if i failed 3 times the plants not for me. Well… I’m in LOVE with the flamestar so i always make an exception for it.. killed that thing so many times… and I’m great with calathea!!! I have loads, it’s JUST the flamestar 😩😩😩
I'm here to bring the nursing home vibe, and to hope that you've inspired people to evaluate their collections--it really is freeing to give away those plants that are just taking up space (and time, energy, resources ... 😆)
This was so versatile! Things you didn’t like Things that don’t work But still enthusiasm, very enjoyable 🌸 I have grown a cissus discolor, I purchased a started plant not one of those large ones, it grew quite easily, stopped growing in the winter and picked right back up in spring. I gave it to a friend and it grows well for her as well. They propagated easily in moss for me. Things I wont grow (again) (for now): - medium to large Alocasia… I can keep them alive… but not in the places where I want to put them and I cannot adapt those places to their liking and I refuse to have an “Alocasia tent” 😅 I am keeping 3 smaller ones in a cabinet but I am not buying more of them. - peperomias… just don’t do it for me, not the right vibe in my house (though maybe Ill get that fuzzy one someday) - African violets… I am with you… NO 😂. I do have an Episcia that I adore 🩷 - Large plants on stakes/mosspoles: my living room can only take about 3-4 of these and I don’t want them in other places in the house, they would be bumped into or otherwise in the way. So I have a few, but no more will enter the house (and a lot of them left the house to friends and family) - “rare” Scindapsus. There are still a few Scindapsi living in my house but in my opinion… If theres a splashy one and one or 2 different silver ones “you have them all” 😂 (I had about 10 of them at my Scindapsus peak). - Cane Begonia… they take up soooooo much space or have to be cut back soooooo often (and I don’t like binning cuttings, so they lead to sooooo many propagations) - anything finicky (except for some Hoyas): I look after my plants: water and feed them regularly, repot when needed, keep them pest free…. But I just cannot be bothered by plants that want a specific circumstance that requires a lot of equipment to keep it alive, I say NO 😅 (though the Hoyas did get a tent which is why they are the exception) - Succulents…. my mom has many adorable succulents 😍, but they are not meant for my house (old house, high humidity) I think thats it 🤔😊
Cissus discolor: I recently saw it in a botanical garden, where it was climbing and crawling on the walls of the greenhouse, its pipes and everywhere it could like a weed. It was gigantic and mesmerizingly beautiful. I wish I could grow it like this too - it is such a spectacular plant
A. Silver is a tad slower than green form. I have about 7 different plants, 3 on cedar planks, 4 on Thiccly poles. They need constant strapping, quite snug, of the stem after each new leaf is pushed out to the pole or plank. It must be pretty snug, I use plastic wrap which looks terrible but it works and it pushes out beautifully fenestrated leaves. Sometimes the internodal spacing is about 4 inches, but try this. I does require constant attention and you can't miss strapping after every new leaf is pushed out.
I use some peperomia in my tarantula enclosures, they work quite well as they stay compact. I do gravitate more towards larger plants in my own space though.
Omg, Memo, THIS, so much agree! I only forgive the black velvet, even though it' cranky. Everything else I agree. I could also name some more I would never want to grow
Hi Memo, really nice jumper - it suits you. Alocasia reginula Black Velvet: I recommend trying its hybrid Ninja instead - it´s blacker, velvet, embossed thicker leaves, has cooler veination, and generally it is stocky and seems to get bigger leaves. It´s one of my favourite plants because it´s so pretty (grows well in pon and a self-watering pot). Peperomia: I have been struggling for 3 years with Peperomia argyreia (watermelon), water propagated cuttings growing in pon. I spent excessive amount of hours trying to solve what it wants to thrive. It has been my most difficult & frustrating plant. It´s alive but doesn´t look great, although it has good light, fertiliser etc. Then I had an idea when a leaf broke off - I propagated it in water, planted it in Soil Ninja´s Ficus mix, put it on a northern windowsill and a miracle happened - it is growing in it like weeds - it looks amazing, grows fast, finally gets big leaves that don´t crack. I think the soil mix is what makes the difference - also maybe it needs mycorrhizal fungi in order to grow well. It did taught me a good lesson on importance of the right substrate - I swear that it makes all the difference. Anyhow, in spring, I´m going to chop my old peperomia to pieces and put them all in Soil Ninja´s Ficus mix - it works wonders :-)
Wow. I bought seeds of Ficus benghalensis around 2011. So many seedlings. I kept 1 and got huge in my apartment. Summers out on the fire escape in full sun. Such an adaptable plant. I then sold them as I collected seeds of other banyans in Mexico and Florida that now excite me more, like Ficus obtusifolia, which grows even faster and puts out more leaves. Ficus are underrated.
