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[@damomajanet]

😂 the Paraiso verde catfishing everyone 😂

[@ohrats731]

I’m still determined to like it! I’m convincing myself it’ll lighten up in the summer and that’ll make it worth it 🤣 At least I got it cheap lol

[@damomajanet]

@@ohrats731 me too I haven’t given up hope ……yet😬

[@pilitathomason6993]

Me too, I put mine in my conservatory, it size up but the variegation is not there. I will propagate it now.

[@gracewithnature]

I have mine growing indoor by the doorway and it is growing perfectly. That being said, I live in the tropics 😊

[@Purrs_and_plants]

Im still trying, I now have 6 plants as ive propped it and we are still green!!! It gets 25’c and under grow lights, I love to know how friggin warm and bright it needs to variegate

[@toufupowa]

I got my burle Marx flame to grow by putting it under a lot of light. Like really close to the light. Its slower but it does grow. It grew around 8 leaves in a year from a single leaf cutting.

[@TheSnuffy1994]

Man, i was SO into the plant communities and all the drama in 2020. Its wild to kind of have fallen out of it for +-3 years and now im coming back to it. Oh my god the pink congo throwback

[@jillclark4876]

I love my Paraiso Verde! She is super gorgeous when in bright light and hot. The color is fantastic. Truly a fave.

[@luk6085]

So the disappointment of my life was philodendron verrucosum. Their growth pattern is horrible as their stems elongate to reach god in heavens and they just have this toxic relationship with spider mites, I just can't with that plant.🙅🏻‍♀️

[@megshush]

Lol to reach god in heaven!! This is my rare plant disappointment as well

[@Lisamakes]

Pink princess philodendron attracted me to plants to begin with. I bought a baby, and I have never had more than a splash of pink. I’ve almost tossed it a few times. That said, now I love beautiful green plants and I’m happy I fell for the Pink Princess to lead me to this hobby.

[@nackedgrils9302]

PPP was in such high demand that people were propagating it like crazy and selling every one of their cuttings without any quality control. I bought two small plants in 2021, one of them has completely reverted and is currently sitting in the compost bin and the other, which has shown just a tiny bit of variegation, has been chopped and propped this afternoon to see if I can get a bit more variegation on the propagates. Anyway, they can be really pretty but there are so many bad ones out there that I feel like it gained a bad reputation.

[@GEOMETRICINK]

I only love the pink princess because I happen to love the reverted, dark green version. I suggest getting an extremely highly variegated specimen. I’ve been seeing a highly variegated, marbled, tissue cultured, version in big box stores. It seems stable.

[@kayleeradney954]

Try propagating it a lot mine had only a few speckles here and there so I cut the whole thing up and put it under more light and now I’m getting almost half moon leaves

[@Lisamakes]

@@kayleeradney954 oh wow! I just might do that! I tried cutting off the top, but it didn’t seem to help much. Drastic measures may be necessary. ;)

[@gypsylee333]

You should just buy a different specimen that has more pink on it when you buy it. I've had one for a couple years, every leaf has bubblegum pink cuteness and it got root rot so I just chopped her up and if anything the new leaves are even MORE pink and stunning. It's such a good plant when you get a nice one, give it another chance now that they're cheap! Just buy one with lots of pink online where you can choose a specific specimen.

[@lindseysgreencanvas]

Philodendron Brandtianum, I wish someone would have told me what a shite grower this plant was, and there is no bushy trailing to be had. It took me way too long to give up on this plant, because I was not hearing chatter so I thought it was purely me. Ugh, now I can't get rid of this plant because I think everyone is aware of how bad it is.

[@Lady_Lavandula]

I threatened to throw mine away and it finally started giving me leaves again. We’ll see what happens 😅 gave me two beautiful leaves but now it’s back to its shenanigans. My two moss poles I have are pink princess and brandtianum and I’m constantly thinking I should demote them and from pole status and give my other plants a go. 🥲

[@megan-4770]

Ugh seriously

[@nikkireigns]

I almost bought one in Walmart the other day, glad I didn’t lol

[@kellycasperhanson4426]

I warn people at the nursery whenever I see them considering one. We need to look out for each other, right?

