Like open hands catching the sun.. so sweet. I love my Xanadu!! Although we are still getting to know one another when it comes to watering, lol. One of the most beautiful plants.
I just got a Xanada from a friend of mine, thank you for making this video. I noticed while there are some videos about this plant there isnt too many. I look forward to mine growing, currently has 5 leaves. Im so excited.
One of my favorite tropical plants in my neighborhood is a multi-stemmed Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum, or as I prefer Philodendron selloum. It is growing 35 feet up a palm tree . What’s extra nice is that it has ‘heads’ of foliage staged at various levels from the ground up. I always stop to admire it when passing by.
This my fav plant ever, together with silver queen, i took a while to get one because they can be pricy in europe, mine came in a small stone type of ”soil” which is better to water, less possibility for root rotting. It’s so beautiful. :) It also has around 40 leafs
Thank you for this! I've had one of these guys for a year now and I've long worried that I was doing something wrong with the amount of leaves it's dropped, especially over the winter. It gets ample light underneath a grow light, is only watered when it needs it, and has no pests. I noticed that the leaves it was losing were skinnier, definitely less mature. A couple of weeks ago though, it sprouted 10 new leaves! These have more of the open hand look you mentioned. Your video was a good confirmation that my plant was just making way for new growth.
Thank you this is very helpful. I was actually freaking out because two leaves turned yellow and they were dying but thank you for this new information, i will be thankful and not worried
Thanks for this video. I got gifted one of these and after a couple months, repotted because it was rootbound. Now, it's dropping a ton of yellowing leaves and I had been worried about whether it got shocked moving pots etc. Anyway, after this I'm going to move to a brighter spot and leave it for a bit to see how it recovers!
When you repot plants make sure you pour the dirt slowly because you don't want any air pockets later. You can go look at the plant you have now and stick your fingers down all the way around it and see if there's gaps under the soil- I could mention how I know this because I just repotted but I won't, I won't.
That's the same price range as here in Norway, so I'd suggest looking for a rescue; I got mine ridiculously cheap from a plant shop because it had a serious aphid infection - after cutting off any affected areas (which was almost everything) and treating it while in isolation, I had a healthy, fairly mature plant (nice, striking trunks and roots) that I'd probably never spend full price amount of cash on, because that's a lot of money to spend on something that might not survive in my home (I speak from earlier experience on that front - so much experience😅) My fiddle leaf fig tree was so badly overwatered when I got it that it had already lost most of its leaves, and I ended up with nothing but a single leaf and hardly any healthy roots before it finally started growing again about a year later; it cost me next to nothing, less than the smallest fiddle leaf figs they had, which is nice, because a flf tree of that size goes for like at least 150-200 euros here.
I just moved mine away from my south-west facing window but after watching your video I'll be moving it back for sure 🙏🏻 And I'm super excited for mine to lose its leaves and form a pretty stem! I was so confused at first when seeing yours haha but I love it
This is perfect! I recently got a xanadu and two of the leaves further down the trunk are yellowing. I was afraid that it didn’t get enough light(northfacing window) and maybe slightly overwatered. I’ve had it for such a short while that I felt it was too early for me to already be killing it, now I’m less worried. I would love to know how the whole process look when the leaves are falling off? Do you cut the stems when the leaves yellow or do they naturally drop?
Quick question. Stems of your Xanadu seems to be quite stiff and firm when mine's are very soft. They can't keep a "standing" position, they bend in every direction, they don't even try to face the sunlight. 🤷 Should I be watering more, fertilizing or something? I keep it in philodendron soil mix (very loose and chunky) that doesn't retain water much, I water it whenever the higrometer points 4. Don't know what to do with him, he keeps growing a new leaf once in a while but at the same time it has lost more than a half from when I bought it. I can't understand philodendrons, my birkin is growing new leafs but it's lost almost all variegation (despite standing in very sunny spot). 😕
I got this plant from my stepmom and was able to save it.. but my leaves are huge and deep green after they are done sprouting and growing?? Looks nothing like yours I’m trying to figure out which one mine is
I have found a xanadu in an abandoned garden, and I would like to put it in a new bigger pot. There is a small leaf sprout under from the lower roots and I just thought if its right to cut the plant into two parts and put the new sprout in a new pot?
Curious question: would this be a plant that can be propagated? And if so, how? This plant is so beautiful, I just want one in another room of my house!
Pls help. I have that kind of Plant.. But it's bigger and i think it is sick... Having yellow spot.. Facing east.. Im. From. The Philippines (tropical). Thank you.
Thanks, I just wanted to let you know that where I live these plants and the selloum and also monsteras are grown outside in the ground and get huge! I have a selloum and a xandu in pots and I found that if I gave it too much light the leaves would yellow but if I pulled it back and gave it less view of the sky the leaves turned back to green- what do you think. It was an east facing window/sky view so no direct sun, just bright light.
