3,700 AROIDS in One Greenhouse! Anthurium, Philodendron & More: Part 1 - Ep. 261

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Tucked away in the Missouri Botanical Gardens are some unassuming greenhouses that house the United States' largest private research collection of Aroids in the family Araceae, which include well-known plants like Philodendron, Anthurium, Spathiphyllum, Monstera, Rhaphidophora, Alocasia, Colocasia, Amorphophallus-and some lesser known genera including Rhodospatha and Steudnera, for example.
In this episode (Part 1 of 2), we tag along with the Aroid Greenhouse curator, Emily Coletti, who has the tall task of not only keeping up with Dr. Tom Croat's, (the world's leading expert on New World Araceae) constant flow of living material-but also taking care of nearly 3,700 different plants.
Enjoy this episode, as these greenhouses are not open to the public, but you can see them here on 'Plant One On Me.'
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[@franz4486]

Most people dream of having their dream cars or house. Me? A giant greenhouse with a giant plant collection. 😂

[@yaelsoso8131]

Yes same ! A little house with a giant greenhouse 😅

[@Yoliplanting]

Summer this has to be one of my favorite videos that you have made. The lady is so personable. I wish it were open to the public.

[@Milquetoast702]

Wait losing that woman during the berries part was hilarious. Wow y’all are awesome! Love nerding out with plant people!

[@leannefizzard7650]

This was so interesting!!! And what an amazing space to work in every day (minus the roaches). LOL

[@luminafilm306]

This was so fantastic! I continued to imagine her pottering about in this special place long after the video was over. Like a protector of life, the keeper of earths secrets. How beautiful.

[@Yoliplanting]

Beautifully stated

[@alexandredefendi2267]

I really love those greenhouses tours ! They’re really interesting and it’s so cool to learn how each botanist take care of their collection :)

[@mustachadon]

Gosh i needed this this morning. I adore these long form tours in the botanical gardens. Youre qn incredible woman summer, and i envy your adventures!

[@hollybeck605]

My favorite of your videos Summer! Poor Emily. The number of plants in there gives me anxiety! I hope she has some helpers. What an interesting job though.

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

Thankyou Summer for having Emily who is so knowledgeable, informative and personable as she shares her sections from MBG. I found the predatory insects, more than 400 exquisite geckos a great ecologically sound solution 👏🏿. A one and a half meter Eastern Water Dragon and Kookaburras keep my citrus stink bug free. How do raccoons even get in? I was most interested in the Titum, having lived in Borneo for many years. I see in the beautiful bloom photographs that the enormous pot and plant were moved out into the areas for the public to see. The logistics of that omg, with all the under bench plants and a half tonne plant to move! Congratulations on this film and your body of work Emily and Summer. Thank you for the tour, I love touring tropical green houses and tropical countries to see their plants. Especially Botanical Gardens.

[@summerrayneoakes]

Our pleasure. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and for taking the time to watch.

[@pilitathomason6993]

This lady is so wonderful and so precious with the knowledge she has. Always love to meet passionate people in love with their plants like most of us. Thank you for this video.

[@deny17able]

I love how lady loves her work and how educational her speech is

[@djsteinmetzart]

I appreciate you sponsoring these tours and taking us plant lovers to places we don’t normally have access to. Thank you!

[@janecurtis5726]

Love this kind of in depth video. Wondering if any of the hybrids make it into commercial sales. Dream job!!

[@WilnaWanderlust]

omgggg... this is crazy... thanks summer for this video! USA appreciated aroids plant are extremely amazing. lots of love from borneo ❤

[@FreshwaterIchthyology]

It's interesting to see how different biological collections work. I volunteer and have done research with the NHM but with the fishes and we have our own system because particularly, the catfishes that I work with genera change frequently. We have accession codes and at least in the fishes we use BMNH because the NHM was once a part of the British Museum known as British Museum, Natural History. I've been in the herbarium and Hans Sloane collection, that's really interesting to compare to how people organise live collections.

[@nicolelauman5783]

I’m an Environmental Plant Science major, I reside in Springfield but am from St. Louis. How have I never come across this?? Where is it?! Why do you get special access!!!!

[@kathymacomber5115]

Roaches freak me out

[@jedimindtrick8966]

Im right there with you. Actually I'll be behind you 😆

[@MrHinnak91]

I love these kind of videos so much! Thank you and all the best from Germany :) btw, the scientific name of Monstera Peru is M. karstenianum, isn't it?

[@chrystalsabin4091]

Oh how cool is that??. 😎😎

[@wreckitRalph-nr7ym]

Ive been waiting for this type of tour , i love anthuriums alocasias and philodendrons 🥰🥰🥰

[@melindavillasenor7996]

Thanks for all of the tours!! I love seeing all of the plants in the greenhouse tours, home tours; really any kind of plant tours 😍

[@Lil_Deery]

Beautiful video as always! I love these special greenhouse/botanical garden tours!

[@yaelsoso8131]

This is literally my dream !! So gorgeous !! It must be very peaceful to be in there !