I so understand I love peperomia. I was after a raindrop pep for ages. Finally got one. I had these huge amazing leaves. Finally put out some new leaves. There were small and disappointing. Then the big leaves fell off it's now an underwhelming plant. It's done nothing for 6 plus months. Great video Have fun
I’ve been lucky with the one selaginella I’ve tried in my terrarium. It’s the Ruby Red one (so pretty). I just barely stuck the end in the substrate so it’s really just surviving off of the humidity I guess. It seems to be happy but it grows slowly. 🤷♀️ And there are no critters in there to trample it. 😂
For me this was calathea white fusion... and then the yellow one too.. three times I tried to keep leaves happy, but every time it turned out a crispy mess 😂😂😂
Hi, thanks for sharing the video. I have most of the plants you show in the video, I live in Florida. Begonias need to be kept moist at all times, as do African Violets, ground orchids, and Alocasias, except I mix in some soil with pebbles or sand and coconut fiber. I have had the climbing begonias for a year now, and they go dormant and then grow back every year. Keep this whole group of plants in a very bright spot, not in direct sunlight. Keep them in one spot at all times, do not move them.
'I don't want to see you, let alone take a picture of you' 😂😂😂 Totally agree, it's sooo ugly, sorry. 😅 I've that with all the plants that are of similar looks, also all those climbing Monsteras with more holes than leaves etc. I wouldn't have one if they paid me. 😆 Black Velvet - I think it's more suede like. I just recently got one and at the moment I like it. Don't know if I'll get bored with it fast, as has happened with anything Dragon, Gloriosum White Vein, Jose Buono and a few others lol. 😅 I understand what you mean about Peperomias. I have that with any of them that are very colourful and have small leaves. I do looove my P. Sarcophylla, such fleshy and big leaves, the biggest one is 15 cm atm, and I badly want to add an Elongata to the collection. My newest addition is Philo. Summer Glory. I'm blown away by how much I like this plant. Photos and videos truly don't do it justice.
I am a calathea fan, I have many… but I threw one calathea and one maranta in the trash 🤣 These 2 doesn’t want to life in my home 🫡 It’s ok, plants are fun relaxing not stressful and annoying 💛 Ficus Audrey, I sell mine 2 years ago, this plant was happy and cool, but my cat love it and it’s toxic. Peperomia I kill 3 or 4 😅😆 it’s just cute do nothing very meh, I always lost interest and with ADHD I forget their existence and they die 🫣 very fun video Memo 💛 I love this type of video
Hi friend! I agree with a lot of your struggles, certain things just won't work out. For me the hoya compacta does nothing. I want to love it so badly, but it grows so slowly.combined with my inconsistant watering, it has given me 6 leaves in 3 years, anf half of them have fallen off before maturing 😅
"Nursing home vibes" 😂. You crack me up Memo. I'd agree with all of those and add calathea zebrina and red veined maranta. Mine are growing nicely but in a humidity tent. Is it worth the bother...NO!!
Giggles, geriatric African violet, I actually laughed out loud. I used to have one think it passed last year after I forgot to water it a couple of times during the summer when I was working 15-20 days in a row. I tried saving it but was too far gone the second time. I will probably get another. I just haven't really been looking for one. Or even seen any available, might even get a few with different coloured flowers and put them all together 😊
It’s always so interesting how different plants throw hissy fits for some people. The only person I know that has been successful with the Brandi is Jan SPG. On the other hand most of the planty people on TH-cam seem to be okay growing the Tortum. I don’t have either! I have the Siltepecana, it grows like rubbish at my house 🤦♀️🇨🇦
Selaginella, ughh! I've tried and tried. Most recent one was a couple months ago and thought I was gonna do better with it in terrarium like condition and it like IMMEDIATELY melted and molded lol. Every single time I've had one, does not matter how I try growing it. So sad, they're really beautiful!
It surprised me that the monstera amydrium medium made the list. Mine is growing well (it's on a moss pole), though not quite as fast as my other monsteras. I consider myself a beginner planty person, so it always surprises me when the planty peeps I admire aren't having as much kuck with a specific plant as myself. I think I just assume you guys know more than me and therefore are like planty magicians that can grow anything super well 😅
It was a really fun video Memo! I find it so silly that you have to (and most plantubers) disclaim that this is your opinion and please people don't be offended if I bash a plant you like. It's just plants, people need to chill we all have different preferences and growing conditions why be offended if I say I don't like some plant? So weird.
