Micans! I’ve had mine for several years and it is hanging in a window along my staircase, so I pass it multiple times a day, and it still never fails to give me a little boost of joy every time I see it. I think it makes me like the plants next to it more than I would otherwise. It just makes everything look good. And I am thrilled to have just gotten a Florida Ghost cutting this week! They are not generally available from a lot of sellers in the States, but I just found a local-ish Facebook group where a few people have them. But I do have a couple Florida Greens, and I really really enjoy them.
Micans is so underrated! I love my ghost so much(will take it over the Whipple way).Surprised the majesty isn't on your list! I got mine because I saw it on your channel 😁 I would've added tortum personally
I just saw El choco red at a garden center yesterday! I live in Pennsylvania for reference. It was a lot more stunning in person than I expected. I may have to go back and bring him home❤
my favourite philodendron is the esmeraldense, I find it to be very easy to grow and it sizes up FAST. mine went from a small one leaf cutting to 22" leaves in 1 year. (I'm growing the narrow form specifically). just beautiful and easy going. the undulate mature leaves are something else.
I will just forever be obsessed with my gloriosum. I tracked a cutting down in 2019 after one of your wishlist videos convinced me. She has grown solid as a rock for years now, I’ve chopped and propped her so many times and she just never fails to amaze me. Even if I neglect her she just keeps on pushing out growth. The last 2 leaves have had a touch of variegation to them which is so incredibly exciting to me. Just a few flecks, but it’s more than enough to make my heart jump when I look at them. Really hoping it continues in the new growth
I’m with you on micans! I actually do like brazil as well and appreciate the subtle, brushy variegation of painted lady and the pink petioles are *chef’s kiss*.
love my mican! mine is still young so i have her on a small trellis and she's so happy and she grows daily such a fun plant. thank you for sharing all of your knowledge, you have given me so much confidence to try plants i would have never tried.
My top 5: 1. Verrucosum - it's so pretty and maybe I'm lucky or maybe I got a good specimen, but I can grow loads of it. I don't tend to have issues with pests too much either 2. splendid - really solid plant. Easy to grow and to size up, really gorgeous. 3. Fuzzy petiole - the first philo I got that got really big. I think the leaves are really pretty and pillowy. Super hardy, good plant to learn on. 4. Majesty - looks really cool and goth. It's fun to see the leaves change as it matures. 5. Burle marx fantasy - I love the way the leaves lay flat and kind of drip down. Really hardy also.
I'm on my second El Chico and have to agree that I have had increasing problems. Repotted it starts to die so I propagate and out of all of the wet sticks I had only 1 is hanging in there...in moss...I'm not sure what I'll do when I have to pot it up. I love the plant though so I keep trying
Ooo how about trying fluval stratum (which is so good for nursery stage/delicate cuttings), then on to a chunky aroid mix including tree fern substrate + whatever chunky stuff you like such as perlite, charcoal, orchid bark, sand, worm castings etc. Just a suggestion; i have so many cuttings sitting in my props. This is my plan to move them on from pure sphagnum moss or some are in pure perlite. Worth a try perhaps? Your plant is on my wishlist so if I can help 😂 Good luck!🥂
@@marciajohnson1825 I do use a tree fern fiber mix for my Anthuriums and they love it. Maybe I'll try that first? I've thought about fluval but have no experience with it. I did hear it dries out really quickly.
@@OrdinaryPlantGirl yes I heard it does but I also hear that cuttings seem to absolutely love fluval stratum. I've bought some and intend to try it out but through my research the verdict says it's a winner. Try it and see. That El Choco is worth the extra effort
Kaylee, you missed Splendid and Glorius - they are awesome. Also for myself, I would have to put there Painted Lady - she really grew on me somehow. And what about Esmeraldense and Spiritus Sancti? I´d love to see top 10 alocasias :-) I´d put Silver Dragon on the top closely followed by Ninja and Regal Shield :-D However, it´s really tough to pick top 10 when there are so many awesome ones in the genus. Maranta would be easy top 10 🙂
i got a basic lil heart leaf philodendron, and a silver pothos a while back. both ended up doing so good that i had to get them friends! found someone selling exotic cuttings for like, 3-5 dollars each so i went over with $100 and bought as much as i could! they were overjoyed hehe even gave me some extras and this absolutely MONSTEROUS creme splash because i really wanted one. got them all planted together now and they are vibing, cannot wait for my grandfather to fix my terrarium so they can go back in. im absolutely obsessed with these plants now, they can go almost everywhere but they especially like my flow barrier on the sponge filter in my 5 gallon aquarium. my betta was getting blown all around so i put a nursery pot to stop the super high flow, and i get plantable cuttings with huge roots within a week in there
Maybe my tastes are too mainstream or something, but I really love my painted lady, white princess, tortum, and I actually have a reverted white knight that I love just the way it is. The leaves come out dark pinkish orange and harden down to a blackish purplish green. And the stem is dark purplish burgundy with stark white stripes along the petiole sheath. It’s a sexy plant. I’ve only ever seen them once (which was when I bought mine). It was labeled as white shark, which I think is bs cause nothing comes up when you search that. But anyways, philodendrons are so beautiful and varied, they’ve got to be my favorite genus Oh and I like paraiso verde. You can’t convince me otherwise 🤣 I just got one for a realllly nice price 🙌
The golden dragon is our only overlap 😆 I live in a low humidity loft and anything velvety or prone to spider mites is doomed. My tortum is my absolute favorite 💚. I want to see your variegated list.
