10 FAVOURITE HOUSEPLANTS (not on Moss Poles)

In this video I am showing you 10 of my favourite plants, that are NOT grown on a Moss Pole: Alocasia cuprea, Oxalis triangularis, Monstera Thai Constellation, Anthurium crystallinum, Alocasia odora 'batik', Philodendron plowmanii, Anthurium luxurians, Anthurium vittarifolium, Anthurium magnificum x forgetii & Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum #houseplants #plantcare #indoorplants #monstera #aroids
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[@jessemejones9648]

Love how mature cuprea leaves look like giant isopod shells, so prehistoric looking

[@sydneyplantguy]

They do!!! :)

[@tiffanyi5645]

Your plants are just unrealll!! For my own sanity, please do a video of plants that are on the Struggle Bus, I need to know that you have problems too!!! 😅😅😅

[@sydneyplantguy]

Haha will do :)

[@Suadade1983]

Wow Jan. Thank you for your physical efforts 😂 But in all seriousness, you really put all of yourself into what you’re passionate about. Thanks for holding up heavy things for a long time for us. 🤗

[@sydneyplantguy]

Hehe thanks :)

[@djtomtrain2015]

Dood. Your collection is beyond amazing. I love them giant plants man. Kudos to you. One day I will have a jungle

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@ericaeschenbacher4921]

I have you to thank for my new appreciation of Oxalis. I inherited my Mom's old pot that I disliked growing up. Without proper light and regular water, they always looked like dying weeds in the windowsill 😹 With proper care/conditions now, those happy little purple shamrocks bring me joy.😻

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yay :) sometimes small changes can make all the difference :)

[@lesliemcpeck144]

I love the strappy anthurium

[@Gkrissy]

I forever love your cuprea because of the maroon-purple leaves. But I love the anthurium magnificum. I recently purchased one on Facebook marketplace and it’s a baby. I want to put it on a moss pole one day when I’m not lazy/busy.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Happy growing :)

[@Puppies-Plants-Politics]

INSANE HUGE collection! Better than I can ever do. I think better than some nursery's. AMAZING!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@torquess454]

I tried adding moss to the top of the soil on a couple Alocasias and am getting the most beautiful growth! I water when the moss gets dry and it’s working beautifully!!

[@missautumn764]

Hahaha the cat aggressively washing itself randomly halfway through the video 😂 It's so cute

[@sydneyplantguy]

He’s so extra 😅😅 wonder where he got that from 🤭

[@Yambataller]

@@sydneyplantguy😂😂

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Love the Cupria. I just got one myself. Love your Baitak and looking forward to one of those too! Awesome plants

[@Amina12069]

I love the bananafiddle (the outdoor one). I’ve watched it grow in each of your videos. I wish I had the outdoor space for one.

[@Beara_gaming]

Loving the dance move demonstration from Brad 😂

[@missautumn764]

Oh my. I definitely need an Oxalis now.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes!!!

[@vodkasugarplanet]

“Maybe I’ll just keep her here while I’ve got her…” Nope, didn’t sound creepy at all! 😂

[@sydneyplantguy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@louisejoel]

That's because he knows she'll die suddenly the second he puts her back in a slightly colder environment after warming her up

[@amandak4695]

💚🌿 love the pot on your vittarifolium!

[@mookinbabysealfurmittens]

Thanks so much for showing us these! Gosh, I couldn't even pick one single favourite - they're all so gorgeous! Maybe a top ten... hehe. Oh! And 3 of my little Oxalis triangularis nuggies sprouted & have been growing like mad. And the first one I planted (& biggest nuggie by far) has sent up a flower stalk. They're such cute little fellas. I love how they sort of tuck themselves in for the night, folding themselves up to sleep. They look like little closed umbrellas or sleeping bats. ("Bats??" I knoa, random, but there was a big tree with big, dark purple leaves by my childhood home, and I always thought they looked like a bunch of bats hanging from its branches. It was amazing to see it moving in the wind. I really liked it. I was kind of a weird kid. Totally grew out of that! 😅) But yeah, cheers! I absolutely love these show-and-tell videos! Very comfy, and always such beautiful plants and great info, and your lovely self, of course. Oo and thanks for the Bradley cameo! We stan Brad! 😽

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@zinebzehar2677]

Each time it's a real pleasure to watch your videos. The plants are so beautiful !