You might want to get in touch with the guys from Jungle leaves (here on TH-cam) if you want to try selaginella again ^^ they specialize in terrarium plants and have a bunch of different selaginella. Perhaps they can give you some advice
I like the tortum but killed 2 :( , I do like african violets but prefer them with intense colored flowers . Brandtianum grows nicely ut doesn't size up, not to bad because I dont have space for it if it does. Got the black velvet but not to keen on it, and mine is dark green, it can stay and maye I'll like it better when it gets bigger ( more leaves )
I've always hated the ficus lol. Maybe it's because I've seen so many dusty plastic ones in office settings, they all look fake and bland to me now. Then I heard they were high maintenance and the deal was sealed- like where do you get off being so high maintenance when you're so.. ugly?? Sorry 😭😭
It looks like you did not try to find an info from real African violets growers ( not TH-camrs)!!! The rules are easy. 1) It has a thread-thin roots. Therefore, the size of the pot can be only 1/3 of the diameter of the rosette. 2) the substrate is peat/perlite, nothing else. 3) You have to repot/ re-root it TWICE a year. 4) Bottom water or have it on a wick. 5)Pinch off the suckers between leaves. That's all. I had had about 300 varieties years ago. Now I have only about 35-40 really favorites.
Noooo! Do not use geriatric and nursing home in negative sence! Lets make these places cool again, right! Our relatives are there, you are a stone throw away from them so no not appreciating grannies! Ok? Ok.
Audrey, among 14 other types of my ficuses is the easiest. I grow it from a starter plant. Now it is too big, and I'm going to cut it. Due to our crazy seasonal room humidity, it grows long aerial roots (it is by the window). It's been on a fridge by the window and this spot is too dark for most of my other plants. Gives me 1 leaf in month or 1,5 months. Now I know that if I want to stop it somehow, I need to put it in semi hydro. It is in peat + perlite 60\40. It likes to get dry. It didn't get thrips (from 5-7 times). It had a bit of spider mites once. Have only 2 Peperomias left (from 6) both with very succulent leaves. I can read my Alocasias like a book, but can't read Peperomias somehow. My Black Velvet feels velvety, but it is still juvenile and not that black, just deep green. Before I forget. If you'll ever want to get another Alocasia try Puncak Barneoenis. It feels you may like the look of it, and it is forgiving one. I love the colour of Brandtianum but it gives me small small leaves only. I enjoyed this video a lot. Thank you!
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Bravo Memo👏 Enjoyed the video. Nice sweater, by the way.
It's so interesting to hear peoples' vastly different experiences with plants! I have a large philodendron tortum myself and I accidentally ripped off its ENTIRE root system when trying to repot it a couple months ago. I ended up just sticking the whole plant in a vase to reroot and it didn't even bat an eye. Gave me one large leave and two flowers back to back, no yellowing, no crisping, no nothing. On the other hand, I couldn't keep an anthurium clarinervium happy even if my life depended on it.
lol the way you roasted these plants 😂
I appreciate the honesty in this video. Thanks Memo! 🌿💕
Thanks Memo you made me feel better about not loving some of my plants anymore 💚
I find it so interesting to hear others opinion on what they like or what they do well/struggle with! Thank you for sharing.
I purchased a mature Audrey Ficus tree in July. I put it directly in my South-Eastern window and it gets a lot of direct sun. It ended up growing like 7 new leaves and a new branch.
I also have a ludisia discolor which I actually adore and it's growing well!
I agree with you on the Amydrium Medium being a no go. It did grow fairly quickly for me, but the tips won't stop browning and I can't figure out why!!
Yay, new video! 🫶
Haha, when I saw the title I immediately thought brandtianum! Great video.
Agree with most, just not amydrium medium (not tried the other varieties of amydrium) - agree it's slow, at least initially. Mine took about a year from 1 leaf snip to put out it's first leaf and then to realise it had a moss pole (that believe me I strapped it to tight to force it's node against the moss), but this year it's made 5 leaves, all progressively bigger. I changed nothing in its care, in fact it's a feral plant for me.
I'd add spider plants to my list (just find them boring) and possibly paraiso verde - easy to grow but takes up far too much space and I've only managed to get 1 variegated leaf.