[@kima8670]

Oh my god, I was JUST looking at mine and snarling at it right before I read your comment!! Mine is on a bamboo circle and the stem grows like crazy but not the leaves. I was just thinking of trashing it this years. Or rather, sitting it outside this spring...survival of the fittest! Maybe it'll perk up outside. I've had it for three years and given it the best conditions I could indoors!

[@aquaman461]

My Burle Marx flame actually grows quickly but I'm in S FL. I get about a new leaf a month with my latest leaf the size of a dinner plate. Nothing disappointing in my experience

[@Elisabetta_art]

Same for me tbh. Mine grows very nicely. And not gangely at all. The oposite happened. I had to use an execto knife in order to chop it, since the internodal spacing was so damn narrow. I had mine in bright light, high humidity and gave it a mosspole.

[@solomonbacon8893]

youre in S FL lmao youre absolutely spoiled 😅 of course its grown fast and is sizing up

[@kirikelly1431]

O AND ....Your skin is GLOWING IN THIS VIDEO!!! SO BEAUTIFUL ❤

[@annafink2245]

She's gorgeous, but it's the ring light - it's what they do.

[@paulacothren3591]

Alocasia Stingray. The best it ever looked was the day I bought it at my local shop. Years later, I still have everything else I bought that day.

[@JaZmine147]

Agreed

[@latanyamckenzie277]

Oh wow I love my stingray. It grows real well for me.

[@astitchatatime8195]

so today I bought both a stingray and a tandera... i'll cherish it while i can 😂

[@latanyamckenzie277]

My Stingray growa well for me. We've had our ups and downs due to spider mites but we love each other.

[@user-bw4fo1jd8g]

I love my paraiso verde. My plant room stays about 80 degrees and it’s in high light so mine is always variegated.

[@auraleiaaa3286]

Regarding the Tandurusa, I was very active in the FB groups back then when it suddenly popped up. Jacklyn openly admitted to poaching it, saying that she pulled it out of the ground and snuck it onto the plane back to the states. She tried to defend herself quite a bit after she got a lot of shit for it, which didn't go well. Many of the posts were deleted but there are screenshots of the person's original posts and the comment sections, albeit difficult to find.

[@plantypittsburgh]

But her plant sparkled the popularity. It's not the mother of the millions of tissue culture plants out there.

[@Plantasy98]

Melanochrysum… beautiful plant, impossible to size up

[@4Azr]

From my experience it actually sizes up quickly, currently at 50 cm leaves

[@cdanie11e]

For sure. Such a picky plant. There are so many other philos that size up quickly with way less effort.

[@annafink2245]

I've been through 2, gave up. And I'm fine with that.

[@Ilumiele]

Noooooo, not jacklyn! I love mine 😂

[@Planty-Mandy]

Same!

[@ABilySecretly]

I love mine too, I got my corm from a friend. It's shitty It got famous in such shady circumstances but now this plant is beeing mass produced via TC so no worry about poaching. Also in lower light its not getting those light chlorotic spots on a leaf.

[@lenafromgreece]

I love them too!!

[@FaerfolkDogs]

Was coming in to say the Lupinum, LOL. I bought one from you in 2020 (I'm in the states) and was able to save it from the shipping trauma but my god it still likes to pretend it is on the brink of absolute death. But it's still putting out leaves! Small ones, still in small form but we've had several rescue missions. Looking forward to purchasing from you again in the future! I love your channel and have been here for years. Looking forward to the day your feed may be available across the pond. :) I'd absolutely be interested in watching your personal plant list of Disappointments!

[@CarleyGoshaw28]

Those Alocasia Pollys were always a trap 😭

[@kirikelly1431]

Love it when Kaylee Ellen comes on! I click so fast, and my work days go by so much faster!! 😂❤

[@sassyjaxxy]

Also would love to hear Kaylee’s person top disappointing plants

[@barbasfear16]

I recently got at a small paraiso verde for $7 on clearance. At that price point its just a fun plant to try out.

[@astitchatatime8195]

Also, if you live in a place with strong seasonal changes it basically becomes a temperature blanket plant 🤣

[@marynewton5441]

Sunshine Greens is still out there on Etsy selling pink Congo and much worse

[@Epz503]

Calathea. White. Fusion. My second ever houseplant. Scarred me for life

[@rachelnutter5685]

Ohmygod yes 😭😂 it was in my second round of plant purchases ever, I about gave up on the whole hobby. It took a good 4 months to finally die with me trying everything I could to save it 🥲

[@noteworthyproductions1928]

They’re so finicky! They want super high humidity, lots of indirect light, and so much water but not wet soil. I splash mine with water daily. Then change nothing. They want all conditions consistent or they pitch a total diva tantrum.

