Rare Plant Index #13 | Scindapsus | Uncommon to Extremely Rare Plants!

[@UniWizDom]

I think scindapsus is the first genus where I must say that the common species are more appealing than the more 'rare ones'. There are a few exceptions ofcourse. Good video Kaylee!

[@aviabad]

Absolutely agree

[@borami22]

True!

[@poolfool22]

Totally agree!

[@brookesigler9681]

1¹+¹

[@richardpearson352]

honestly I agree my pictus exotica is one of my fav plants in my house

[@horace6851]

Some notes: Neon stripe, ekor merak and treubii milk (I know it as dark silver or silver shield or silver stripe) are gingers. My snake scale looks exactly like your picture... Scindapsus take a long time to establish a good root system, during that time they indeed grow foliage really slowly but once they are established they grow much faster. Silver lady is much more common than the others in rare, at least here in US. Dark argyreus is much darker than regular one but I heard it's just juvenile tricolor (same for dark satin you did not mention here, also heard it's a juvenile tricolor, but can't verify it yet, so far they grow consistent leaves for me). The real Scindapsus you did not mention: silver splash and silver knight (also called sparkling Borneo). I have them and they are legitimate cultivars, Silver Knight is the most silvery of all, it looks like it's covered in glitter :). Silver cloud is the best Scindapsus of all of the ones you have on this list, in my opinion, it grows big leaves like Exotica and the pattern on the leaves is just amazing! Also grows faster than other Scindapsus I have. In Indonesia Silver cloud is sold as Silver Splash, but it's different from the Silver Splash sold in US (as if the whole Scindapsus market wasn't complicated enough). Silver Princess is also amazing! The leaves are glossy and stiffer than Exotica, the contrast between dark and silver is also more pronounced, I've seen it sold as dark Exotica but the leaves are generally narrower. Tricolor is a tricky one, it's suede and the third color is not as pronounced as the pictures usually show, it's one of the more doctored picture-wise. It's also the most finnicky of all the Scindapsus I grow, it needs really high humidity. Thank you for this video! I'm so happy you're getting into Scindapsus, I've been collecting them for around a year now and I can't wait for more content about them :)

[@baileydraken5369]

what do you mean with gingers?

[@Kissakaali]

@@baileydraken5369 Zingiberaceae, the ginger family. Not Scindapsus, not even Araceae (or aroids as many call them). That kind of ginger.

[@limcybrian]

The treubii milk may be Scaphochlamys scintillans

[@benbrinkman6747]

Can confirm, I have the dark silver and neon stripe, I find them to be a slightly different shape and texture than the rest of my scindapsus

[@sherryporsch9349]

Really confusing lol Glad someone out there knows what’s what in the Scindapus world. 💚

[@GracefulPlants]

Neon stripe is not a scindapsus unfortunately. Boesenbergia Aurantiaca.

[@howmygardengrows3080]

Thank you. I think it still might be on my wishlist though because it looks badass. 😁

[@hoyahead9930]

I literally SCREAMED when I saw another rare plant index. And this one is so helpful because I’ve become so confused with Scindapsus recently

[@kamara2199]

Me too hahah

[@robertdurrant]

Love this!! Can't wait to see an Epipremnum version!! (Mutated Majula tea would be so interesting too 👀)

[@anniemoultray3437]

YES I need to know more about the new mutated manjula!!

[@horace6851]

what about the new Japanese cultivars, like Bumpy or Fanfare...? I soo want to know more! And mutated Manjula just looks like Cream Splash, not enough to justify the price at this point for me.

[@thebeauceronboys9397]

Yeah!! People selling couple leaf cuttings for $300 on Mercari, that shit needs to be talked about.

[@meghanjohnson1175]

@horace many of those are either not scindapsus, have been manipulated to have temporary physical changes, have a virus such as a color break or a mosaic that was intentionally injected, or they're an already known species that has been manipulated into a state of Ontogeny with extremely high levels of certain nutrients

[@meghanjohnson1175]

It's not a mutant,, it's just a regular manjula. All Epipremnum Aureum cultivars have been tissue cultured without the use of both male and female reproduction cells due to the plants "shy flower" hindrance. In addition, they all have a minimum of 3 different types of cellular and phenotype manipulation. When you increase the number of times you manipulate cells, particularly those developed in such an untraditional way, you also increase the chances of the plant developing constant cellular instability. So these cultivars end up mutating or being incredibly sensitive to Ontogeny changes, over and over. That doesn't make it a different plants. Just like scindapsus. I wish everyone would stop trying to give every slightly different looking plant a new namr!

