This was a beautiful video! Absolutely amazing to see the most tiniest fraction of movements of these plants in the time lapse that would go unseen with the naked eye, nature is constantly moving! They looked to have real purpose in trying to grab that stick! I would love to see you make a time lapse of the Hoya plant to show just how much these can actualy move about over the course of one day! One of my Hoya is wrapping its tendrils around my grow rack, even though I untwine it, it persists on leaning over and then grabbing on to it again, its funny! I'm sure during the night it's having a party! Enjoyed this video its stunning footage Daz, and really makes you go "wow" and always watch on TV screen! 😊🌟😊🌟😊🌟👍🌵
Thank you so much, Claire 😊 Yeah I’d love to capture some time lapse of the Hoya, especially the flowers opening as well as they developed pretty quick. Is amazing just how much plants move but that movement can’t be seen with the naked eye. Enjoy making time lapses but they are a lot of work and time consuming to make lol. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Claire. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
@@Cactimania 🤯🤣 Yes totally agree with that...time lapse is time consuming! I attempted some time lapse on a few cactus, also used it quickly for a video I'm editing currently on my Lithops... but only used it for a few minutes for my Lithops...its just amazing what you capture in a short space of film time (a few minutes or half hour or so, in my case) that you don't see when just looking, so when you create those longer time lapses Daz, it's really appreciated the effort you go to, which sometimes you don't see on even the best nature type documentary TV shows. 😊👌
@CactusCove I agree, it really shows so much purpose and intentionality! That's what I like the most with this species! I can feel it even in real life with my own diosorea elephantipes. When I leave it for an hour and come back again, I can see how the vine has spun around in its search for something to hold on to 🌿🌿
So cool to see! My own elephant foot grown from seed in 2020 is growing a new vine right now after a long dormancy period. I love to look at timelapses because it makes me appreciate the movements more when I look at my plant and see it grow in real time. The circular movements of the vine searching for something to hold on to takes a couple of hours. After seeing time lapse videos I can sort of translate in my head what the movement would looks like in a timeframe more perceptible to us humans.
I was blown away by your dedication and patience filming these plants, Sweetheart! I know how long it took you to film the footages and edit them. Your passion for your craft is truly remarkable. ❤️ I loved how the caudices plumped up and their vines danced searching for the canes. The heart-shaped leaves are telling you how much they love you too. 🥰 They may not be the rarest nor the most expensive plants we have in our collection, but they are definitely special. Well done, Sweetheart! I am always proud of your videos! ❤️🤗😘💚
Thank you so much my love 🥰 Yeah it’s a time consuming process but all worth it 😊 It’s amazing how much they’ve swelled up now, just hope the 8th one and the biggest one wake up soon. Thank you as always babe for all your love, support and encouragement ❤️🤗😘❤️
I had to have a second look at the vid for a number of reasons, First the shape and colour of the leaves are very impressive And the information is great. I also had a look around to see if there was that many for sale and no. There was seeds for sale but what a price! Look after the one's you Have as I would say yours are priceless, Bill.
Tony Irons Cacti on eBay is the only person currently selling them in the UK, about £15 including postage. Some of these will probably be sold in the future when they reach a nice size. Thanks for watching and commenting once again, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Wow, no wonder they are called elephant's foot the size of those in the pictures!Not my cup of tea but definitely interesting plants. So cool to see vines dance.
Thank you so much, Magda 😊 Yeah these plants aren’t for everyone, I wasn’t much into caudex plants in the past until Edith got me more into them, so it’s her fault! 😂 Thank you for watching and commenting as always. Have a wonderful day from us both 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Just bought my first one - absolutely love it more than I thought I was going to. Expect it to start going into dormancy soon as we head into our summer 👍
That’s awesome you have just got one of these, Heather 😊 Good luck with it, I hope it grows well and thrives for you. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜
Oh WOWSERS what a truly BRILLIANT repotting video and REMARKABLE Time Lapse Daz :-D and they look a FANTASTIC size at just 2 and half years old, and YAY so happy the one that had been inactive for 2 years has some new roots, and I bet its going to go on to make a wonderful lot of new growth, wonderful info and care tips you have shared too, and excellent video filming and wonderful music, and WOW at the outstanding Time Lapse, so INCREDIBLE filming, its amazing how these plants just know where to climb, mine is just starting to wake up from its Summer dormancy with a new vine shoot, Thanks so much for sharing this really AMAZING video Daz, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX
Thank you so much, Lyn 😊 Yeah they’ve grown a fair bit in two and a half years. Hopefully the one that’s been inactive will wake up soon, no sign of any vine yet though. It is amazing how these plants move and how it knew there was something there to grip onto and climb. So glad you enjoyed the video, Lyn 😊 Thank you so much for watching and commenting as always, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
I saw your comment on a Cactus Caffeine video. And your channel name made me curious. So, here I am, a new subscriber! And oddly enough, I just looked at one of these exact plants on Etsy today. I am going to buy one too!