[@oktszu4198]

Cercestis Mirabilis is one of my favorite plants, leaves bigger than Gloriosum and she still has the juvenile pattern on the leaves. Also super easy to propagate

[@katherinejones8544]

I put mine into pon and it’s been super happy. The leaves are sizing up nicely, it’s fine in ambient humidity and indirect light. It is a slow grower but the pay off when you get a new leaf is worth it and it’s been super easy to care for (at least for me).

[@lisathomas5482]

But really Kaylee…tell us…does the Burle Marx flame not grow???😂😂😂

[@KayleeEllenOfficial]

IT JUST DOES NOT GROW!

[@kaferrat]

@@KayleeEllenOfficial I was cracking up how many times you repeated this. 🤣

[@sebastian8922]

I don’t know what it is about my Pink Princess but she’s been nothing but bad vibes and gnarly leaves. My mom has the mother plant and it’s 10+ years old and massive but all the pieces I’ve gotten from her have been disappointments.

[@smajliiicka]

Plants aside... Your earrings are super cute ❤

[@Lela-plants]

The common spider plant disappoints me. Lol “oh! These are so easy to grow!” “Is a great beginner plant “. No. They aren’t. They hate me, my house, my humidity, just everything. Lol

[@shadowfox009x]

Haha. Me too. I just dumped the last one into the bin. Never again. Well, maybe if someone gives me a few babies for free, but I'm never going to spend another cent on them.

[@surgeinc1]

Yes, thousands of them grow around my house as a perennial ground cover. Put one in a pot and it’s half dead in a month. Tried one in the greenhouse.. dead. lol!

[@myheartsvagina]

Wait to water them till when the leaves look silvery instead of straight green. I used to kill them all the time and now I got like this huge crazy mom plant and another at my office from doing that

[@surgeinc1]

@@myheartsvagina ok, going to give it another try!🙂

[@snakatac]

Our Spider plants do fantastic in both a S and W window as they like a lot of light. The S one gets moderate to high humidity (kitchen). I have a small one thriving in an E window tho it gets dry tips cos humidity lower in there. Also, like my syngoniums, it doesn’t tolerate my local tapwater at allll. So it gets captured rainwater, melted snow, or distilled water.

[@forjusttonight]

I'm on my 3rd attempt with Philodendron Florida Beauty. I love the way they look, but they fail to thrive for me every time. My Florida Ghost is big and beautiful. Florida Beauty? Leaves turning brown and dropping at a rapid rate.

[@raf1717]

I am from where the Alocasia Jacklyne just grow in some people’s backyards (if you’re in the countryside in the mountainous area), I’m not sure I would call it poaching if it’s from someone’s backyard. Locals called it Tandu Rusa which means Stag Horns.

[@kindallnight1615]

No it’s not poaching if it’s native to your country or land but it is poaching for people to go into the forest that are protected and take them after they have completely wiped the plants from where they could be found regularly.

[@susanneedham1974]

My monstera Flame 🔥 is a super fast grower puts out a leaf every month almost 5 feet tall now. It came from Ecuagenera. don’t give up on this plant😊

[@susannahleopold6788]

I was SURE Frozen Freckles would be on the list! I'm still tempted by TC Jacklyn - it looks so prehistoric!

[@AlysiaTribeca]

Kevin from Hakunalaplanta loves his Burle Marx Flame. He just mentioned in his March favorites about how fast his grows

[@megshush]

Everything grows so fast for Kevin. He’s magical

[@StalkerNaturaliste]

I find the Monstera Burle Marx Flame grow at a very decent pace. I mean, it grow at the same speed as my Thaï Constellation, which isn't fast, but decent. Actually I find both very similar in speed og growth and amount of happiness the give me: both mature quickly, both dont give me leggy stems etc... But I keep mine in dry air and blast it with south facing window sun. It's suspected to come from an even dryer forest than "sierrana" so I kind of treat it like a cacti/aroid hybrid.

[@kourtneyevans8925]

Your video on the “pink Congo” was chef’s kiss!

