How to Air Layer Philodendron Florida Beauty | Chatty Plant Tour & Chill

[@CheatcodeGlitch]

I just got a Florida beauty imported from Indonesia. Cleaned up the roots and have it acclimating now, wish me luck!

[@petevsplants7516]

Amazing work! Good luck :D They seem to be pretty strong plants

[@uncutplants5613]

The variegation is Polaroid variegation I believe. It starts as yellow & develops as the leaf hardens. Over time, the yellow green will fade to cream & look more white like your older leaves. Your bright red petioles on the first beauty are soooo pretty. I believe the space with the internodes I believe has to do with the amount of light received. The higher the light, the shorter the internodes is how I understand it. I sell plants on Etsy recently, UNCUTplants & just chopped my beauty. I airlayered mine also & have had 100% success & all of them are putting out new leaves! I didn’t lose any so just do it! I’m a PROPAGATION WHORE!! 😉 I’m addicted to chopping up my plants!

[@petevsplants7516]

Ah interesting. I've never heard of it. I'll have to check it out.100% success rate is awesome! How long did it take to root once air layered?

[@uncutplants5613]

@@petevsplants7516 I should have documented it but I didn’t. There were already aerial roots starting & I think I chopped after like 2 month on every node. I had to wait for my window without a new leaf & I was kinda nervous to chop this wishlist plant. I’m soooo glad I did & definitely could have chopped a little sooner. Either way, it worked & they are all still alive. Out of 5, I’ve sold 1, 1 looks reverted so I’m watching it & will experiment possibly, & the other 3 I’m struggling to part with cuz they are gorgeous!

[@uncutplants5613]

@@petevsplants7516 my other secret with 1 node cuttings to help them produce a growth point faster (if you are selling & need quick turn around) Leuko paste. I don’t always use it but, it works when I have. I used it on several Monstera Albo cuttings & all are still doing great 6 months later. They were air layered also which helps the faster process too. It’s a high concentration of vitamins to the node & just helps active it. If done on a plant not cut, it can confuse the the plant. Like, where do I grow from & you could get stunted growth. But 1 node cuttings have done great in my experience!

[@SilvermoonGarden]

I love this plant so much my favourite philodendron 🥰 the Philodendron florida beauty variegata!

[@petevsplants7516]

Yeah, they're probably my favourites too :D so beautiful!

[@KathyGallagher01]

Congratulations on your first 1k subscribers. 🎉

[@petevsplants7516]

Thanks so much, Kathy :D Were you number 1000? Hehe

[@richardr5878]

Congrats! Channel is growing like that Florida beauty! Keep up the great content and on to 10k. Wish I wasn’t so far way, would love to get some of those props. I feel like adding a moss pole might be a simpler way to air layer those. Looking forward to results.

[@petevsplants7516]

Thanks a lot mate :) I really appreciate it. Yeah I think you're right re: moss pole, I'm just terrified of repotting these things whilst they're pushing out leaves, and just in general to be honest haha

[@kyrad6543]

Flo-bee is one that I have had on my wishlist for a while. I just can't bring myself to spend the cash. That new leaf looks like it's gonna be a beauty!

[@petevsplants7516]

Flo-bee? I don't think I've heard of it. What's the species name?

[@kyrad6543]

@@petevsplants7516 That's the nickname here for Florida Beauty Flo-bee.

[@petevsplants7516]

I'm an idiot and only just realised that after replying... lol

[@kimchan143]

🤣😂 Gross..... Thanks for doing that taste test 💚💚💚

[@petevsplants7516]

Bahaha my pleasure :D It's what I'm here for haha.

[@carmenalvarez9904]

Hello Pete love your video

[@petevsplants7516]

Thanks so much, mate! Where are you watching from?

[@carmenalvarez9904]

@@petevsplants7516 From Chicago I’ll

[@petevsplants7516]

@@carmenalvarez9904 Oh nice! I'd love to visit!

[@vonwilson668]

Ok, so this is my 3rd try at posting this.. unless they did post and I can’t see them🤔 I put my plants, including cuttings,on a moss pole as soon as possible. You don’t have to water the entire moss pole only the part near the plant or cutting. If you keep the moss pole moist the plants will root into it. You can then cut between as many nodes as you like, open the moss pole and you have rooted plants ready for potting.

[@petevsplants7516]

Great advice :D Thank you!

[@vonwilson668]

@@petevsplants7516 you should check out Sydney Plant Guy, he’s the moss pole king

[@petevsplants7516]

@@vonwilson668 Haha yeah, he's a great guy

[@mdolley11]

I was wondering if it was epigenetics coming into play, I did do a bit of learning back in the day (which I have mostly forgotten) when there was a lot of hype around it. Even the treatment of mother stock can have impacts on the future generations. All very interesting but way over my head 😅

[@petevsplants7516]

Yeah, I actually read up on some studies showing that people who exercised regularly and maintained a healthy weight prior to conceiving a child pass on many benefits to their kids. Makes sense that it would allow you to adapt more quickly to your immediate environment and pass it on to your kids without the need for many generations of selection.

[@mdolley11]

@@petevsplants7516 there was a study, and don’t quote me cause I heard this almost 10 years ago that showed if your maternal grandfather during his development years 8-14 I think suffered from famine and malnutrition whilst there was no immediate damage to him, his male grandchildren were tracked and shown to be significantly shorter, so no expression of the epigenetic change in his immediate children but the grandchildren. It was all very interesting to see how the were applying this learning to plants

[@petevsplants7516]

Yeah... gotta love evolution. Amazing

[@ma2janael]

Glad I found ya!

