I feel like I have really learned that I have to buy plants because I like them and not because it is the hip cool thing in the community because I won't take care of it otherwise 😂 It has really helped reduce the feeling that I've got to "catch 'em all"!
YES! exactly lol. Sometimes I feel like I do well and then that urge to buy hits or the feeling I will regret not getting it the next day 😩 I think if I didn't buy so much during the pandemic I would have a totally different collection now in a way. I was buying SO much just to "have" it.
Earlier today I was thinking about asking you what your favorite philodendron is, because I'm wanting to get another one and I want to put it on a pole. So, this video came at the perfect time. THANK YOU!!! 😊
I'm also in love with the Philo Lemon Lime. Mine is more of a bright neon green and has some pretty impressive sized leaves as they mature. A few are even half neon half dark green. It reminds me of a cross between the lemon lime and the heartleaf. It's so cool. I was happy to hear you mention that one and all the other more common trailing philodendron. 😊
One of the best collections I have ever seen ! I watch your videos and have learned so much also I am a little jealous. I had a horrible house fire about one month ago and I visit my plants every day. I cleaned the leaves and have hoped for the best. Will not be back in my home until January or. February of 2024. Keep showing us your videos, you do such a good job.
I am so sorry that happened!! 😞 I could not imagine that and I would be so sad about my plants 🥺 You're such a good plant parent for going to do that every day! It definitely shows how much you care for them 🙏
Thanks for keeping it real. Everyone always tells me philodendron are so easy. 4 years into it and I still struggle with them. I feel like I am finally starting to understand them. But man, most difficult thing I’ve ever owned.
Great video. I loved everything about it! The boing was cute. I think it's neat how collections really reflect the style of each person. Some of your least faves are on my top must haves and your must haves are not even on my radar. I'm in love with the dark philodendrons right now like the dark lord and bloody Mary.
Thank you so much! haha I had to laugh at myself a little editing it back 😂🫶 I think about that too sometimes! It's so neat to see what everyone else loves and what they don't like anymore!
Your collection is amazing!!! Definite goals for me to look forward to! I fail every time I try a Micans on a pole. Yours is GORGEOUS!! Thank you for sharing your collection 💗
Thank you 🥹 Micans likes to grow a lot of it's aerial roots outside the pole in a way. It definitely vines more but it does appreciate more moisture so it can grow them out to anchor on.
Philodendron Collection. Anda merawat tanamannya sangat baik sehingga semua koleksinya tumbuh subur dan sehat. Banyak juga ternyata jenis tanaman philodenron. Terima kasih 😊👍
My fave is my Billitiae. I bought a baby one that has been growing soo beautifully. I just love it. My other two faves are my Painted Lady and my Squamie!
Oooh right on time @plantsbymelissa thank you for the hr & half long video I can watch while I'm in the kitchen prepping for Thanksgiving dinner btw I wanna wish you & your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 sending lots of love your way
Thank you so much that is so kind! I'm so happy I could finish this video today! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well 🙏 I just finished making a side dish tonight 🫶
Thank you so much! I'm so happy with this pole now. It was a journey to get it here but it grows super fast and was worth it! It taught me a lot more about moss poles too since it was one of my early ones 😁
I feel like the ones you feel like you don’t like are the ones I feel Iike I like. Just teasing. All of your plants are great. Just pretend like you are rehabbing some big box plants for your bottom tier ones. I do that for winter projects.
Thank you! I've definitely slacked this summer on my rehabs. I feel bad about it but hoping I can turn some around! I feel like once a plant starts growing better for me I appreciate it a lot more!
I'm with you on the grp 3 plants...totally felt like you were talking about some of MY plants haha. I've NEVER warmed to the pink lady, Jose Buono and the Burle Marx Fantasy. My Pink Princesses, White Knight & White Princess are only now starting to grow now that we are in spring. The other one I have is the White Wizard which is growing so well...keeps giving me lots of nicely variegated leaves. I don't own ANY velvety philo simply cos I cant be bothered with their needs & there higher susceptibility to spider mites. With you philo lemon lime just trim trim trim and it'll bush up real nice. I did that with my Brasil and it's much bushier than before. Your Brasil is beautiful! Your Burle Marx Variegated is GORGEOUS!!! I love it! I have mine in grp 1 hahaha. I have a tiny ROF and I cant wait for it to grow. You should check out Jan's one from Sydney PLant Guy....his is AMAZING and HUGE! Also I need to give my Florida Ghost a pole now cos she's growing so swo much. I have her in my north facing window ( your south facing hehe) and she LOVES IT!!! She is giving me lots of new leaves and they are all either whitish and minty so she's stunning (even if I say so myself 😉 Yours is much bigger though and beautiful. We are kindred spirits Melissa cos I have 3 pink princesses 😆 Your sodiroi is STUNNIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!! And your Majestic is showing how much it deserves its name. And your Splendid is magnificent! Your smile says it all hahaha! Thanks for sharing all your philos with us and am so happy for you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much Connie for all your kinds words 🥹 You are so sweet!! I'll have to do some chopping to fill them out some more 😁 velvety philos are soo nice but you're right! If you don't stay on top of the spider mite situation they can take over. As soon as I see one philo get spider mites they all somehow get them 😅 They tend to spare my moss poles plants more but maybe because I care for them so much. I appreciate you for always commenting and watching! 🥰
Totally agree on the Brandi. Mine would grow really weird and the internodal space was way to big for how small of leaves it was putting out. I had mine climbing but it would never stay upright and would break itself from falling over constantly. Finally got rid of it a few months ago.