You are using the word "light" to mean both the sun and the sky. The best possible light for these plants is the widest view of the sky BUT, if the sun comes into direct line of sight with the plant for LONGER than 2-3 hours, then you should block it with a white sheer curtain. More than 3-4 hours of direct sun will cause leaves (of a "bright indirect light" type of plant) to look faded.
@@HousePlantJournal, sorry I used the wrong word. These plants only got a view of the sky with no direct sunlight in both positions, only that the view of the sky was more and they developed faded leaves and now it is less they are turning back to green.
If the piece is just a leaf and petiole (the green stem that attaches directly to the leaf), then it will not grow into a new plant. If the piece broke at the middle, where the main trunk is, then you can put it in water and it will (after several months) grow new roots and a new growth point.
Ahhh, it has piece of the trunk. I put it on soil, to see what would happen.ms-just yesterday. I’ll pull it out and drop it in some water! Thanks a ton for the information and your content !
I have two questions for you. 1) Is morning dew on leaves in the morning normal? I found that some leaves have due on leaves. 2) I found a half of one leaf (actually two leaves)was soggy and died. It was dripping water. Dd it happen due to overwatering? I couldn't find the answers anywhere.
Plants dispose of extra water on the leaves, it evaporates in the day but at night it accumulates and looks like dew. It just means you might have watered it too much. I don't know about the rotting tho
Great video! I recently got this plant, and It's a quite young specimen. I have it by a west facing window where it sees the sky and get some sunlight for 2-3 hours in the afternoon if the sun's out (it's placed behind a couple of other plants, so it is not bombarded with direct sunlight. I have noticed that the new leaves it puts out is getting smaller rather than bigger. What can be the cause for this?
I've had some friends call me in a panic telling me their plants are dying, only to find the older leaves had wilted and fell off. Or the tips were somewhat browned, I'm like... you know that happens, right?! Haha. With some more than others, like Dracaena, snake plants, banana, prayer plants & gingers. They especially don't process minerals too well, or chemicals, so the residues get "stuck" in the leaf rather than expelled properly at nighttime, through respiration or guttation (I think that's the process?)... so I told them, it's just like your hair, you know how many hairs we lose throughout life, or dead skin cells? Same thing with leaves, it's just with leaves on plants, it's a smaller scale😅
I just got a plant today that was called philodendron xanadu and it looks a bit different from yours. It's not as stiff and way less fingery leaves. Might it be because it's a younger plant? Or maybe it's just a totally different plant? Would you know?
I think non-plant people panic when leaves die. But leaves die, they are supposed to do that, and new ones (usually better adapted to their new environment) replace them.
Thank you for this very informative video. Very clearly explained. What got me curious is that my xanadu is full of leaves. It extends over the planter and has grown like an umbrella over it. Yours has less leaves and thick trunk. Do you know why that is? Do you trim yours? Thank you again for your videos.
Thanks for showing us the old leaves you saved. I'll try not to overthink it when mine does this✌️
What soil mix do you use for Xanadu?
Like open hands catching the sun.. so sweet. I love my Xanadu!! Although we are still getting to know one another when it comes to watering, lol. One of the most beautiful plants.
I just got a Xanada from a friend of mine, thank you for making this video. I noticed while there are some videos about this plant there isnt too many. I look forward to mine growing, currently has 5 leaves. Im so excited.
One of my favorite tropical plants in my neighborhood is a multi-stemmed Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum, or as I prefer Philodendron selloum. It is growing 35 feet up a palm tree . What’s extra nice is that it has ‘heads’ of foliage staged at various levels from the ground up. I always stop to admire it when passing by.
Best explanation of plant care i have ever heard
Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Finally, I have some peace about my leaf loss. Thank you, Darrell
This my fav plant ever, together with silver queen, i took a while to get one because they can be pricy in europe, mine came in a small stone type of ”soil” which is better to water, less possibility for root rotting. It’s so beautiful. :) It also has around 40 leafs
Thank you for this! I've had one of these guys for a year now and I've long worried that I was doing something wrong with the amount of leaves it's dropped, especially over the winter. It gets ample light underneath a grow light, is only watered when it needs it, and has no pests. I noticed that the leaves it was losing were skinnier, definitely less mature. A couple of weeks ago though, it sprouted 10 new leaves! These have more of the open hand look you mentioned. Your video was a good confirmation that my plant was just making way for new growth.
You're welcome! Traditional plant care makes people worry. My approach is to align your expectations with how Nature works!
Absolutely beautiful and really fantastic plant you had , great sharing , and thank you and see later ,
I love the way you talk about plants. Very informative video. Thank you!
U can put those dry leaves in a tall jar/vase😃 that would be awesome!!!