Oh gosh! I can’t imagine how hard it would be to pick your top favs. Mine change all the time but my favs that never are off the list is micans (YAS! So sexy), Florida ghost, and golden dragon. But some new favs are the Sharoniae, Red Moon, and my Nangaritense (subtle but I somehow love the fat little heart shape and a little fuzz! ❤️)
17:41 I love my el choco. They aren’t in a lot of nurseries in the US but I can get them for $20-$25 for a 2-4 leaf plant from local and National sellers. I love how thick their leaves are!❤
I'm a sucker for velvet leaves, so luxurians, camposportoanum, el choco and verrucosum are high on my list. My el choco is huge and really needs cutting (13" leaf width) but I'm too scared, haha. Dean McDowell & Jose Buono are pretty awesome too, and so easy!
I absolutely love the look of Philodendron Verrocosum. It's finicky for me to grow, but the fuzzy petioles and red backs of leaves are so gorgeous 😍 I also really love Philo El Choco. Gorgeous plants!
Thanks for a great video! I would love to see you a favourites on maranta leuconeura, or any type of video on those - they are not talked about much. And since you have Guss, well, he is a show stopper!
I took a break from plant collecting and I'm so stoked to be back at it and see that gloriosums are way more affordable now. Also, I can now purchase a joepii for under $100? Insane! Just waiting for Whipple way to come down in price as well because my plant budget is $120 or less, and whipples are still expensive to me.
I just got my Whipple way (1 leaf cutting) in yesterday‘s mail, I still paid 120.- incl. shipping, but am sooooo excited and happy, and the prices are slowly, but steadily going down, so be on the lookout 🎉
@@melanielopez4236I never wanted a Joepii and actually got a baby and then a huge XXL mature plant in two surprise plant packages from different sellers within a fortnight 😂 And by now, I am absolutely OBSESSED 🤩
luxurians and el choco are both great (albeit one is a nightmare to grow) but they are so similar that I'm genuinely surprised you didn't put them together and squeezed a billie in :) How could you skip the good old billie....?
Love the list! One thing I love about Micans is how big the leaves can get when sent up a moss pole! So beautiful! Would absolutely love to see you do a short video on one that has very little online about it and nearly no real videos yet. The cross between Philodendron Gloriosum & McCalleys Finale - the Summer Glory. Absolutely beautiful plants! Thank you!
1000% agree on Lux. It has been one of my top fav Philo for a long time. It's absolutely stunning and I can't believe more people don't have them. Also high up on my list is the Poly. I love how dainty and soft the leaves are in comparison to the Tortum. And they have lobes! Top 10 (not variegated) for me would be: - Poly - Lux - El Choco - Mexicanum - Longilobatum - 69686 - Majestic - Serpens Chocolate - Gloriosum - Colombia And an honorable mention for the Lemon Lime Heartleaf. A big, bushy, trailing pot always brings me joy 💖
I agree that I don't see people talking about el choco red! It's a gorgeous plant. It's been a wishlist plant of mine and I just got one this week! I was extremely shocked to find one in a local plant shop, as I'd never seen them in person anywhere or even much online.
Yay! I have a terrific Micans (and often wonder why more don't love it so much) and I just brought home a nice Gloriosum, and an El Choco Red, and have a Pastazanum Silver on hold at my local terrific plant shop, for the next time I go to Halifax (Nova Scotia). All of these are very reasonably priced here, and they just make me happy. As for the cat hair...welcome to my life! My recently adopted rescue kitty is a medium longhair and today is very disgustingly hot, and she is having a little shed-festival so...cat hair everywhere. My other kitty has short and black hair but the rescue is a pastel calico so we have alllll the colours of cat hair.
I love my el choco red it’s a sturdy slowish grower and I casually sell plants too but not the elchoco. They also have such small internodal space making it tough to cut. Unlike the splendid, which grows super fast and I need to get a new pot soon. This one stayed in the same pole the full season.
My Squamicaule Pink or Red it's practically the same thing is a stunner and very sturdy plant for me! I'm airlayering it at the moment and I'll probably have two in a month from now.
Love the video and this new series - I am most excited about your top ten Anthurium and Alocasia 😍 My favourite Philodendrons (and yes, I think I know now how you felt, picking out no. 1 and 2 was definitely the hardest 🤗 1. Philodendron Golden Dragon (and one day, I will get that variaged one, too 😅) 2. Philodendron Caramel marble var. 3. Philodendron Florida Beauty 4. Philodendron Whipple Way (just got my 1-leaf-cutting yesterday 🥳) 5. Philodendron Florida Ghost 6. Philosendron Melanochrysum (just wished I could keep mine happy 😅) 7. Philodendron Snowdrift 8. Philodendron Ring of Fire 9. Philodendron Joepii 10. Philodendron Prince of Orange or McColley‘s Finale (sorry, also „cheating“ a bit XD) Can‘t wait for your next video in this series 🥳
I bought a gangly spider mite-ravaged pastazanum silver for $15. She's in my rehab centre now. The ernestii from the same seller had lost the fight 😥, so here's hoping Pasty pulls through. My top 3 philo are all lobed beauties: 1. Florida Ghost, 2. Tortum, 3. Warserwiczii aurea. Fast growing and not fussy about low humidity.