You have so many Philodendrons we don’t get to see that often! Love your collection, I have currently 3 different Philodendrons, can’t wait to get more!
I ordered a splendid online after watching this video. This was my first plant mail and I’m just so excited. Your splendid is magnificent and absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your collection.
I absolutely love Silver sword, I cut mine down to get more. So if everything goes as planned I’ll have ten plants ❤️ its the color, it just tickles my fancy 🥹
I love my micans too. My leaves are so small though and its dissapointing to me. I will definitely be putting it on a pole thanks to you and hopefully they will size up so I can enjoy their color and texture more❤
They love climbing! You'll love the bigger leaves! They definitely vine on the pole more than really attach in if you're using a wire pole but they'll start sizing up halfway or so then take off 😁
My Brazil… 🤷🏻♀ I ordered 5 various single leaf cuttings from Etsy and received them in Oct ‘23. The Mican’s is doing great, marble Queen is doing ok, Cebu Blue is vining and the Snow Queen rotted. My Brazil, however, it stayed alive with one leaf for 6 months and did nothing. I finally threatened it and told her that if she didn’t straighten up and start doing something, she was going in the trash! I figured she had a spent node and wasn’t going to do anything anyway. At the end of April ‘24, I finally saw new growth and 2 months later I have 2 brand new leaves. She seems to be a slow grower for me. 🤷🏻♀ I have threatened a couple of other plants 😆 my orchid for example. My husband bought it for me about a year before he passed away. 3 months after he died, it died and gave me a keiki, which I’ve been trying to grow and nurture. I’ve failed so many times and caused root rot and the last time I gave it an ultimatum… do better or I’m done, I give up. I had watched so many videos on orchid care and it just wasn’t doing it for me. Now? She has beautiful roots and 3 new leaves. Let’s see if she gives me my first flower spike this fall.
Hey Melissa, you are such a pleasant soul with your plant life expression. Always remember to check first on your plants that are thirsty more quickly. Or that are sensitive in some way. I understand removing the plants from your collection that no matter what you do you struggle with these plants. It just may be that your enviro just doesn't work for it OR you really just don't like it and so you don't care for it as you should. Why then keep it. So I agree with you, LET IT GO. Plants are to be our joy and haven of CALMING and PEACE. Your collection is still GREAT and you put already alot of care into your collection. The more we work with our collections, the more we master them. I've been going to swaps to grow my collection with plants I love. it is slow but sure. I'm going for 300 hundred plants and I will plant similar plants together in the same pot to tame and control my plantdom. That is my top amount I will be able to care for with ease. Presently I've run out of space and will create my final space for plants which is a floating shelf from the ceiling in my livingroom. I already have one in my bedroom and I have a 4 step stool that lets me reach the shelf easily. I started covering my windows with my plastic sheets to protect my plants from cold here in NY specifically NYC. I've lost little to no plants during the 3 to 4 yrs I've been doing this. And when warm spring comes they are ready to take off like a plane. I am now thinking of sealing the cracks and holes from building settle to see if this will do the same thing as the plastic does to shield from cold. I will experiment and see though not this season. Thank you for this video. I enjoyed. Take care now and HAPPY HOLIDAY AND HAPPY END OF YEAR AND NEW YEAR!
Sometimes! Since they are self headers their aerial roots don't grow into it like vining plants. I use some plastic grafting tape around the nodes that are more stubborn to root and it helps to hold in moisture. Keeping the pole moist and increasing humidity can help too!
Hello! My gloriosum grew really well in semi hydro (pumice and 25-30% Akadama mix). Give one of your propagation a try on a long pot. 😎 I got it as a water grown plant that was ridden w thrips from the shop. But once I cleaned it up and pest free I put it I semi hydro, which went smoothly because I was already grown in water. Now it’s growing 1-1/2 to 2 leaves a month and sizing up dramatically. Good luck Melissa!
Also, completely not related, but I want to ask: you have this really nice marble Queen on a moss pole- has it ever reverted and what do you do with it if it reverts to all green? I am growing 2 vines up the pole and sizing up very nicely, but both vines have been spitting out only green leaves now. I have it next to an east face window and also have mother grow light on it. No luck.
I think the third one you were thinking of is white wizard…. And there’s also a red Anderson that’s similar to these white Princess etc…. It’s at the top of my wishlist! The ph. Giganteum is going to get soooooooo big, mine is taking up half the room 😆jk, but yeah…big. Also, your Florida beauty is so beautiful. I bought a cutting for $200 when the price was at its peak and it rotted 💔, scarred me for life 😬.
oh noo! I totally understand that feeling 😩 I'm so sorry it rotted! I was tempted in a red Anderson at one point but wasn't sure if I really needed it with all my pink princesses lol. Giganteum needs its own room one day good to know! 😂🫶
I found your channel bc I chose to get a Splendid. Thank you for ALL your knowledge and experience. I have learned a ton from you. I too LOVE my Splendid. 💚 One day mine will be as tall and lush as yours.