Thank you this is very helpful. I was actually freaking out because two leaves turned yellow and they were dying but thank you for this new information, i will be thankful and not worried
Thanks for this video. I got gifted one of these and after a couple months, repotted because it was rootbound. Now, it's dropping a ton of yellowing leaves and I had been worried about whether it got shocked moving pots etc. Anyway, after this I'm going to move to a brighter spot and leave it for a bit to see how it recovers!
When you repot plants make sure you pour the dirt slowly because you don't want any air pockets later. You can go look at the plant you have now and stick your fingers down all the way around it and see if there's gaps under the soil- I could mention how I know this because I just repotted but I won't, I won't.
THANK YOU!!!! had one for like 3 years now and it's big and great but I was scared I was messing something up the whole time.
very nice video and good information thanks dear friend
thanks for this!!! not too much information on xanadu on youtube. i appreciate the insight
Amazing analysis. Thank you. I have officially subscribed
I see them in the local garden center here in ireland. They are over 100 euros.. I'm trying to make up my mind whether il will purchase. 🤔
That's the same price range as here in Norway, so I'd suggest looking for a rescue; I got mine ridiculously cheap from a plant shop because it had a serious aphid infection - after cutting off any affected areas (which was almost everything) and treating it while in isolation, I had a healthy, fairly mature plant (nice, striking trunks and roots) that I'd probably never spend full price amount of cash on, because that's a lot of money to spend on something that might not survive in my home (I speak from earlier experience on that front - so much experience😅)
My fiddle leaf fig tree was so badly overwatered when I got it that it had already lost most of its leaves, and I ended up with nothing but a single leaf and hardly any healthy roots before it finally started growing again about a year later; it cost me next to nothing, less than the smallest fiddle leaf figs they had, which is nice, because a flf tree of that size goes for like at least 150-200 euros here.
Thank you so much 😊
Thanku. For lnformative video
I just moved mine away from my south-west facing window but after watching your video I'll be moving it back for sure 🙏🏻
And I'm super excited for mine to lose its leaves and form a pretty stem! I was so confused at first when seeing yours haha but I love it
People appreciate the trunk of the stem but the only way it shows is when older leaves die off - that means it's all part of the process!
Did you know that Xanadu is a noun! Lovely plant too!
I love the great information in your videos! You rock! 💚🙋
great video
This is perfect! I recently got a xanadu and two of the leaves further down the trunk are yellowing. I was afraid that it didn’t get enough light(northfacing window) and maybe slightly overwatered. I’ve had it for such a short while that I felt it was too early for me to already be killing it, now I’m less worried. I would love to know how the whole process look when the leaves are falling off? Do you cut the stems when the leaves yellow or do they naturally drop?
This was a very informative video. Much appreciated. Convinced me to get one after I was thinking about it. Thanks
Hi! Thank you for this video! Mine keeps growing little plants on the side but no new leaves on the main plant. Is that normal?
I have a Small Hope philodendron I just moved it to a south facing window. It’s leaves look yellow so hopefully changing it’s location works😄
Quick question. Stems of your Xanadu seems to be quite stiff and firm when mine's are very soft. They can't keep a "standing" position, they bend in every direction, they don't even try to face the sunlight. 🤷 Should I be watering more, fertilizing or something? I keep it in philodendron soil mix (very loose and chunky) that doesn't retain water much, I water it whenever the higrometer points 4. Don't know what to do with him, he keeps growing a new leaf once in a while but at the same time it has lost more than a half from when I bought it. I can't understand philodendrons, my birkin is growing new leafs but it's lost almost all variegation (despite standing in very sunny spot). 😕
I got this plant from my stepmom and was able to save it.. but my leaves are huge and deep green after they are done sprouting and growing?? Looks nothing like yours I’m trying to figure out which one mine is
Hello ! Nice video. My new xanadu gets 2 hrs of morning slanting sunlight. Is it more for this plant?
I bought one of the these, but its much smaller and the leaves are not as deeply lobed. Is that normal for a junior plant?
best Xanadu vid i have seen 👍👍
Muito obrigado! Ótimo vídeo! 🇧🇷
Can you do a video on water leaching larger/older plants?
Excellent suggestion! Will do! Thank you!
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I have taken its cut along with an areal root from it's stem like other philodendron and kept in water. Will it survive?
I have found a xanadu in an abandoned garden, and I would like to put it in a new bigger pot. There is a small leaf sprout under from the lower roots and I just thought if its right to cut the plant into two parts and put the new sprout in a new pot?
Curious question: would this be a plant that can be propagated? And if so, how? This plant is so beautiful, I just want one in another room of my house!
I think you can cut the top off but that would leave the stump looking a bit awkward. The stump can re-grow but it won't look the same.
Pls help. I have that kind of Plant.. But it's bigger and i think it is sick... Having yellow spot.. Facing east.. Im. From. The Philippines (tropical). Thank you.
