Bali Flora Festival Show (Rare Plants!) Find Out What They Are Selling In The Island Of Gods!

This is a spectacular houseplant event held in Taman Dedari, Ubud region of Bali Island. I tour the booths of the Balinese plant sellers and nurseries to show you what they are growing here in the Island of gods. There’s a lot to discover in this tour as I get up close and personal with some interesting species. I also leak an important update of what I am working on next and my thoughts on the current houseplant market in Indonesia. I get a little too excited with some aglaonemas in this tour and share with you reasons why you should pick some of these up! Stick around to the end of my video for a controversial prediction for future market trends.
Genus featured in this episode:
Philodendron
Monstera
Epipremnum
Hoya
Aglaonema
cacti and succulents
platycerium

[@melvinhoyk]

Those sculptures were insanely beautiful. I love to have those reindeer antler of platycerium ridleyi and that giant elephant ear platycerium form gives a grandeur display. Love this area.

[@haciers9358]

I totally agree with you. Everyone has the same plants on KZbin. Does get a little boring. Where’s the diversity. Along with you I love watching benjiplant. He’s just different with his own style.

[@onlyplants]

Oh I adore Benji!

[@pilitathomason6993]

Plants in NZ is still expensive but I think going down in price, I’m holding off buying and hopefully my wish plants will go down in price. I also have space problem like all plant lovers do. My aim this year is to make sure the plants I have now is thriving and display them nicely in my space. I also love sharing, I give my mum, auntie and cousin my propagations and they love it. Thank you for taking us to your journeys Sean, always appreciated, I’m so tempted to get an agleolema, I’ll watch your care tip video again and see how I do. Take care.

[@onlyplants]

Do consider getting an aglaonema they are so easy and calming to have around 🥰

[@plantsintropicalspaces3319]

Hi Sean. I love your videos and the insights you give. I completely agree with you about showing more diversity. I think everyone should be able to enjoy plants, and therefore we should showcase some inexpensive plants too.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@ShayBayBay585]

That is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing.

[@onlyplants]

Thank you. Its heaven on earth.

[@sandragoerlich7134]

What a beautiful area the big open sky and all of that greenery and giant sculptures, love that platicerium ridliy, thanks for sharing Sean!!!

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@UtukushiDAE2007]

I totally agree that sellers should put a name tag on all the plants they sell and yeah variation of plants showcasing from their best to the rarest even if its not for sale just to show whats to be expected next. I got tired of visiting exhibitions where all stalls offer the same product mixes as others and its really boring. At times this could be because the event itself is focused in showcasing a particular plant, just the same varieties should still be showcased. Thanks much for highlighting these points. Amazing job once again

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuu

[@variegated_stingray]

Damn, those Anthurium boogie will probably be really cool when bigger. Wish I could've bought one.

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@leapoh5434]

Beautiful plants and some are rare i think . Thanks for the vlog !!! 🤩🤩🤩

[@onlyplants]

😀😀

[@atsusmith238]

Hi, Sean! I agree with you as well that we, plant lovers, should be as diverse as ourselves and specialize in genus. I experienced this myself when I reached out of my comfort zone and bought home plants that I wasn't familiar with. I have a hard time watching plants decline, so since then, I chose to stick with ones that work well with my habits and living conditions. By the way, plants that didn't do well is Geoppertia, and what I keep in general are succulents and Hoyas. I'm a notorious under-waterer, unlike you! Besides this point, I keep finding myself in you, constantly! Stay well and continue creating wonderful videos ❤️

[@onlyplants]

Thank youuu ❤️❤️

[@kendra31]

Hey Sean. I'm in the Midwest USA and we have little to no access to rare aroids besides online. The craving for anthuriums is still strong here! I've decided to become an importer to sell locally despite many people's comments that the plant craze is slowing down in my area. I don't think that's true, I think people here are just tired of the same 20-30 plants being in all the shops. Which goes along with your idea of specialized stores. I would love to go to a carnivorous, orchid, or aroid store. I've never in person seen a philodendron verrucosum, melanochrysum, or even a gloriosum. But that's gonna change soon cuz I just ordered some from Indonesia! Your insight into the plant market has been very helpful, so thanks!

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa interesting. I guess supply there has not met demand. This shows our locations determine opportunity. I actually have a final clearance sale event in first week of Sept. there will be lots of “rare” aroids there at break neck prices. But they do sell out fast, keep your eyes peeled for it. 😀

[@cherylyeo25]

so so so beautiful - love ubud and wonderful nature and views

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@cherylyeo25]

@@onlyplantsOMG Sean!!!! Monstera Dubia mature form is To die for!!! Just got my tiny baby trail on a board ... in hope someday .... many many moons (years) from now I will get (fingers & toes crossed!!!) that I will get it mature to that/this form!!!! its so precious and beautiful!