Hi Melissa! Thanks so much for this video, loved it seeing all the philosophical that you have and introducing me to the majority of them. Can you do a video where you explain the parts of the plants and how they show signs of health and sickness, how the mature can grow through the cataphylls, how to variegate/fenestrate, things that are basic but can help with getting big beautiful healthy plants? I'd also love to see the video of you transferring your PPPs to pon! I know you said this season has been draining on you in terms of videos, so I really appreciate your effort and I have loved falling in love with plants because of you! I keep a plant journal now and I finally found a hobby in plants. they bring me so much joy and I attribute a lot of that to you for helping me appreciate and care for them the very best I can! also showing what they can be with different growing methods (poll specifically) and substrates. Merci beaucoup!!!
I am totally into propagating and selling them. This way you get more space for other beautiful plants.. In the last month or so it seemed like you were a little bit overwhelmed with all the care sometimes :/
I'm definitely still feeling that way! I think pests did a number on me this year as well as all the rot and fungal issues this spring. It was exhausting! Definitely looking forward to downsizing plants and cleaning up my collection a bit!
I have quite a lot of the ones you showed, and I'm so sad about your Hastatum Silver Sword ! I love that one, yours looks so cute. My Mayoi is rather large, but always unfolds imperfect leaves, lots of frilly edges to go wrong. My Pink Princess ALWAYS gets stuck. A few I didn't have so thanks for suggestions, but I never have problems with them, they must like my environment and they never have Spider Mites etc. My favourite is the Painted Lady, mine is really yellow nd pretty, but it burns so easy under the lights 💚
knock on wood! haha I have no idea why spider mites love my philos besides the velvety yummy leaves lol. Even in 70+ humidity they come marching in this time of year. I really wanted to love the silver sword so maybe it will grow on me more 🥹
I can agree with you on that silver sword. I have one and it grows weird. My sodiroi makes weird little leaves. They are still babies so I'm hoping they will do better one day. Your plants are beautiful. I love my melinonii and gloriosum. They have such big, beautiful leaves.
That’s a young silver sword. I would give it more time so that it matures and you have the mature foliage. The mature foliage is very different, it will develop lobes. Mine doesn’t have pest problems.
Have you made just a wire mesh pole with no moss? I’m getting tired of of the upkeep on my 7 foot poles but love the look. Will leaves still size up on just wire? Love your channel.
I haven't tried any without moss and I hear you it's a lot of upkeep with watering all the time 😅 I suppose they would still climb but use the wire as a stake support. I think some aerials can anchor on esp if your climate is more humid. Maybe I will make a moss-less pole one day and compare! 😂🫶
haha you should do an inventory check and see what doesn't bring you joy anymore. I have a habit of keeping everything and I am at a point where it's too much for one person so I think next year I will be downsizing a bit! Someone told me a rule they follow once and I think I might do this next year. If one comes in then one goes out 😅 That way it will never get back to that point unless you start propagating a ton 😆
The variegated Phil Burle Marx might do well on a wide wooden plank. I actually like the aesthetic of wood planks I think the wood color highlights the green plant really nicely and of course they grow SO well in wood! Pro Tip: try a rougher grain of wood to give roots lots of little nooks and crannies to grab onto!
So I have had a melano and a gigas and I’m here to say I 100% disagree that they are easier lol. They size up faster, which is awesome! However their leaves get stuck so easy or rip so easy and they come in wonky….I was so disappointed! I sold mine after a couple months.
When you have plants in perlite how much water do you put in the container, and how often do you give it water? I decided to put a few plants in perlite because they rotted, but I'm unsure of how to water it, and care for it. 🌿🌾🌻💚🌼🌵💦
I'm not the biggesttt fan of perlite propagation but I hardly leave any water if the container has no drainage, probably a half inch if that. As long as it is damp it's good and it will continue to wick up that moisture. Whenever it gets dry it feels lighter and doesn't look as wet.
Thank you for sharing. I totally agree with silver sword. I chopped and shared props with a friend and mine and died down. Done. I have a small Gloriosum from etsy for 6 Mos. What can I do to encourage growth??
I'm glad I'm not the only one still obsessed with PPP after the trend died. 😂 I have three. One is from a $90 cutting (🤢) during the peak of the trend and the other two are from once they hit the big box stores at $20 a pop. They are just gorgeous 😍
I enjoyed the video a lot as always. The Tortum very much triggered my “I want one” syndrome. This was the first time I’d ever heard of or seen a Tortum, another example of the awesome education you provide your viewers. Tortum also reminds me of the Dr Who series, another good reason to get one. Thanks for this video.
I am literally trying to sell my birkin rn because I HATE it. I bought it as one of my very first plants, and I have gotten babies and whatnot out of it, but I am just not....feeling that form factor of philodendron anymore. The only one in that form factor that I like anymore is my PPP, and only because I just took a bunch of highly variegated cuttings to put on a moss pole. But like....IDK, the birkin is a no from me. I also got rid of my silver sword recently because it literally just....never grew. I took good care of it, gave it high light, kept it watered, gave it a moss pole, and it was just like "nah dog, growing aint it for me." Blegh. White Wizard is the one you couldn't think of in the white philodendron family. Good to see your Gloriosum is doing better! :D I have a Gloriosum Zebra and it's only one of two crawlers that I have (the other is a plowmanii), and I looooooooooooooooove the leaves! Thankfully tho mine has been a super champ! It was really finicky when it first arrived and threw a big ass fit, so I put it in my cabinet until it outgrew it. Thankfully it acclimated well coming out of the cabinet, and its leaves since it has arrived have been great. It is in a long planter on the bottom of a plant stand in a west facing window and it's so pleased there, lol. I have faith that you can do it! Or maybe try the Zebra instead of the regular? IDK, plants are such drama queens sometimes. I have tried melanochrysum a few times, and I am on my LAST attempt with it - if the cuttings I have recently taken (that are in pon) don't grow and it doesn't start to size up for me when I plant it and put it on a moss pole, I am going to give up lol, just like you. I just don't have time to be fighting my plants. I find myself gravitating more towards anthuriums, alocasias and hoyas more recently, and I am honestly good with that. I did recently order a philodendron esmeraldense - I think the long boi form factor is why I like it so much lol. We'll see how it goes!