[@petevsplants7516]

Glad to have you here!

[@edselt]

I have a feeling that the Florida Beauties that you have with short inter-nodal spacing are tissue culture. I’ve seen a lot of sellers from Thailand who sell tissue culture Florida Beauties. I have a tissue culture Florida Green and it did the exact same thing. Short inter-nodal space, leaves that were small and then sized up quickly. The inter-nodal spacing gets longer as the plant gets older.

[@petevsplants7516]

Interesting... It's funny to see which plants are more desirable to people too. I spoke to a few people in the business when I was purchasing some albos a few months back and they were like "DO NOT GET LEGGY PLANTS! They aren't desirable or worth as much". But when I check out listings and sales online, it seems most people aren't aware of this "fact", and don't care about internodal spacing.

[@carmenalvarez9904]

Is beautiful

[@petevsplants7516]

They're amazing plants :D

[@alexisbesch9204]

Would you do a video on your decision to invest in plants? And/or about your plant selling ideas? You talk about selling all the time and I’m so curious to hear your thoughts on the plant market (Australia, EU, UK, US plant markets included if you have opinions there?)

[@petevsplants7516]

Hey Alexis, great idea. I'll see what I can do. I haven't actually sold much to be honest. I'm at the stage of acquiring and growing my "stock" out so that I can then have a continuous stream of cuttings/plants to sell from it. But will try to tackle this topic in the near future. If you have any other specific questions related to this, please let me know in a reply so I can address them too. Feel free to ask me anything. I'm an open book.

[@SaoirseDarriell]

Glad I have found your video I have been wondering how to propagate mine the water method didn’t work do you have an update on them ?

[@dixiechick6652]

Moss pole then cut seems like a safe bet . I’ve always wondered what that sticky stuff is.

[@petevsplants7516]

Hehe :D cheers, Dixie. Can confirm, it's safe to eat... I think lol Though I have suddenly lost feeling in the right side of my body... Kidding.

[@mala_okolicka]

for the future i'll have to make sure i watch House of the Dragon before your videos xD just in case 😅

[@petevsplants7516]

Haha are you already watching it? It's killing me... lol

[@mala_okolicka]

@@petevsplants7516 yeah had to watch it right after this vid to see if Rhaenyra did something stupid again

[@petevsplants7516]

hahaha I know... Jesus... not gonna end well. There's gonna be a 3 way battle now between Rhaenyra (probably with Daemon), the Sea Serpent family, and the Queen consort and her family... Hope it gets good!

[@venusflyy1689]

I just got my flobe for $12 and yes it's rooted and variegated with 4 leaves 😮

[@vicky3792]

My philodendron Squamiferum secretes a lot of “honey” so to speak. No pests I’ve seen.

[@petevsplants7516]

Yeah, I think it's just a preventative measure by the plant that they do in the presence of pests or not. Though, they might ramp up production if they have an infestation

[@sunnymelbourneplants]

This is definitely on the wish list. However, I will have to wait for it to go way down to het myself one 🤣 My florida ghist was super cheap ($35.00) so hopefully the beauty will come down to low 3 digits 😂 And thanks for the sap tasting 😅 HOT D is the bomb 🔥

[@petevsplants7516]

Amazing price! Well done! I got a few a couple of months ago and they were $70ea from memory. Worth it :D I love them, but yeah the prices are definitely coming down now. I also managed to get a TC Florida Beauty for only ~$60 this week on eBay auction. Was so stoked!

[@sunnymelbourneplants]

Wow!! I am getting onto that 😁 thanks

[@petevsplants7516]

:D

[@laaluu4653]

I’ve only just found your channel, so I haven’t watched your videos yet and I’m sorry if you’ve already mentioned it, but I was wondering if I may ask what state you’re in? I need someone from VIC to follow for plant tips 😫

[@petevsplants7516]

Haha I'm in Vic :) outside of Geelong.

[@mamasplayinhookie3131]

Lemme take notes for my variegated golden dragon, hoping she'll make me my money back. I will cry when I have to chop her.

[@petevsplants7516]

Hehe yeah I know that feeling :D

[@alexisbesch9204]

Pete, how did you get so many subscribers so fast?? That’s crazy but also, your videos are awesome so I understand the appeal 😅

[@petevsplants7516]

lol I may have another channel with nearly 200k and have been YouTubing for 7 or so years now... so it's probably not fair to consider me 'new' per se haha. (Search Aussie English and you'll find me). Thanks so much for the kind words, Alexis. I really appreciate it. The community here is next level :)

[@jakobejonesbary4403]

i get ants on my p florida

[@petevsplants7516]

Nice! I'd just consider them friendly defenders :D

[@vonwilson668]

Why are my comments disappearing 😔

[@petevsplants7516]

Very weird, promise I'm not deleting them

[@vonwilson668]

@@petevsplants7516 KZbin must be having a skitz.. love your vids and congrats on your subs

[@petevsplants7516]

yeah not sure... Thanks so much mate :D

[@dixiechick6652]

Thank you from all of us who have always wanted to do the taste test and was never brave enough 🫢 😅

[@petevsplants7516]

Haha my pleasure. Can recommend that it's worth trying haha