[@rayacat1]

This place is chaotic beauty. 😳 🥰

[@davidplants]

I'm always so excited when there's a new video. So much GREEN! I love it!!!

[@Lisatheecologist]

So cool. I'm an intern at my uni's herbarium. Which feels really similar to this but preserved.

[@kimberleywoodie2314]

So much fun! Really feels like a field trip too. What a treasure.

[@enirapiedt]

actually salivating over the hoyas at the back🤤 those are hoyas right? 🤔

[@ozonejamnerd]

Great collection! Hope we can see more Asian type aroids in several botanical visits. ❤

[@odagledja]

She may, single handedly, just ruined my obsession with aroids with the roach imagery.

[@laurapearson3370]

Me too 😂😂 I couldn't handle it

[@summerrayneoakes]

Haha. Roaches get such a bad rap.

[@isa.hoya6]

The velvet anthurium room is giving me life right now 😍 oh my goodness

[@aprilhayden3862]

My husband would say…”you would orgasm if you walked in there!” 😂😂😂 This is so cool!!

[@suekuly4723]

Enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to part 2.

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Great video and very informative. Love all those different anthurium/aroids! So interesting facts that the lady was talking about such as the South American species do not hybrid with the central and North American! Thanks ever so much for sharing and looking forward to see the second part.

[@summerrayneoakes]

I was looking for that paper, but didn't exactly locate it to put it into frame/reference. I usually like referencing that stuff in the videos for others.

[@osyros6698]

What an impressive collection. Taking care of these plants and appreciating them would be my dream job ! Also, I thought the mosntera 'Peru' was named Monstera Kartenianum or is it another name for the cultivar ?

[@EliezaBaby]

🥰MG this is the main dish finally serve . The best vlogs topic ever. I'll be watching v it over and over and over again. Very informative and interesting .

[@cherylyeo25]

OMG!!!! I m in anthurium paradise!!!!! Love love love!!!!! Yes MORE Please!

[@anndriggers6660]

Roaches? My absolute WORST nightmare! I could have gone my entire life without knowing that...

[@LeeDfined]

My goal in life is to one day own a greenhouse. Ive always had plants...but Summer Rayne Oakes inspired me to really get into plants as a hobby. Philodendron are my absolute favorite. Sanseveria/Dracaena are a close second.

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I love how jampacked this video is with information! Looking forward to the ne t video ❤

[@shaeead9654]

Already in love with all those plants…😍

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Heads up, watching bbc I player from the USA is punishable by prison. You need a tv licence to access it, you’re unlikely to get caught but I’m thinking of your video showing people to do it 🙏🙏

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I think you will be safe, they can't prosecute anyone here in England, so you should relax 😂

[@Itsrichardash]

I love this tour! If you're ever in Tampa, FL I would love to show you my plant store

[@LeeDfined]

I live in Tampa and would love to visit. I currently own about 60 plants and could use a few more.

[@bernardkeays9756]

I really liked the Anthurium with the palmate leaf. I wonder if the botanists naming the group used Dinosaurs as their inspiration i.e. Dactylosaurus or Pterodactylus.

[@luckbenjamin]

Thanks Summer for this video content, I really enjoyed it and I can't wait for the next part. Greetings from Australia!

[@Alwaysherethere]

I love going on these trips with you!🌹🌸🌼🌻💐🌺🌿🌱🍃🌵

[@gardeningfruit]

Wow amazing

[@clearwaterbeachhomesearchm5957]

I’m actually surprised by how bad a lot of the leaves look. Burnt. Maybe it’s hard water. Just wondering. I’ve seen other tours where they look a lot better

[@jacobshallenberger5213]

just need to let you know the "anthurium arisaemoides" you had labeled in the video was mislabeled! arisaemoides is a bullate species.

[@sarahg282]

I love the greenhouse tours 🥰

[@imberrysandy]

Thank you for the tour! I love seeing all the different textured leaves in one video! I'm excited to see part 2 😁 Much love from California ❤️ 🌱

[@AroidDistrict]

Wow! Definitely tuning in for more on this series. Hopefully we can see more variety of the mature Aroids in detail.

[@Loogiemistress]

Fantastic! Can’t wait for the rest!

[@duelequartz666]

💚💚💚 aww adorable zoo of plants 🌱 magnificent species

[@joyofgrowing]

This is so fun to watch! Thank you for sharing with us Summer!

[@adityapsingh8144]

Hey summer have u collected some Barry's to grow ur own .

[@bigpolyenergy]

Yes! A plant tour! Content is back! 😁🪴💚🕺🏽😅

[@aidensiessmayer5615]

That’s freaking cool

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Crying while watching😭😭😭

[@Arleth7]

24:53 😍 Titanum, I've seen some, so unique 💚💜

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

Amazing collection. Thanks for sharing

[@gabrielleakers7540]

🤯🤯🤯🤯 absolutely amazing!!! So many gorgeous specimens!

