I have been keeping these plants a secret from you.

The time has come for me to lift the veil (or really open up my RUDSTA cabinet) and show you my secret plants. This is quite a mix across different genera and while there are some Hoya here still, we bravely embark on a new journey with some of these plants. And I am taking you with me!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 I am now a terrarium girlie.
06:52 This plant made me cry a bit.
12:08 I definitely should not have gotten this plant.
16:10 These plants have the most gorgeous foliage ever.
22:20 My wishlist plant!
26:13 Quick update on a Begonia.
28:30 My friend sent me this wishlist plant ❤️
29:27 Help me ID this mystery Begonia!
31:02 Quick update on a very special Dischidia.
31:33 Quick update on my Hoya urniflora
32:30 I have been looking for this Hoya for 2 years.
34:00 This plant is not what I thought it was and it send me down the Gesneriad rabbit hole.
37:29 Ooops, I got another Begonia.
38:52 Gesneriads have me now.
40:29 I had no idea these plants existed.
45:18 I am still keeping these a secret!
47:04 A rambly outro with future plans.
53:22 Patreon Thank You
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#plantchores

[@Suadade1983]

Please, talk about all the plants. We all need change. Growth. I love it all!!!

[@Suadade1983]

The amount of longing I have for just a fraction of your plant collection… 😂

[@tessamartens8338]

Sigh, I will rate them 20/10. I will not grow them but I will appreciate the heck out of videos and pics of yours.

[@BasiePlants]

I will get you to grow them. You will receive 24/7 influence. I know I am already in your dreams. 😂

[@tessamartens8338]

@@BasiePlants 🤣

[@juaniskay03]

@@BasiePlants😂😂😂

[@user-kw5dr9sv6b]

I can't wait to see this cabinet transform. I've been on the edge to do a conversion for a year now.... can't wait to join you on this adventure.

[@kristiemowry3267]

Check out the blue oil fern. I have one in my terrarium and it is so shinny and blue. No other plant looks even remotely like it.

[@BasiePlants]

I know that one! But I think it is hard to find? If I do, I am snatching one for sure!

[@ratgirl44]

Moss and perlite!

[@Druidpunk]

The Hoya uniflora leaves remind me of coffee beans!😅

[@peggyp3682]

Love that microdwarf.

[@BasiePlants]

It has gotten quite big!

[@paganqueen1]

The mystery Begonia is possibly Kellermanii.

[@suvivirtanen8242]

Thank you for the video. Lots of lovely plants!

[@PhotosyntheticVibes]

Begonia sp. "Sarawak" is possibly the most iridescent of them all, while B. lichenora is a smaller and pretty similar species that crawls along the ground. As with many iridescent plants, they develop more iridescence with lower light levels. Also, they can be pretty hit-or-miss, especially the B. "Sarawak", but they're pretty easy-going if they manage to establish (most people propagate them ASAP to ensure they don't lose the entire plant in the event of a meltdown 😅

[@BasiePlants]

I don’t think I have any of those two based on the photos I see on google 😅 But I was told to propagate U012 right away as well as sp Julau and I didn’t 😂 I am living on the edge 😅

[@barbarasparkes1916]

Gesneriad fan 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@paultheplantparent2702]

I laughed so much during this video. So much fun!!! Love those new plants!!!! Real beauties!!! 😃🪴👍🏼

[@lynnep6514]

Thanks so much for your videos! The Petrocosmea are adorable! Hoya are still my favorite but I have been adding a few Pinguicula. Maybe a few Petrocosmea would be fun. Thank you for introducing us to new plants.

[@amyfbowers]

10! So exciting. I can't wait to see more 😊

[@BasiePlants]

I can't wait to get more! :D

[@aub_k2819]

Awesome video! Your new secret plants are so beautiful! I love it when you stay from hoya ❤🎉 I don't have a ton of gesneriads (a few AV's and a couple streptocarpus) but I love them a lot! Edit to ask how do you spell the one that reminds you of the chinghungensis (it has gold in the name)? I LOVE it and want to try to find it! I'm pretty sure you didn't write the name on the screen for that one. ❤

[@antiochkennels]

My go to mix for these type of plants. All About ABG What it is made of? Charcoal Milled sphagnum moss Fir bark Tree fern fiber Peat moss

[@BasiePlants]

I heard about it! Also saw some variations on the recipe. For some reason finding horticultural charcoal might as well be as trying to find gold. Tree fern, I won't even go into :D I could of course import all these ingredients but I decided to go for the mix I made in the video. We shall see how it performs. :D I can always repot/ start from cuttings 😂

[@twonodesthreeleaves]

I saw a thumbnail and didn't recognize Miro. You look great 👍 your face is so slim 💚 Enjoyed the video, thank you

[@BasiePlants]

I think I was just making a stupid face lol :D

[@twonodesthreeleaves]

@@BasiePlants 😁

[@Serepin]

The age of Hoya is over. The time of the Gesneriads has come :D

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Being old I have been through a lot and the weirdest was the pandemic plant explosion, and people are still out there buying variegated monstera like they are Hermes, just stop, please.

