In my opinion florida ghost is a perfect plant - chill low effort - fast ish grower -fun leaf shape without overtaking a room - different from basically every other plant - comes out pure white to green depending on light so you can kind of customize the look you want - you get to experience the fun minting of the leaves so every leaf is constantly enjoyable to watch - feels fancy and rare ish and non plant people don’t know about it so it’s a cool plant to show off but it’s not too expensive and is pretty easy to find - flo gho is such a cute name
I'm still learning about plants and I accidentally rotted my philodendron billie but she has rerooted brilliantly in fluval! So happy because I would have been devastated to lose her.
You always bring the beauties! My two easiest philos are Jungle Boogie and much to my surprise, Tortum. My Jose Buono is easy but doesn't have that nice tight internodal spacing like yours. Mine grows kinda lanky. But it's pretty easy other than the half moon leaves tend to melt on the yellow side.
I have a baby Florida ghost, a baby splendid, and a baby gloriosum, and I think it’s me cuz they’re not doing too hot right now 😢 but hopefully they pull through and I can raise them properly. Also, you’re in San Diego! Omg me too! I had a suspicion when you mentioned you had an Ecuagenera nursery nearby, and I was like wait a minute…I have an Ecuagenera nursery near me too, and the only Ecuagenera nursery I know of in California is here in San Diego. What a pleasant surprise!
Are you in the San Diego group? I think it’s San Diego Houseplant Collective. They do all kinds of events and stuff and it’s where I find all my deals and sell all my plants. As for the baby philos, I’d put them in a prop box under nice bright light for a while and leave them there until they get more established.
I probably can… I just think I probably need to make a baseline care video first because plants that are intermediate to me with my care regimen and conditions may be way more work than someone is willing to commit to even if they have plenty of experience to be keeping intermediate level plants. Off the top of my head I’d probably say anything variegated for sure
agree with all of these except for the ghost, just because I’ve never owned it. My Jose reeeeeally took to its moss pole, like the leaf size almost tripled and my once very low-variegated plant went sectoral on me! Golden Dragon is also a good one. Not rare at all, but people seem to have forgotten about it. I love the leaf shape and it’s so easy going ☺️
That’s awesome! Golden dragon would be another good one for statement piece potential… maybe I should make a part 2 if I get enough good suggestions. Someone also recommended the tenue.
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet I had a tenue, but I sold it on when it was still very small. I feel like that might be one that really needs a moss pole? and obviously the wizard, knight and princess are easy. I’ve put my itty bitty wizard on a moss pole and want to see how much I can get the leaves to size up ☺️ I would guess the sixties to be pretty easy going too. A lot of plants that we all used to love have been left behind for new fancier ones. Maybe a forgotten archives type video would be interesting? classics that are cool and easy to grow, but that people don’t really talk about anymore
I really enjoyed this video and the topic! My experience with the plants on the list has been aligned with yours. But I was (pleasantly) surprised to hear your praise for the philo glorious. I have a little one, and so far it's been... just fine. I'm still experimenting and trying to provide the right lighting, etc., and your enthusiastic endorsement renewed my excitement for it to thrive and size up!
You’re literally the only person who watched that, lol! It’s the same in Principle. I started adding cal mag and full strength fertilizer though. I think I need to update that and also the soil mix video. Maybe like fundamentals of philodendron care? It’s hard bc sometimes it works great and other times the plants only do so-so… it’s hard to tell what the determining factors are
Definitely hopes my glorious looks like that eventually! I'm getting some damaged leafs but I assume it's just not getting enough water but I'll moss pole mine up soon.
Ooh, I loved this video! 💚 I recently got a P. Florida Ghost 1 big, minty leaf cutting. I potted it in LECA and it's given me two small white juvenile leaves. I see yours has the gorgeous big mature leaves while just being staked. Is a moss pole necessary since it gives the big leaves already?
I’ve thought about this a lot and I would imagine that maybe they would get even bigger? That would be the hope… hopefully I don’t mess it up. The cloudy spring this year really messed up my growing season so maybe I just need to chill out and not mess it up further haha!
Would love to learn more about how you use rooting hormone. I have 2 different types but feel like there isn’t much content out there on how to use it aside from with brand new cuttings.