Okay mine is without a doubt the Flamestar Calathea… I have a 3 strike rule with plants, if i failed 3 times the plants not for me. Well… I’m in LOVE with the flamestar so i always make an exception for it.. killed that thing so many times… and I’m great with calathea!!! I have loads, it’s JUST the flamestar 😩😩😩
Haha....Im happy to hear that I'm not the only one that struggles with some plants! Love your shows Memo!
I trust you know that the discolor drops it’s leaves over winter and starts over in the spring. Kind of shocking behavior. Love your channel ❤
I'm here to bring the nursing home vibe, and to hope that you've inspired people to evaluate their collections--it really is freeing to give away those plants that are just taking up space (and time, energy, resources ... 😆)
This was so versatile!
Things you didn’t like
Things that don’t work
But still enthusiasm, very enjoyable 🌸
I have grown a cissus discolor, I purchased a started plant not one of those large ones, it grew quite easily, stopped growing in the winter and picked right back up in spring. I gave it to a friend and it grows well for her as well.
They propagated easily in moss for me.
Things I wont grow (again) (for now):
- medium to large Alocasia… I can keep them alive… but not in the places where I want to put them and I cannot adapt those places to their liking and I refuse to have an “Alocasia tent” 😅 I am keeping 3 smaller ones in a cabinet but I am not buying more of them.
- peperomias… just don’t do it for me, not the right vibe in my house (though maybe Ill get that fuzzy one someday)
- African violets… I am with you… NO 😂. I do have an Episcia that I adore 🩷
- Large plants on stakes/mosspoles: my living room can only take about 3-4 of these and I don’t want them in other places in the house, they would be bumped into or otherwise in the way. So I have a few, but no more will enter the house (and a lot of them left the house to friends and family)
- “rare” Scindapsus. There are still a few Scindapsi living in my house but in my opinion… If theres a splashy one and one or 2 different silver ones “you have them all” 😂 (I had about 10 of them at my Scindapsus peak).
- Cane Begonia… they take up soooooo much space or have to be cut back soooooo often (and I don’t like binning cuttings, so they lead to sooooo many propagations)
- anything finicky (except for some Hoyas): I look after my plants: water and feed them regularly, repot when needed, keep them pest free…. But I just cannot be bothered by plants that want a specific circumstance that requires a lot of equipment to keep it alive, I say NO 😅 (though the Hoyas did get a tent which is why they are the exception)
- Succulents…. my mom has many adorable succulents 😍, but they are not meant for my house (old house, high humidity)
I think thats it 🤔😊
Cissus discolor:
I recently saw it in a botanical garden, where it was climbing and crawling on the walls of the greenhouse, its pipes and everywhere it could like a weed. It was gigantic and mesmerizingly beautiful. I wish I could grow it like this too - it is such a spectacular plant
I have been feeling the same lately about some of my plants and I started purging because I'm bored with them
A. Silver is a tad slower than green form. I have about 7 different plants, 3 on cedar planks, 4 on Thiccly poles. They need constant strapping, quite snug, of the stem after each new leaf is pushed out to the pole or plank. It must be pretty snug, I use plastic wrap which looks terrible but it works and it pushes out beautifully fenestrated leaves. Sometimes the internodal spacing is about 4 inches, but try this. I does require constant attention and you can't miss strapping after every new leaf is pushed out.
I use some peperomia in my tarantula enclosures, they work quite well as they stay compact. I do gravitate more towards larger plants in my own space though.
Omg, Memo, THIS, so much agree! I only forgive the black velvet, even though it' cranky. Everything else I agree. I could also name some more I would never want to grow
Hi Memo, really nice jumper - it suits you.
Alocasia reginula Black Velvet:
I recommend trying its hybrid Ninja instead - it´s blacker, velvet, embossed thicker leaves, has cooler veination, and generally it is stocky and seems to get bigger leaves. It´s one of my favourite plants because it´s so pretty (grows well in pon and a self-watering pot).
Peperomia:
I have been struggling for 3 years with Peperomia argyreia (watermelon), water propagated cuttings growing in pon. I spent excessive amount of hours trying to solve what it wants to thrive. It has been my most difficult & frustrating plant. It´s alive but doesn´t look great, although it has good light, fertiliser etc. Then I had an idea when a leaf broke off - I propagated it in water, planted it in Soil Ninja´s Ficus mix, put it on a northern windowsill and a miracle happened - it is growing in it like weeds - it looks amazing, grows fast, finally gets big leaves that don´t crack. I think the soil mix is what makes the difference - also maybe it needs mycorrhizal fungi in order to grow well. It did taught me a good lesson on importance of the right substrate - I swear that it makes all the difference.
