Why are some Pink Princesses still $500+? | 4 Plant Stories - Prices, Variegation, Tissue Culture...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2022
- G'day, mate! Today, I sit down and show you a bunch of aroid plants in my collection and tell you 4 plant stories about them. They include the Philodendron Pink Princess, Philodendron White Princess, Philodendron Paraíso Verde, and Alocasia Silver Dragon. We talk plant prices, variegation, deformed plants, mutation, tissue culture, and more!
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Don't forget to leave your interesting plant stories in a comment below! I'd love to hear them!
Yesterday I found a pink princess at a garden store selling for $20. I couldn’t believe it. The sticker said birkin but it definitely had a half moon pink leaf and I checked the stem. It had the swirl though the stem. I almost died I couldn’t believe it. Definitely a great find.
Wow! What a score. Great work!
Pink princess is the ugliest plant I wouldn't give anyone a dime for one. It was just hyped up and people buy into that hype or trend.
@@countrygirl4422 you do you :D
I just seen a bunch of Pink Princess's at Walmart and at Meijer!! I was surprised!!
PPP are down to $25 with Costa tissue cultures going wild. Extreme variegation.(US, midwest)
I have a "reverted" PPP that I got ridiculously cheap and it started producing pink again after it had grown out for awhile. The PPP just seems to be a really weird and unpredictable plant, but it's a lot of fun to watch and see what it ends up doing down the line.
Yeah, it's pretty strange. From some of the comments here and other info I've read it seems the variegation is stable in that it's going to always be in the genetics of a plant (non-chimeric) but it just doesn't display it every leaf and can go ages without doing so.
Your top cutting PPP is much more mature than the others and is in cataphyll development. Your other plants are in petiolar sheath development. This is key in the ontogeny of all Philodendron-though like people, they will mature at different rates!
Very true, David. I think you're spot on.
@@petevsplants7516 yes agree with David. As my PPP matures, it went into catephyll growth mode. The leaf shape also start to differ.
Could someone repeat this in simpler English for me in new to house plants
@@splashafrica as the plant gets older it starts making the leaves differently, making them come out a little differently and able to chop up right above the node (there the leave came right up with air roots) and make into more ;D
@@pandabearrahh Hallelujah 😅
So I found a very beautiful pink princess on eBay, this last black Friday. I only paid 27 for my cutting with roots. It actually came in potted. It has beautiful variegation to it. I honestly don't want to much pink, its hard for the plant to well basically eat. With my brinks I have noticed the whole sheath thing on that plant. Also my brinks are giving me some crazy variegation on its leafs, and I really believe that what soil, fertilizers, and light they get as how much variegation you will receive from the plant. I have South West facing windows, so spring and summer time, dang son! Winter months I have use a grow lights for them, but I still get lush growth.
Thanks for sharing this video, David. It’s a keeper.
Thank you for sharing beautiful and amazing plants lovely collection beautiful
Thanks, mate!
That nice PPP is growing into maturity hence the new leaf came out of a cataphyl. Anthurium behaves the same and later you can eventually expect inflorescence is the one coming out of the base of a petiole. Although Anthurium tends to flower more profusely
Cheers, Tommy. Yeah, seems that Philodendrons are much harder to get to flower. I've had Alocasias, Anthuriums and Aglaonemas flower readily, but Monsteras and Philodendrons I think really need to size up for it to happen.
Paraiso Verde dont revert, it will be variegated soon.
Exactly what I was gonna say, warmth and light increase variegation. Mine is on a heat mat under a grow light and beautiful variegation. In winter all variegation goes away
Yeah, interesting, though it's mid summer right now in Australia haha
@@petevsplants7516 yes I'm in Brisbane and mine that live outside are coming back. I'll send u pics on insta
@@petevsplants7516I’d hardly call this summer a summer. Nothing but rain and mild days so far. My outdoor garden has been totally suffering.
In summer in the US, my PV gets about 6 hours of dappled sun an it stays very light in color.
Very interesting observations! I hope you make more videos like this, I’m gonna sun! 😊
Thanks Keisha! :D I'll try to do another one soon
Very Interesting Observations from one plant to the other!!!
Thanks mate :D
I feel like I've learned so many interesting things from this, really awesome content!