Thank you for stopping by and subscribing, much appreciated 😊 That’s great you’ll be getting one of these plants too. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Oh sorry. I watched this video but my comment did not go through. I had poor internet connection up the mountains. 😉 I admire your patience on these plants. Your time lapse video is so expertly done! You should send that footage to a documentary show. Or better yet, send it to BCSS! They should feature your shots. They can even get you as an official photographer/video taker. It was so clear and edited professionally. 😃👍🏼 ⭐️
Thank you so much, Ana 😊 Haha yeah it was a time consuming process but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Just uploaded another video, first 4K test, would love some feedback on how it looks because I think I still need to make some adjustments. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Ana. Have a wonderful day and weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜☕️
Well! What a amazing vid,most enjoyable, so thanks for that. I have been watching a few vids lately (as you can imagine) And none come up to this standard. I just couldn't believe have big this type of plants could get to When seeing the second example of a mature plant,crazy! Just how much work and dedication went into looking after That was mind boggling. Still,a small vine is the first sign? And make sure before you take your hands out your pockets,lol A great bit of time lapsed vid at the end to your usual high standard. I have not Seen this type of succulent for sale,so I imagine not that common, Thanks again Daz,Bill.
Thank you so much 😊 Yeah these can reach an impressive size. They’re not too uncommon, they do crop up for sale on eBay from time to time and for reasonable prices, depending on the size of course. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful afternoon and evening from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
FANTASTIC!!!! They started out looking like little UFO flying saucers!!😂 the change was very dramatic!!! Especially with the epic music and photography!!! Yeah!! That's what I'm talking about!!! Had one of these many years ago. Only had it about 3 years. Then it dried up. A nice one about 5 inches across. Flat like a tortoise! Isn't it funny how vines , as soon as they are growing, start searching?! Searching for support some how. The thing I think I may have done wrong is let it dry out in winter. Do they grow more in the spring and summer, or fall & winter? Even though I had one, I don't think I really knew how to care for it . so I never bought another one, even though I've see them in recent time on line. From Morris park in the Ozarks ,To the U.K. & Singapore, help a great day!!! Peace,Love,Plants✌💖🌵🌸🌴💐🌲🌺🍀🌻🌿🌹😀👍
Thank you so much, Clyde 😊 Haha yeah I said to Edith they look like little buried UFOs 🛸😂 Yes it’s cool how they sense there’s something there for them to climb up. That’s a shame you lost your one. These are classed as winter growers, now these have woken up they should keep their vines all the way through to early spring and can put out multiple vines as well. You should definitely give them another go 👍🏻 Thank you for watching and commenting as always my friend, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself to you and Deb 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Soooo cool😃👏👏👏! I'm glad that your oldest one is still alive🍀🤩, Dioscoreas are amazing! Enjoyed the time lapse with the vines dancing 🥰💯 and thank you for the advice as I bought my first three elephantipes last spring and I'm waiting for them to sprout again (but I'm a bit later than in the UK, still hot in here). Have a great day!☯️🌱💞🌵☮️
Thank you so much, Vanesa 😊 These are very cool plants. Hopefully your ones wake up soon. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Thank you so much, Patti 😊 Glad this video has been helpful for you growing yours. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Thank you so much, Serge 😊 I knew as soon as I heard Morning Fog it would be the piece I chose to go with the time lapse. Thank you again my friend 🌵☀️🌼🏜🎶
Stunning plants & excellent slow-mo/time lapse video! I love those weird and beautiful caudex plants and grow a few of them - elephantipes, sylvatica, hemicrypta. Different characters but all are amazing plants!
Thank you 😊 Yeah these caudex plants are very cool, I only have these ones in the collection at the moment but will hopefully add more this year. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Absolutely superb video Daz! Not only highly informative, but stunningly beautiful time-lapse photography. I find your videos of great help, thank you so much 😊
Great video Daz! Dioscoreas are one of my favorite species. I have a couple Elephantispes and an Dioscorea hemicrypta. The hemicrypta seems to never sleep. I enjoyed the repotting and loved the time lapse at the end. Thanks for sharing your beauties with us!
Thank you so much, Forsythia 😊 Yeah caudex plants are awesome. I’ll have a few more different ones coming soon. Will definitely be on the look out for hemicrypta. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
I water mine a little when they are dormant. one I have had for 20 years now and it's reliably dormant for about 5 months every spring and summer. I would definitely have watered that one that you thought was dead. sometimes a little water gets them to wake up and then normal watering can commence when the shoot is clearly showing.
