Wow! I can't believe the amount of research and time you have dedicated to this series. I learned so much. Thank you for making very complicated content so interesting. I can't wait for the rest of the series. Love you and always look forward to seeing what's next.
I've had my philodendron for about 4 years now. I got it free from someone who was moving, it was very leggy and kinda neglected but still doing OK. I got it to a good point, happy healthy and good watering schedule, regular green. I went through a few months of depression and my mom would water my lanai plants. She is not a plant person, (if a plants looking poor her response is to keep watering it) and it nearly died, it looked so sad again, down to a few leaves. I got out of my funk, and cut and repotted what was left of it. Fast forward to a few months of regrowth, and it had spontaneously variegated all the new growth on its own. Now it's beautiful again, probably about 15 leaves. Im waiting to see how long variegated will last.
I find that my hoya crimson queen will put out white leaves, but they always start turning green from the center outwards. I also have not seen any reversion, even on the leaves that are not near the window.
I've been wanting a pink princess but costs farms reviews on their website say ppl are getting no variegation in the leaves and they're being told it's BC the plant is young 🤷🏼♀️ soooo unless I find one by chance in store with a ton of pink I won't be ordering! Or, MAYBE, if the price comes down to a normal price 😬 No clue if my alocasia pink Dragon is naturally pink stemmed or not but I love that plant, all 6 of the stems are pink. I have a Zebrina but I bought it knowing it had green leaves, I like the stems as they're like a white brown animal print. It's an animated plant compared to the pink Dragon and my Amazonica African Mask (Polly). The Zebrina leaves flip around through the day which I find interesting as it's under a lamp not the Sun, so it's not like it should chase the light 🤣 My Golden pothos confuses me as much of the growth is pain green (beautiful though) and I was under the impression it is variegated naturally in the wild, so how does it "revert" of it's natural state is to have the yellow? 🤔 I may cut the green back and pot it up or I may just get another plant ☺️ It is getting plenty of light and humidity so I find that a bit weird. "They" say to just give more light, but I don't want to put it out in the sun for two months 🤷🏼♀️ I also have a wet stick of golden pothos and it's in a 2 inch pot and just put out its 4th super cute tiny leaf and there is no variegation and it sits in the window so it's getting bright from about 4am until 10pm right now 🤷🏼♀️
So I went down a bit of a rabbit hole after reading this because I also thought that the golden pothos was naturally variegated but so many bloggers out there are claiming it isn’t that I was starting to think maybe I was misremembering. But then I finally found multiple scientific journals confirming it is natural stable variegation. So I wonder if maybe yours is some kind of cultivar that wasn’t labeled as such and that’s why it’s reverting (because you’re right that should be plenty of light). Alocasia stems are naturally that way and remain that way which is so cool. I actually tried finding out more of the science behind their stem colors and patterns when I was researching to do this video but I had to be like, “Stay on track Drea, we’re not covering that topic in this video.” Lol!
I can confirm that I've had golden pothos switch in and out of variegation. The plants put out all or mostly green leaves when under suboptimal conditions (less than ideal light, grown in mini solo cups), then after being potted up and given more sun the new growth is variegated, partly speckles and partly sectional. Given that the variegated parts of a plant don't photosynthesize, I can understand why they might turn of variegation in lower light areas.
I have a video all about it that you can watch here: What Causes Houseplant Variegation | Plant Nerd Series | Houseplant Science th-cam.com/video/Rw1s5H0WYsE/w-d-xo.html
I talk about that in this video💚: Maintaining Houseplant Variegation | Simple Methods for Preserving Unstable Houseplant Variegation th-cam.com/video/pXr63Hk1mZo/w-d-xo.html
It's more stable than say an albo but it is still Chimeric variegation which by definition is unstable. Now, that's not to say that there aren't perhaps tissue culture versions of aurea plants being produced and sold in which the biological engineers have genetically manipulated the plant to be even more stable by introducing the desired gene into the genes of a host plant to create the desired more stable effect. But true aurea plants do not have 100% stable variegation.
Wow! I can't believe the amount of research and time you have dedicated to this series. I learned so much. Thank you for making very complicated content so interesting. I can't wait for the rest of the series. Love you and always look forward to seeing what's next.
Thank you so much! 😊
Wow. This was so informative and exactly what I was looking for!
How are there so few views.. ?! 🤯
Thank you for making these videos!
Glad you enjoyed it!💚
Just recently found your channel, I appreciate your straightforward way. Looking forward to watching your content and learning lots
Thank you💚 And welcome to the planty fam!