Thanks a lot, mate! I really appreciate that :D
My understanding is that paraiso verde don’t revert but it is all related to heat. When summer comes back they will return to variegated leaves. Mine has a new leaf that is pretty green but I’ve been assured come summer I will get back to nicely variegated leaves. 🤞
Hehe I'm in the southern hemisphere where it's mid summer right now :(
But is it outside in that heat every day or inside with air conditioning. Rare plant nurseries and their clients that have absurd collections swear it is heat related
All summer, 4 cuttings, zero variegated leaves except the first cuttings
PPP are similar to monstera albos etc in that the variegation easily reverts. Unless you see dark pink/light pink striping all the way around the stem you will likely end up with a plant slowly reverting towards more and more solid growth. People are constantly cutting back their PPP’s to a variegated gated node in attempt to keep the color. The younger juvenile plants have the longer narrower leaves, and as the plant matures, the leaves become broader, so what you’re seeing between the two plants is simply a factor of maturity, including the sheath. The pink on the white princess is one of those fun bonuses that you can run into sometimes and is not super common, but pops up fairly regularly. Similar to the PPP, if you lose the pink variegation, you can chop back to where you see some pink on the stem and it should go back to growing with some pink. That bushy growth pattern on the white princess is a side effect of the multiplication media from the TC process. Some of them come out of TC with this crazy growth pattern. I have a small TC Florida ghost as well as a small white wizard that are growing in this fashion. There is a name for this, which I can’t think of right now, but it can also happen after regular “chop”propagation, and I have a spot on my splendid that begin growing this way after it was chopped… growth point after growth point after growth point. Happy growing!
Cheers, Laura. yeah, I've been wondering that re: variegation, though I have had some spit out multiple dark leaves with no variegation only to later push out a really variegated pink leaf. I don't have albos that have ever done that where they've ghosted or reverted and then come back. So, not sure if PPP is chimeric variegation or not like with albos.
And interesting re: leaf size etc. I had heard multiple people saying it was a sign of TC and that the TC ones don't get as thick and round.
Interesting too re: the growth pattern from TC. That was what I suspected. Let me know if you find/remember the name for it. And does it ever stop or once it starts that's just the growth pattern from now on?
I have had plants go from sheaths on the petioles turn into the other sort. As for inch worming effect what helps is if you spray a little water on it and massage gently when you first see signs of inch worming to help separate the sheath. Nursery guy had explained it is because it is too dry for it to come out easily. Do not force but bigger ones it is quite satisfying to have it pop out when messaging it. Sometimes it takes a couple of massages to get them out.
Cheers, mate!
Yes, as the other PPP matures it will also grow from a cataphyll! You can see the petiole sheaths on the lower leaves of that more mature PPP. :)
The petiole sheaths are bastards unless it’s 60% humidity, mist them like the other poster said.
I picked up a pot at home depot for 20 bucks with 2 pink princess both have fantastic variegation. From what you said they were definitely from tissue cultures. Each plant had a canvas wrap around the roots 5-6cm wide and deep effectively cooking out the roots; in a big pot filled with soil. Point is, the little soft leaves on the bottom, and wrapped roots, are indicative of tissue culture and mass production.
Thank you,very educated 👍
:D thanks mate
I think that your hypothesis is spot on in regards to highly variegated leaves.
My 4’ ficus Triangularus was under-watered over a weekend and dropped only the pure white leaves. No stress on the rest of the plant.
The Silver Dragon might be happy to move to Lecca.
Yeah, interesting. So you've noticed it in other plants too? I wonder what the mechanism is by which the plant does it.
OMG i am in ❤❤😍😍😍😍, thank you for sharing
I’m not sure if you’ve found this out yet, but paraíso verde variegation is based on temperature! Kaylee Ellen did a video where she mentioned doing so many things to bring it back and it’s heat (:
Parasio react to temperature more than light, I’ve found if you keep them in a warmer environment the variegation will come back. I’ve battled this with a few parasio and it always comes back.
Yeah, it's weird though as it's probably at 25-27C each day.
That weird aberration of a plant that has an inflorescence may be due to the plant pulling nutrients from the leaves. Just out of curiosity if I were you I would let it bloom and see what happens. I had a large agave once that bloomed (Totally different type of plant, I know. I don't know that much about aroids.) when I was living near San Pedro, California. The agave rosette was 4 ft. across and the flower stalk was 30 - 40 ft tall. Normally, when agaves bloom they die afterwards. This agave literally rained parthenocarpic copies of itself for years from the flower stalk and over fifty years later is still alive. Even a homely plant can still surprise you.