I don't own many Philodendron, only my Splendid (you mentioned that is was easy once, so I went for it), a hairy hybrid and Micans. I got my Micans climbing on a bamboo rack and the leaves get huge! it is gorgeous - now it reached the top and I can't extend anymore, so the rest will need to trail 😁
P.Gloriosum, P.Dean McDowell and P.Glorious are all incredible. They're literally bulletproof, and the size a Dean McDowell and Glorious can get is actually maddening. I think my Dean McDowell leaves are the best part of 4ft at this point, and that's not including the stem, just the leaf.
@@jmacd98 I have it in a massive trough pot, the more it crawls the more massive it gets. It's my pride and joy. Although when I first bought it it was a very mature cutting already 😃
@@PositiveRaincloud I’ve bought a trough planter for it, so will get it potted up this weekend as it’s leaving the pot now and also drying out too quick. I bet yours looks stunning with those massive leaves! It’s a pretty plant, but I’ve had to tie up mine as it was all over the place and looking a bit untidy. Look forward to seeing how big I can get the leaves now😂
I am surprised we did not hear of Melanochrysum, which is one of my top favorites but hey Micans is there. Loved the video regardless and was so much fun! (specially when you complain about your own little mistakes haha)
I love my Ghost 👻 such a grate plant mine has gotten huge . My gloriosum is big and beautiful but recently it's had issues unfurling it leafs , don't know why or how to help .
I must be basic too. Top 10 1. Micans 2. Splendid 3. Jerry Horne, Mexicanum, Atapoense 4. Tripartitum 5. Melinonii 6. Jose Buono 7. Bicolor 8. Variegated heartleaf 9. McDowell 10. Florida Bronze (After 1 they may not be in order.)
I work at a plant nursery and one of our vendors is starting to get a ton of rare plants in their availability. They put El Choco Red in it and i was shocked cause i also dont hear much ab this plant besides you. So to see that they’re growing it was interesting. I am hesitant to order it in because i fear customers wont buy it due to not knowing what it is
I looove a large melanochrysum, when their small and tiny they are prone to be difficult to soze up but I started with a large plant already. It makes it easier, still fussy but I like to work and care for my plants😊 and it really seems they do not need water, at all. If I give him water once per week in summer, he will make a fuzz about it and reject the newest leave🙄 other than that, what a beauty
My top 1 is also the gloriosum. I don't know which one I have - it's dark, with strong light veins, heart-shaped, very large leaves (up to 50 cm). Previously I had a different one - lighter green, not such strong veinage, much smaller leaves, but this one is much nicer. I used to love philodendrons but now the climbers get on my nerves (I have to chop and change poles so often it drives me mad), the crawlers take too much space and the bushy ones are not that pretty. Now I prefer anthuriums much more
Cracking up watching you with the cat hair. I have two cats too and it’s like it just materializes out of nowhere. The dentist once pulled a cat hair out of my mouth during a cleaning 🤦♀️ Also, spray bottles for the cats and plants worked wonders when my cats were young. I didn’t even have to spray them, just near them and they’d high tail it away from the plant. Now that they’re older they’ve lost interest. I do find plants knocked off shelves from time to time, but mostly only when I’ve been gone on a trip for a week or so. They’re just acting out 😂
Still in Love with my sp silver/Columbia/El guapo……my el Choco has never really established itself. Bad genetics I suppose. Would love a video on your take on the newer philodendron hybrids.
I ordered a baby Spiritus Sancti and Whipple Way today, £41 for the pair so like the price has definitely dropped. Spiritus Sancti was £99 when I was looking in 2023.
I imported a squamicaule. It's not TECHNICALLY dead. It is showing signs of life, but it is just a stump, basically. I've had it for a couple months now.
Feel you. Ordered my first squamicaule from within my country, still didn't make it after only 2 nights in the mail. Just started a second attempt, picked it up in person this time, and he still threw a little fit because of the environment change. Stable in my greenhouse now, we'll see how it goes
I finally purchased a gloriosum after wanting one for years.. the good thing is, as you’ve mentioned, they are now much more affordable.. I have both the McDowell and paztazanum which are also beautiful until as you said they get leggy. Would love to get my hands on that el Choco red. 😊
I'm surprised you didn't put billietae, but everything you did put makes sense! My favorite philo has to be a three-way tie between billie, gloriosum, and subhastatum 💚 though my golden crocodile has to be close runner up.
Gloriosum. I have a pinker, speckley one and just a regular. Florida ghost Florida beauty Bicolor! People sleep on bicolor. It's dark, narrow, strappy and grows so pretty. Rio Splendid
I love my El Choco Red. One of my original "rare" plants and it's the sexiest I've seen still. So gorgeous, velvet and chocolatey-red maroon underside. I may revisit having a Micans, I found my household being way too dry for it to look as sexy as I'd like. I also terribly miss my Verrocosum, I sold mine and it looked amazing, but only if it was kept in a very wet and brightly lit enclosure.
Can you do a hoya update? I’m rewatching your past hoya hauls from a few years ago and want to see how large and beautiful they are or which ones you don’t have anymore
Oh merci pour cette vidéo ! Comme pour chacune de celles que vous nous offrez 😊 Mon philodendron préfèré est actuellement le "philodendron lemon lime" 💛 celui qui a des feuilles en forme de coeur. Il est réellement très beau, acheté chez Truffaut il y a dix mois, il a plus que doublé de taille ! Très généreux, il grandit vite, j'en prépare des boutures pour une amie. Très facile à vivre : chez moi, l'humidité = 30% seulement ! Il a tous les talents 🤩 A vous 🍀
So you can buy tc batches of the el choco here in Canada. But the one's I've tried to grow out were awful lol. Nothing but stuck leaves and roots that rot for no reason. Even using hydroguard. Plenty of airflow etc. I flawlessly grow tc Thais with no rot issues (idk why lol I've grown out 9 perfectly no losses). But goddamn. Those El Chocos. My only remaining is an Ecuagenera import lol.