Anyhow, in spring, I´m going to chop my old peperomia to pieces and put them all in Soil Ninja´s Ficus mix - it works wonders :-)
Wow. I bought seeds of Ficus benghalensis around 2011. So many seedlings. I kept 1 and got huge in my apartment. Summers out on the fire escape in full sun. Such an adaptable plant. I then sold them as I collected seeds of other banyans in Mexico and Florida that now excite me more, like Ficus obtusifolia, which grows even faster and puts out more leaves. Ficus are underrated.
I was all the way with you on preferences until the Tortum.
Mine didn’t grow well in
I so understand
I love peperomia. I was after a raindrop pep for ages. Finally got one. I had these huge amazing leaves. Finally put out some new leaves. There were small and disappointing. Then the big leaves fell off it's now an underwhelming plant. It's done nothing for 6 plus months.
Great video
Have fun
I’ve been lucky with the one selaginella I’ve tried in my terrarium. It’s the Ruby Red one (so pretty). I just barely stuck the end in the substrate so it’s really just surviving off of the humidity I guess. It seems to be happy but it grows slowly. 🤷♀️ And there are no critters in there to trample it. 😂
For me this was calathea white fusion... and then the yellow one too.. three times I tried to keep leaves happy, but every time it turned out a crispy mess 😂😂😂
Hi, thanks for sharing the video. I have most of the plants you show in the video, I live in Florida. Begonias need to be kept moist at all times, as do African Violets, ground orchids, and Alocasias, except I mix in some soil with pebbles or sand and coconut fiber. I have had the climbing begonias for a year now, and they go dormant and then grow back every year. Keep this whole group of plants in a very bright spot, not in direct sunlight. Keep them in one spot at all times, do not move them.
'I don't want to see you, let alone take a picture of you' 😂😂😂 Totally agree, it's sooo ugly, sorry. 😅 I've that with all the plants that are of similar looks, also all those climbing Monsteras with more holes than leaves etc. I wouldn't have one if they paid me. 😆
Black Velvet - I think it's more suede like. I just recently got one and at the moment I like it. Don't know if I'll get bored with it fast, as has happened with anything Dragon, Gloriosum White Vein, Jose Buono and a few others lol. 😅
I understand what you mean about Peperomias. I have that with any of them that are very colourful and have small leaves. I do looove my P. Sarcophylla, such fleshy and big leaves, the biggest one is 15 cm atm, and I badly want to add an Elongata to the collection.
My newest addition is Philo. Summer Glory. I'm blown away by how much I like this plant. Photos and videos truly don't do it justice.
I am a calathea fan, I have many… but I threw one calathea and one maranta in the trash 🤣 These 2 doesn’t want to life in my home 🫡 It’s ok, plants are fun relaxing not stressful and annoying 💛 Ficus Audrey, I sell mine 2 years ago, this plant was happy and cool, but my cat love it and it’s toxic. Peperomia I kill 3 or 4 😅😆 it’s just cute do nothing very meh, I always lost interest and with ADHD I forget their existence and they die 🫣 very fun video Memo 💛 I love this type of video
Hi friend! I agree with a lot of your struggles, certain things just won't work out. For me the hoya compacta does nothing. I want to love it so badly, but it grows so slowly.combined with my inconsistant watering, it has given me 6 leaves in 3 years, anf half of them have fallen off before maturing 😅
Seleginella… agree 1000% . I tried indoor and outdoor, but no luck. That one is definitely off the list 😢
"Nursing home vibes" 😂. You crack me up Memo. I'd agree with all of those and add calathea zebrina and red veined maranta. Mine are growing nicely but in a humidity tent. Is it worth the bother...NO!!
Giggles, geriatric African violet, I actually laughed out loud. I used to have one think it passed last year after I forgot to water it a couple of times during the summer when I was working 15-20 days in a row. I tried saving it but was too far gone the second time. I will probably get another. I just haven't really been looking for one. Or even seen any available, might even get a few with different coloured flowers and put them all together 😊
16:37 extra coddling? HAHA! African violets are very resilient plants. I ignore mine monthly!