Walmart has full rooted nice size plants for $25 and they are gorgeous with a lot of pink on every leaf. Thats how I found about this species. Then I come to you tube and see people paying insane prices. They had about 30 plants for sale and I chose the prettiest i could find. I got it yesterday and it has 6 large leaves each almost half pink and has 3 new leaves about to unroll.. I love her but that is the most ive ever spent on a plant and im shocked people are so crazy!😂 I guess if there is something expensive just wait and it will flood the market and be cheaper soo .
Your pink princess is gorgeous
Thanks, mate :D Hopefully I can maintain it in this condition hehe
the impression of the death in "alien style" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 cracked me up!
That’s interesting with the PPP, my white princess tricolor sheaths are like that as well. I think it happens as the plant matures
Oh those ghosts. Wow. 💚 Love your plant theories, definitely some solid ideas there. One of my silver swords has started doing the detached sheath thing your sexier PPP is doing which is very weird because the other 2 in the same pot, on the same poll, that were cuttings of the same mother plant at the same time aren't. Very weird but cool.
Oh man, so funny you say that. I was checking my Silver Sword pole out today and the same thing has just started happening with mine too! You'll have to send me some pics on insta so we can compare hehe. I'm dying to get my to max out size wise. Btw, if you want a green "silver sword" (? lol) I've got one :P Can always send you a cutting if you like.
Love your videos.
I have learned NEVER to buy small cuttings,nodes,or anything like it because it will take FOREVER to become any sort of plant
And the people who sell these should be ashamed of themselves.
Got my PPP for $20 five leaves and two new half moons. Only had for a couple months now so hopefully it’ll keep growing
Wow, sounds like you got a great deal! Well done!
@@petevsplants7516 yes I got it from a big garden nursery in my town they just started carrying houseplants, they had a basic houseplant class and if you attend you get a 50% off coupon for that day. So I went and scoped out what I wanted and got lucky
So I've actually been growing out some Philodendron Dark Lords in an environment of about 55% relative humidity and temps of about 65°f- 75°f. From my experience growing them in this environment they get stuck when they're small and as they get bigger with age the leaves come out freely.
The difference between the “sheaths” between the two PPP is that the plant that has new leaves emerging from the petiole is still in its immature form. When philos are in their immature form, the new leaves come out of what is called the petiolar sheath. After they begin to mature, they start coming up straight out of cataphylls. Thus, your more variegated specimen is just older/more mature
First visit to your channel 👍subscribed
I want to tame the beast when it comes to Philodendrons that push out so many growth points. It’s like… calm down 😂✂️👾
Love the stories. Your observations make sense to me.
Not a great story from me but… most of my philodendrons that used to suffer from mechanical damage when their new leaves were making their debut just… stopped having those problems.
For the last 6 months or so, I’ve used the same potion for nutrient water 🧙
Humidity levels haven’t changed.
Most are in the same locations under grow lights.
It’s cooler in the house lately but I don’t know that temperature is a huge factor.
The improvements occurred over the last month or two, not years, so I don’t think that’s long enough to consider it a maturity thing 🤷♀️
A few Ps that come to mind is the Radiatum, Jerry Horne, Melanochrysum and PPP. They would take turns putting on a show of pain and suffering when birthing a new leaf.
Now… they work it out to the extent that you almost miss the whole event if you’re not paying close attention.
Lately, new leaves come in faster and there’s fewer cases of leaf damage.
I have been switching out substrates and most of these plants now have more air available to the roots (vs what was happening with compressed soil). New roots for these are fuzzier, thicker and more dense now so I’m guessing the improvement is related to improved nutrient uptake that having airy substrates help support.
Nice work, mate!
You are very Spontaneous 😉!!! And by the way,The Bushyness of your White Princess is something I sort of want my Pink Princess to become or to have!!! We have the opposite thing my plants have!!!