I completely agree on the ghost and gloriosum! I would add Adabapoense to my own list, and possibly the radiatum and/or Mayoi since I’ve been enjoying those (easy to grow in 50% humidity,btw). The plant on you list that surprised me the most was the Micans.
I just got a prop squamicaule and I love it so much!! And I also got the el choco red this summer! It’s quite large already and I’m debating if it needs a pole or if it will grow really large without one as well?👀
💯 #1 Gloriosum being my most rewarding philo #2 Splendid 😍 #3 Florida Beauty 🤩 But I also love my lemon lime so bushy trailing, the contrast against the micans on opposite sides✨💚
Surprised that the long bois missed out - Spiritus Sancti, and one of my favourites - Billietiae. But definitely have to agree on Florida Ghost and Gloriosum.
My favorite is the whipple way........love the variegation and narrow/vertical growing for small space :)) I had never heard of this one but will wait until it is more affordable in the U.S.
Great video! I live in Portugal but moving to Spain later this year. What are the best suppliers of Philodendrons to these countries? I know Portugal can hold up some shipments from the US, UK and possibly other places so curious the best sources. Thanks
My kittens and adult cats have left my philodendrons alone. Except for my heart leaf and one of my older cats destroyed it. Lol. Literally pulled the leaves off. Didn’t eat them. Just played with them. 🙄. But after having only nubbins of stems, they are coming back slowly. So slowly. The actual kittens (5 months old boys ), mostly like the golden pothos. They bite and nibble them, I move them and I redirect their attention. They don’t seem to have any issues with them. I know they are listed as poisonous but I have many mangled leaves that say otherwise. My older cats generally leave the plants alone so I was unprepared for babies. I’m trying to teach them to live with the plants. We are getting better. Lol. I didn’t set out to be a cat lady. We had 2 and my daughter found one in her school dumpster. That was it for 12 years. Then someone moved off and left a young cat outside. (I know, bastards). One of our oldest passed and went for a kitten for her to play with. We ended up getting 2. Lol. So now I’m a family of cat ladies lol. The oldest is 16 and then a 12 y/o, so I know that we will be back to 3 sooner rather than later.
I would love to see a video on ID’s on dark philodendron. Like dark lord, Bloody Mary, Majesty, etc. This one is great I put the Ghost first such a amazing plant.
Philodendron silver sword is my absolute #1 favorite Philo. I have a small varigated one and I’m wondering it the varigated one will overtake as my fav Philo. Otherwise White wizard is #2 for me.
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With you on gloriosum being number 1! I’m gonna be chomping at the bit waiting for your anthurium top 10 🥵
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@@oliverpiong6558 was it really ever going to be anything else? 😂
Philodendron Splendid is hands down my number one. It grows so quickly, never gets stuck, climbs, sizes up quick, is stunning.
Still adore my white knight! Grows at a slow and steady pace, while presenting beautiful leaves of green and white. 🥰
Micans! I’ve had mine for several years and it is hanging in a window along my staircase, so I pass it multiple times a day, and it still never fails to give me a little boost of joy every time I see it. I think it makes me like the plants next to it more than I would otherwise. It just makes everything look good.
And I am thrilled to have just gotten a Florida Ghost cutting this week! They are not generally available from a lot of sellers in the States, but I just found a local-ish Facebook group where a few people have them. But I do have a couple Florida Greens, and I really really enjoy them.
My top 5 this year are
Splendid
Florida Ghost
El Choco
Prince of Orange
Silver sword
I love the micans. I think it is one of the most underrated philos. It gives the velvet and the color variation
Micans is so underrated! I love my ghost so much(will take it over the Whipple way).Surprised the majesty isn't on your list! I got mine because I saw it on your channel 😁 I would've added tortum personally
I just saw El choco red at a garden center yesterday! I live in Pennsylvania for reference. It was a lot more stunning in person than I expected. I may have to go back and bring him home❤
my favourite philodendron is the esmeraldense, I find it to be very easy to grow and it sizes up FAST. mine went from a small one leaf cutting to 22" leaves in 1 year. (I'm growing the narrow form specifically). just beautiful and easy going. the undulate mature leaves are something else.
I’m with you on the esmeraldense, such a beautiful plant, and definitely one of my favourites. I’ll look forward to getting leaves as big as yours.
I will just forever be obsessed with my gloriosum. I tracked a cutting down in 2019 after one of your wishlist videos convinced me. She has grown solid as a rock for years now, I’ve chopped and propped her so many times and she just never fails to amaze me. Even if I neglect her she just keeps on pushing out growth.
The last 2 leaves have had a touch of variegation to them which is so incredibly exciting to me. Just a few flecks, but it’s more than enough to make my heart jump when I look at them. Really hoping it continues in the new growth
I’m with you on micans! I actually do like brazil as well and appreciate the subtle, brushy variegation of painted lady and the pink petioles are *chef’s kiss*.
Very very excited for your anthurium video!!
love my mican! mine is still young so i have her on a small trellis and she's so happy and she grows daily such a fun plant. thank you for sharing all of your knowledge, you have given me so much confidence to try plants i would have never tried.