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@Jayl__]

I have the Thaumatophyllum next to a northern window (I’m in the northern hemisphere) and it does grow big leaves! Love it, it’s such a statement. In the summer I bring it out to patio

[@jonnabutler6292]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ all these!!!!!!! Plowmanii is fav!

[@j.b.abraham4175]

All 10 are my favorite! Seriously, Jan we began our anthurium journey after discovering you. Each one you showcased today, we have and love. My favorite of all though, your Thaumatophyllum. I love those things. The bigger the leaves, the better. Yours is stunning and so wonderful you're able to grow it outdoors.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@josefinabaetiong409]

Wow nice plants !!!

[@Marlur]

Wow, the mag x forgetii is so pretty! :D

[@zuzia7628]

Yes, crawlers are magnets for spidermites. I am a big fan of your Cuprea of course. But anthuriums are so super nice as well. Thank you for the video.

[@RealAmitTube]

Love ur Gardening ❤

[@user-id3rl4bn3v]

와♥ 다 엄청난 대품! 너무 이뻐요

[@alenkamoore7262]

Obsessed with the Alo Odora Batik😩🥹🥰

[@maryperry5910]

Mag x forgetii chefs kiss 💋

[@TheMoodyTarot]

❤🎉 Listening while packing!

[@emmanuelV37]

I'm really getting into Anthiriums cause of you and I love it haha! The ones with the veining are so awesome!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Happy growing :)

[@lindaedwards4632]

The variegated Alocasia is gorgeous 💕 Your Alocasia Cuprea is also amazing 😀🇨🇦

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@Knowwithmee33]

Wow bahut hi sundar plant hai first time itne bade size ke aur healthy plant dekhe Hain 10:50 ye plant bahut hi sundar hai Stay connected with 🤗

[@karenmyers9146]

Love the last one, mine is also outside and lost all its leave’s over the winter. Now it’s coming back. I do have a backup plant in the house. I also have cupra and it’s in a self watering planters. I also have several crawlers and yes between them and my alocasia and rubria juvenile the spider mites have a party.

[@RavenChick_23]

That oxalis was getting whipped everywhere 😂, it is so beautiful i want one now since you gave some great care tip ideas. Im hoping my little thai constellation grows up to be big like yours one day. And now i want a crawling Philodendron they are so beautiful and i love the crawling nature.

[@melissaharnish9094]

I think I’m keen to get your honorable mention, I had a smaller one of those leaves used in a floral arrangement I received and it lasted for months in a vase of water, just beautiful.

[@tellmesomething...9902]

Wow your plants are providing you with a nice at home workout ❤ they're beautiful and I could stare at them all day in between watching Brad of course lol. The strapy leaves plant is my favorite one ever. Thank you for taking the sticker off the pot lmao

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@lynnekokenes9636]

You are amazing! I love them all!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you so much!:)

[@heatherstephens9295]

Love them all but especially the strappy anthurium, mine has been easy to grow too. It makes such a different display 🤩

[@shmpooch]

They are all absolutely beautiful! I have high hopes that my little droopy cuprea can look like yours someday. your forgetii looks like art it is so stunning 💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@samellmoos9040]

I love it Jan, I use GT Focus as well it works great for me my favourite plant in my collection is my monstera thia constellation.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@PearLcarolinejaneara6760]

❤❤❤❤lovely collections

[@sylviagutierrez7676]

Omg they are gorgeous Jan✨ 💚🍀🌿🌵💚

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@user-mx3uk4bw1m]

I love your plants really 😊 Looks they so happy in your house ❤

[@adahaashiho2164]

Wow all of your plants are stunning great ❤

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks:)

[@denisej.9936]

You have a beautiful collection!! I might give anthuriums a try. I mainly stick to philodendrons and pothos. I’ve not had good luck with alocasias. Mine always want to go dormant during the cold season and they never come back as big as the previous year.