Do you sell your plants or give them away to friends when you get rid of them? My collection is still fairly small and I've just started gifting cuttings 😅
I really like your Burle Marx Fantasy and the Jose Buono.. 💚All my climbers seem to struggle attaching to their moss poles and it boggles my mind but the few I have are fine. I feel like the support is mainly what they need anyway, through a trellis or tied/fastened to the wall or whatever..🤷♀️
Great video!! Def love these genus categories! Especially because you have enough to make a long video! I’ve found that it’s easier to tie up the petioles before they harden off and the result is spot on.
I feel like I have really learned that I have to buy plants because I like them and not because it is the hip cool thing in the community because I won't take care of it otherwise 😂 It has really helped reduce the feeling that I've got to "catch 'em all"!
@MissSyrinxie Exactly and money can definitely be saved 🪴😅
YES! exactly lol. Sometimes I feel like I do well and then that urge to buy hits or the feeling I will regret not getting it the next day 😩 I think if I didn't buy so much during the pandemic I would have a totally different collection now in a way. I was buying SO much just to "have" it.
The boinging sound very time you bounce the leaf at 55mins 😂😂😂 I cackled 🤣
haha it made me laugh 🤭 in my favorites video last month I mentioned it and it sorta stuck with me lol
Earlier today I was thinking about asking you what your favorite philodendron is, because I'm wanting to get another one and I want to put it on a pole. So, this video came at the perfect time. THANK YOU!!! 😊
aww glad I could post this today!! I hope you can get some inspo for your next philodendron 🥰🪴
@@plantsbymelissa I'm definitely going with the splendid. So stunning! 😍
I'm also in love with the Philo Lemon Lime. Mine is more of a bright neon green and has some pretty impressive sized leaves as they mature. A few are even half neon half dark green. It reminds me of a cross between the lemon lime and the heartleaf. It's so cool. I was happy to hear you mention that one and all the other more common trailing philodendron. 😊
Yes! Sometimes the classic or common plants are soo good!
One of the best collections I have ever seen ! I watch your videos and have learned so much also I am a little jealous. I had a horrible house fire about one month ago and I visit my plants every day. I cleaned the leaves and have hoped for the best. Will not be back in my home until January or. February of 2024. Keep showing us your videos, you do such a good job.
I am so sorry that happened!! 😞 I could not imagine that and I would be so sad about my plants 🥺 You're such a good plant parent for going to do that every day! It definitely shows how much you care for them 🙏
The third one you couldn't think of was white wizard. 😊
Thank you!! 😁
the boing has me cracking up lol !!! omg your verrucosum 😍
haha I only added one it but then I decided to add the rest every time I did it. I was laughing at myself 😂
Thanks for keeping it real. Everyone always tells me philodendron are so easy. 4 years into it and I still struggle with them. I feel like I am finally starting to understand them. But man, most difficult thing I’ve ever owned.
I agree about the way silver sword grows. It doesn’t work in my home but it’s at my work and loves it!
Isn't that funny how some plants are that way?! Like why grow better at work?! 😆
@@plantsbymelissa my barbershop is huge and has tall ceilings lol.. it’s where the massive plants go to live 😂
Great video. I loved everything about it! The boing was cute.
I think it's neat how collections really reflect the style of each person. Some of your least faves are on my top must haves and your must haves are not even on my radar.
I'm in love with the dark philodendrons right now like the dark lord and bloody Mary.
Thank you so much! haha I had to laugh at myself a little editing it back 😂🫶 I think about that too sometimes! It's so neat to see what everyone else loves and what they don't like anymore!
Dark leaves are soo nice!
Ohhhh Im so excited for this video!!!
yay! So glad!! 🫶
Your collection is amazing!!! Definite goals for me to look forward to! I fail every time I try a Micans on a pole. Yours is GORGEOUS!! Thank you for sharing your collection 💗
Thank you 🥹 Micans likes to grow a lot of it's aerial roots outside the pole in a way. It definitely vines more but it does appreciate more moisture so it can grow them out to anchor on.
Love your philo collection! Your pink princesses are true to their name; mine are green & dirty looking. Thanks for sharing Melissa!
You have a stunning collection. It's funny but some of your least favourite are actually my favourite. None of your plants look bad, it's insane.
Thank you! 🥹 I'm hoping some will grow on me again! I definitely really do need to downsize my collection but it's so hard for me!
Philodendron Collection.
Anda merawat tanamannya sangat baik sehingga semua koleksinya tumbuh subur dan sehat.
Banyak juga ternyata jenis tanaman philodenron.
Terima kasih 😊👍
loved the choco red sound effects .-)
Me too
hehe thanks!!
Wow oh wow your Philodendron Micans moss pole is the most beautiful I have ever seen. Just gorgeous.
Thank you so much!! I appreciate it!! It's a special moss pole!