[@tiffanyi5645]

I PROMISE you the Dieff Cheetah is the answer to the Pictum Tricolor. The leaves are big with bold green camouflage pattern and it’s WAY easier to grow. My plants puts out a leaf every 2 weeks and even faster during the growing season

[@msdanielleleegreaves]

Alocasia Jacklyn is a bamboozle! I didn't know about the poaching scandal but I've tried to grow this plant in my home several times and it always dies for no reason. My Alocasia Reticulata has grown great, for me btw.

[@yntjimenez8573]

Ugh I’ve had a melano for 4 years and it’s the most annoying plant in my collection, they leaves either don’t properly form or they just never size up bigger than a fist 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@gusapuy]

I had mine for 2 years now, from a tiny 7cm leaf to 80cm leaf now. I have it on a 2 meter moss pole outside the garden in a very bright area, with aroid mix. And I water it everyday. But I live in a tropical zone.

[@Latayla]

Yes, very disappointed in the Aglaonema Pictus tricolor. I chose the Dieffenbachia Reflector.

[@JaZmine147]

I love mine.

[@noteworthyproductions1928]

My Homolomena Camoflauge is a really great (and MUCH CHEAPER) dupe for the A. Tricolor. I have a Diff Reflector and I love it!

[@christianandersen5521]

I love my aglaonema pictum tricolor. It grows amazing.

[@TheBarefootedGardener]

Kaylee, I’m so happy you mentioned pink Congo… I literally lol’d when you said “did someone say scandal?”

[@noora7773]

I love that you informed us how to get the paraiso verde variegation to come back😍 Please make a video giving tips that we didn't know!

[@torquess454]

The Alocasia Tandarusa (Jacklyn) is one of my absolute favs, just trying to actually grow one… One of my big disappointments is the Rhaphidophora Decursiva, dragons tail. SNAIL growth! I’m still waiting for a new leaf 1.5 years in

[@wendyanndarling]

I need to say, my Pictum Tricolour is a freaking bush. It wanted a bit more of a shady place, not that much light. Also regular feeds. I kinda neglected it and, but it flourished. One of my most favourite plants ❤

[@arialanderson]

thanks for always spilling the plant tea ☕ I do love my Paraiso Verde but agree it will revert if it's not kept warm enough. I got 1 green leaf over winter but the leaves since have been pretty and mottled. although they are extremely thin for a philo.

[@fussbrain9161]

I was not ready for the Drycolor reveal😭😭😭

[@Thrinmeister]

Agreeing with what others have said about melanochrysum! So fun hearing about the reality. Visiting Hawaii this week and am excited to see the gigantic m. delciosa in the wild!

[@iwalanibajala5251]

Thank you so much for making this video. It was very helpful and also made me feel better as a majority of these plants also disappointed me and I hated giving them away but it was just a headache. If there’s more plants you find disappointing, please let me know so I can save myself the headache…and money. Thanks again!

[@ohrats731]

I stay away from “jacklyn.” Like you said, the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. I’m sure there are now-common plants in my collection that had poaching/collection/exporting controversies back in the day which have been forgotten by the general public over the years. But I can’t see a tandurusa without thinking about the whole 2020 situation

[@arches00]

Oh my gosh… some plant communities in Australia have been showing a ‘pink monstera’ 🤦🏼‍♀️ philo pink princess x monstera. Still up to their rubbish schemes

[@smajliiicka]

Haha, new zealand is even worse 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

[@noteworthyproductions1928]

The A Pictum Tricolor is seeing a massive resurgence in Florida and they’re selling 4” plants for $100. I don’t understand the frenzy.

[@Greg-df4bx]

I think burle marxe flame is a great one for people who have enough space to put it in a corner and forget about it. Long-term project.

[@beca9194]

Both alocasia dragon scale and silver dragon were also the topics of poaching here in Indonesia for quite some times. Many illegal sellers hunted these species in the jungle without permission of course and sold them for reasonable price. I've been going back and forth before purchasing them but finally I found the ones from a reputable seller in early 2020. My dragon scale died a month after purchasing, but the silver one is still thriving up until now. And about the jacklyn, I think it wasn't found by this woman, but popularized. She is Jacklin Manein Pilendatu, plant lover from south sulawesi. I forgot about how she first discovered the plant but some of us Indonesians ourselves including our authority are still hoping that this plant can have a scientific name. At the moment some people also refuse to call it alocasia jacklyn and call it alocasia sulawesi or tandu rusa instead (rusa means deer in Bahasa. It's called that way because it looks like a deer's head with its horn.)