[@viclarock5321]

I love all 10 plants that you shared. I find it difficult to pick just one or two. They all look great.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@lovesyorkies3395]

Gosh, my favorite…..I would have to say it’s your Cuprea. It is STUNNING! I hope I can achieve those sized up leaves someday.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@lovesyorkies3395]

@@sydneyplantguy I am also in love with your Thaumatophyllum. I gave someone a small one, can’t remember if it was a Xanadu or Hope…he got promoted so the person that took his office said he’d watch after it. Nope, it was just about dead. I took it hope to rehab and bought him a fake succulent arrangement. It’s growing but it’s going to take some time to get to the lush plant it used to be.

[@wildvine.plants]

I put my Thai outside this summer (NZ) and she's about to do her first winter outside so we will see how it goes! In her few months outside so far I've had 2 new stunning leaves when inside I'd be lucky to get one a year.

[@lyndatalmage6635]

All of them are gorgeous but I think your Anthuriums are my favourite 🥰

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@SparkleInMoonlight]

All are beautiful, by my personal favourites are Oxalis and A. magnificum x forgetti - what a stunning hybrid, I will search for it here 🙂

[@jimmyjo1375]

You have some beautiful plants and you are an inspiration. I’m air layering my philodendron melo…how much roots do you look for before chopping and repotting? I don’t want my big beautiful leaves to wither away during the process.

[@Trants25]

Beautiful display as always. I always learn so much from you. Would love to see a video on tissue culture and where you get yours. Not sure if you've done that yet.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you :) I don’t know too much about TC really :) most plants sold here in Australia come out of TC though:)

[@asmitadeshpande1712]

Lovely plants

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@KayBX]

11:24 I also have one of these as a very tiny baby from Flora Magnifica :). I’ve just looked and I’m just about to get the first leaf in my care.

[@harmony5180]

Great video 😍 sending you aroha from across the ditch 🇳🇿💜

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:)

[@buildyourjungle]

Your plowmanii is absolutely epic!! Always amazed at the size you can get in your plants in the Australian climate 😍 would love to get some of mine there one day, but it’ll take a while 🙈😂 (I’m in the U.K. so it’s quite cold)

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@DieDieEla]

I always admire your plants. I wouldn't buy any of them myself, but as you say yourself, I enjoy having them in your collection. And I think they do better that way. I would never get them as big as you. I like that you prefer to be a plant grower rather than a plant collector.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes, same! I wanna be a grower not a collector :)

[@Tshechok]

Beautiful 😍

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you! 😊

[@user-ln7ps5nz3l]

The last one. Would love one of those

[@luxurypetscz]

thank you for keeping that important information at 7:27 in the viedo

[@sydneyplantguy]

Highlight of the whole video for sure !!:)

[@bpro3396]

Hello from Bangkok! Where growing plants is a whole new thing…

[@sydneyplantguy]

Gotta visit one day!!

[@tanyawales5445]

Thailand is known for its hybridization and tissue culture efforts for exotic plants. Thai people are so warm and friendly.

[@enie4558]

Greetings from Poland

[@sydneyplantguy]

👋

[@glinkowopalca]

Same ❤

[@pinstripesuitandheels]

I have two teeny weeny baby Alocasia cuprea potted together. I love them! They are struggling a little bit to mature, but I'm assuming its just growing pains. I found out they really didn't like the high humidity in my propogation box, so now they are in household humidity: 50 -77 % and are definitely less droopy. One of the two plantlets is doing the alocasia cycle, though. I am planning to nurse them 'til maturity, after which I'm sure they'll take off. I have succes with alocasia, even though I can't keep a regular Monsterra deliciosa alive. Your plants are so beautful! I would like to try Anthurums in the not too distant future, but don't want to use moss poles. I would very interested in a follow-up of your mosspiles.😃

[@Planty-Mandy]

Love them!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@hypatiakumbera789]

I'm just getting into alocasias, and your cupria makes me want one so bad!

[@KiranVerma-cu3ei]

Unique plants

[@rclee2461]

Thank you sharing, can I visit your garden and green house when my next visit Sydney?