Alocasa Polly, most large leafed philodendrons, monstera obliqua, to name a few. 😅
It’s always so interesting how different plants throw hissy fits for some people. The only person I know that has been successful with the Brandi is Jan SPG. On the other hand most of the planty people on TH-cam seem to be okay growing the Tortum. I don’t have either! I have the Siltepecana, it grows like rubbish at my house 🤦♀️🇨🇦
Selaginella, ughh! I've tried and tried. Most recent one was a couple months ago and thought I was gonna do better with it in terrarium like condition and it like IMMEDIATELY melted and molded lol. Every single time I've had one, does not matter how I try growing it. So sad, they're really beautiful!
I won’t say NEVER but Calathea, Diffenbachia, most ferns
It surprised me that the monstera amydrium medium made the list. Mine is growing well (it's on a moss pole), though not quite as fast as my other monsteras. I consider myself a beginner planty person, so it always surprises me when the planty peeps I admire aren't having as much kuck with a specific plant as myself. I think I just assume you guys know more than me and therefore are like planty magicians that can grow anything super well 😅
As I mentioned earlier, I have a Philodendron grazielae on my THIRD attempt. Now it looks like I don't have nerves left.
It was a really fun video Memo! I find it so silly that you have to (and most plantubers) disclaim that this is your opinion and please people don't be offended if I bash a plant you like. It's just plants, people need to chill we all have different preferences and growing conditions why be offended if I say I don't like some plant? So weird.
Thank you and bye bye prayer like plants!!
Peperomia and alocasia..allllll of them
You might want to get in touch with the guys from Jungle leaves (here on TH-cam) if you want to try selaginella again ^^ they specialize in terrarium plants and have a bunch of different selaginella. Perhaps they can give you some advice
I am thinking the name black Velvet is about the appearance and not the feel. Looking at it the plant does appear velvety regardless of how it feels
@@Plantdaddytips makes sense!
It's ferns and Peperomia for me. I love them, but it gets way too hot for them in the house in the summer, they just can't take it. :(
I like the tortum but killed 2 :( , I do like african violets but prefer them with intense colored flowers . Brandtianum grows nicely ut doesn't size up, not to bad because I dont have space for it if it does. Got the black velvet but not to keen on it, and mine is dark green, it can stay and maye I'll like it better when it gets bigger ( more leaves )
Mine are spider,croton,suctulent. Have had all 3 or 4 times and they died every time. They hate me😁
I've always hated the ficus lol. Maybe it's because I've seen so many dusty plastic ones in office settings, they all look fake and bland to me now. Then I heard they were high maintenance and the deal was sealed- like where do you get off being so high maintenance when you're so.. ugly?? Sorry 😭😭
Hypoestes phyllostachya, the polka dot plant 😔 I love her but she doesn’t care for me.
The Black Velvet is also a problem for me. When she dies, never again.
To be fair, my friend, you are an acquired taste.... 🤣
Probably geogenanthus ciliatus.
It looks like you did not try to find an info from real African violets growers ( not TH-camrs)!!!
The rules are easy.
1) It has a thread-thin roots. Therefore, the size of the pot can be only 1/3 of the diameter of the rosette.
2) the substrate is peat/perlite, nothing else.
3) You have to repot/ re-root it TWICE a year.
4) Bottom water or have it on a wick.
5)Pinch off the suckers between leaves.
That's all. I had had about 300 varieties years ago. Now I have only about 35-40 really favorites.
Noooo! Do not use geriatric and nursing home in negative sence! Lets make these places cool again, right! Our relatives are there, you are a stone throw away from them so no not appreciating grannies! Ok? Ok.
Greetings and love from Finland. I loooove your channel and will❤
Audrey, among 14 other types of my ficuses is the easiest. I grow it from a starter plant. Now it is too big, and I'm going to cut it. Due to our crazy seasonal room humidity, it grows long aerial roots (it is by the window). It's been on a fridge by the window and this spot is too dark for most of my other plants. Gives me 1 leaf in month or 1,5 months. Now I know that if I want to stop it somehow, I need to put it in semi hydro. It is in peat + perlite 60\40. It likes to get dry. It didn't get thrips (from 5-7 times). It had a bit of spider mites once. Have only 2 Peperomias left (from 6) both with very succulent leaves. I can read my Alocasias like a book, but can't read Peperomias somehow. My Black Velvet feels velvety, but it is still juvenile and not that black, just deep green. Before I forget. If you'll ever want to get another Alocasia try Puncak Barneoenis. It feels you may like the look of it, and it is forgiving one. I love the colour of Brandtianum but it gives me small small leaves only.
I enjoyed this video a lot. Thank you!
African Violet: "It's giving nursing home" 🥲💀