YAY!!! It's still alive!! Beautiful music for them to "dance" to!! Wonderful photography! Mesmerizing!!! I love time lapse videos. I would really like to get one of these someday... caudex plants are one of my favorite groups of plants.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 Yeah these plants and caudex plants in general are pretty awesome, looking to add more types to the collection soon. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed the video and was literally taking notes. I'm up to a half dozen seedlings now and am nervous. So many ways to kill seedlings...
Thank you so much, Janet 😊 Hope all your seedlings will do well for you. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Thank you for another brilliant video. The creative efforts you put are so beautifully paid off in an interesting, informative and visually interesting video. I love the some of the more unusual species you cover also.
Oh wow love this video, very informative and love all the filming. Love the last part. So Mesmerising to see the vines dancing and trying to catch the pole. Love the heart leaves and the caudex. So nice to see the before and after of the caudex growth and time lapse 🤩🤩🤩 First look thought it was dead too until you showed a lively roots. So nice to know it’s alive hooray haha. So nice you got loads of elephants foot. I love them so much I want more and the big ones, I only got 2 🙁 they’re still sleeping, they were late going to bed haha. Have a great night both 🌵💚
Thank you so much, Kath 😊 Would have liked to have captured a little bit more time lapses of these and more of their leaf growth, but as you know it’s a time consuming process haha. Yeah these plants are cool, I definitely want to grow more of them from seed. Hopefully that bigger one is still alive but there’s no sign of a vine yet, but fingers crossed🤞🏻 Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Kath. Have a wonderful evening from Edith & myself to you and Phil 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Wow big thumbs up on this video.So captivating and amazing how this plant came out of life and you captured and presented it heartfully..I really enjoy watching it.I love seeing every plants growing.Thanks for sharing it to us..🥰❤️
Another great informative video! How often do you raise the caudex after starting the repotting process after two years in that orange pot? Do you end up trimming the vines each year? Cool time elapsed video dancing!!! So they are dormant in summer, good to know as I recently acquired one and just started to shoot out new vines. Thanks.
Thank you 😊 Yes as the caudex grows you can raise them. During their first year they were completely buried but it’s a good idea to keep them buried with a gritty substrate like lava rock instead of soil otherwise they could rot. Yes they’re usually dormant during the hotter months and grow their vines in the cooler months. I trim the vines as the leaves turn completely brown and fall off. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Hi Daz, great video & footage as always, I was aware of these plants but didn't know much about them, they seem really interesting, do you know anyone who has them for sale as I'd like to give them a go
Hi Phil. Smaller ones come up for sale from time to time on eBay, there’s several for sale on there now and a few people selling seeds also, occasionally larger ones but they tend to sell for quite a bit. CactusShop had them for sale in the past but I don’t think they have them anymore, that’s where my largest one came from. Cheers for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Awesome video! Answered a lot of my questions. I do have one! Do they prefer taller pots or shorter pots? I’ve read that taller is better so it can get bigger.
Thank you so much 😊 Yes as they get bigger they would definitely benefit from deeper pots, their roots can travel pretty deep. Next time these get repotted they’ll be going into deeper ones. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Great video, I appreciate the effort you put into these videos, it looks amazing. A quick question for you, it seems you slightly changed your potting mix you adding zeolite and no worm castings too (your last mix for succulents that I've seen was 1part Innes#2; 1part scoria lava rock; 1part pumice(3-5mm); 1part kyodama; 0.5 worm castings)any specific reason for that?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 I use the zeolite now as I’ve ran out of lava rock and can’t find a supplier of it that’s selling it for a reasonable price. Zeolite has very similar properties to lava rock, nice and porous and drys out fast. I don’t have much worm castings left so want to save that for a few other plants I’m planning on repotting soon. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
What a beautiful time lapse. And the detailed information. Thank you so much. Absolutely loved it. I have purchased one recently and wanted to know about the care of it. I still haven't received it, so don't exactly know the size. If you don't mind, I would like to ask a few questions about it.... I'm from Mumbai, India, pretty tropical and a coastal city, we don't really have very cold winter's but extremely hot and humid summers. 1) You mentioned that they go dormant in summers and we shouldn't keep on watering them, so should I stop watering during the summers completely? 2) is the watering routine different during the winter's for you? Thank you for your time in advance and also for taking pains to make such an amazing informative video 🙏🏽
Thank you so much 😊 The general rule for these is if they have their vines their active, if they don’t they’re dormant. It’s recommended you don’t water them if they don’t have their vines, but I have watered mine occasionally when they’re supposed to be dormant as the caudex on them shrivelled quite substantially. When they’re larger they can sustain themselves much better during their dormant period. I think yours will do well there, just keep the caudex out of direct sun. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜
@Cactimania thank you so much again for your prompt reply. As I type this, the caudex is sitting next to me, at least 2 inches or more in circumference. I'm so excited about this particular one. I had acquired seeds but due to lack of knowledge, miserably failed in getting them germinated. There is no active growth, though the roots look shriveled and not as dense as the ones you removed from those tiny pots in the start of the video. No direct sunlight and no watering yet. And will keep a watch on the caudex, if shrinking or not. I'm so glad to have clicked your video link on this amazing and beautiful Dioscorea Elephantipes and got the caudex too within few hours. Much much thanks. Will binge watch your other videos too on other plants. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😁
Wow. Thank you for an amazing and informative video. These are stunning plants. I’ve just bought one from the garden centre. I had no clue what it was, so here I am, after researching. I need some advice if possible please. The plant was sold without soil. It’s just a caudex, with no visible roots and one single healthy (green) stem. How do I pot it without a root system, and how is it even alive?