It's always so interesting when someone gets results so different from mine. My Billietiae is the most miserable, moody, impossible to please thrip magnet. Ok, maybe the thrip magnet is a bit unfair and it has withstood attack better than some others. And furthermore mine looks nothing like your proud looking specimen. The very pale leaves on mine head off in all different nonsensical directions even turning downwards and or sideways as if it has no clue which direction the light is coming from. The only plant I've had to rescue from root rot. Best I can say is it's not a quitter but it is determined not to enjoy life. For context I have dozens of Philodendrons and Monstera that are quite happy. Tried various distances from grow light, less water, more water.. Go figure. Happy to see yours doing so well. These can get very large, but it just ain't happening at my place.
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet I'm very puzzled as well, especially the inability of the leaves to locate the direction of light. It's summer, I'll try some window light, maybe it just doesn't like my grow lights. Thanks
That sounds good! The other thing you could look into is your water quality. That’s something I started working on and I got great results. A brita filter and some PH drops really go a long way
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet Interesting point for sure. They don't use fluoride here in Montreal but maybe it hates chlorine. Still, my other plants aren't whining. PH, I've avoided it my whole life but maybe it's time to grow up.😁
Plants HATE chlorine. Also yes PH will change your life. It helps them absorb the nutrients so much better. Highly recommend! You can also use water from an aquarium if you have access to one, lol! Time to get into fish keeping!
I wish I could get my glorious to grow! 😭 Every time I try to get it on a moss pole it goes downhill. Fun enough my McDowell is thriving and getting huge.
Some Glorious are crawlers, not climbers. It depends on what parent they take after. They are a hybrid, so sometimes they climb like one parent, sometimes they crawl like the other. Maybe try growing it as a crawler and see if it likes that better?
I have grown most of the plants on your list and definitely agree with you 💚 The only one I'm missing is the jose bueno I might need to get one 🤔 I actually like how green yours looks 🤩 Also another super easy philodendron is tenue. I literally do nothing and it's sizing up and growing so fast plus it has little abs like veitchii just a little less pronounced 🌱🥰
I don’t think you’ll regret getting the Jose at all! I’ve seen tenues in the past and thought about getting one… not too sure why I never have but maybe eventually if I get more space!
Thanks for all information you are sharing. I just wanted to know which rooting hormone you used? I have imported plants ( philodendrons) and need to reroot them. I saw you video anout P. Luxurians but mine never grow root😌 this is my second try😢
I’ve never had to use rooting hormone on philo lux. Just stick them in nice clean water and then never take them out! It’s the only way I can grow that stupid plant. Zero air flow in water. The root hormone I use is just called “Midas Products Rooting Compound” in case you still want to try that though.
I do! It’s in a vase of tap water in my cabinet regrowing fine and dandy. I literally cannot conceive of what kind of environment this plant manages to survive in in the wild.
My experience with keeping plants in straight water is that eventually they crash. I really want to grow this plant big so I actually did make good on my thought and I potted it and the Jose up the next day on poles. I’ll have to update you guys in a month or so.
I actually don’t! My eyesight is one of the few things that hasn’t started falling apart in my thirties. I wear sunglasses even when it’s cloudy though.
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Although I love the snarky canceled list I completely get not wanting to be known for it. I appreciate the positive vibes with this list too.
💯plus eventually I’ll run out of ideas for those… gotta pace myself!
In my opinion florida ghost is a perfect plant
- chill low effort
- fast ish grower
-fun leaf shape without overtaking a room
- different from basically every other plant
- comes out pure white to green depending on light so you can kind of customize the look you want
- you get to experience the fun minting of the leaves so every leaf is constantly enjoyable to watch
- feels fancy and rare ish and non plant people don’t know about it so it’s a cool plant to show off but it’s not too expensive and is pretty easy to find
- flo gho is such a cute name
Very well put 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love a Choco but with comes a whole lot of things to work out.
100% - def one of my highest effort plants to keep it looking nice.
I ordered a Glorious a few days ago and this video just confirmed I made a great choice!! Love love love your cancelled videos🤭
Yessssss you’re going to love it! Highly recommend enclosing the back of the back of the moss pole so that the moss stays moist. Sending good vibes!
This was a fantastic video! I have way too many plants, and I'm looking for easier plants. Thank you!
For sure!
In my opinion the florida ghost is goated. Such a rewarding plant and gives your collection a good color change. Plus it grows like a gem❤
“Goated” I’m stealing that k thx 🫶🏻✨🪴❤️
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet 🤣 anytime🤣 shoulda added " as the kids say" Lmaoooo 🥴
Hellooooo fellow kids
I'm amazed Jose Buono isn't in every big box store,. Super easy to grow and always looks great.