[@mommyemy5413]

Hi sean,, I always enjoy watching your videos,,, so inspring to be a plant collector

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@alfantoutanaya2832]

9:21 Colocasia 'Pharaoh Mask' 13:03 Abromeitiella brevifollia (Argentina Ball) 13:18 Operculicarya pachypus 13:25 Crassula muscosa (Rat Tail Crassula) 13:50 Huernia zebrina variegated 15:27 Euphorbia submammilaris (probably hybrid or variety) 16:32 Dorstenia foetida 22:52 Aglaonema 'Hot Lady' (Greg Hambali's hybrid) 22:57 Aglaonema 'JT 2000' (JT means John Tan, also Greg Hambali's hybrid) 23:48 The correct name is actually Aglaonema Pancawati, long story but many seller give the wrong trade name. 25:00 Aglaonema Suksom Chaipong but Indonesian called it Jaipong since it more familiar. My Aglaonema grows well even when they got rain. I just put them under 65% shading net. You may try this soil recipe 40% Rice husk + 40% rice husk charcoal + 5% lava rock / pumice / perlite + 5% cocopeat + 10% compost + slow release fertilizer. 26:55 Caryota mitis 27:53 Aglaonema 'Siti Nurbaya' or may be 'New Siti'

[@onlyplants]

Omgggg thank you

[@Ramnosens]

Hahaha, really OMG

[@Jax2113]

Hey Sean just wanted to let you know that the plant at 9:00 is an Alocasia Zebrina Reticulata. It's one of my favorite plants in my collection! Also, this video basically confirmed (yet again) that I am living in the wrong part of the world because I could never find anything like this where I live without spending my life's fortune 😂

[@onlyplants]

Whoaaa I guess that is a different form of the zebrina

[@bren_b]

Beautiful place to visit. So tropical and the statues are so unreal😅❤️🥰.

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@SereneAwakening]

i have to firstly say that the location is absolutely stunning!

[@onlyplants]

Houseplants should be treated as companions and lifestyle. Im not a big fan of trends because trends suggests that something is only temporary… besides they are living things, all fighting for a place in this world 😌 hope more people develop passion for the diversity of plants

[@victoriagrapsidou3474]

Great content as always Sean!! Those hybrids are a dream never to come true for us living in Europe with such sky high prices!

[@onlyplants]

🥰

[@waktukaksugeng9540]

Amazing in Bali.terimaksh ya bang Sean sy senang ngikuti your trip

[@onlyplants]

Makasih sudah ikutt

[@waktukaksugeng9540]

@@onlyplants semangat sy bang Sean.krn byk hal yg sy Dorman ilmu2 tentang perawatan.paham2 jenis tanaman.I am really love your contten talk about.very inspirative not only knowing about plants but also your way in make Vidio.amazing

[@Ramnosens]

Agree! Happy to see lower plant prices here in Phils as well. Though less income for plant sellers, its welcome news to new collectors like me

[@onlyplants]

I guess things are normalizing now

[@DanielHanson343]

Their are so many beautiful wish plants there , Thank you for sharing with us , Most of these are still very very expensive in Canada 😥

[@onlyplants]

Wooh it might be worth it to import some in if you have a trusted seller 😀

[@beautybeast3649]

Team Notification Bell. 😂 Another Drawl Worthy Plant Tour Shawn. Thank You 💕💕

[@onlyplants]

Thank youu ❤️❤️

[@tonievangelista293]

Thank you for sharing,more vlogs.

[@onlyplants]

🥰🥰

[@carolgraham7691]

Well, I must be weird because I was into succulents way before the pandemic..but that is because we have a lot of direct sun and very low humidity in Colorado, USA...love staghorn ferns, platycerium. The humidity loving plants are more of a struggle... I have not bought any of the "RARE PLANTS" cause cannot afford the money and stress, except for manjula and some hoyas... We certainly don't have the variety of plants that you have shown in your plant shows...how often do you have these big events? That is such a beautiful paradise in Bali..

[@onlyplants]

These events are every month or so but in various locations. I dont think I can go every month to see the same things lol. I guess maybe the grass is always greener on the other side 😀

[@PrB0201]

I love those statues 😍

[@onlyplants]

I cant believe people had to carve it out!