Thank you 😊 Hmm not sure about that. Also they're supposed to be dormant this time of year, if you're in the northern hemisphere. I would place it on some soil and just monitor it and check for new root growth. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
Yeah about that. I should have potted these up sooner really, they were in these small pots for too long, but since being repotted they’ve really taken off. Some are now starting to get that characteristic turtle shell pattern on them. If yours have vines and are actively growing don’t be afraid to pot them up into bigger pots. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
Do you think John Innes #2 (not available where I live) could be replaced with coco coir and worm castings? I do have perlite, charcoal, pumice, sand, and gravel.
Yeah you can use coco coir. I use that for some plants as well and they do well in it. Just try and find out if it’s been washed with fresh water or not. If it’s been washed with salt water I’d avoid it. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Yeah most likely. When I first got that one I left it in its old soil it came with, which wasn’t the best and I didn’t know much about these plants back then. Hopefully it recovers, though. No sign of a vine yet but fingers crossed 🤞🏻 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
I recently bought one online and it was shipped bare root. Any advice on watering now that it’s been repotted. Mine are a bit smaller than yours. Caudex seems soft like an old potato. Has several leaves but I noticed today a couple leaves are turning yellow. Planted in mostly inorganic mix of pumice decomposed granite and a bit of organic matter. Could transplanting cause dormancy? I have several adeniums so know these caudex plants can be tricky.
A little drop of water should be ok, the caudex shouldn’t really be soft but rather firm like bark. Some of the leaves on mine are starting to turn yellow, shrivel up and drop, over the next couple of months here in the UK they’ll start to go back into their spring/summer dormancy. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Pretty much, yes. Mine are now shedding all their leaves and once they’re all dried up I’ll cut the old vine off and won’t water them again until they put out new ones. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
For these plants it’s a 75% mineral mix and 25% organic. That’s around the same I use for most of my plants, although some others can be as much as an 85% mineral mix. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵🌼☀️🌺🌸🏜
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This was a beautiful video! Absolutely amazing to see the most tiniest fraction of movements of these plants in the time lapse that would go unseen with the naked eye, nature is constantly moving! They looked to have real purpose in trying to grab that stick! I would love to see you make a time lapse of the Hoya plant to show just how much these can actualy move about over the course of one day! One of my Hoya is wrapping its tendrils around my grow rack, even though I untwine it, it persists on leaning over and then grabbing on to it again, its funny! I'm sure during the night it's having a party!
Enjoyed this video its stunning footage Daz, and really makes you go "wow" and always watch on TV screen! 😊🌟😊🌟😊🌟👍🌵
Thank you so much, Claire 😊 Yeah I’d love to capture some time lapse of the Hoya, especially the flowers opening as well as they developed pretty quick. Is amazing just how much plants move but that movement can’t be seen with the naked eye. Enjoy making time lapses but they are a lot of work and time consuming to make lol. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Claire. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
@@Cactimania 🤯🤣 Yes totally agree with that...time lapse is time consuming! I attempted some time lapse on a few cactus, also used it quickly for a video I'm editing currently on my Lithops... but only used it for a few minutes for my Lithops...its just amazing what you capture in a short space of film time (a few minutes or half hour or so, in my case) that you don't see when just looking, so when you create those longer time lapses Daz, it's really appreciated the effort you go to, which sometimes you don't see on even the best nature type documentary TV shows. 😊👌
@CactusCove I agree, it really shows so much purpose and intentionality! That's what I like the most with this species! I can feel it even in real life with my own diosorea elephantipes. When I leave it for an hour and come back again, I can see how the vine has spun around in its search for something to hold on to 🌿🌿
So cool to see! My own elephant foot grown from seed in 2020 is growing a new vine right now after a long dormancy period. I love to look at timelapses because it makes me appreciate the movements more when I look at my plant and see it grow in real time. The circular movements of the vine searching for something to hold on to takes a couple of hours. After seeing time lapse videos I can sort of translate in my head what the movement would looks like in a timeframe more perceptible to us humans.