My fave is my Billitiae. I bought a baby one that has been growing soo beautifully. I just love it. My other two faves are my Painted Lady and my Squamie!
ahhh I forgot about my squami!!! I just chopped it up when I brought my plants inside 🥺 it had a fungal infection I think.
Oooh right on time @plantsbymelissa thank you for the hr & half long video I can watch while I'm in the kitchen prepping for Thanksgiving dinner btw I wanna wish you & your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 sending lots of love your way
Thank you so much that is so kind! I'm so happy I could finish this video today! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well 🙏 I just finished making a side dish tonight 🫶
Oh no, Melissa. I've been trying to be good. And here you are at the end trying to convince me to buy that Majestic I've always wanted..😂😂😂
Oh and🦃 Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
YES buy it haha 😁 You won't be disappointed!
Happy Thanksgiving! 🫶
So many beautiful Philodendrons. I do find them hard to grow but I do love them 💚💚💚
Thank you!! Yes!! Some of them are the most stubborn of plants lol
Love love loved this video so much!
Glad you liked it!! 🥰
The Philo. Mican is a little taller than you . Wow impressive 👍 incredible! What a magnificent plant mom you are🙌🖤🌟👌🌻👌🤗😉
Thank you so much! I'm so happy with this pole now. It was a journey to get it here but it grows super fast and was worth it! It taught me a lot more about moss poles too since it was one of my early ones 😁
I feel like the ones you feel like you don’t like are the ones I feel Iike I like. Just teasing. All of your plants are great. Just pretend like you are rehabbing some big box plants for your bottom tier ones. I do that for winter projects.
Thank you! I've definitely slacked this summer on my rehabs. I feel bad about it but hoping I can turn some around! I feel like once a plant starts growing better for me I appreciate it a lot more!
Such a stunning collection!! 🥰🪴🥰
Thank you!!! 😁🫶
I'm with you on the grp 3 plants...totally felt like you were talking about some of MY plants haha. I've NEVER warmed to the pink lady, Jose Buono and the Burle Marx Fantasy. My Pink Princesses, White Knight & White Princess are only now starting to grow now that we are in spring. The other one I have is the White Wizard which is growing so well...keeps giving me lots of nicely variegated leaves. I don't own ANY velvety philo simply cos I cant be bothered with their needs & there higher susceptibility to spider mites. With you philo lemon lime just trim trim trim and it'll bush up real nice. I did that with my Brasil and it's much bushier than before. Your Brasil is beautiful! Your Burle Marx Variegated is GORGEOUS!!! I love it! I have mine in grp 1 hahaha. I have a tiny ROF and I cant wait for it to grow. You should check out Jan's one from Sydney PLant Guy....his is AMAZING and HUGE! Also I need to give my Florida Ghost a pole now cos she's growing so swo much. I have her in my north facing window ( your south facing hehe) and she LOVES IT!!! She is giving me lots of new leaves and they are all either whitish and minty so she's stunning (even if I say so myself 😉 Yours is much bigger though and beautiful. We are kindred spirits Melissa cos I have 3 pink princesses 😆 Your sodiroi is STUNNIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!!!! And your Majestic is showing how much it deserves its name. And your Splendid is magnificent! Your smile says it all hahaha! Thanks for sharing all your philos with us and am so happy for you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you so much Connie for all your kinds words 🥹 You are so sweet!! I'll have to do some chopping to fill them out some more 😁 velvety philos are soo nice but you're right! If you don't stay on top of the spider mite situation they can take over. As soon as I see one philo get spider mites they all somehow get them 😅 They tend to spare my moss poles plants more but maybe because I care for them so much. I appreciate you for always commenting and watching! 🥰
Totally agree on the Brandi. Mine would grow really weird and the internodal space was way to big for how small of leaves it was putting out. I had mine climbing but it would never stay upright and would break itself from falling over constantly. Finally got rid of it a few months ago.
I think the Pink Princess is my favorite, and yours are stunning ❣️😊🌼👌💚
Thanks so much!! 💖
It's the white wizard you were thinking of! ☺️
Yes, thank you! I could not remember at alll lol
Perfect sense,feel like that myself,however all your collection is beautiful
💚🌱🌵☘️💚
Thank you!!
You have so many Philodendrons we don’t get to see that often! Love your collection, I have currently 3 different Philodendrons, can’t wait to get more!
I was waiting for the upload loll!!💖💖 hope you had a great day you look beautiful!🥺🤍🤍🤍🪴
Thank you!!🥺 It took a lot longer than I thought to add all the edits in but glad it's up now!! Thank you for watching!
omg hmmm I want a splendid and majestic right now lol 😂
Yesss do it! 😁
Your Florida Ghost is amazingly beautiful ❤️🌿🖤
Thank you! It's grown on me soo much over this past year! Easily one of my top fav plants!
Yay! Thank you for the long video, we appreciate you! Guess its time to listen and stare at my shelves 😂
You are so welcome! I hope you enjoy it! 💚🥰
Your shirt is nice... looks good on you, ❤️💚🖤 and I love that you're wearing your hair down 🌿🌼🌵
Thank you so much 🥺
I ordered a splendid online after watching this video. This was my first plant mail and I’m just so excited. Your splendid is magnificent and absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for sharing your collection.
