Girl, I love you! I watch a lot of planty creators and I can tell you that from all of them you have become my fv ! I cant wait for you to post more vids. I love the way you take care of your plants, all the tips and advice you give for the plant/plant business care and in general now nice and positive you sound. You have inspired me and for this year I plan on trying it on my own. Thank you for the inspiration and I cant wait to see more from you. Happy new year!

I also bought a 3d printed pole and found it dried out quickly. I solved it with a birdie. It releases the water slowly into the pole without the water spilling out of it and waiting/spraying with a water sprayer. That made it low effort, just refill when the moss has dried out, which shouldn't be any sooner than the plant needs checking for dryness anyway

Yes, those absolutely are 'Esqueleto'. You don't need to worry about them being adansoniis. The only similar-looking adansoniis are ssp. laniata and ssp. laniata is diagnostically distinguishable by its deciduous/marcescent petiole sheaths and yours has persistent petiole wings. The leaf shape, fenestration size and the deep grooves over the veins make it quite optically distinctive too. By the way, they are not Monstera epipremnoides and never have been. They used to be known as that based on an error in a botanical garden that got spread. The real Monstera epipremnoides looks nothing like 'Esqueleto'. It's smaller and its fenestrations break through the leaf margin like Epipremnum pinnatum (after which it was named). 'Esqueleto' is a true NOID because it is an undescribed species. It can't be described yet because no one knows exactly where the wild population is (or was). It was collected by a guy called Leopoldo Seidel who didn't take great notes and all we know is that it comes from somewhere in the Brazilian Amazon. Without a type locality, it can't yet be described as a species, so in 2019, when all of this came to light, it was given a cultivar name as a placeholder so that it can be referred to unambiguously (even though, for all we know, it is not a cultivar distinct from the wild form). Another plant with a similar issue is Monstera aff. lechleriana, usually sold as "Monkey Mask" and incorrectly labelled as M. adansonii. That's the one you've got growing on the log. Again, no one knows exactly where it comes from in the wild - it was passed around in collections before absolutely flooding the market in a lot of places in about 2019 and becoming known as "round form" or "wide form" of adansonii, but when grown to maturity, they look very much like M. lechleriana and the inflorescence places them in the lechleriana complex (along with M. egregia and also M. 'Esqueleto') and shows that they are absolutely not M. adansonii. They can also be distinguished from M. adansonii ssp. laniata because they have persistent petiole wings, a generally "crinkly" look when immature and usually downturned margins of the fenestrations, whereas true adansonii generally has flatter, less crinkly leaves and often slightly upturned margins of the fenestrations. They're also much more crinkly than 'Esqueleto' and 'Esqueleto' has slightly more rubbery-feeling leaves rather than the thin, papery leaves of "Monkey Mask" and adansonii ssp. laniata. That warszewiczii is a Goeppertia (formerly classified as Calathea), not a Maranta. I remember, in German, Calatheas are often referred to as Korbmaranthen?? I think your identification of the orchids is correct.

No need to apologize! Sometimes life just happens...

Hey,,, You know i did cut my Anthurium and now I kept them into moist and into polybags.. Do you know how long it will take to grow from those stump?

thanks for sharing this method of growing seeds 🎉

Wow that is gorgeous! I am totally copying you! X

In my experience, plants will never attach roots to coco coir. It's like they don't even want to touch it. I've had roots blacken at the tip as soon as they touch it or more or less "bounce off" and head in a different direction. Meanwhile, roots have attached to a dry wooden bedframe and even to a smooth glass pane. The only exception I've ever seen was a Monstera adansonii I saw once at Hellweg that had attached a root to the coir ... but the coir had algae growing in it, so it had obviously come from a very, very moist environment. I always see plants sold with coco coir poles and they literally just have to be strapped onto it. Often you can see that it was a plant grown trailing and then wound around unnaturally and physically strapped onto a pole that it doesn't even want to touch its roots to while it frantically tries to contort its leaves into a position where they can get light. 0/10. I'd sooner grow a plant up a plastic broom handle than a coco coir pole. It makes very good weed matting. That's all.

Did you do anything to protect the wall from moisture?

good job , amazing !

I absolutely would have chosen yours too. I love nothing more than the look of a climbing plant that is allowed to climb as it does in nature. The crinkly leaves are just part of the variety. Monstera 'Monkey Mask' (often known as Monstera adansonii "wide form" even though it has been shown to be not an adansonii at all but something closer to M. lechleriana) can be incredibly crinkly when immature. As it climbs, it tends to grow out of that if you give it good conditions, and then it can get absolutely enormous, far larger than any actual adansonii can. Plantsbymelissa has the best mature one I know of. Well done!

I’m so happy for you and your plant. I remember when I wanted a plant so badly and couldn’t get it. Anyway, enjoy.

I spent a decade in Germany and only saw the small form. Here in Australia, we basically only have the big form. It grows wild on the street and in parks. The only small-form I've seen here is the albo, and even with variegated ones, the 'Thai Constellation' (large) is more common.