Haha too funny :D
Thanks for sharing. Always great to see your plants. Those Fungus Nats are such a pain in the butt 😂 always flying into your face and hard to catch the bastards without punching yourself in the face in the process😂
i've always said that if the thing is called pink princess, that it should have alot of pink, most that i've seen should be called "a green plant with one and a half pink dots that cost waaaay too much" 😁, i now have two specimens that are living up to their name, fortunately i didnt have to sell my bike to buy them, hello from Trinidad and Tobago. 😃😃
Ah yah yie! (hopefully I used that right) haha good point :D
@@petevsplants7516 pretty appropriate expression for sure,😄 I'm going to do a little lite gardening today, doing a croton privacy fence, looking forward, 😁
But that wouldn't be a very catchy name now would it? 😂
@@SXJAYSX ikr lol
If it’s needing water every other day, it’s time to repot baby! I had a plant do the same. Repotted and bam, watering once, sometimes twice a week now instead. Just try it 😉
Hey dude, your crispy critter silver dragon needs iron and calcium. I’ve noticed my alacosia and elephant ears have very stunted growth and grow very short and deformed. If they’re not getting the right calcium they need , especially early in the growing season. Also diatomaceous earth or some other form of organic silica can really help prevent against diseases and viruses for all plants.
I learned this year that the reason Paraoisos go green is temperature and light combo. Mine has high light, but it just isn't warm enough here (SW Vic) to keep the variegation, it wasn't even warm enough over summer here last year, its just went greener and grener and smaller and smaller leaves. Disappointing as its no longer a valuable enough plant to spend money keeping it warm (sorry Paraiso lol!). Jose Buono is the same - very glad I learned that before I bought one, wish I knew before I got the paraiso!
Ah interesting. So what happens to leaves though as the conditions become optimal? Do only the newest leaves show variegation or do any green leaves slowly turn?
White leaves don't have Chlorophyll. So that's why your plant would drop that and keep the green leaves that can photosynthesise.
I just watched a video by Sheffield Made Plants about Alocasia - apparently they are just SO nutrient hungry. That's why they flower a lot as like a last ditch effort, or you get those ones that lose a leaf every time they grow a new one.
Interesting. I should test this with extra nutes for a bunch and see what happens.
On the pink princess they one that isn’t attached to the leaf reminds me of philodendron autumn
My alocasia was like that weird one when I got it from Bunnings but the first leaf it gave me in my house was like the second plant. Straight and normal. So I chopped off the old leaves
Your PPP both are nice. I would chop the top off both. When you chop the top the base plant shoots out more pink and becomes a bushier plant. Suerte!
Ah awesome. I'll probably end up doing that eventually as I want to cover the costs of getting them both haha
@@petevsplants7516 yes, $250 quite a whopper, but it was a big plant. I paid $55 for 2" pot. Which is why I have chopped the top twice. ROI. Now three plants and the top cuttings keep getting bigger leaves. No moss pole. 👨🏾🌾 happy planting, mate!
Your Silver Dragon Alocasia you are having problems with, I am going to suggest the leaves have been chemically burnt with a too strong liquid fertiliser mix. I have done the same thing. They are still photosynthesising so I would give the plant a good flush with distilled water and then go back to your regular fertilising routine halving your dose but doing it every water. Then flush the plant every two months or so. When you have new healthy growth cut the horrible leaves off. Never use town water on Alocasia either. It should come good; mine certainly did. I always water around the base and then use a fine spray mist to clean the leaves of dust. I use white oil every few weeks.
My Paraiso Verde, always reverts when it changes location, etc.. also.. IT HAS TO BE WARM.. Give it some time.. he'll bounce back.. I PROMISE 😜🤩😍 He'll be gorgeous in no time.
Fingers crossed :D
looks like a new leaf coming in from behind that newest reverted leaf too
Yeah, it seems to be going off now that it's finally got some established roots.
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Wooo! Go Pete!
Just like your White Princess, I have a few plants also growing in this habit...I want to think that the excessive basal growth is likely a result of excess cytokinin during the TC process... or that the ratio of hormones wasn't exactly ideal/balanced, as you said all that extra foliage growth means extra watering more frequently to sustain them.
Yeah, could that be it? The weird thing though is that I'd imagine it'd no longer be an issue once out of TC. Unless it somehow causes the plant to always ramp up its production even after being taken out of TC.
So I have an orange prince that is growing just like your white princes no 2. Just exploding with groth! I was also wondering if it is multiple plants in one pot or if it's just multiple growth points. She is due for a repot soon. It's currently winter where I am from so I am waiting for growing season to repot just because I am worried about repotting shock and then it dies cause its pretty cold right now. Your big white princess is lovely!
I had never noticed that with the PP! How interesting I hope my PP outgrows her Cinderella shoe phase
That WP is almost behaving like it’s been sprayed with a growth regulator hormone to encourage that side branching. I wonder it has a TC mutation effecting the releases of certain hormones
Yeah, LauraBay commented that it's related to TC process and hormones added, I believe. Though interesting if it just keeps going.