I absolutely love Silver sword, I cut mine down to get more. So if everything goes as planned I’ll have ten plants ❤️ its the color, it just tickles my fancy 🥹
I love my micans too. My leaves are so small though and its dissapointing to me. I will definitely be putting it on a pole thanks to you and hopefully they will size up so I can enjoy their color and texture more❤
They love climbing! You'll love the bigger leaves! They definitely vine on the pole more than really attach in if you're using a wire pole but they'll start sizing up halfway or so then take off 😁
My Brazil… 🤷🏻♀ I ordered 5 various single leaf cuttings from Etsy and received them in Oct ‘23. The Mican’s is doing great, marble Queen is doing ok, Cebu Blue is vining and the Snow Queen rotted. My Brazil, however, it stayed alive with one leaf for 6 months and did nothing. I finally threatened it and told her that if she didn’t straighten up and start doing something, she was going in the trash! I figured she had a spent node and wasn’t going to do anything anyway. At the end of April ‘24, I finally saw new growth and 2 months later I have 2 brand new leaves. She seems to be a slow grower for me. 🤷🏻♀
I have threatened a couple of other plants 😆 my orchid for example. My husband bought it for me about a year before he passed away. 3 months after he died, it died and gave me a keiki, which I’ve been trying to grow and nurture. I’ve failed so many times and caused root rot and the last time I gave it an ultimatum… do better or I’m done, I give up. I had watched so many videos on orchid care and it just wasn’t doing it for me. Now? She has beautiful roots and 3 new leaves. Let’s see if she gives me my first flower spike this fall.
Hey Melissa, you are such a pleasant soul with your plant life expression. Always remember to check first on your plants that are thirsty more quickly. Or that are sensitive in some way. I understand removing the plants from your collection that no matter what you do you struggle with these plants. It just may be that your enviro just doesn't work for it OR you really just don't like it and so you don't care for it as you should. Why then keep it. So I agree with you, LET IT GO. Plants are to be our joy and haven of CALMING and PEACE. Your collection is still GREAT and you put already alot of care into your collection. The more we work with our collections, the more we master them. I've been going to swaps to grow my collection with plants I love. it is slow but sure. I'm going for 300 hundred plants and I will plant similar plants together in the same pot to tame and control my plantdom. That is my top amount I will be able to care for with ease. Presently I've run out of space and will create my final space for plants which is a floating shelf from the ceiling in my livingroom. I already have one in my bedroom and I have a 4 step stool that lets me reach the shelf easily. I started covering my windows with my plastic sheets to protect my plants from cold here in NY specifically NYC. I've lost little to no plants during the 3 to 4 yrs I've been doing this. And when warm spring comes they are ready to take off like a plane. I am now thinking of sealing the cracks and holes from building settle to see if this will do the same thing as the plastic does to shield from cold. I will experiment and see though not this season. Thank you for this video. I enjoyed. Take care now and HAPPY HOLIDAY AND HAPPY END OF YEAR AND NEW YEAR!
Wow wow love it 🥰
Thank you!!! 🙏
Uggh the el choco red boing is too cute😍
hehe thank you! I had to laugh at myself lol
Does anyone else have trouble rooting the pink princess up a moss pole?
Sometimes! Since they are self headers their aerial roots don't grow into it like vining plants. I use some plastic grafting tape around the nodes that are more stubborn to root and it helps to hold in moisture. Keeping the pole moist and increasing humidity can help too!
I don’t even have my pink princess on a moss pole lol mine a toooooooo small!
Hello! My gloriosum grew really well in semi hydro (pumice and 25-30% Akadama mix). Give one of your propagation a try on a long pot. 😎
I got it as a water grown plant that was ridden w thrips from the shop. But once I cleaned it up and pest free I put it I semi hydro, which went smoothly because I was already grown in water. Now it’s growing 1-1/2 to 2 leaves a month and sizing up dramatically. Good luck Melissa!
Also, completely not related, but I want to ask: you have this really nice marble Queen on a moss pole- has it ever reverted and what do you do with it if it reverts to all green? I am growing 2 vines up the pole and sizing up very nicely, but both vines have been spitting out only green leaves now. I have it next to an east face window and also have mother grow light on it. No luck.
I was late seeing this video 😭
I should have watched this before buying the philodendron collection
So amazing 🤩 thankyouu ❤
First yay!!! Watching now!!!
You're the best!
I think the third one you were thinking of is white wizard…. And there’s also a red Anderson that’s similar to these white Princess etc…. It’s at the top of my wishlist! The ph. Giganteum is going to get soooooooo big, mine is taking up half the room 😆jk, but yeah…big. Also, your Florida beauty is so beautiful. I bought a cutting for $200 when the price was at its peak and it rotted 💔, scarred me for life 😬.
oh noo! I totally understand that feeling 😩 I'm so sorry it rotted! I was tempted in a red Anderson at one point but wasn't sure if I really needed it with all my pink princesses lol. Giganteum needs its own room one day good to know! 😂🫶
The rabbit 🐰 looking leaf plant is interesting 😁 I do like the leaf shape 🍂
The mature leaves are sorta cool! 😁
This video made me realize that what was sold to me as a chinese evergreen is definitely a philodendron birkin! Thank you!!
I found your channel bc I chose to get a Splendid. Thank you for ALL your knowledge and experience. I have learned a ton from you. I too LOVE my Splendid. 💚 One day mine will be as tall and lush as yours.