[@ma.victoriacabatcan6988]

Oh wonderful! if only i have the money to put up similar to that greenhouse or even half of it , i would be the happiest. 😍

[@summerrayneoakes]

I hear ya, but I suppose the key for all of us is finding happiness with and appreciating what we have and still learning to appreciate others. I've learned through all of these tours, that it's totally OK not to have all the stuff out there. It's nice to know there are other vanguards that can contribute to this wealth of knowledge.

[@Lespace2]

It is so beautiful to see all this. My specialization are orchids, but when I started my apprenticeship as a gardener last year I discovered for me the Araceae and now I‘m totally in love with them! This is exactly for what I‘m hoping as my future job!

[@mrCetus]

Summer this has to be one of my favorite videos that you have made. The lady is so personable. I wish it were open to the public.

[@summerrayneoakes]

Glad you enjoyed. Emily will be happy to hear too. More of her to come.

[@kerrypontarolo3098]

I am extremely grateful that aroids do not commonly bloom in the home! I don’t know if I can get that roach image out of my mind! This series is incredibly informative, entertaining, and extremely fascinating, and can’t wait to watch and learn more! *minus roach imagery. 😂

[@Nate770]

This vid is SUCH GOOD VIBES! Emily comes across as a fantastically impressive and intelligent plantswoman. It's really inspirational to see the workload she has, and how she is absolutely nailing it. Thank you both for sharing your passion for aroids with us, this has been lovely

[@rociobaffigo8942]

Loved every second! Would love to see more content like this!

[@kandanggodong]

Beautyfull Aroid👍👍

[@VintageQuest0705]

Having met Emily during our Corpse Flower bloom, she is amazing! So kind and nice 💚💚💚 Knowledgeable!

[@Jillz81]

I want to hang out with Emily

[@firecracker8071]

I was surprised to see so many leaves were so droopy and some of them so very browned and roaches no thanks

[@summerrayneoakes]

Roaches definitely get a bad rap. I guess it probably won't help to say that I raised roaches for about 1/3 of my life. Haha. Madagascar Hissing roaches though. I find them to be so beautiful. Important in the food chain, great detritus recyclers.

[@barkopolo]

Thank you, Summer, for bringing us into Emily's world, and doing such a great job at documenting her incredible work!

[@summerrayneoakes]

Our pleasure. Also and extension and thanks to you and all who care to watch, and to the sponsors that help facilitate these videos. Can't do that without everyone really!

[@maribelgonzalez2231]

OMG ...very, very nice. 😱

[@Jae2124]

I love you Summer! Your all time biggest Australian fan!

[@rafaelmendoza7492]

I just want share about the xanthosoma, here in the philippines xanthosomas are very invasive but their valuable aswell cuz they are a staple vegetable here, and here 1 botanical or botanist website named xanthosoma sagiitifolium into alocasia talihan, i guess they named it like cuz talihan means talahiban or a large place of bushes cuz here they grow in bush so it named alocasia talihan

[@nothanks5394]

i love love the green house tours

[@Orholam5]

i've always found it extremely easy to distinguish between Xanthosoma, Alocasia and Colocasia, they just each have a different look and feel

[@TheMariaFerraz]

Please, tell how you do it. I'd love to learn.

[@Orholam5]

@@TheMariaFerraz hard to explain but if you touch a leaf of a Colocasia and Xanthosoma you’ll see their distinctly different than Alocasia. Colocasia are paper thin since they’re bog and river and swamp plants. Xanthosoma have distinctive leathery leaves with different venation and lobes than Alocasia

[@kimmy6304]

Wow!!!! Amazing, so many in just one greenhouse hall, what a dream!

[@sunflowerhill4349]

Outrageously gorgeous, I just want to be in the middle of all those happy living leaves!!

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I love your outfit 💥

[@oldgardengal777]

Thank you for the video !!

[@brandytimpleton5618]

these tours are my favorite!!

[@davidarguelles5202]

I can't wait to see those Philos! 🌱

[@AndreeaWest]

Man, if I were there I wouldn't be able to stop myself from taking cuttings of everything 😅🙈

[@summerrayneoakes]

Every time they made a cutting and tossed it into the compost bin, I was like, "For realllllll?????" Especially with the cost of plants now.

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Excellent video. Looking forward to the next MBG video.

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I can’t wait to see more from this series!!

[@weareparamore1597]

Miss this kind of stuff, glad covid cases there is getting down. We can get more tour now

[@m.wright168]

Please continue these fabulous videos! I can’t wait to see the next one ! 🌱💚🌱💚🌱💚

[@adityapsingh8144]

I m eager for the 2nd video. And i was so drooling to see those berries and anthuriums

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I love it i love plant too

[@amandinep.1315]

Wow so impressive

[@Itachi-xk7gc]

I am drooling the whole time. More videos pls Summer of this greenhouse.

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Please make more

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As a gift, I watched the ads without skipping.

[@summerrayneoakes]

ahh thank you. Every little bit helps of course.

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Thank you for giving us the opportunity to see this. I would be in heaven