My top 5:
1. Verrucosum - it's so pretty and maybe I'm lucky or maybe I got a good specimen, but I can grow loads of it. I don't tend to have issues with pests too much either
2. splendid - really solid plant. Easy to grow and to size up, really gorgeous.
3. Fuzzy petiole - the first philo I got that got really big. I think the leaves are really pretty and pillowy. Super hardy, good plant to learn on.
4. Majesty - looks really cool and goth. It's fun to see the leaves change as it matures.
5. Burle marx fantasy - I love the way the leaves lay flat and kind of drip down. Really hardy also.
I'm on my second El Chico and have to agree that I have had increasing problems. Repotted it starts to die so I propagate and out of all of the wet sticks I had only 1 is hanging in there...in moss...I'm not sure what I'll do when I have to pot it up. I love the plant though so I keep trying
Ooo how about trying fluval stratum (which is so good for nursery stage/delicate cuttings), then on to a chunky aroid mix including tree fern substrate + whatever chunky stuff you like such as perlite, charcoal, orchid bark, sand, worm castings etc. Just a suggestion; i have so many cuttings sitting in my props. This is my plan to move them on from pure sphagnum moss or some are in pure perlite. Worth a try perhaps? Your plant is on my wishlist so if I can help 😂 Good luck!🥂
@@marciajohnson1825 I do use a tree fern fiber mix for my Anthuriums and they love it. Maybe I'll try that first? I've thought about fluval but have no experience with it. I did hear it dries out really quickly.
@@OrdinaryPlantGirl yes I heard it does but I also hear that cuttings seem to absolutely love fluval stratum. I've bought some and intend to try it out but through my research the verdict says it's a winner. Try it and see. That El Choco is worth the extra effort
Totally agree on the El Choco Red difficulties.
I would add 69686 (not Joepii), Deflexum and Spiritus Sancti to the list.
Kaylee, you missed Splendid and Glorius - they are awesome. Also for myself, I would have to put there Painted Lady - she really grew on me somehow. And what about Esmeraldense and Spiritus Sancti?
I´d love to see top 10 alocasias :-) I´d put Silver Dragon on the top closely followed by Ninja and Regal Shield :-D
However, it´s really tough to pick top 10 when there are so many awesome ones in the genus.
Maranta would be easy top 10 🙂
i got a basic lil heart leaf philodendron, and a silver pothos a while back. both ended up doing so good that i had to get them friends! found someone selling exotic cuttings for like, 3-5 dollars each so i went over with $100 and bought as much as i could! they were overjoyed hehe even gave me some extras and this absolutely MONSTEROUS creme splash because i really wanted one. got them all planted together now and they are vibing, cannot wait for my grandfather to fix my terrarium so they can go back in. im absolutely obsessed with these plants now, they can go almost everywhere but they especially like my flow barrier on the sponge filter in my 5 gallon aquarium. my betta was getting blown all around so i put a nursery pot to stop the super high flow, and i get plantable cuttings with huge roots within a week in there
Maybe my tastes are too mainstream or something, but I really love my painted lady, white princess, tortum, and I actually have a reverted white knight that I love just the way it is. The leaves come out dark pinkish orange and harden down to a blackish purplish green. And the stem is dark purplish burgundy with stark white stripes along the petiole sheath. It’s a sexy plant. I’ve only ever seen them once (which was when I bought mine). It was labeled as white shark, which I think is bs cause nothing comes up when you search that. But anyways, philodendrons are so beautiful and varied, they’ve got to be my favorite genus
Oh and I like paraiso verde. You can’t convince me otherwise 🤣 I just got one for a realllly nice price 🙌
The golden dragon is our only overlap 😆 I live in a low humidity loft and anything velvety or prone to spider mites is doomed. My tortum is my absolute favorite 💚. I want to see your variegated list.
is Tortum a slow grower? I feel it could take forever but I want a big one
Oh gosh! I can’t imagine how hard it would be to pick your top favs. Mine change all the time but my favs that never are off the list is micans (YAS! So sexy), Florida ghost, and golden dragon. But some new favs are the Sharoniae, Red Moon, and my Nangaritense (subtle but I somehow love the fat little heart shape and a little fuzz! ❤️)
17:41 I love my el choco. They aren’t in a lot of nurseries in the US but I can get them for $20-$25 for a 2-4 leaf plant from local and National sellers. I love how thick their leaves are!❤
I'm a sucker for velvet leaves, so luxurians, camposportoanum, el choco and verrucosum are high on my list. My el choco is huge and really needs cutting (13" leaf width) but I'm too scared, haha. Dean McDowell & Jose Buono are pretty awesome too, and so easy!
I absolutely love the look of Philodendron Verrocosum. It's finicky for me to grow, but the fuzzy petioles and red backs of leaves are so gorgeous 😍 I also really love Philo El Choco. Gorgeous plants!
Thanks for a great video! I would love to see you a favourites on maranta leuconeura, or any type of video on those - they are not talked about much. And since you have Guss, well, he is a show stopper!
I took a break from plant collecting and I'm so stoked to be back at it and see that gloriosums are way more affordable now. Also, I can now purchase a joepii for under $100? Insane! Just waiting for Whipple way to come down in price as well because my plant budget is $120 or less, and whipples are still expensive to me.
I got a Joepii for $60 bucks and almost peed myself.