You are very good in telling everything about whichever plant you are talking about
I've had my philodendron for about 4 years now. I got it free from someone who was moving, it was very leggy and kinda neglected but still doing OK. I got it to a good point, happy healthy and good watering schedule, regular green. I went through a few months of depression and my mom would water my lanai plants. She is not a plant person, (if a plants looking poor her response is to keep watering it) and it nearly died, it looked so sad again, down to a few leaves. I got out of my funk, and cut and repotted what was left of it. Fast forward to a few months of regrowth, and it had spontaneously variegated all the new growth on its own. Now it's beautiful again, probably about 15 leaves. Im waiting to see how long variegated will last.
DOMINO PEACE LILY??? I just got one and wanna know what’s gonna happen 💔
I did buy some that reverted. If it has, it will not come back. I did buy it in cheap. I do like it. Pretty burgundy plant I like her
I find that my hoya crimson queen will put out white leaves, but they always start turning green from the center outwards. I also have not seen any reversion, even on the leaves that are not near the window.
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I've been wanting a pink princess but costs farms reviews on their website say ppl are getting no variegation in the leaves and they're being told it's BC the plant is young 🤷🏼♀️ soooo unless I find one by chance in store with a ton of pink I won't be ordering! Or, MAYBE, if the price comes down to a normal price 😬
No clue if my alocasia pink Dragon is naturally pink stemmed or not but I love that plant, all 6 of the stems are pink. I have a Zebrina but I bought it knowing it had green leaves, I like the stems as they're like a white brown animal print. It's an animated plant compared to the pink Dragon and my Amazonica African Mask (Polly). The Zebrina leaves flip around through the day which I find interesting as it's under a lamp not the Sun, so it's not like it should chase the light 🤣
My Golden pothos confuses me as much of the growth is pain green (beautiful though) and I was under the impression it is variegated naturally in the wild, so how does it "revert" of it's natural state is to have the yellow? 🤔 I may cut the green back and pot it up or I may just get another plant ☺️ It is getting plenty of light and humidity so I find that a bit weird. "They" say to just give more light, but I don't want to put it out in the sun for two months 🤷🏼♀️ I also have a wet stick of golden pothos and it's in a 2 inch pot and just put out its 4th super cute tiny leaf and there is no variegation and it sits in the window so it's getting bright from about 4am until 10pm right now 🤷🏼♀️
So I went down a bit of a rabbit hole after reading this because I also thought that the golden pothos was naturally variegated but so many bloggers out there are claiming it isn’t that I was starting to think maybe I was misremembering. But then I finally found multiple scientific journals confirming it is natural stable variegation. So I wonder if maybe yours is some kind of cultivar that wasn’t labeled as such and that’s why it’s reverting (because you’re right that should be plenty of light). Alocasia stems are naturally that way and remain that way which is so cool. I actually tried finding out more of the science behind their stem colors and patterns when I was researching to do this video but I had to be like, “Stay on track Drea, we’re not covering that topic in this video.” Lol!
I can confirm that I've had golden pothos switch in and out of variegation. The plants put out all or mostly green leaves when under suboptimal conditions (less than ideal light, grown in mini solo cups), then after being potted up and given more sun the new growth is variegated, partly speckles and partly sectional. Given that the variegated parts of a plant don't photosynthesize, I can understand why they might turn of variegation in lower light areas.
Got Me L👀KING At My Recent Purchases Of The V. Burle Marx And The Pink Princess...
You’ll probably have an easier time maintaining the variegation on the Burle Marx but let us all know how things go with the Pink Princess
I try to limit how much I spent for plants
Do you know if variegated Melanochrysum are stable? I doubt it but gosh they are prettt
Definitely not stable💚
After watching i was wondering if a variegated maranta is stable?
That is a very good question. I’ve been searching around and so far I have not been able to find a solid answer but I will let you know if I do.
So where or how does variegations develop??
I have a video all about it that you can watch here: What Causes Houseplant Variegation | Plant Nerd Series | Houseplant Science
th-cam.com/video/Rw1s5H0WYsE/w-d-xo.html
All of the unstable plants can be controlled with cutting it back to a variagated segment.
I talk about that in this video💚: Maintaining Houseplant Variegation | Simple Methods for Preserving Unstable Houseplant Variegation
th-cam.com/video/pXr63Hk1mZo/w-d-xo.html
All the research I’ve done says the aurea is a stable variegation
It's more stable than say an albo but it is still Chimeric variegation which by definition is unstable. Now, that's not to say that there aren't perhaps tissue culture versions of aurea plants being produced and sold in which the biological engineers have genetically manipulated the plant to be even more stable by introducing the desired gene into the genes of a host plant to create the desired more stable effect. But true aurea plants do not have 100% stable variegation.