Thank you 😊 Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌸🌼🏜
I was blown away by your dedication and patience filming these plants, Sweetheart! I know how long it took you to film the footages and edit them. Your passion for your craft is truly remarkable. ❤️ I loved how the caudices plumped up and their vines danced searching for the canes. The heart-shaped leaves are telling you how much they love you too. 🥰 They may not be the rarest nor the most expensive plants we have in our collection, but they are definitely special. Well done, Sweetheart! I am always proud of your videos! ❤️🤗😘💚
Thank you so much my love 🥰 Yeah it’s a time consuming process but all worth it 😊 It’s amazing how much they’ve swelled up now, just hope the 8th one and the biggest one wake up soon. Thank you as always babe for all your love, support and encouragement ❤️🤗😘❤️
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I had to have a second look at the vid for a number of reasons,
First the shape and colour of the leaves are very impressive
And the information is great.
I also had a look around to see if there was that many for sale and no.
There was seeds for sale but what a price! Look after the one's you
Have as I would say yours are priceless, Bill.
Tony Irons Cacti on eBay is the only person currently selling them in the UK, about £15 including postage. Some of these will probably be sold in the future when they reach a nice size. Thanks for watching and commenting once again, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Wow, no wonder they are called elephant's foot the size of those in the pictures!Not my cup of tea but definitely interesting plants. So cool to see vines dance.
Thank you so much, Magda 😊 Yeah these plants aren’t for everyone, I wasn’t much into caudex plants in the past until Edith got me more into them, so it’s her fault! 😂 Thank you for watching and commenting as always. Have a wonderful day from us both 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Just bought my first one - absolutely love it more than I thought I was going to. Expect it to start going into dormancy soon as we head into our summer 👍
That’s awesome you have just got one of these, Heather 😊 Good luck with it, I hope it grows well and thrives for you. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜
Uwielbiam Elephantipes!
Z wielką przyjemnością oglądałem ten film.
Pozdrowienia.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Oh WOWSERS what a truly BRILLIANT repotting video and REMARKABLE Time Lapse Daz :-D and they look a FANTASTIC size at just 2 and half years old, and YAY so happy the one that had been inactive for 2 years has some new roots, and I bet its going to go on to make a wonderful lot of new growth, wonderful info and care tips you have shared too, and excellent video filming and wonderful music, and WOW at the outstanding Time Lapse, so INCREDIBLE filming, its amazing how these plants just know where to climb, mine is just starting to wake up from its Summer dormancy with a new vine shoot, Thanks so much for sharing this really AMAZING video Daz, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a fantastic Thursday today XXXX
Thank you so much, Lyn 😊 Yeah they’ve grown a fair bit in two and a half years. Hopefully the one that’s been inactive will wake up soon, no sign of any vine yet though. It is amazing how these plants move and how it knew there was something there to grip onto and climb. So glad you enjoyed the video, Lyn 😊 Thank you so much for watching and commenting as always, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself to you and Hans ❤️🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
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Oh my !
Very good !
Great repot !
Great time lapse !
Thank you 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Very nice shot with dancing vines!
Thank you 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Wow! Just, wow!
Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
I saw your comment on a Cactus Caffeine video. And your channel name made me curious. So, here I am, a new subscriber! And oddly enough, I just looked at one of these exact plants on Etsy today. I am going to buy one too!
Thank you for stopping by and subscribing, much appreciated 😊 That’s great you’ll be getting one of these plants too. Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy growing 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Great video. One of the best I’ve seen on this platform.
Thank you, I truly appreciate that 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Oh sorry. I watched this video but my comment did not go through. I had poor internet connection up the mountains. 😉 I admire your patience on these plants. Your time lapse video is so expertly done! You should send that footage to a documentary show. Or better yet, send it to BCSS! They should feature your shots. They can even get you as an official photographer/video taker. It was so clear and edited professionally. 😃👍🏼 ⭐️
Thank you so much, Ana 😊 Haha yeah it was a time consuming process but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Just uploaded another video, first 4K test, would love some feedback on how it looks because I think I still need to make some adjustments. Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Ana. Have a wonderful day and weekend from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜☕️
You should make a shorts video on this time lapse. Upload it in Instagram TV or reels (just the dancing part). I think this will be trending.