[@lorafrost9628]

I got three paraiso Verde on sale too cheap to pass up at a grocery store. They do grow well, and multiple vines in the pot helps the look a lot. I've accepted the fact they are going to be green, but I do like the bright pink ruffled edges on the leaves 😊

[@ohrats731]

Yeah, it doesn’t hurt when they’re cheap! 😂 Still a cute plant, even green. Just don’t spend an arm and a leg expecting it to look like the pictures lol. But then again, Kaylee and some others don’t like the growth pattern. Subjective, but understandable

[@AzrielSheldrake]

honestly loved the bareness? of Paraiso verde like the floatiness of the plant's foliage is what i really liked

[@leanneneal2009]

I didn't know about the Jacklyn- I do have one and I love it 😊

[@jancyplants4705]

My did start to grow when I put it directly under a growlight :) (BMF)

[@miketavars4201]

I love my tundurusa. I think it looks so cool…the shape is so unique. That one felt personal, i never that or herd any one say that this plant was disappointing

[@nickurbino9742]

Hiya! I have an Alocasia Tandurusa because my Partner brought it home for me thinking it was a Philo. He found it at a local Dollar store & it was untagged and selling for $15 (US). I don't hate it, actually! Growing quite fast & I do rather like the look of it. I've followed the controversy over it and it doesn't phase me. I will keep it growing with my other Aroids & Orchids and see how it sizes up. I do particularly like the "Voo Doo Lily-esque" Petioles and I'm quite glad one made it's way home to me! 👍🌱☺️

[@animallover1297]

Can’t wait to try your new fertiliser. Last year I used liquid gold leaf but didn’t notice any improvement in my plants. I ordered your fertiliser about a week ago and it’s not been dispatched yet , any idea how long it takes for delivery ? Thank you 🙏

[@benniegamali3622]

I don't really know anything about alocasias. But that Jacklyn/tanderusa made me think of cryptids and it made me want an alocasia for the first time.

[@cuteavocado-em]

I just ordered a decent sized Strawberry Shake last week with mature leaves, still has to be shipped out but I'm praying that everything turns out well after what you just said about them!

[@thatonedog819]

How did it go?

[@ryanfilce9609]

I live in Cairns Qld ..Australia ....the wet tropics ....and monstera aurea does my head in !!

[@sharpestdart]

I have a paraiso verde. I paid $12 Canadian for it. The first leaf that came out in my home was full on green. Am I disappointed? Meh, whatever. Summer is coming and those of you that live in Ontario know that our summers are hot and humid. Maybe I'll get some more mottled leaves. If not, then I'll chop and prop and make a bushier plant and live with the green leaves, they are still pretty. But for me, my most disappointing plant is the pink princess. I hate it. I despise it with every fiber of my being. I paid $7 for the first one, pre-pandemic, and I paid $12 for the second one, last year. I have four of them now and they all grow horribly. Every single one of them has the same problem - the leaves get stuck while trying to emerge. Every single leaf. Why haven't I tossed them out? I'm not a plant murderer 😂

[@SilverSky333]

I don't personally have one, but a friend of mine does have one. Midwestern US, so we've got very hot and humid summers. My friend hates this plant, even in the height of the summer hers throws leaves that are meh at best.

[@moominsean]

My Burle Marx Flame grows, it just doesn't size up. I get a new leaf every couple months but it just puts out the same teardrop-shaped leaves.

[@TwoWitchyMoons]

I actually got a paraiso and a jaclyn a couple of weeks ago and then just learned a few days ago about the paraiso needing heat for the variegation. Which completely explains why it's only putting out green leaves in my 70 degree living room. Super disappointed, but I don't think I paid that much for it so I'm just sucking it up. The Jaclyn I had no idea about the back story of it. I saw an adult and thought it was gorgeous, so when I saw someone selling a smaller plant with a couple of leaves, I grabbed it. The day it got here ll of the leaves were curled up really bad. I've lost one so far, but I had to put it in perlite in a plastic cup humidity chamber under a grow light and it's still not really doing anything Still a bit curled but I'm just disappointed. Definitely not what I was expecting. The adansonii actually explains a lot. I bought. single leaf cutting of a vareigated one (not a mint) and no matter what I do for it, it's just curled on the edges and feels dry, even though it's not. We live and we learn I guess. Thank you for always giving us the best info!