I forgot to say... White Wizard was the other philo you were trying to think of. I have this one and just adore the variegation it puts out. 🥰
Hi Melissa! Thanks so much for this video, loved it seeing all the philosophical that you have and introducing me to the majority of them. Can you do a video where you explain the parts of the plants and how they show signs of health and sickness, how the mature can grow through the cataphylls, how to variegate/fenestrate, things that are basic but can help with getting big beautiful healthy plants?
I'd also love to see the video of you transferring your PPPs to pon!
I know you said this season has been draining on you in terms of videos, so I really appreciate your effort and I have loved falling in love with plants because of you! I keep a plant journal now and I finally found a hobby in plants. they bring me so much joy and I attribute a lot of that to you for helping me appreciate and care for them the very best I can! also showing what they can be with different growing methods (poll specifically) and substrates.
Merci beaucoup!!!
Love the Silver Sword!! Looks very healthy🪴👍😉
The Jose Bueno is pretty 🌷🌟 🖤 I like the varigation ☺️
Thank you! 🙏
the sound effect with the el choco red CRACKED ME UP
I am totally into propagating and selling them.
This way you get more space for other beautiful plants..
In the last month or so it seemed like you were a little bit overwhelmed with all the care sometimes :/
I'm definitely still feeling that way! I think pests did a number on me this year as well as all the rot and fungal issues this spring. It was exhausting! Definitely looking forward to downsizing plants and cleaning up my collection a bit!
Yesssss I started this video last night with an ice cold bottle of beer and I’m finishing this morning with my coffee! Lol
I have quite a lot of the ones you showed, and I'm so sad about your Hastatum Silver Sword ! I love that one, yours looks so cute. My Mayoi is rather large, but always unfolds imperfect leaves, lots of frilly edges to go wrong. My Pink Princess ALWAYS gets stuck. A few I didn't have so thanks for suggestions, but I never have problems with them, they must like my environment and they never have Spider Mites etc. My favourite is the Painted Lady, mine is really yellow nd pretty, but it burns so easy under the lights 💚
knock on wood! haha I have no idea why spider mites love my philos besides the velvety yummy leaves lol. Even in 70+ humidity they come marching in this time of year. I really wanted to love the silver sword so maybe it will grow on me more 🥹
Your plants are so beautiful❤
Thank you so much!! ☺️
I love every single one ❤
Thank you so much!!
Glad to see the variegated heart leaf. It is beautiful and goals for me ❤
Super like all of your collection, beautiful 👍❤️💖
Wow beautiful enjoy your plants new friend from India ❤❤🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💚💚💚💚💚👌👌
Love the intro!
Thank you!! I was playing around with the editing software a little today 😁
hey girl i just want to say wow those plants are buetifull and when we do our trade ill take some of those cuttings of those plants love this video
I’ve tried philo Brandi like 3-4 times because I love the way the leaves look. But it sucks to go! 😂❤
I honestly don't know how some people grow them haha. I might try again...maybe lol
I can agree with you on that silver sword. I have one and it grows weird. My sodiroi makes weird little leaves. They are still babies so I'm hoping they will do better one day. Your plants are beautiful. I love my melinonii and gloriosum. They have such big, beautiful leaves.
Hoping they grow well for you in some time! I adore the gloriosum leaves they're so fluffy 😁
Beautiful presentation of your lovely philodendrons. Thank you so much for sharing them all!
Im trying to.grow my philo collection and other of my genus collection just wanting to start getting plants i absolutly love
Girlllll get that brandy on a pole! It’ll love you forever
That’s a young silver sword. I would give it more time so that it matures and you have the mature foliage. The mature foliage is very different, it will develop lobes.
Mine doesn’t have pest problems.
Have you made just a wire mesh pole with no moss? I’m getting tired of of the upkeep on my 7 foot poles but love the look. Will leaves still size up on just wire? Love your channel.
I haven't tried any without moss and I hear you it's a lot of upkeep with watering all the time 😅 I suppose they would still climb but use the wire as a stake support. I think some aerials can anchor on esp if your climate is more humid. Maybe I will make a moss-less pole one day and compare! 😂🫶
I would love to see you grow a Brandi on a pole. I'm sure she would be gorgeous.
I might just have to and see what happens this time around 😬
You’re making me want to put all my philodendron on my kitchen table and group them and downsize some 🤣
haha you should do an inventory check and see what doesn't bring you joy anymore. I have a habit of keeping everything and I am at a point where it's too much for one person so I think next year I will be downsizing a bit! Someone told me a rule they follow once and I think I might do this next year. If one comes in then one goes out 😅 That way it will never get back to that point unless you start propagating a ton 😆
@@plantsbymelissa that’s a great rule! I do have a propogation problem 😆😆
The variegated Phil Burle Marx might do well on a wide wooden plank. I actually like the aesthetic of wood planks I think the wood color highlights the green plant really nicely and of course they grow SO well in wood!
Pro Tip: try a rougher grain of wood to give roots lots of little nooks and crannies to grab onto!
Sorry, I meant Painted Lady not Pink Lady 🤦🏻♀ Also I think I may be tempted to get the Sodiroi after watching this 🤷🏻♀
yes!! definitely buy one if you get the chance!
OMG , why only 42k subs ? u deserve 10M just for your beauty 😳
My Brandi grows just as WONKY as yours.😂
I've seen some beautiful ones before and I am like how?! lol
White Wizard 😂
ahhhh 😂 I was still trying to think about the one I was missing! haha thank you 🙏
I also feel the need to purge some plants. I feel like if they don’t bring me joy and could bring someone else joy it’s worth it!!