Loved this so much thank you 🙏
Thank you 😊 Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🌸🏜
Amazing footage of the “dancing” vines…..WOW.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Awesome footage at the end mate...amazing to watch 👌👌👌
Cheers mate, took a few weeks to record and edit all that but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Cheers for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Well! What a amazing vid,most enjoyable, so thanks for that.
I have been watching a few vids lately (as you can imagine)
And none come up to this standard.
I just couldn't believe have big this type of plants could get to
When seeing the second example of a mature plant,crazy!
Just how much work and dedication went into looking after
That was mind boggling. Still,a small vine is the first sign?
And make sure before you take your hands out your pockets,lol
A great bit of time lapsed vid at the end to your usual high standard. I have not
Seen this type of succulent for sale,so I imagine not that common,
Thanks again Daz,Bill.
Thank you so much 😊 Yeah these can reach an impressive size. They’re not too uncommon, they do crop up for sale on eBay from time to time and for reasonable prices, depending on the size of course. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful afternoon and evening from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
FANTASTIC!!!! They started out looking like little UFO flying saucers!!😂 the change was very dramatic!!! Especially with the epic music and photography!!! Yeah!! That's what I'm talking about!!! Had one of these many years ago. Only had it about 3 years. Then it dried up. A nice one about 5 inches across. Flat like a tortoise! Isn't it funny how vines , as soon as they are growing, start searching?! Searching for support some how. The thing I think I may have done wrong is let it dry out in winter. Do they grow more in the spring and summer, or fall & winter? Even though I had one, I don't think I really knew how to care for it . so I never bought another one, even though I've see them in recent time on line. From Morris park in the Ozarks ,To the U.K. & Singapore, help a great day!!! Peace,Love,Plants✌💖🌵🌸🌴💐🌲🌺🍀🌻🌿🌹😀👍
Thank you so much, Clyde 😊 Haha yeah I said to Edith they look like little buried UFOs 🛸😂 Yes it’s cool how they sense there’s something there for them to climb up. That’s a shame you lost your one. These are classed as winter growers, now these have woken up they should keep their vines all the way through to early spring and can put out multiple vines as well. You should definitely give them another go 👍🏻 Thank you for watching and commenting as always my friend, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself to you and Deb 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Soooo cool😃👏👏👏! I'm glad that your oldest one is still alive🍀🤩, Dioscoreas are amazing! Enjoyed the time lapse with the vines dancing 🥰💯 and thank you for the advice as I bought my first three elephantipes last spring and I'm waiting for them to sprout again (but I'm a bit later than in the UK, still hot in here). Have a great day!☯️🌱💞🌵☮️
Thank you so much, Vanesa 😊 These are very cool plants. Hopefully your ones wake up soon. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Beautiful filming and music…and thanks so much for sharing your knowledge of these plants….learned a lot and will use this to grow mine on…
Thank you so much, Patti 😊 Glad this video has been helpful for you growing yours. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Incredible! Thank you, Daz, it's a beautiful dance of life.
Thank you so much, Serge 😊 I knew as soon as I heard Morning Fog it would be the piece I chose to go with the time lapse. Thank you again my friend 🌵☀️🌼🏜🎶
Stunning plants & excellent slow-mo/time lapse video! I love those weird and beautiful caudex plants and grow a few of them - elephantipes, sylvatica, hemicrypta. Different characters but all are amazing plants!
Thank you 😊 Yeah these caudex plants are very cool, I only have these ones in the collection at the moment but will hopefully add more this year. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
This made me smile so much!
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Absolutely superb video Daz! Not only highly informative, but stunningly beautiful time-lapse photography.
I find your videos of great help, thank you so much 😊
Thank you, Rye 😊 Much appreciated. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Great video Daz! Dioscoreas are one of my favorite species. I have a couple Elephantispes and an Dioscorea hemicrypta. The hemicrypta seems to never sleep. I enjoyed the repotting and loved the time lapse at the end. Thanks for sharing your beauties with us!
Thank you so much, Forsythia 😊 Yeah caudex plants are awesome. I’ll have a few more different ones coming soon. Will definitely be on the look out for hemicrypta. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
I water mine a little when they are dormant. one I have had for 20 years now and it's reliably dormant for about 5 months every spring and summer.
I would definitely have watered that one that you thought was dead. sometimes a little water gets them to wake up and then normal watering can commence when the shoot is clearly showing.
Yeah I gave these a little water during their dormancy, I’ll do the same again this summer. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
This was truly wonderful to watch the time lapse. They are a fascinating plant for sure. Did the slow one survive?
Thank you so much 😊 Unfortunately that one didn’t make it, it never woke up. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
The plants are new to me, and very interesting. The video composition is just incredible! Thanks for sharing your time and passion.