[@TwoWitchyMoons]

Update: The jaclyn unalive itself into a pile of mush.

[@chandlercharleville833]

I love strawberry shakes. They don't look good while babies but that and pink diamond homalomena are my favorite plants of all time

[@Ellio_lx]

Personally I love the philodendron paraiso verde, I live in a tropical climate so the heat sensitive variegation isn't a problem, and I've found that once they get high amounts of light, and regular feed the peioles don't get too dangly.

[@AbbiZika]

*Crying in Midwest USA*

[@noteworthyproductions1928]

I’m just getting mine started in Central Florida and I’m so excited for it.

[@danadaneb.5779]

Re: the Monstera BMF- Kevin from Hakuna LaPlanta KZbin channel has one and has several videos of his and he doesn’t seem to have any difficulties growing it (he’s in Canada, so maybe growth region/conditions may differ?)

[@HelloFromMonty]

Oh man I’m glad to know the history of the Jacklyn now. I’ve been humming and hawing over it for the past few weeks since I learned about it. Yucky people

[@surgeinc1]

Yes, I’m going to skip that one now as well.

[@angelcabrera911]

I live in a warm climate so I still really want to try with the paraíso verde

[@marinalopp]

Literally my paraiso is mottled and ginormous and gorgeous and its my favorite plant I own BUT I do benefit from a tropical climate

[@marinalopp]

I do get the one odd green leaf but like, once every 6 months

[@jimmyjo1375]

Oy, I own half of these plants. Your takes are absolutely right.

[@huytassisto]

late to the party, but my rare disappointment goes to the p. jose bueno: not bueno at all when I found out the elder variegated leaves were turning from creamy to green-ish 😪

[@EMuro-wu7uy]

I've had two philodendron snowdrift, both died. I was very disappointed with it. The pink princess and white princess are awesome.

[@Rhaphidophile]

My Burle Marx Flame puts out a leaf every 2-3 weeks. But I'm in SEA and I grow it outside, so I guess it's not for other climates?

[@CodyAF333voluntaryist]

Yes, I have a Burle Marx Flame. It does not grow! Well, it does, insanely slowly, almost 4 leaves per year.

[@astitchatatime8195]

Me in the corner with my tandera and paraiso verde: Sjj, don't listen to the big mean screen, I still care for you 😁

[@latanyamckenzie277]

I have a Parasio Verde and i love it. I want a Burle Marx Flame, and Adansoni Mint, but now i need to reevaluate that.

[@kylie_maree11]

Calathea white fusion!! 🤦‍♀️ it’s beautiful! But pest magnet! If a plant is going to get a pest! It’s that one!

[@Rhaphidophile]

My Lupinum has been small for three years now. My hederaceum grows bigger leaves.

[@kaileasnider1837]

She wants to see our plants but what platform should we send her photos on! I have a bushy Pictum Tricolor and I want to show her that beauty’s potential 😄

[@juniperjonestown]

Instagram! I don’t have the app but her handle should be linked in the description under this video 😊

[@kristiemowry3267]

The Brandy; the Melano; the Pariso; the Gigas have been my biggest dissapointments. Of course the Pink Princess, but I haven't given up on that one for some reason. I also couldn't get the Peru to grow. Gave it away. How about a video of plants that out performed your expectations.

[@samanthagouldman5953]

This was a great video!

[@kriskrischi7571]

2020 was definitely a scandalous year in the plant community and whole experience to live through. 😅

[@seekingeudaimonia6884]

I loved the "jacklyn" online but when I saw how hairy it was in person , I knew it would be epidermis heaven!

[@Latayla]

The amount of times I walked pass Cercestis Mirabilis in the garden center. I wasn’t the only one either. It stayed on the clearance table in the garden center for at least 2 months😅. I love my Tandurusa and EU mint. I’m however diss appointed in the Epipremnum Victory (also known as Marble Green and Jungle star) Gosh, do I like Robert McCracken. Always dropping all the knowledge.