So I have had a melano and a gigas and I’m here to say I 100% disagree that they are easier lol. They size up faster, which is awesome! However their leaves get stuck so easy or rip so easy and they come in wonky….I was so disappointed! I sold mine after a couple months.
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure!
This
Is an amazing Thanksgiving treat right here
Thank you! 🙏 I'm so happy I could get this up today!! Happy holiday and thank you for watching! ☺️
When you have plants in perlite how much water do you put in the container, and how often do you give it water? I decided to put a few plants in perlite because they rotted, but I'm unsure of how to water it, and care for it. 🌿🌾🌻💚🌼🌵💦
I'm not the biggesttt fan of perlite propagation but I hardly leave any water if the container has no drainage, probably a half inch if that. As long as it is damp it's good and it will continue to wick up that moisture. Whenever it gets dry it feels lighter and doesn't look as wet.
Thanks for your response to my comment Melissa. I appreciate that😊
Thank you for sharing. I totally agree with silver sword. I chopped and shared props with a friend and mine and died down. Done. I have a small Gloriosum from etsy for 6 Mos. What can I do to encourage growth??
I’m with you about the birkin. I have one and besides the rattlesnake calathea, it’s my most disliked plant.
ugh, I used to really like it too! I guess mine just hasn't done the best so it moved way back on the list.
I love the Silver Sword, especially how it looks when it grows big. Definitely have that issue with the lower leaves yellowing though.
I'm glad I'm not the only one still obsessed with PPP after the trend died. 😂 I have three. One is from a $90 cutting (🤢) during the peak of the trend and the other two are from once they hit the big box stores at $20 a pop. They are just gorgeous 😍
Haha I got a couple more from the big box store recently 😂🫶🏻 I love them!
I like Philodendron silver sowrd & I will try to collect it again😂
I enjoyed the video a lot as always. The Tortum very much triggered my “I want one” syndrome. This was the first time I’d ever heard of or seen a Tortum, another example of the awesome education you provide your viewers. Tortum also reminds me of the Dr Who series, another good reason to get one. Thanks for this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos look so professional ❤
El choco and gloriosum look alike, they’re both beautiful
I am literally trying to sell my birkin rn because I HATE it. I bought it as one of my very first plants, and I have gotten babies and whatnot out of it, but I am just not....feeling that form factor of philodendron anymore. The only one in that form factor that I like anymore is my PPP, and only because I just took a bunch of highly variegated cuttings to put on a moss pole. But like....IDK, the birkin is a no from me. I also got rid of my silver sword recently because it literally just....never grew. I took good care of it, gave it high light, kept it watered, gave it a moss pole, and it was just like "nah dog, growing aint it for me." Blegh.
White Wizard is the one you couldn't think of in the white philodendron family. Good to see your Gloriosum is doing better! :D I have a Gloriosum Zebra and it's only one of two crawlers that I have (the other is a plowmanii), and I looooooooooooooooove the leaves! Thankfully tho mine has been a super champ! It was really finicky when it first arrived and threw a big ass fit, so I put it in my cabinet until it outgrew it. Thankfully it acclimated well coming out of the cabinet, and its leaves since it has arrived have been great. It is in a long planter on the bottom of a plant stand in a west facing window and it's so pleased there, lol. I have faith that you can do it! Or maybe try the Zebra instead of the regular? IDK, plants are such drama queens sometimes.
I have tried melanochrysum a few times, and I am on my LAST attempt with it - if the cuttings I have recently taken (that are in pon) don't grow and it doesn't start to size up for me when I plant it and put it on a moss pole, I am going to give up lol, just like you. I just don't have time to be fighting my plants. I find myself gravitating more towards anthuriums, alocasias and hoyas more recently, and I am honestly good with that. I did recently order a philodendron esmeraldense - I think the long boi form factor is why I like it so much lol. We'll see how it goes!
Do you sell your plants or give them away to friends when you get rid of them? My collection is still fairly small and I've just started gifting cuttings 😅
I'm eventually going to start selling some working on trying to get a little online shop open but I've sold some or gifted in the past 😁
I have the White Princess and the tag says it would maybe make a surprise pink splash...
I really like your Burle Marx Fantasy and the Jose Buono.. 💚All my climbers seem to struggle attaching to their moss poles and it boggles my mind but the few I have are fine. I feel like the support is mainly what they need anyway, through a trellis or tied/fastened to the wall or whatever..🤷♀️
I’d take every plant you said were not your favorite! You can tell Im a new plant mama
Omg your gorgeous variegated Burle Marx! ❤❤ The Florida Beauty would be too big and leggy for me however.
I am in LOVE with your philodendron Sodiroi! It's so silvery and beautiful!! 🤩
Thank you!! My only regret was not getting one sooner! It was a random Etsy find! Soo happy with it!!
Love from India (Assam) ❤❤❤❤
Great video!! Def love these genus categories! Especially because you have enough to make a long video!
I’ve found that it’s easier to tie up the petioles before they harden off and the result is spot on.
oh good tip!! Thank you! 🙏
@@plantsbymelissa that way they harden off in the position it’s being held!
Your welcome! Thank you for amazing content!
Love love love them! Esp the variegated heartleaf and the Sodiroi and Majestic are hard to beat! Sooo pretty!! 💚
Thank you!! 🙏🏼