[@Serepin]

Was it weird though? I think it shows that humans have an inherent need to be connected to nature. There has always been collectors of ‘rare’ things throughout history - it’s not surprising to me that we have coveted plants. So many want the shiny Charizard Pokémon card (millennial reference!).

[@Gee-xb7rt]

​@@Serepin I have long tried to talk people out of aroids, or maybe at least try different aroids, and hoyas are a close second. There are genus specific dealers for things like bromeliads and palms that sell what I think are really rare plants. Just an examples I have a Pitcairnia tabulaforma and Fosterellia spectabilis i got from Oscar Allen online, two bromeliads that I don't think people know exist because they think bromeliads are just the ones you see in grocery stores.

[@wandashaw3551]

And I'm so obsessed with you. I ❤️ them all. OMG, they are all beautiful.

[@BasiePlants]

They areee! :D

[@wandashaw3551]

They are also very intelligent 👌.

[@lilymeowington9395]

I love gesneriads and hoyas!!

[@arleenperez836]

❤

[@od.vandeveer]

Love the leaves of that hoffmania, but I have no space left

[@vessyhus]

Love the new plants. I bought myself Biophitum sensitivum and Doriopteris cordifolia (Antennenfarn in German) from Jungle Leaves (a shop near Hamm in Germany), because they are super cute and stay small. Jungle leaves has gorgeous plants (the boys have studied botany, so know a liitle bit more than your average Joe Seller). Not sure if they ship outside of Germany though. Anyway, at least for ideas and advice on plant care I would recommend you visit the site. And have fun with your new treasures and good growing! P. S. Ok, I checked the site: they ship within the EU. May be you know somebody in Slovakia or Hungary, who can help you there.

[@BasiePlants]

I did look at their website before! :D I could definitely get some plants to me from them. :D Oh, this guy had some very nice Biophytums, I seriously wanted to get some :D

[@vessyhus]

@@BasiePlants I got two and already have 3 new "puppies"😍 They can build a forest if you let them. Also, I found a couple of miniscule green plants in my alocasia sinuata's pot, that look suspiciously like baby biophytums. No idea how they got there. Maybe the ventilator🤔...

[@ttans2023]

Hi Miro from Canada.

[@BasiePlants]

Hi!

[@miacabanting9262]

Over here in the Philippines, there was a time that these were all the rage. They were all called labisia in general during sales... prices range around 350-1000 philippine pesos. I almost gave in and bought one but i was scared it wouldnt survive the summer. I have to ask some sellers what substrate they use.

[@ivansvitich310]

Hoya id. To me it seems definitely like the begonia rockii. Kind of easy to get begonia but still has some value to it. The foliage as self but the color of the leaves can vitiate very strongly by the light you use.

[@BasiePlants]

I would love it if it turns out to be that one! So far it seems not that similar judging by online photos, but I will definitely hope it is 😂 because that one is stunning 😍

[@lovesyorkies3395]

Have you tried a strong magnet to hang the sprayer from? I have my fans hanging from heavy duty magnets in my Rudsta. Those plants are gorgeous!!

[@amymarshall1829]

It's been about 20 years since I was deep in the African violet obsession. At the time, I also had (a lot of) streptocarpus, columnea, and nematanthus. I'm not sure why I turned my nose up at aeschynanthus at the time (I didn't have any), but I have seen the error of my previous ways. I'm now growing Mona Lisa, Black Pagoda, an unnamed variety, Thai Pink, and Bolero Bicolor. The Thai Pink has grown like a weed, but hasn't bloomed yet. I just cut her back and am rooting the cuttings for a fuller plant. Hopefully she'll eventually bloom as often as Mona Lisa does. You've mentioned before that you were deep into AV's and gesneriads at one point as well, so I'm guessing you already know about Lyndon Lyon and The Violet Barn. They are in the U.S., but ship internationally. I used to go to an AV show that they they would both attend and have booths to sell their plants. It was like seeing royalty. haha.

[@BasiePlants]

Oh, I don't think I'd dare to order Gesneriads from the US. I don't think the shipping would go as well, especially as we have pretty good Gesneriad collective here :D I am in love with foliage on my Aeschynanthus 'Thai Pink' - I hope it blooms faster here! I don't love other Aeschynanthus as much. I also got some Nematanthus and Codonanthe :D

[@dianecaruthers966]

Hi Miro, how do your plants make out being shipped in this heat? You said it is also hot where you live. I'm not even ordering right now . The mail is not that reliable and we are going to be having 117° coming in a few days. 🥵 You cracked me up whining about 2 plants with white flowers. Nothing is blooming at my house. 😒 Except for my crop of fungus gnats. 😡

[@bl4ckang3lang3l-wh4ue]