@@petevsplants7516 I would have thought they’d have worn off by now as it would have been several months. It could have had a much later application to encourage branching and a bushier pot from the grower. Just have to wait and see if it continues
I accidentally discovered that my previously dry crispy alocasia loves living next to the clone station. It loves the bit of humidity it gets from the moisture the station puts out.
Haha yeah that sounds about right :D
Paraiso Verdes revert in fall and winter. they need heat to produce varigated leaves and also tones of light. mine is a foot away from a south window(northern hemisphere) and it burnt the older leaves but the newer leaves are ok with harsh light and are highly varigated. but it still produces non varigated leaves in winter unless I keep it's room at least 25 C°
My Silver Dragons start yellowing and looking sickly like yours when they begin to go into dormancy. Mine have always done that here in the states during the Fall-Winter and come back healthy in the spring.
Yeah, it's a weird thing... Not sure what the issue is. Maybe it is dormancy related?
From my own experience paraiso verde do not revert in the sense of other variegated plants, put them in temp above 26C and they will show you amazing variegation on new leaves (old ones will not change) my friend had me baby sit his "reverted" paraiso to test the theory, i put it in my grow tent which is consistently 30C and it shot 3 stunning variegated leaves :)
Oh wow, nice. You might be right. Today's temp was around 25C and it's been a bit of a cold summer so far, so perhaps if it heats up, she'll start throwing out more variegation.
I’m in a few purge groups. Or bst…. There’s been tons of post lately about how ppp are being injected to keep the bright pink… and thag withing 5/6 months the pink fades. even a seller who was specifically telling the group about how he planned and looking to finding wedding planners/ even planners that would want to use them in events as decor!! Found it to be pretty cool. Although it rises the question of how many of the ppp are actually being sold as ppp whiteout ppl knowing that it’s possible that it’s rhe injected ppp!!
Yeah, I've heard of this happening with the green congo to make it pink for weddings. I wonder what they look like though re: variegation of the ppp. Like does it just make the entire leaf pink or does it increase the speckling variegation.
It's a seasonal thing, don't worry, mine goes all green in winter, and then suddenly turns crazy varigated in summer
Have you considered a bait plant like bush bean to monitor for spider mites I really enjoy integrated Pest Management it'd be cool to put together a plan for you based on Target pest for your garden or pest pressures you might have
I would put the dark pink big princess on a moss pole and I would cut the alocasia and put it in Leca. Maybe that would be ideal for your next video.
Regarding the white leaves dropping before the lower green ones, its probably because the (white) mutated leaves plant vice are the weak spot, so quite logical it will drop the leaves that doesnt hwlp it as much. 🤷♀️
Sunlight encourages plants to revert and produce chlorophyll, high artificial lighting encourages more variegation. I’d cut off the false leaf and dead nodes.
As the plant matures it goes from petiole growth to cataphyll growth!! That less variegated one will go to cataphyll growth at some point.
The hydra was the mythical creature where if you cut off one head three will grow in its place.
Very interesting the different growth pattern on the PPP. I’m guessing it’s age related. 💚
Yeah, I think you're right. Just maturity
Had to like your video when the f.gnats die “alien style” 😂😂😂😂😂 love your videos. Keep up the good work x
Haha thanks, Sandy! I really appreciate it :)
When the new leaves are stuck it helps to mist the plant. It's usually lack of humidity that causes it. I bought 5 ppp tissue cultures for $20. It looks like two are not going to make it. The remaining three have beautiful variegation but they are getting on my nerves. This has cured me of wanting fancy plants. I'll stick with basic green going forward.
I've read that wp do ush out meaning no pole required.....
I don't have any Pairso Verde but people who do say that the verigation is dependent on heat. They need warmth 2 produce the beautiful variation. They recommend heating pads 4 plants or the warmest roim of the house.
Neither do I have a Florida Ghost but white leaves can not photosynthesize so, in my mind anyway, it makes sense that the oldest white leaves will b shed in the plant's attempt 2 survive. It's going 2 let go of the leaves that rn't useful 1st.
Put your potted white Wizard in a shallow bowl filled with water. It will take what it needs as it needs it.