Seriously! Someone go tell costa farms
I'm still learning about plants and I accidentally rotted my philodendron billie but she has rerooted brilliantly in fluval! So happy because I would have been devastated to lose her.
I’m so glad it worked out!
Love the Billie ❤
How did I just find your channel…. Obsesssed ! 🤩🤩
Thank you! Glad to have you ✨🪴❤️
Yes, I have a Philodendron Atobapoense and it is one of my most favorite plant 🪴
It just grows and grows and grows!
You always bring the beauties! My two easiest philos are Jungle Boogie and much to my surprise, Tortum. My Jose Buono is easy but doesn't have that nice tight internodal spacing like yours. Mine grows kinda lanky. But it's pretty easy other than the half moon leaves tend to melt on the yellow side.
The Jose was getting like direct evening sun when the weather was better. Try upping the light and it may get a little more compact.
Very beautiful Philodendrons!!!
Thank you so much!
I have a baby Florida ghost, a baby splendid, and a baby gloriosum, and I think it’s me cuz they’re not doing too hot right now 😢 but hopefully they pull through and I can raise them properly.
Also, you’re in San Diego! Omg me too! I had a suspicion when you mentioned you had an Ecuagenera nursery nearby, and I was like wait a minute…I have an Ecuagenera nursery near me too, and the only Ecuagenera nursery I know of in California is here in San Diego. What a pleasant surprise!
Are you in the San Diego group? I think it’s San Diego Houseplant Collective. They do all kinds of events and stuff and it’s where I find all my deals and sell all my plants.
As for the baby philos, I’d put them in a prop box under nice bright light for a while and leave them there until they get more established.
I love jb. Always a surprise. I also love splendid.
The BEST
Can you make an intermediate level Philo video?
I probably can… I just think I probably need to make a baseline care video first because plants that are intermediate to me with my care regimen and conditions may be way more work than someone is willing to commit to even if they have plenty of experience to be keeping intermediate level plants. Off the top of my head I’d probably say anything variegated for sure
Don't tell the others, but Jose Buono is my favourite ❤
This information is safe with me
👏👏 Loved them all ❤❤
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agree with all of these except for the ghost, just because I’ve never owned it. My Jose reeeeeally took to its moss pole, like the leaf size almost tripled and my once very low-variegated plant went sectoral on me! Golden Dragon is also a good one. Not rare at all, but people seem to have forgotten about it. I love the leaf shape and it’s so easy going ☺️
That’s awesome! Golden dragon would be another good one for statement piece potential… maybe I should make a part 2 if I get enough good suggestions. Someone also recommended the tenue.
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet I had a tenue, but I sold it on when it was still very small. I feel like that might be one that really needs a moss pole? and obviously the wizard, knight and princess are easy. I’ve put my itty bitty wizard on a moss pole and want to see how much I can get the leaves to size up ☺️ I would guess the sixties to be pretty easy going too. A lot of plants that we all used to love have been left behind for new fancier ones. Maybe a forgotten archives type video would be interesting? classics that are cool and easy to grow, but that people don’t really talk about anymore
GREAT VIDEO!!! Can you PLEASE do a video on how you PH your water?!
I did one like right when I started my channel but I should probably update it
I really enjoyed this video and the topic! My experience with the plants on the list has been aligned with yours. But I was (pleasantly) surprised to hear your praise for the philo glorious. I have a little one, and so far it's been... just fine. I'm still experimenting and trying to provide the right lighting, etc., and your enthusiastic endorsement renewed my excitement for it to thrive and size up!
Might be worth it to think about your water quality. Ph balancing and filtering has been 100% worth it for me
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet Any new tips or changes to your methods since your pH balancing video a year ago?
You’re literally the only person who watched that, lol! It’s the same in Principle. I started adding cal mag and full strength fertilizer though. I think I need to update that and also the soil mix video. Maybe like fundamentals of philodendron care? It’s hard bc sometimes it works great and other times the plants only do so-so… it’s hard to tell what the determining factors are
Definitely hopes my glorious looks like that eventually! I'm getting some damaged leafs but I assume it's just not getting enough water but I'll moss pole mine up soon.
Sending good vibes your wayyyyyy ✨🪴❤️
✌️🫶☀️ Love your babies!
Thank you so much!
We need more fancy and cancelled plant lists!!!
I can’t do that every week though, lol! Another fancy plants is coming they’re just a ton of work to research so they take a while
Ooh, I loved this video! 💚 I recently got a P. Florida Ghost 1 big, minty leaf cutting. I potted it in LECA and it's given me two small white juvenile leaves. I see yours has the gorgeous big mature leaves while just being staked. Is a moss pole necessary since it gives the big leaves already?