I just got my Whipple way (1 leaf cutting) in yesterday‘s mail, I still paid 120.- incl. shipping, but am sooooo excited and happy, and the prices are slowly, but steadily going down, so be on the lookout 🎉
@@melanielopez4236I never wanted a Joepii and actually got a baby and then a huge XXL mature plant in two surprise plant packages from different sellers within a fortnight 😂 And by now, I am absolutely OBSESSED 🤩
I got a pot of joepii with two semi-mature plants in it for like $50 locally!! It's crazy how much the prices have come down
@@alisplants @melanielopez4236 godddd I remember joepiis were in the thousands the last time I checked. If only hoya prices would drop this fast 😩
luxurians and el choco are both great (albeit one is a nightmare to grow) but they are so similar that I'm genuinely surprised you didn't put them together and squeezed a billie in :) How could you skip the good old billie....?
Which one is easier to grow?
@@enkhzayabat-orgil9595 El Choco (now named rubrijuvenile) by far!
Agreed about the Billietiae! So easy, and the leaves size up and get HUGE without being put on a pole! mine is an absolute show plant and I love her 🥰
PLEASE PLEASE do the best low light plants vid! 🤗
Shocked you didn't mention Spiritus Sancti! Love this list and looking forward to more of these videos!
The timing of the release for the video I was looking for is almost spooky!
I love you! Kaile! Thanks for everything
Quite surprised Spiritus Sancti didn't make it! :o I knew your top 2 would be florida ghost and gloriosum hehe
Love the list! One thing I love about Micans is how big the leaves can get when sent up a moss pole! So beautiful!
Would absolutely love to see you do a short video on one that has very little online about it and nearly no real videos yet. The cross between Philodendron Gloriosum & McCalleys Finale - the Summer Glory. Absolutely beautiful plants! Thank you!
I just wanted you to share Gus and the care since I always fail with that plant but I think it’s so lovely❤
1000% agree on Lux. It has been one of my top fav Philo for a long time. It's absolutely stunning and I can't believe more people don't have them. Also high up on my list is the Poly. I love how dainty and soft the leaves are in comparison to the Tortum. And they have lobes! Top 10 (not variegated) for me would be:
- Poly
- Lux
- El Choco
- Mexicanum
- Longilobatum
- 69686
- Majestic
- Serpens Chocolate
- Gloriosum
- Colombia
And an honorable mention for the Lemon Lime Heartleaf. A big, bushy, trailing pot always brings me joy 💖
I had to look up the name of the Plowmanii she didn't want to name... It's call the Plowmanii black face 😂 yikes
P. Glorious, P. Gigas and P. Splendid!
I think Gigas absolutely deserves more attention than it gets
Yes! I love my micans too! It gets invasive but I don’t mind!
Re: el choco red… here in Australia they have had people tc them which is so great! I have a tiny bebe…. Can’t wait for it to grow
I agree that I don't see people talking about el choco red! It's a gorgeous plant. It's been a wishlist plant of mine and I just got one this week! I was extremely shocked to find one in a local plant shop, as I'd never seen them in person anywhere or even much online.
I absolutely love the El Choco, but when I last check the pricing on the few propagations that I did find. I kinda went, 'Yeah, I can wait'.
Yay! I have a terrific Micans (and often wonder why more don't love it so much) and I just brought home a nice Gloriosum, and an El Choco Red, and have a Pastazanum Silver on hold at my local terrific plant shop, for the next time I go to Halifax (Nova Scotia). All of these are very reasonably priced here, and they just make me happy. As for the cat hair...welcome to my life! My recently adopted rescue kitty is a medium longhair and today is very disgustingly hot, and she is having a little shed-festival so...cat hair everywhere. My other kitty has short and black hair but the rescue is a pastel calico so we have alllll the colours of cat hair.
17:31 they are so amazing, my mom wants one soooo baddly since I got mine! And yes NEVER bother their roots!
Please do anthurium 😁
I love my el choco red it’s a sturdy slowish grower and I casually sell plants too but not the elchoco. They also have such small internodal space making it tough to cut. Unlike the splendid, which grows super fast and I need to get a new pot soon. This one stayed in the same pole the full season.
My Squamicaule Pink or Red it's practically the same thing is a stunner and very sturdy plant for me! I'm airlayering it at the moment and I'll probably have two in a month from now.
Love the video and this new series - I am most excited about your top ten Anthurium and Alocasia 😍 My favourite Philodendrons (and yes, I think I know now how you felt, picking out no. 1 and 2 was definitely the hardest 🤗
1. Philodendron Golden Dragon (and one day, I will get that variaged one, too 😅)
2. Philodendron Caramel marble var.
3. Philodendron Florida Beauty
4. Philodendron Whipple Way (just got my 1-leaf-cutting yesterday 🥳)
5. Philodendron Florida Ghost
6. Philosendron Melanochrysum (just wished I could keep mine happy 😅)
7. Philodendron Snowdrift
8. Philodendron Ring of Fire
9. Philodendron Joepii
10. Philodendron Prince of Orange or McColley‘s Finale (sorry, also „cheating“ a bit XD)
Can‘t wait for your next video in this series 🥳
I bought a gangly spider mite-ravaged pastazanum silver for $15. She's in my rehab centre now. The ernestii from the same seller had lost the fight 😥, so here's hoping Pasty pulls through. My top 3 philo are all lobed beauties: 1. Florida Ghost, 2. Tortum, 3. Warserwiczii aurea. Fast growing and not fussy about low humidity.