TC propagation and traditional cuttings should not make ANY difference being they are both clonings and what makes the big difference when the plant is mature is the quality of the genetics of the original mother plant.
Yeah, 100%. I think the issue is from which mother plants the cuttings or TC plants originate. If you have different original clones, you may have completely different quality plants in the end.
Put the Paraiso on a moss pole. Many get the variegation back when it grows upward.
Will do in the future hehe just don't have any space :(
Wow I have 5 ppp cant wait to get big,mine came from a mother plant that was 15 years old... paid 65 us dolars
Wow, that's crazy!
Really want to try Tanlin. After about an hour on google, found one shop in US that has it. Makes a ton, but it’s $60 with shipping. I kinda need the belly busting though. Lol. It will be after Christmas present to myself.
Hahaha need the belly busting... yeah that's the only real reason I get it. I can't sleep properly unless I hear the helpless screams and rupturing stomachs from the gnat larvae in my collection. It lasts a long time mate so $60 will go a long way (Got mine for $40 fyi). Been using it for months and the bottle is still going.
PPP haven been selling small ones for 4.95€ in Portugal for a while now xD with decentish variegation.
The Paraiso verde can revert due to cold temps. Mine did that towards the end of summer and went back to normal after I brought it indoors.
Eita! Que legal, cara :D Bem barato! Yeah, still shocked re: PV as it's mid summer here and temps are 25C+.
@@petevsplants7516 yeah after shipping it also did the same, let's hope it gets back to normal soon ;) do you speak Brazilian PT?😅
I just bought a pink princess with 2 growth points coming up. One is high variegation the other is no variegation. I've heard from people who said f it and let it keep growing after it reverted they usually start to be variegated again after a few leaves . Idk personally though as this is my first one and I got it 3 days ago.
PV variegation is different to other plants, it’s temperature dependant iirc
Yeah, seems quite a few people have said that. I've heard it's a stable virus.
@@petevsplants7516 does look “virusy” now you mention it tbf.. mines got two leaves one variegated and one green, it’s winter here in UK so will see what summer brings
I found one at Walmart for like $20 and it has been growing nicely I only got it like 3 weeks ago
Amazing!
My paraiso tends to go green every winter and then in the summer when it’s warmer out they throw out the variegation again. I’ve read a few things online that it’s very common for them to go green in the winter. I hope yours comes back soon for you!
Ah nice. Do the green leaves become variegated later or is it only new growth?
@@petevsplants7516 only the new growth shows variegation
@@petevsplants7516 variegated later, I got mine as a green leaf and it didn’t put out white leaves until the summer after like 4-5 all green leaves
Yep the var in this plant and JB are temperature dependent!
@@sunflowerhillhomesteadaust7887 does anyone know what the exact type of variegation is? I've heard people mention it's a stable virus, but am not sure if that's just rumours or if actual science is being it.
I just bought an extremely variagated ppp from Walmart for 25 dollars. I'm pretty sure it's what ppl refer to as "marble" or "galaxy" pp
I’m real late to this video, but heat and HIGH CANDLES makes the variegation on those. I ACCIDENTALLY left mine in the prop tent and completely forgot about it and I have two new beautiful colored leaves. Took it back out next leaf was damn near reverted. Put it back in my controlled tent and boom! More colored leaves. I gave up. I didn’t buy a plant to stay in a tent lol. So she’s out and looks like a damn zebra 🤣 bueno
Paraiso Verde are super picky., They need like about 80 F and high humidity to varigate. They just grow green otherwise.
Hmmm annoying...!
Hopefully I can get it to come back. I wonder if leaves that reverted will become variegated again.
im pretty sure the thing about the leaf sheaths is a maturity thing
I think you're right.
My other half bought me a philodendron white night reduced at the garden centre reduced to £4.99 and it’s like your white Princess , bushy and more growth points than I can count but it’s all the same plant 😅
Dayamn! Good find :D
Paraiso verde needs warmth to get it variegation going ! Mine goes green every cut in the winter !
Yeah, I think that was my issue haha
Your pink that is a top cutting which is stunning by rhe way is in a mature state and is why the leaves grow differently to your other pink princess which is still immature.
Cheers, Jess :D
When you said damn you sounded like you were from the us south. Now I want you to do a whole video with an American lol. And as far as the pink princess is concerned just letting you know my experience I have five from the same mother plant. Most of them have the thin narrow leaves you're talking about except for my two latest propagation again from the same mother. Those two have fat wide leaves. Idk. By next year I'm hoping to have at least 30 pink princesses from theis same genetic line. I'll be collecting more pink princess genetics this year.