Hello i love gesneriads as well but they cost a lot i do grow two episcias and a couple violets and i do have some gloxinia as well but common ones i wish for more in the future but thing is that im running out of space ...and the collection grows every week😅 , in the past i had some kohlerias , and some achimenes and i used to have a huge huge streptocarpus ...i really loved them...getting a violet it leads you down a rabit hole from which im not sure you can get out too fast😂😂😂

[@donnamorris767]

Seen the DONT mention Tree bark I agree it’s is very expensive but Nothing roots Hoyas like Tree fern…I totally understand why you won’t import.. I ❤Gesneriads and begonias, everything in this video..I too got into these and streps about a yr ago. I have Hoyas but I too am down sizing my collection to include more time for other plants…

[@BasiePlants]

Well, I haven't rooted them in tree fern, but I can tell you they root like insane in coco husk :D I think variety in our collections is much welcomed :)

[@angeliqueglass9594]

Hi, Miro. Welcome to the addictive and wonderful world of terrarium plants! I have gotten excellent advice from KZbinr, Another World Terraria. He has incredible advice and soil recipes on his site, of the same name, as well. My Hoya collection and my ever-growing wish list has definitely been influenced by your collection and outstanding, enthusiastic and entertaining videos. Thank you so much!

[@dianebennett4440]

I am very curious about labisia. I would like to watch the growth of them.

[@paganqueen1]

I have a petrocosmia. It's so annoying. It grows baby plants underneath the main plant and just makes it look ugly by pushing it out of shape. I water mine on top of the leaves because it has covered the pot to can't get water under it.

[@BasiePlants]

I was just reading on them last night - aside from wanting to be actually cool (most species), they say that they prefer shallow, wide dishes (some grow them in a plate) and very coarse mix. They apparently don't require that much water and prefer higher ambient humidity anyways. I will try some things out and keep you updated :)

[@paganqueen1]

@@BasiePlants Mine is growing in a deep pot in just compost. It's been growing like that for years now. I've just ripped all the baby plants off from underneath and taken most of the top growth off so its gone from 8 inch diameter to 3 inches. I was just so fed up with it. It was close to getting the garden treatment. When I am sick of a plant I put it outside under a shelter to fend for itself. Sometimes they live and sometimes they die. The latest was a string of hearts plant. I will see if it survives the winter. The one before that was an Anthurium that had scale insect that I couldn't get rid of so I took a small piece and propped it, the rest went in the garden. It didn't survive the winter.

[@robinhavens695]

Tree fern fiber comment LOL 👋😹💚

[@renerollier2587]

Hi, check out farnwerk from Switzerland - just next to EU )) - great shop for terrarium plants. Love love love your great personality, knowledge and drive. Thank you !!

[@donnamorris767]

Is the soil in the micro dwarf …Australian tree bark?

[@BasiePlants]

I am not sure I understood this well :D But my microdwarf is still in pon. I don't have access to tree fern.

[@salroyal2003]

Is Microdwarf a hoya for sure? It has no sap and does not look like a hoya.

[@BasiePlants]

It has sap though. It makes white sap. It is most likely a weird nicholsoniae type. Nathalie Simonsson grew it in warm temperature and lower light and it started to make much larger leaves that more resemble nicholsoniae.

[@MelissaWalker82]

[@Rebecccann]

It looks like begonia U545😁

[@BasiePlants]

Thanks! I took a look at that one and it seems it has leaves that are slightly more succulent than this one has.

[@lonelarsen9226]

Looking for Tree fern : Smukhi sell it ☺️☺️

[@BasiePlants]

I found it after this video! But I still think it is very expensive - 5l is 15 euros or something I like that. I need like 20-30l lmao :D So I will pass :D Can't be importing more things

[@pixidanberty5530]

Ahhh shit influenced ❤

[@BasiePlants]

I will apologize for nothing!

[@nicolemorreau9977]

Love your new plants especially the primulina and petrocosmea! May I suggest Sinningias for your terrarium. You might love Sinningia pusila and sinningia freckles.

[@BasiePlants]

I will take a look at those species! She had some Sinningias too, but for some reason I skipped them. I think they were hybrids, so perhaps that is why.

[@Suadade1983]

When I hear you say, “There will be a Hoya haul,” I am concerned for you.

[@BasiePlants]

Me too, me too. 😂

[@sheilacasper2030]

“Why do i grow hoyas”. Wash your mouth out with soap!!!

[@BasiePlants]

I knoooooow I am not worthy!

[@user-dz3ck9li8d]

Grow whatever you want Miro! I'm into all types of plants, so new content new weird families sounds awesome and dangerous! My favourites are hoya, ferns, alocasia and jungle cacti. Basically either waterloving or epiphytes. The in-betweens confusses me! 😂

[@margaretcalifano1617]

36:25 does look like a Nautilocaylx, but the Gesneriad Reference Web’s picture of erytranthus looks a little different. I used to grow N. pemphidius. It loved being wet and having high humidity. I was honored to have Paul Kroll stay at my house once to give a talk to my local violet club. Small world!