I’ve thought about this a lot and I would imagine that maybe they would get even bigger? That would be the hope… hopefully I don’t mess it up. The cloudy spring this year really messed up my growing season so maybe I just need to chill out and not mess it up further haha!
Would love to learn more about how you use rooting hormone. I have 2 different types but feel like there isn’t much content out there on how to use it aside from with brand new cuttings.
It's always so interesting when someone gets results so different from mine. My Billietiae is the most miserable, moody, impossible to please thrip magnet. Ok, maybe the thrip magnet is a bit unfair and it has withstood attack better than some others. And furthermore mine looks nothing like your proud looking specimen. The very pale leaves on mine head off in all different nonsensical directions even turning downwards and or sideways as if it has no clue which direction the light is coming from. The only plant I've had to rescue from root rot. Best I can say is it's not a quitter but it is determined not to enjoy life. For context I have dozens of Philodendrons and Monstera that are quite happy. Tried various distances from grow light, less water, more water.. Go figure. Happy to see yours doing so well. These can get very large, but it just ain't happening at my place.
That’s so odd… I wonder if you just got unlucky with one with bad genes?
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet I'm very puzzled as well, especially the inability of the leaves to locate the direction of light. It's summer, I'll try some window light, maybe it just doesn't like my grow lights. Thanks
That sounds good! The other thing you could look into is your water quality. That’s something I started working on and I got great results. A brita filter and some PH drops really go a long way
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet Interesting point for sure. They don't use fluoride here in Montreal but maybe it hates chlorine. Still, my other plants aren't whining. PH, I've avoided it my whole life but maybe it's time to grow up.😁
Plants HATE chlorine. Also yes PH will change your life. It helps them absorb the nutrients so much better. Highly recommend! You can also use water from an aquarium if you have access to one, lol! Time to get into fish keeping!
Great video but aren’t they all! I’m shocked I actually have all of these lol. I hope they do as well for me 😊.
Thank you!
Haha I guessed right!!
That doesn’t surprise me 🪴❤️✨
Splendid 💯
It’s a good one
Love my Glorious.
Literally the best 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I wish I could get my glorious to grow! 😭 Every time I try to get it on a moss pole it goes downhill. Fun enough my McDowell is thriving and getting huge.
Some Glorious are crawlers, not climbers. It depends on what parent they take after. They are a hybrid, so sometimes they climb like one parent, sometimes they crawl like the other. Maybe try growing it as a crawler and see if it likes that better?
I have grown most of the plants on your list and definitely agree with you 💚 The only one I'm missing is the jose bueno I might need to get one 🤔 I actually like how green yours looks 🤩 Also another super easy philodendron is tenue. I literally do nothing and it's sizing up and growing so fast plus it has little abs like veitchii just a little less pronounced 🌱🥰
I don’t think you’ll regret getting the Jose at all! I’ve seen tenues in the past and thought about getting one… not too sure why I never have but maybe eventually if I get more space!
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet Yeah no point getting one if you already have a stunner veitchii and are low on space 💚
Thanks for all information you are sharing. I just wanted to know which rooting hormone you used? I have imported plants ( philodendrons) and need to reroot them. I saw you video anout P. Luxurians but mine never grow root😌 this is my second try😢
I’ve never had to use rooting hormone on philo lux. Just stick them in nice clean water and then never take them out! It’s the only way I can grow that stupid plant. Zero air flow in water. The root hormone I use is just called “Midas Products Rooting Compound” in case you still want to try that though.
@@PlantFriendDownTheStreet do you still have the Luxarians 😂. I like your way of expression 🤣🤣🤣
I do! It’s in a vase of tap water in my cabinet regrowing fine and dandy. I literally cannot conceive of what kind of environment this plant manages to survive in in the wild.
TAP WATER!
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I'm not sure why you don"t keep the P. Billetiae in water, seeing the roots is just beautiful.
My experience with keeping plants in straight water is that eventually they crash. I really want to grow this plant big so I actually did make good on my thought and I potted it and the Jose up the next day on poles. I’ll have to update you guys in a month or so.
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Do you wear glasses? I don't know why but you seem like you do 😂
I actually don’t! My eyesight is one of the few things that hasn’t started falling apart in my thirties. I wear sunglasses even when it’s cloudy though.
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I’ve heard good things about those!
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