Thank you so much, Bill 😊 Truly appreciate your comments. Thanks for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Soo beautiful. Love the timelapse and watching that vine grow and reach for the stick.
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What a slick video!!! Excellent content ( for those of us who are into succulents) and so beautifully put together. You are really good at this.
Thank you, I truly appreciate that 😊 Glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Napakaganda!
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Great video :)
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YAY!!! It's still alive!! Beautiful music for them to "dance" to!! Wonderful photography! Mesmerizing!!! I love time lapse videos. I would really like to get one of these someday... caudex plants are one of my favorite groups of plants.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 Yeah these plants and caudex plants in general are pretty awesome, looking to add more types to the collection soon. Thank you for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed the video and was literally taking notes. I'm up to a half dozen seedlings now and am nervous. So many ways to kill seedlings...
Thank you so much, Janet 😊 Hope all your seedlings will do well for you. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Thank you for another brilliant video. The creative efforts you put are so beautifully paid off in an interesting, informative and visually interesting video. I love the some of the more unusual species you cover also.
Thank you so much, Liz. Truly appreciate that 😊 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
Oh wow love this video, very informative and love all the filming. Love the last part. So Mesmerising to see the vines dancing and trying to catch the pole. Love the heart leaves and the caudex. So nice to see the before and after of the caudex growth and time lapse 🤩🤩🤩
First look thought it was dead too until you showed a lively roots. So nice to know it’s alive hooray haha. So nice you got loads of elephants foot. I love them so much I want more and the big ones, I only got 2 🙁 they’re still sleeping, they were late going to bed haha.
Have a great night both 🌵💚
Thank you so much, Kath 😊 Would have liked to have captured a little bit more time lapses of these and more of their leaf growth, but as you know it’s a time consuming process haha. Yeah these plants are cool, I definitely want to grow more of them from seed. Hopefully that bigger one is still alive but there’s no sign of a vine yet, but fingers crossed🤞🏻 Thank you for watching and commenting as always, Kath. Have a wonderful evening from Edith & myself to you and Phil 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Wow big thumbs up on this video.So captivating and amazing how this plant came out of life and you captured and presented it heartfully..I really enjoy watching it.I love seeing every plants growing.Thanks for sharing it to us..🥰❤️
Thank you so much, Rhea 😊 So happy you enjoyed the video. Thank you for watching and commenting, have a wonderful day from Edith & myself 🌵☀️🌼🌸🌺🏜
Lindisimas plantas felicitaciones
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Another great informative video! How often do you raise the caudex after starting the repotting process after two years in that orange pot? Do you end up trimming the vines each year? Cool time elapsed video dancing!!! So they are dormant in summer, good to know as I recently acquired one and just started to shoot out new vines. Thanks.
Thank you 😊 Yes as the caudex grows you can raise them. During their first year they were completely buried but it’s a good idea to keep them buried with a gritty substrate like lava rock instead of soil otherwise they could rot. Yes they’re usually dormant during the hotter months and grow their vines in the cooler months. I trim the vines as the leaves turn completely brown and fall off. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
Hi Daz, great video & footage as always, I was aware of these plants but didn't know much about them, they seem really interesting, do you know anyone who has them for sale as I'd like to give them a go
Hi Phil. Smaller ones come up for sale from time to time on eBay, there’s several for sale on there now and a few people selling seeds also, occasionally larger ones but they tend to sell for quite a bit. CactusShop had them for sale in the past but I don’t think they have them anymore, that’s where my largest one came from. Cheers for watching and commenting 👍🏻🌵☀️🌼🏜
Awesome video! Answered a lot of my questions. I do have one! Do they prefer taller pots or shorter pots? I’ve read that taller is better so it can get bigger.
Thank you so much 😊 Yes as they get bigger they would definitely benefit from deeper pots, their roots can travel pretty deep. Next time these get repotted they’ll be going into deeper ones. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Great video, I appreciate the effort you put into these videos, it looks amazing. A quick question for you, it seems you slightly changed your potting mix you adding zeolite and no worm castings too (your last mix for succulents that I've seen was 1part Innes#2; 1part scoria lava rock; 1part pumice(3-5mm); 1part kyodama; 0.5 worm castings)any specific reason for that?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊 I use the zeolite now as I’ve ran out of lava rock and can’t find a supplier of it that’s selling it for a reasonable price. Zeolite has very similar properties to lava rock, nice and porous and drys out fast. I don’t have much worm castings left so want to save that for a few other plants I’m planning on repotting soon. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
Thanks for your quick reply!
What a beautiful time lapse. And the detailed information. Thank you so much. Absolutely loved it.