[@pixidanberty5530]

Yep wish list added

[@lisawagner6076]

I love that Cuprea! I may have to get one of those. I did just get 7 or maybe it was 11, corms for the Oxalis!! I will will be potting them up this weekend. I just love yours so I have to give this one a try! And now you come farting out with that variegated Frydek!! Just Wow!! I NEED one of those!! I have had great luck with the Dragon Scale and Pink Dragon so I hope I have success with a Frydek. I love the Luxurians too!! That is a pretty plant! The vittarifolium has been on my wish list for a while now. I already have a spot picked out for it in my bedroom. I am not really an Anthurian fan. I feel like they all look alike, except for the vittarifolium. I did have that last plant, but it got too big for my house and it won't live through our winters here outdoors. So it had to go. But now I have to go find a moss pole video of yours, I have to put some together this weekend. Enjoy your weekend Jan!! It is a holiday weekend for us here in the US, Memorial Day, to remember and honor all our vets. Also, the official kick off to summer!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you:) enjoy summer !!:)

[@moiraslater8526]

Love your cupria planter, where'd you get that?

[@sydneyplantguy]

It's a storage basket from Bunnings :)

[@interactthis]

Not sure the process with uploading videos but I wanted to share that your sound levels are typically about 50% less than other videos. I always have to crank up the sound to hear you after watching other vids. I do it because I love the content. Thanks for the content.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Good to know :)

[@marthav.phooenix]

Your cuprea is stunning but her appearance is still a little scary for me 😂 love your crawler philodendron though ❤

[@sydneyplantguy]

😊 thank you

[@shidihamedia]

Love from Bangladesh ❤

[@butterbeanpastry]

They are all my faves!!! Wow! So jealous here… shouting out from NJ! Transplant from Germany. 16:54 Question. My Cuprea has been facing her leaves downward, why do they do this? Too much light? Anyway, love your videos!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :) yes could be too much light actually

[@BrandenGM]

Hey Jan! Recently bought myself an oxalis and it’s loving the outside spring weather. Just have one question regarding the other potted plants. Do you soak them to water them or pour through? I just find with such a chunky mix so much runs through and I feel like I’m always wasting so much!

[@sydneyplantguy]

I always top water :) you can collect the excess in a bucket of water and use it in your garden :)

[@BrandenGM]

@@sydneyplantguythanks for the tip!

[@susilod]

Veru stil my fav

[@haleyelizabeth8378]

I wonder what the babies of Anthurium vitt. would look like if hybridized with some larger leafed or any other funky anthurium...🤔

[@BotanicalBaeV]

Who could pick from those!! OMGosh!! ❤❤❤ Where did you get the pot the Plowmanii is in? Do you have an Amazon affiliate store?

[@sydneyplantguy]

I bought it locally from bunnings :)

[@JohnHeng-wh4uh]

Do you have a heater for these colder months? I'm in Sydney too 😢

[@sydneyplantguy]

I heat my house but not the greenhouse :)!

[@housemami66]

Bedankt

[@sydneyplantguy]

Danke :)

[@PB-fr6cl]

OT but the cat litter box looks amazing - where did you buy it? thanks

[@sydneyplantguy]

The brand is called ‘Mayitwill’

[@marzenakowalczyk8335]

I ❤ all of them

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@justynarajda6642]

Also, question about your thai con - have you ever experienced a root rot? Got mine like 6 months ago and it had a root rot within first month even though she was planted in super chunky mix. Changed a growing medium for pon and hoping for better results but been researching that and found some information that this plant has a root rot in its DNA kinda 😂

[@RAHFlab]

its more common if your thai con is grown from tissue culture, cuttings from an established plant tend be more successful

[@monikawinklerova3316]

I hope my Cuprea will look like yours one day. my one is only 1 year old though. and I’m gonna get odora batik, I wasn’t sure but u sold her to me 😂 Thanks

[@sydneyplantguy]

Happy growing :)

[@hennesseyme9112]

Do you use your special aroid mix in all of your plants? I am trying to put mine in PON since these plants seem to love water.

[@sydneyplantguy]

I do but heard Alocasias do well in semi-hydro :)

[@hennesseyme9112]

@@sydneyplantguy They love water.