Lol, I'll see what I can do in the future.
Paraiso verde and jose buono needs heat for variegation. I live in the EU, they always revert at winter time 😒 and they come back every summer, paraiso over 28 Celsius, jose over 32-35 Celsius 😅 florida ghost and adansonii albo instead prefers the cold, like 20 celsius winter and produces more white for me. And another thing for the variegated type of adonsiniis, they melt in high humidity, so they like my 35 rh 😅😂 and the ghost likes more fertilizer than most philos.
Not me checking if my pink princess is the same as the second one coming out separately. I never have issues with the way they come out though and I thought that was because of humidity
Paraiso verde variegation depends on stress and light. If the plant is stressed e.g. just been propagated, it will definitely revert. You get the variegation back eventually/
Ah interesting. It's funny that stress causes it to revert instead of throw variegation. Though perhaps it requires all the chlorophyll it can get to produce energy after propping.
@@petevsplants7516 Maybe, but mine reverted after being transferred to soil. I have it directly under an 110 Watt grow light so IDK
Holy crap! That must be philos in general cuz my black cardinal has been the bane of my existence with that inch worming crap. But my last leaf went from rounded to tear dropped and I just looked and the new sheath isnt on the petiole! Hallelujah!!
Yeah, I think it is now after looking at a bunch of my other Philodendrons.
@@petevsplants7516 Winning! Lol
My pariso took a few months and a bunch of leaves to show verigation
Yeah, I keep getting told it's heat, so I guess I'll wait for some hotter temps.
your pink princess that isnt doing very well has a much darker stem color . from what ive read that pink and striped stem is what you want like the one on your pink princess that is doing great.. the stems looks totally different. you would have to cut the other one at the pink leaf and start a new plant because the rest is reverting looks like..
Have U ever tried HolyShoots from west Aussie? I'm a relative newb to aroids but it seems interesting.
Nah, I haven't. Will look it up.
@@petevsplants7516 Could be a useful tool for you 50 monsteras project.
I’m pretty sure Paraiso do not revert, but need good heat and light to show variegation. Isn’t it summer down in oz?
Yeah, that's what's surprised me. It's 20-30C each day currently, so sits around 25-26 indoors and I would've thought that was warm enough to bring out the variegation as well as the fact that it's under a light and right beside a west facing window so it definitely gets a lot of light.
Apologies in advance for yet another long comment. It's kinda your fault thought because you make me want to engage. lol
I love your sense of humour, personality, and energy you bring to your presentations. It always cheers me up.
I wonder regarding the Paraíso Verde node activation, if it's a case of he plant starting one node, but for whatever reason it doesn't perform well so the plant goes stuff it and starts a new one?
I have seen epipremnums do similar. Start a node but it's super slow. Plant seems to stop trying and starts another.
I have a P. rojo congo. I had a look at it since it's the closest I have to a PPP and noticed the sheaths on the lower leaves are attached to the petioles. Since getting him though, his petioles and sheaths are separate. My P florida appears to be the same too. I think it might be a maturity thing.
I'm in no rush to get a PPP, they don't do anything for me. For the most part, they kinda look ill to me.
I will get a specimen for the collection eventually tho. I am keen to get a white wizard though.
The white princess is nice but they are known to have some pink variegation sometimes and like the PPP, I don't like it. lol
My silver sword does inchworm leaf production, occasionally my cordatum does too. I use a wet cotton tip to gently free the tip of the leaf. So far so good.
I'd not had a philodendron until I bought Stanley, um, the rojo congo, but I love the genus and have jumped in the deep end learning all I can. And of course collecting specimens. I have 6 so far but it's only been a couple of months.
For the second white princess that dries out too quickly, have you considered passive irrigation? It's too easy and works a treat. I'm using it to keep my small DIY moss pole abomination moist. Just a bottle of water and I braided some cotton twine to make a wick.
Like the Burle Marx you showed, the Florida I bought a few weeks ago has an active lower node. It was why I picked it from the specimens on offer. I don't know if it is normal for this species. I will ask the google machine and suss it out.
I'm not fond of the pink in the white princess but with a growth pattern like that I'd definitely make an exception. If you ever propagate that specimen, I'd be interested in buying one.