I have purchased one recently and wanted to know about the care of it. I still haven't received it, so don't exactly know the size.
If you don't mind, I would like to ask a few questions about it....
I'm from Mumbai, India, pretty tropical and a coastal city, we don't really have very cold winter's but extremely hot and humid summers.
1) You mentioned that they go dormant in summers and we shouldn't keep on watering them, so should I stop watering during the summers completely?
2) is the watering routine different during the winter's for you?
Thank you for your time in advance and also for taking pains to make such an amazing informative video 🙏🏽
Thank you so much 😊 The general rule for these is if they have their vines their active, if they don’t they’re dormant. It’s recommended you don’t water them if they don’t have their vines, but I have watered mine occasionally when they’re supposed to be dormant as the caudex on them shrivelled quite substantially. When they’re larger they can sustain themselves much better during their dormant period. I think yours will do well there, just keep the caudex out of direct sun. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌸🌼🌺🏜
@Cactimania thank you so much again for your prompt reply.
As I type this, the caudex is sitting next to me, at least 2 inches or more in circumference. I'm so excited about this particular one. I had acquired seeds but due to lack of knowledge, miserably failed in getting them germinated.
There is no active growth, though the roots look shriveled and not as dense as the ones you removed from those tiny pots in the start of the video.
No direct sunlight and no watering yet. And will keep a watch on the caudex, if shrinking or not.
I'm so glad to have clicked your video link on this amazing and beautiful Dioscorea Elephantipes and got the caudex too within few hours.
Much much thanks. Will binge watch your other videos too on other plants. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😁
Wow. Thank you for an amazing and informative video.
These are stunning plants. I’ve just bought one from the garden centre. I had no clue what it was, so here I am, after researching.
I need some advice if possible please.
The plant was sold without soil. It’s just a caudex, with no visible roots and one single healthy (green) stem. How do I pot it without a root system, and how is it even alive?
Thank you 😊 Hmm not sure about that. Also they're supposed to be dormant this time of year, if you're in the northern hemisphere. I would place it on some soil and just monitor it and check for new root growth. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
@@Cactimania thank you for your quick response. I’ll give it a try and hope. :).
@Cactimania were the 2 year olds in 2 inch pots and moved up to 4 inch pots. I started mine in 2 inch ones. And now I'm scared I started too small 🙄
Yeah about that. I should have potted these up sooner really, they were in these small pots for too long, but since being repotted they’ve really taken off. Some are now starting to get that characteristic turtle shell pattern on them. If yours have vines and are actively growing don’t be afraid to pot them up into bigger pots. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🌸🏜
Do you think John Innes #2 (not available where I live) could be replaced with coco coir and worm castings? I do have perlite, charcoal, pumice, sand, and gravel.
Yeah you can use coco coir. I use that for some plants as well and they do well in it. Just try and find out if it’s been washed with fresh water or not. If it’s been washed with salt water I’d avoid it. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
the "dead" one looks like the roots all dessciated away? ive had that happen with some of my plants
Yeah most likely. When I first got that one I left it in its old soil it came with, which wasn’t the best and I didn’t know much about these plants back then. Hopefully it recovers, though. No sign of a vine yet but fingers crossed 🤞🏻 Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
I recently bought one online and it was shipped bare root. Any advice on watering now that it’s been repotted. Mine are a bit smaller than yours. Caudex seems soft like an old potato. Has several leaves but I noticed today a couple leaves are turning yellow. Planted in mostly inorganic mix of pumice decomposed granite and a bit of organic matter. Could transplanting cause dormancy? I have several adeniums so know these caudex plants can be tricky.
A little drop of water should be ok, the caudex shouldn’t really be soft but rather firm like bark. Some of the leaves on mine are starting to turn yellow, shrivel up and drop, over the next couple of months here in the UK they’ll start to go back into their spring/summer dormancy. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌺🌼🏜
If the leaves drop does that mean it is going into dormancy and I should stop watering until leaves start growing?
Pretty much, yes. Mine are now shedding all their leaves and once they’re all dried up I’ll cut the old vine off and won’t water them again until they put out new ones. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
What would you say you’re potting soil percentage consist off?
For these plants it’s a 75% mineral mix and 25% organic. That’s around the same I use for most of my plants, although some others can be as much as an 85% mineral mix. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵🌼☀️🌺🌸🏜
So at summer time don’t water them at all??
Only a small amount if their caudex is very wrinkled. When they have no vines it means they’re dormant. Thank you for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
How do you know if it's out of dormancy?
They’ll grow vines. Usually when they don’t have a vine they’re dormant. Thanks for watching and commenting 🌵☀️🌼🌺🏜
@@Cactimania Hey! Thanks for the answer! Also love your vids!!!