Vancouver, Canada - They just popped new El Coco red, 4inch for $30 in a nursery - first time I am seeing it in stores
I don't own many Philodendron, only my Splendid (you mentioned that is was easy once, so I went for it), a hairy hybrid and Micans. I got my Micans climbing on a bamboo rack and the leaves get huge! it is gorgeous - now it reached the top and I can't extend anymore, so the rest will need to trail 😁
P.Gloriosum, P.Dean McDowell and P.Glorious are all incredible. They're literally bulletproof, and the size a Dean McDowell and Glorious can get is actually maddening. I think my Dean McDowell leaves are the best part of 4ft at this point, and that's not including the stem, just the leaf.
Four foot leaves!? 😮 wow, that sounds incredible. I guess my own leaves are less than 2 foot, and all similar size
@@jmacd98 I have it in a massive trough pot, the more it crawls the more massive it gets. It's my pride and joy. Although when I first bought it it was a very mature cutting already 😃
@@PositiveRaincloud I’ve bought a trough planter for it, so will get it potted up this weekend as it’s leaving the pot now and also drying out too quick.
I bet yours looks stunning with those massive leaves! It’s a pretty plant, but I’ve had to tie up mine as it was all over the place and looking a bit untidy.
Look forward to seeing how big I can get the leaves now😂
I am surprised we did not hear of Melanochrysum, which is one of my top favorites but hey Micans is there. Loved the video regardless and was so much fun! (specially when you complain about your own little mistakes haha)
I love my Ghost 👻 such a grate plant mine has gotten huge . My gloriosum is big and beautiful but recently it's had issues unfurling it leafs , don't know why or how to help .
Anthurium please!
I must be basic too.
Top 10
1. Micans
2. Splendid
3. Jerry Horne, Mexicanum, Atapoense
4. Tripartitum
5. Melinonii
6. Jose Buono
7. Bicolor
8. Variegated heartleaf
9. McDowell
10. Florida Bronze
(After 1 they may not be in order.)
I forgot Billie!
I appreciate a Philo that either trails or sizes up well without a moss pole.
I love my florida ghost and my gloriosum- but my absolute favourite is my Glorious- its stunning !!!!
Yes! Love a plant with hairy legs!
I work at a plant nursery and one of our vendors is starting to get a ton of rare plants in their availability. They put El Choco Red in it and i was shocked cause i also dont hear much ab this plant besides you. So to see that they’re growing it was interesting. I am hesitant to order it in because i fear customers wont buy it due to not knowing what it is
I looove a large melanochrysum, when their small and tiny they are prone to be difficult to soze up but I started with a large plant already. It makes it easier, still fussy but I like to work and care for my plants😊 and it really seems they do not need water, at all. If I give him water once per week in summer, he will make a fuzz about it and reject the newest leave🙄 other than that, what a beauty
Love my El Choco red but now I’m scared because I have to get it out of moss. Hoping I don’t kill it.
My top 1 is also the gloriosum. I don't know which one I have - it's dark, with strong light veins, heart-shaped, very large leaves (up to 50 cm). Previously I had a different one - lighter green, not such strong veinage, much smaller leaves, but this one is much nicer.
I used to love philodendrons but now the climbers get on my nerves (I have to chop and change poles so often it drives me mad), the crawlers take too much space and the bushy ones are not that pretty. Now I prefer anthuriums much more
Cracking up watching you with the cat hair. I have two cats too and it’s like it just materializes out of nowhere. The dentist once pulled a cat hair out of my mouth during a cleaning 🤦♀️
Also, spray bottles for the cats and plants worked wonders when my cats were young. I didn’t even have to spray them, just near them and they’d high tail it away from the plant. Now that they’re older they’ve lost interest. I do find plants knocked off shelves from time to time, but mostly only when I’ve been gone on a trip for a week or so. They’re just acting out 😂
Still in Love with my sp silver/Columbia/El guapo……my el Choco has never really established itself. Bad genetics I suppose. Would love a video on your take on the newer philodendron hybrids.
I ordered a baby Spiritus Sancti and Whipple Way today, £41 for the pair so like the price has definitely dropped. Spiritus Sancti was £99 when I was looking in 2023.
Not you trash-talking my beautiful McDowell 😭😭😭
But you're right, it does get really gangly 😂 I might indeed have to buy a Gloriosom now 😂
I imported a squamicaule. It's not TECHNICALLY dead. It is showing signs of life, but it is just a stump, basically. I've had it for a couple months now.
Feel you. Ordered my first squamicaule from within my country, still didn't make it after only 2 nights in the mail. Just started a second attempt, picked it up in person this time, and he still threw a little fit because of the environment change. Stable in my greenhouse now, we'll see how it goes
Would love a syngonium top 10
I finally purchased a gloriosum after wanting one for years.. the good thing is, as you’ve mentioned, they are now much more affordable.. I have both the McDowell and paztazanum which are also beautiful until as you said they get leggy. Would love to get my hands on that el Choco red. 😊
More Hoya content for sure! Would be very interested in a similar video for Hoyas, as well anthuriums (even though I don’t have any lol)
I'm surprised you didn't put billietae, but everything you did put makes sense! My favorite philo has to be a three-way tie between billie, gloriosum, and subhastatum 💚 though my golden crocodile has to be close runner up.
1 - Philodendron Golden Dragon Variegated (I have killed 3!!!) 😑
2 - Philodendron Gloriosum Variegated
3 - Philodendron Silversword Variegated
4 - Philodendron Florida Beauty
5 - Philodendron Strawberry Shake
Gloriosum. I have a pinker, speckley one and just a regular.