[@omaam1005]

Hi Sean! Greetings! It seems to me that green leaves is still King here in the United States. Lots of times I go to my local Home Depot or Lowes and I always see succulents and Cacti going bad because it doesn't seem like people are buying them but still want the family of leaves. I myself am a leaf lady and I only lightly touch on succulents and little to no cacti. Would like to get a couple of plant eaters but I'm not like crazy about that genus either. I'm not into Begonias though there are many who are into that. I just like the succulent kind of begonias. Not much into cane or rex begonias. I had a common cane begonia and it finally died. But I'm not crazy attracted to those either. Yeah but Green leaves Dude, that's what I see going on in my area. Sellers are still supplying those big time. People on KZbin still on the leaf crunch. So perhaps it will go the way you'd wish in a big way in a couple of generations but it doesn't seem to me that people are tired of the leaves. Have a blessed one and know that the Great Invisible King of the Universe Loves you and yours.

[@onlyplants]

Thanks for the share. Ive yet to come across a succulent:caudex begonia yet, they dont seem to exist here in my region 🥲

[@chrisis9030]

@onlyplants My guess is the market will stabilize, being enriched with many new and beautiful plants. I sure have noticed house plants have gained popularity here in the Netherlands. In that respect Covid wasn’t bad for the market and I think quite a few young people will keep on loving the plants they already have. The market has been booming for some time and now dealers wil have to re-invent their businesses, which in itself shouldn’t be a huge problem.

[@onlyplants]

Correct, those thinking of starting a plant business now should also consider the oversupply issue… thats my advice although it may not be relevant to all regions.

[@silviamontes1434]

Hermosas plantas 💐

[@the_plant_style5853]

Sending Love🌿💜

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️

[@dewantoroo]

I totally agree. The aroid craze at the beginning of pandemic kinda "murks" the plant community around the globe. Unfortunately I'm also part of this craze. Especially in Indonesia, we have completely perfect environment to grow them. And most people jumped on the bandwagon of collecting plants because they're more interested in the economic gain side of it. Which is completely fine too. But when the market isn't as good as it used to be. They completely leave the "hobby" all together, which i think unconsciously make other people decided to leave too. The first second year of my plant collection journey, i actually had a "revelation" after watching Patrick Blanc's videos on Indonesian native/endemic plants. Indonesia actually have very interesting and beautiful plants aside these "common" rare aroid on the market at that moment. So i decided to try grow some endemic begonias, labisia, small orchid, nepenthes, etc... But i ended up killing most of them lol... because there's barely any plant people here actually have them or try to grow them. So there's no reference or guidelines to grow them in the house environment. We're too busy with south american's plants instead 🙃

[@onlyplants]

Whoaa I need to check out Patric blancs videos too. I have been growing endemic plants but am careful not to reveal them publicly as I do not want them to be poached from our nature.

[@normab.9897]

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[@raysubrata1337]

Has it over? Duh, I live in Bali but I dont know about this show. Nevertheless I live in coastal area, far from Ubud

[@onlyplants]

Iya this was 2 months ago actually

[@cherrypieingco3757]

I'd like to know how much billitae variegated

[@babyfacew.a2923]

It’s good in Indonesia price still expensive or stable but in Malaysia mostly 90% including quite rare plants all prices drop like very much

[@onlyplants]

Oh no… Indonesia drop a lot… also 90% off from the highest peak price. If it was $100 its now $10

[@sherryporsch9349]

💚💚💚

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Pottedplantsandcookingpots]

Theres a lot of Variegated Ph burle marx, is Ph New Yorker the same plant?

[@onlyplants]

They do look like the same plant 😀

[@vicky3792]

I love pipers. Have crocatum and methysticum

[@onlyplants]

They are so underrated 😀

[@mfalfaruqi]

9:23 it should colocasia pharaoh mask

[@vonbuki3389]

Hi Sean ! - In your home collection you have what seems to be some black moss poles? - how the hell did you make those?

[@onlyplants]

Thats from a species of palm called ijuk. While the brown coco coir is from coconuts 😀 they are readily available here as finished product

[@NewbiPai]

6:00 wow

[@onlyplants]

🥹

[@hannahnathania3527]

♥️🌱🌿☘️

[@trisnaindah7991]

Aku dsiniiii sm kk2 suhu ini

[@onlyplants]

❤️❤️😀

[@DanielHanson343]

I would never buy a 1 leaf cutting EVER because if said leaf dies the plant is pretty much gone and the prices people were charging during the pandemic was mental ! , The plant didn't get harder to grow or propagate , I have the money for the inflated prices but I refuse to pay it because I know it will come back down.

[@onlyplants]

Thats smart thinking haha. Patience is really a good quality to have

[@persianmuneca6264]

This is torture Sean you make me want to buy more plants 🪴 thanks for another great tour ;)

[@onlyplants]

🙈🙈 thank youu

[@belindanadela4203]

I agree with Sean - sellers should have IDs on the plants 🪴 . I personally won't buy from a seller who cannot identify the plants they're selling..

[@onlyplants]

😀😀❤️