[@therealsassyama682]

I absolutely love my strawberry shake, it's like all the other Instagram plants, luckily. However, my paraiso verde is so gangly and small with the longass petioles and their pure green leaves lol I'll bring it to the office which gets very warm in summer and just hope the heat works out to bring at least some joy for the plant back 😂. Such a disappointment

[@abbyleen9568]

My varigated peru has popped out a ton of new leaves and none are varigated 😑 though it didnt crisp up so there is that. So disappointing

[@marceljurak8915]

My BMF grows like crazy. It just needs loads of light.

[@nackedgrils9302]

Burle Marx Flame disappointment gang member, I've had mine for almost a year at this point and it grew two leaves but also dropped two leaves in that time. That's it... I've recently moved it to a propagation bin which has almost 100% RH and it seems to be picking up, so I think that this is a plant that really needs that high humidity early on. I'll let it seize up and move it back to my office when it's more mature.

[@alexclark64]

Kaylee bringing the mint drama back again 🙈🫣

[@jean-lucchessher7065]

From what I had seen it was poached but probably by the locals

[@leeolds21]

Monstera varigated adasonii.. im struggling SO HARD to get it to grow. Theres next to no green so it just dies 😞 never gone past 3 leaves

[@Camp_Botanist]

Geogenanthus ciliatus has been a disappointment for me. There was a big TADA about having a 'new' plant introduction, but since the first wave of them showed up from Costa Farms in the US I haven't seen or heard much more about them- and the one I have is very MEH. I was so excited to get one in 2022 and it looked nice and full when I bought it. Fast forward to now- its not dying, but not thriving, it just looks sorta weak and sad. I have moved it to different light sources, carefully monitored watering, fertilized it, added heat, added humidity- nope. Never thought something related to Tradescantia could struggle so much to grow. No one else I know who bought one around the same time even has theirs anymore ( they died) so its weird that something supposedly very low maintenance has become the biggest diva in my plant collection.

[@apieceofcoffee]

oh my god my lupium is the most disappointing plant I own. And for some reason I still try to get my spindly vine growing. Ugh

[@roisinmclaren8475]

Ooh Burle Marx Flame and Alocasia Jacklyn are both wish list plants for me! I didn't know about Jacklyn's history... Not sure it'd put me off tbh as it's already happened 🤷 You didn't mention how it grows, was it just a disappointment because of the background or growth too? BMF ... Also might still be interested in. I'm in the category of people with not enough space for monsterras so maybe a slow growth isn't necessarily that bad for me.

[@heatherjensen3327]

My pariso isnt the best grower, it only ever has two leaves but my variegation is AMAZING all the time. My apartment is 65-90 degrees all year (old drafty apartment that is hard to heat/cool in appropriate seasons) and its under a grow light 12 hours a day.

[@michellefox1052]

I have to agree with adosonii mint, mine puts out leaves that are strange, but I just go with it now, some the plants you mentioned, are only just being found over here, New Zealand is a bit late in the plant community game, so the prices can still get up there, my monstera varigata Peru as it’s known over here, is very slow growing, I got a one leaf cutting, still waiting for anything to happen, but I think my most disappointing plant and it’s not rare, is the Hoya rope, very very slow growing and I have both the Moana, and the green variety, as always Kaylee live your videos, yours was the one I turned to with the pink Congo, so glad I didn’t get one, I think you forgot to mention how quickly the philodendron strawberry shake can revert, love the new merch by the way 🫶🫶

[@lindseysgreencanvas]

I will absolutely agree with you about the Hoya Compacta, I had a little 4" vine in a 3" pot back 7 yrs ago, it was this plant that got me into more uncommon plants, and good grief, I got maybe 2 leaves a season. I did eventually end up buying an 8" trailing pot of it, and I will say, this plant doesn't grow nowhere near as slow, and it's usually putting out multiple nodes of leaves at once on a vine, so I definitely think a bigger more established plant grows quicker with these.

[@mustachadon]

Pilea peperomioides or however its spelled. I could never seem to get a well balanced plant with consistent growth habit.

[@karikristinehaugberg3890]

Conc. Alocasia Jacklyn: I didn't know of the controversy at all. I absolutely love the look of this plant (I also love Anthurium Veitchii - it's a vibe I like), but it isn't common commercially in Norway. There are private sellers, though - so I can get ahold of it. A babyplant is about 18-25 pounds or so, I think.

[@AnnaKalintseva]

Interesting 😎 I think I am lucky, Flame grows for me and I even got two cuttings from it since I got it thousands of years ago. 😂