I freaking LOVE mutant plants. I've a great love for crested succulents. One of the dozen leaves from a graptoveria acaulis prop tray has thrown a crested baby. I'm so stoked! It's my first ever mutant prop. I have another leave that's thrown three babies, one of which is growing cup shaped. I love the oddities nature can create.
It makes sense to me that you would have a higher likelihood of mutations in TC. it's a numbers game. The more chances nature has, the more chances to get mutations.
I learned something new. Those white stem cell like callous growth in water props. I always thought it was just weird root growth. I've got it on one of my cordatum props atm. Groovy. I love learning new things. When you stop learning, you start dying. lol
For management of fungus gnats, I use beneficial bacterial in my media mix. I've been using mosquito bits. When bringing new plants home, I tease out about the top 20-30mm of substrate, mix in some bits, and add it back to the pot.
Since I started using it I've seen them become rather scarce. I prefer biological controls as pests can build resistance to chemicals. I've had gnat become immune to neem oil in the past. Absolute nightmare. I didn't know about BTI back then!
Thanks for the info about the Tanlin. I will be picking some of that up as soon as I can.
BTW. "They die alien style *mwagh*" I nearly choked on my coffee!
I found spider mites last night, of course on an alocasia ffs. I don't have anything on hand to treat them so I've resorted to isolating Gouda the Sarian, and everything got soaked with dish soap solution. Now I pray. I'm not able to buy anything rn to treat the bastards. Bugs would be my first choice if my budget allowed, but I'm going to have to go a more chemical route for this battle.
I thought my black velvet alocasia I've had for two months was dying. Growth slowed down and what was growing looked bizarre to me. She then ate two of her four leaves. Turns out, she is flowing and the three weird spears of growth are actually flowers. It's been so groovy to watch her do her thing.
While trying to learn wtf she was doing, I saw many comments from people saying to cut the flowers off because of the demand it puts on the plant. I've also seen a lot of comments saying that every time they cut a flower another would come up. Sometimes, when a plant wants to flower it will do nothing but that until it's finished the process or dead.
I'm leaving mine be. I won't be trying to pollinate. I've read after flowering she will start to produce corms for next season. I'm letting nature do it's thing, I'm curious af to see the show.
I wonder if the slow growth post flowering is due to the corm development I read about?
I'd be curious to keep the "ugly duckling" just to see what it does over the years. I'd be curious to see what it's offspring might be like.
Oh, it's summer now btw. You just might not be able to notice it yet being so far south. lol
Sorry again for the long comment. I get chatty over things I'm passionate about.
Hey Katt, no need to apologise for the long comment hehe it was a pleasure to read. The Philodendron addiction is real. I've got at least 55 different species/variants in the collection now lol... I think it's easily my most diverse genus.
The passive wicking thing I've never tried. I might give it a go in the future, though worry it'd be too much to manage and/or I'd end up tipping it over. Might just need to take propagations and then grow them in passive hydro to see how they go.
If you're in Aus, definitely happy to send you a cutting sometime. Just send me a msg on Instagram and we can organise it.
Thanks again for dropping by! Hope to chat soon!
@@petevsplants7516 oh. You've been replying. 😅 I've not been getting notifications. 🙄
I sure do envy the collection you have. I'll get there. It takes more than a few months.
Since setting up my passive irrigation I've been extra cautious. I'm clumsy and don't want a mess. Thankfully I don't have any younguns around to cause any chaos.
I'll definitely shoot you a message, I would be rapt to get a wee piece of that. I love the way she's growing. I am in Australia. Brisbane. 😊
Walmart has been selling PPP for $25. The plants vary from a ton of variegation, to very little
Nice one! I'm yet to see them at the big box stores here.
Did your Verde variegation come back eventually? I’ve heard that both too much and too little light makes them revert. Also seen other videos where the first leaf is green, then full variegation pops in.
I’m keen to know as I got one with stunning variegation. The first leaf was weedy and variegated. Second leaf was full on green. Third leaf looks like it may be variegated. God only knows!
I have no luck when using leca.
This was my literal exact same experience with verde 😑
yeah, because one is mature and the other one no. The mature one has the leaf emerging from the cataphyl, and that is what characterizes the philodendron family apart of the other araceae
I know, I felt so stupid when I realised this haha
My ghost has done the same thing so less light is supposed to help but we’ll see
Ah interesting, You mean with the really white leaves or the dropping of the leaves?
what is tc?