Very interesting and clear lesson, thank you 😊
Glad you found it helpful!
Thanks, I just wanted to let you know that where I live these plants and the selloum and also monsteras are grown outside in the ground and get huge! I have a selloum and a xandu in pots and I found that if I gave it too much light the leaves would yellow but if I pulled it back and gave it less view of the sky the leaves turned back to green- what do you think. It was an east facing window/sky view so no direct sun, just bright light.
You are using the word "light" to mean both the sun and the sky. The best possible light for these plants is the widest view of the sky BUT, if the sun comes into direct line of sight with the plant for LONGER than 2-3 hours, then you should block it with a white sheer curtain. More than 3-4 hours of direct sun will cause leaves (of a "bright indirect light" type of plant) to look faded.
@@HousePlantJournal, sorry I used the wrong word. These plants only got a view of the sky with no direct sunlight in both positions, only that the view of the sky was more and they developed faded leaves and now it is less they are turning back to green.
Plants and Piggies Same with my Selloum. Leaves got greener when I pulled it away from the window.
@@holyfox94 How strange! Both my selloum and xandu are doing well now, but it's taken a full year to get back to green. All the best.
Fantastic video and very helpful.
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!
I feel like mine is losing a bit too fast though, it’s making me nervous.
Hi! I have a broken piece of this plant. How can I propagate with this? Water, put it in a pot, or not possible? Thanks!
If the piece is just a leaf and petiole (the green stem that attaches directly to the leaf), then it will not grow into a new plant. If the piece broke at the middle, where the main trunk is, then you can put it in water and it will (after several months) grow new roots and a new growth point.
Ahhh, it has piece of the trunk. I put it on soil, to see what would happen.ms-just yesterday. I’ll pull it out and drop it in some water! Thanks a ton for the information and your content !
Perfect sweets 🍃
Thanks for a very informative video, it's very helpful especially that I just got a Xanadu added to my plant collections. Yours look so amazing 😍
You're welcome! Hope you will enjoy yours for years to come!
I have two questions for you.
1) Is morning dew on leaves in the morning normal? I found that some leaves have due on leaves.
2) I found a half of one leaf (actually two leaves)was soggy and died. It was dripping water. Dd it happen due to overwatering?
I couldn't find the answers anywhere.
Plants dispose of extra water on the leaves, it evaporates in the day but at night it accumulates and looks like dew. It just means you might have watered it too much. I don't know about the rotting tho
Great video! I recently got this plant, and It's a quite young specimen. I have it by a west facing window where it sees the sky and get some sunlight for 2-3 hours in the afternoon if the sun's out (it's placed behind a couple of other plants, so it is not bombarded with direct sunlight. I have noticed that the new leaves it puts out is getting smaller rather than bigger. What can be the cause for this?
Sounds like it went from a lot of light down to a little less light and it's adjusting to its new environment.
I have that exact same chopstick
I've had some friends call me in a panic telling me their plants are dying, only to find the older leaves had wilted and fell off. Or the tips were somewhat browned, I'm like... you know that happens, right?! Haha. With some more than others, like Dracaena, snake plants, banana, prayer plants & gingers. They especially don't process minerals too well, or chemicals, so the residues get "stuck" in the leaf rather than expelled properly at nighttime, through respiration or guttation (I think that's the process?)... so I told them, it's just like your hair, you know how many hairs we lose throughout life, or dead skin cells? Same thing with leaves, it's just with leaves on plants, it's a smaller scale😅
Great video!! Very informative!
Thank you!
I just got a plant today that was called philodendron xanadu and it looks a bit different from yours. It's not as stiff and way less fingery leaves. Might it be because it's a younger plant? Or maybe it's just a totally different plant? Would you know?
It's probably younger. My plant is at least a decade old.
I think non-plant people panic when leaves die. But leaves die, they are supposed to do that, and new ones (usually better adapted to their new environment) replace them.
This is my most fav. Plant and I was calling it by the wrong name all this time. Thank you for putting this video. Could you help me propagate it?
Thank you for this very informative video. Very clearly explained. What got me curious is that my xanadu is full of leaves. It extends over the planter and has grown like an umbrella over it. Yours has less leaves and thick trunk. Do you know why that is? Do you trim yours? Thank you again for your videos.
Plants are as different as people - different early life, different current life. That's what makes them so rewarding to care for.
GREAT VIDEO!!!!
Thanks!
I always secretly knew it was a thaumatophyllum!
Haha - yeah, the trunk sort of gave it away :D
@@HousePlantJournal exactly!
why that smarty pants ... trying to make us all think it was a Philodendron.. thank you for the update ;) New friend Ruthie :)
Those botanists...always changing their minds!
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@@georginamikael473 ooof yes my phone auto corrected