I did not see the video link for Chris on the large and small form could you please post it

cool i will be brave tomorrows ...

i feel like no one warns you about the heart ache that you experience if you accidentally rip a leaf or hurt the plant in some other way, even when you discover your plant has pests, i dont know if its just me but the other day i found out that one of my plants was infested with aphids and i was so scared and i felt horrible, i was crying like a baby to my mom because i was scared my plants were going to die😭😭 idk if its just me, if it is slay to being very emosional💀

ive got about 25 plants in my room and i can definitely feel some improvement idk i feel more free to breatheT_T

Loved this video

Just found your channel. This is the first of your videos for me... At 9 minutes in, I'm subscribing! What a fantastic idea! I can't wait to copy it! Unfortunately, I'm in the US, where cork rounds are more expensive than healthcare... Oh well, my kids don't NEED to go to college...

Best vid ever

2 years ago I got a 3D printed moss stick - it looked like yours. Filled it up in the winter and planted it in a similar way to yours. Everything was fine until May, i.e. 5 months, then in the summer (almost) all the plants were on the balcony - including the 3D moss stick. After 2 months it crumbled. I have no idea if it was the sun and bad material or just the sun... But the stick had to be watered every day. Because it was so "tight". That really got on my nerves. So now I only use homemade ones - they've held up perfectly for over 2 years. Even in the summer ;) Thank you very much for the summary - because you have the same conditions as many people at home in their living room. I only have lazy poles - but I made them myself, with plastic at the back and "chicken wire" at the front, moss inside and a plastic drinking cup with a hole at the top so that every 2-4 days, depending on the "warmth" - summer, winter, autumn, heating on or off, sun or not... I can quickly pour water in. I always do this with osmosis water (because my tap water is as hard as concrete where I live in Germany) which I also add to with fertilizer in winter, but only minimally. It works perfectly - for me. The humidity is not increased by all the wet moss sticks. Also the comparison to the same plants that I had before tying them to dry moss sticks - they grow much better/faster/and get bigger leaves. --but that is also a problem when you have a lot of plants and little space. That's why I had to get rid of some plants a year ago. My Phalaenposis collection with over 190 plants had to go - except for those that are tied to cork tubes with bromeliads and hang on the window or on a rod that is like a curtain. All the bromeliads that were in pots also had to go. After having done this with plants for over 40 years... it was pretty easy to decide. Philodendron - Anthurium - Epipremnum and Monstera species were allowed to stay.

What type of philodendron is it?

What size jar are you using? It’s a great idea? So you prefer the moss right?

do you think sybotanica will maybe go world wide someday? i really want to try it out but they wont ship to south africa:(

I collect succulenst, and exactly - crassulas. They are great at suviving) by the way, your dried out succulent is crassula ovata gollum. And it is okey) pop it up, and it will bounce

anyone else just find her videos so calming? like my solution to everything is watch a video from kristina. bad break up: leafy_luster, Expelled/fired: Leafy_luster, bad grades: Leafy_luster.

How old is your hoya obovata? I wanted one but i heard they grow incredibly slow... I alreadu have a hoya kerii that haven't grown a single leaf in 6 months...

it looks so good!! you have inspired me tto make my own one

your still do look good tho, i have way less but prob more struggles

you are so right! one day its great and the next week set it and forget it hah then do it all again.

I recently rescued a sick, rotting monstera for free and your videos have given me so much hope on its recovery. I repotted and took a cutting and now I’ve got to watch and wait 💙

Das war toll, danke!

Seeing that that Begonia is one of your favourites look for B. Rex 'Montuno'. It is very similar, personally I love it even more than Autumn. Question please. 🙏 I've this Micans variegated cutting that has been in water for way too long lol, it has some big, long roots, and now I'm scared to pot it up as I don't want the transition to kill it. How do you take care of your overrooted water cuttings?

I love to listen to your voice?

I recently found your channel and binged through all your videos over the last few weeks! I love your relaxing vibe, the effort you put into your videos and ofc your beautiful collection:) keep up the amazing work

Sometimes, when a plant is provided with healthier growth conditions, it will drop old, inefficient leaves to produce new ones that are more efficient at taking in sunlight.

Do you have any aglaonema plants? They are so pretty and fun to collect! They’re currently my favorite

いつも楽しく見させてもらってます。 四国には まだまだ良い所がたくさんあるので またお越し下さい。

Hi Kristina! I sat next to you at the bar in Kyoto (feel.good bar I believe). You and your husband were so lovely to talk to - glad to hear the rest of your Japan travel went well. You have inspired me to learn Japanese - and also more about houseplants. I don't have to have a black thumb forever! Wishing you and your family a joyous holiday season and a happy new year!

Thank you for the catch up. I hope your testing goes well!

Missed seeing you on here. Shoutout from Australia,yes we drive on the left side of the road 😅💚💚🌿🪴

WOOHOO!!😊

I’m so happy you are back! I love hearing you talk about anything

Happy that you had a safe and fun trip! Are you okay sharing who your favorite "Japan youtubers" are? I love Abroad in Japan, the Trash Taste boys and LetsaskShogo, aka my "Japanese friend in Kyoto" :D

Love you Christina! Thanks for the video!

So happy to hear you had a nice visit to Japan. My family and I lived there for 16 years, my husband was active duty US Navy. We were so sad to leave, we loved living there.

Japan is an extremely English friendly country, especially if you're visiting the major cities. I've gone 3 times visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and Sendai and the only Japanese phrase I used was "arigato gozaimasu" (Thank you). Google Translate will help with the rare occasion where there may be a signage problem. I encourage anyone who is worried about not knowing Japanese to just go because it's one of the most fun countries to visit!

watching you rn while i do my plant maintenance too haha. love the videos!!