[@user-eb5xp7hw7u]

كم هي جميلة الانثوريوم ذات الاوراق الرفيعة من اي دولة قناتك

[@sarab.7104]

Any advice on the luxurians? I had mine for like 5 months and its done nothing... Such a slow grower!!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Mine is in the prime spot in my idea cabinet with very high humidity :)

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

Your cuprea is A M A Z I N G !!! 😍 You said it's in a south facing window. Does it get a lot of direct sun?

[@sydneyplantguy]

North facing :) so yes :)

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

@@sydneyplantguy Yes, north facing, of course. Funny how the brain works, I did hear you say north facing but as I wrote my comment my brain automatically translated it into south facing, because that's my equivalent here 😄 Good to know. My cuprea has 3 leaves at the moment, so whenever I see your beautiful specimen I think *goals* 🙂

[@Tothetree]

205k...Very nice work..I have subs

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :)

[@mariyaansari341]

My alocasia are lossing ia purple backing n turning green waht should i do....

[@sydneyplantguy]

Could be just maturity or too much light :)

[@DREWSMITH2011]

The Cuprea was on my wish list, I brought it home and that night all the leaves drooped within a couple hours and now it’s dropping all its leaves not even had it 3 days, all roots are perfect. How dramatic 😂 The shop is gifting me another but I may have to match the humidity, maybe it was higher in the shop or maybe I had too much light. I’m scared to bring it home. All my other Alocasia have been fine. Wish me luck.

[@sydneyplantguy]

🤞🤞 good luck :)

[@CodyAF333voluntaryist]

My Luxurians is on a pole and now so is my Warocqueanum

[@Devilic]

Sorry if you've been asked this heaps, but what pot are you currently using for your Plowmanii? My Glorosium is needing a larger pot aha.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Got this one from Bunnings :)

[@Yambataller]

Does someone knows the difference between philodendron Xanadu, Shangri-La and Hope? I always get confused with these. Same as with the Thaumatophilum Bipinnatifidum and Xanadu. I guess the Xanadu was reclassified from Philo to Thaumatophilum? I think I have a small Bipinnatifidum but here in Germany where I live I brought it as Philodendron Atom, I’m guessing before it was reclassified to Thaumatophilum. It’s kind of confusing tbh…

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes thaumatophyllums used to be classified as philodendron and are often still sold as philos but the genus is technically thaumatoohyllum :) … i think ‘hope’ and ‘atom’ are just common names

[@binethweerakoon5806]

can you cross anthurium crystallinum with anthurium vittarifolium sice they both are anthuriums?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Mm not all anthuriums can be crossed … depends on their chromosones and so on! I’m not sure if those two woulf work, only way to know for sure is to try out :)

[@dotdotie]

oh my... I can never remember nor pronounce Thaumatophyllum Bipinnatifidum right! She's huge! I love her but I don't think i have enough space for this size & not sacrifice other plants. I like the Anthurium magnificum x Forgetii very much, she's gorgeous. I would love to grow anthurium, but I don't think they would do well at my home with no humidifier.

[@sydneyplantguy]

Glad i’m not the only one :)

[@justynarajda6642]

Your cuprea is absolutely stunning ❤ love alocasias! Been waiting for some more alocasias videos honestly but made peace with you not really being an alocasia person 😂😂😂 although i still think your alocasias look amazing!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thank you!! I heard lots of good stuff about alocasias in semi-hydro … but too lazy to change 🫣🫣

[@justynarajda6642]

@sydneyplantguy absolutely agree! Have like 20 and they all grow in semi hydro. Struggled a lot in aroid mix but since transferred into hydro they are absolutely thriving!

[@carolstuff]

Your plants thrive and size up whether or not they’re on moss poles Jan; thanks for sharing!

[@sydneyplantguy]

Thanks :) conditions always set the potential :) moss pole or not :)

[@painterlynne]

That is one cupria? Do its corms just grow in the pot and become plants?

[@sydneyplantguy]

Yes :)

[@virginiamartinez391]

😻🌿😻🌿😻🌿😻