Florida ghost
Florida beauty
Bicolor! People sleep on bicolor. It's dark, narrow, strappy and grows so pretty.
Rio
Splendid
I love my El Choco Red. One of my original "rare" plants and it's the sexiest I've seen still. So gorgeous, velvet and chocolatey-red maroon underside.
I may revisit having a Micans, I found my household being way too dry for it to look as sexy as I'd like. I also terribly miss my Verrocosum, I sold mine and it looked amazing, but only if it was kept in a very wet and brightly lit enclosure.
Can you do a hoya update? I’m rewatching your past hoya hauls from a few years ago and want to see how large and beautiful they are or which ones you don’t have anymore
Oh merci pour cette vidéo ! Comme pour chacune de celles que vous nous offrez 😊
Mon philodendron préfèré est actuellement le "philodendron lemon lime" 💛 celui qui a des feuilles en forme de coeur.
Il est réellement très beau, acheté chez Truffaut il y a dix mois, il a plus que doublé de taille !
Très généreux, il grandit vite, j'en prépare des boutures pour une amie. Très facile à vivre : chez moi, l'humidité = 30% seulement !
Il a tous les talents 🤩
A vous 🍀
So you can buy tc batches of the el choco here in Canada. But the one's I've tried to grow out were awful lol. Nothing but stuck leaves and roots that rot for no reason. Even using hydroguard. Plenty of airflow etc. I flawlessly grow tc Thais with no rot issues (idk why lol I've grown out 9 perfectly no losses). But goddamn. Those El Chocos. My only remaining is an Ecuagenera import lol.
Spathiphyllum would be nice, I feel like that’s an under appreciated genus.
12:50
thanks!
you got me at philodendron mican. 😉
I completely agree on the ghost and gloriosum! I would add Adabapoense to my own list, and possibly the radiatum and/or Mayoi since I’ve been enjoying those (easy to grow in 50% humidity,btw). The plant on you list that surprised me the most was the Micans.
I just got a prop squamicaule and I love it so much!! And I also got the el choco red this summer! It’s quite large already and I’m debating if it needs a pole or if it will grow really large without one as well?👀
Just spotted a florida ghost yesterday in a garden center in the Netherlands, only €25 for a plant with multiple leaves!
Nice! Do you have recommendations for some good garden centers near the German border? I'd love to visit you guys for some plant shopping :)
Hi! Could you show us your Hoyas please? Especially if you have any veiny or silver splashy ones! Weird is good! Thank you! ❤
Please do top 10 syngoniums!!! 💚
💯 #1 Gloriosum being my most rewarding philo
#2 Splendid 😍
#3 Florida Beauty 🤩
But I also love my lemon lime so bushy trailing, the contrast against the micans on opposite sides✨💚
Just bought gloriosum dark form last week. It is gorgeous!
Surprised that the long bois missed out - Spiritus Sancti, and one of my favourites - Billietiae. But definitely have to agree on Florida Ghost and Gloriosum.
My number one weirdly is Joepii - really easy, fast growers - and i love anything with a weird leaf! Would LOVE a lelano miyano
Where is spiritus sancti? :O I was so sure that you will give it here :P
My favorite is the whipple way........love the variegation and narrow/vertical growing for small space :)) I had never heard of this one but will wait until it is more affordable in the U.S.
I expect to see Sp tropicals under here because of how much you've talked about it recently
Great video! I live in Portugal but moving to Spain later this year. What are the best suppliers of Philodendrons to these countries? I know Portugal can hold up some shipments from the US, UK and possibly other places so curious the best sources. Thanks
Do Monstera and hoya ❤😂
I second this!
Great list! Torture would be super high on mine though I haven’t heard you speak much of it!
I saw Gloriosum, Pastazanum silver and some other heart leaf philos, in a hardware store for €10 the other week here in Germany.
My kittens and adult cats have left my philodendrons alone. Except for my heart leaf and one of my older cats destroyed it. Lol. Literally pulled the leaves off. Didn’t eat them. Just played with them. 🙄. But after having only nubbins of stems, they are coming back slowly. So slowly.
The actual kittens (5 months old boys ), mostly like the golden pothos. They bite and nibble them, I move them and I redirect their attention. They don’t seem to have any issues with them. I know they are listed as poisonous but I have many mangled leaves that say otherwise. My older cats generally leave the plants alone so I was unprepared for babies. I’m trying to teach them to live with the plants. We are getting better.
Lol. I didn’t set out to be a cat lady. We had 2 and my daughter found one in her school dumpster. That was it for 12 years. Then someone moved off and left a young cat outside. (I know, bastards). One of our oldest passed and went for a kitten for her to play with. We ended up getting 2. Lol. So now I’m a family of cat ladies lol. The oldest is 16 and then a 12 y/o, so I know that we will be back to 3 sooner rather than later.
I would love to see a video on ID’s on dark philodendron. Like dark lord, Bloody Mary, Majesty, etc. This one is great I put the Ghost first such a amazing plant.
Philodendron silver sword is my absolute #1 favorite Philo. I have a small varigated one and I’m wondering it the varigated one will overtake as my fav Philo. Otherwise White wizard is #2 for me.
You convinced me on the Whipple Way but then I looked at my local rare plant shop it was over $500 Canadian 😢
Ring of fire imo is no1 absolutely stunning plants
I hear a lot about El Choco Red. Maybe i need to look into this one. 😊