[@joshrougeau451]

I think it’s interesting that Trubii Moonlight is considered uncommon because here in the States, it’s been rolled out in big box stores for $20/8-inch pot. Crazy how geography plays a role.

[@jackzattackz]

I live in Canada and I am experiencing the same thing here with nurseries and big box stores bringing out the Trubii Moonlight for an affordable price. But last year the Trubii was going for $80+ a cutting in rare plant shops and online plant stores. It's crazy how quickly trends can change

[@asmonet]

I guess you weren't hunting it when Costa Farms released it. It was hard to find prior and some people were selling a couple nodes for $80.

[@TheMingBot]

Yea, Germany aswell. Moonlight you get loads, the dark is less common

[@haleyborneman3399]

damn its not that cheap in california....

[@tsubi0507]

I live in Germany and most of those prices are sooo high to us. I almost get a str0ke every time she talks about "triple digits" 😂

[@amelie9271]

I didn’t think I would like Jade Satin but it surprised me by being one of my very favorite plants! The deep emerald color and stunning satin finish of the foliage is just stunning. I want some eyeshadow or a maxi dress that exact color and finish.

[@anniemoultray3437]

Agreed!! The photo Kaylee showed made it look pretty muted and flat in color, when it feels like it has more ‘dappling’ and satiny shine in person

[@mg8565]

100% Once you see it in person, it's irresistible. Mine has leaves as big as my face!

[@ElleLasher]

Agreed. In person the texture is *chefs kiss*! Feels very “luxury” matte green, super sturdy 💚

[@jaclynns.jungle]

I love how it can get sort of silvery too!! So much prettier in person!

[@lemonan5244]

That's what I love about it too but it seems mine is turning silver. Making me think jade satin might just be an exotica or something under low light. T_T

[@nicoletomarchio9454]

I was underwhelmed with the Jade Satin in photographs then completely mesmerized when I saw them in person. The leaves have a deep veining and the combo of green makes it look like a mermaid tail. They also have faint silver specs. I ended up buying 2 & 1of them puts out leaves that look just like the silver hero. Their texture almost looks like elephant skin. The photos don’t do it justice.

[@katxgarden8431]

I totally agree. I recently purchased a Jade Satin and it is gorgeous. Jade Satin been on my wishlist for awhile and now that I have it, I find myself admiring it everyday.

[@annakilifa331]

The Jade Satin can look very different, depending on circumstances. I've moved with mine and the different environment (light, humidity, whatever else) made the new growth look quite different. But also different from what it looked like when I bought it, which also looked different to how it grew in my first apartment. So the very same plant with the exact same genetics can look quite a bit different depending on circumstances to the point where I think saying it looks completely diffrent in real life compared to online doesn't make much sense when the real thing can already look so different from itself.

[@kristiew6365]

Treubii moonlight looks the exact same in person, it has a glossyish finish, but kinda satin too, and gets nice big leaves if you let it climb, they look great hanging as well. In my area you can find it quite easily. I actually purchased mine for $12 US at my local rare plant shop.

[@kristiew6365]

I should say when I say satin I mean matte, and oddly it's kind of a mix between the two with the silver being glossy and the darker bits being matte.

[@sandieloca7674]

Mine looks pretty matte to me honestly

[@kristiew6365]

Even the more silvery part? I think mine, if we'll hydrated, is more glossy on the silver and has a more matte appearance in the darker area. It's definitely smooth compared to my silvery Ann that has a slight textured/ velvety feel.

[@Nikibaby74]

@@kristiew6365 the new leaves are definitely full glossy. Once hardened off it looks satin all the way in my opinion 😊

[@instakillgaming]

In america, truebii moonlight is common in costa farm's trending tropicals displays, and the silver variegation is pretty consistent, even moreso than the other common versions in my experience

[@hearthish]

Where I am in the US, Scindapsus Moonlight is 100% more findable than the Dark Form. I've been after a reasonably priced one for 2 years and just now was able to trade for a small cutting of the Dark. Now back to watching! 👀

[@yespls6260]

I'm so happy that I was able to cross the Scindapsus Treubii "Moonlight" off of my wishlist in 2021 because of Costa Farms! I remember a little over a year ago, a tiny cutting of even just a Moonlight was $60- $100. Then in May 2021 I got a healthy, FULL pot and I still love it just as much as I did then (probably even more!). I really hope that I'll be able to get a Dark Form in the near future

[@horace6851]

Costa Farms sells it as Sterling Silver Scindapsus (shame on them really for introducing even more confusion with names) we can expect it in big box stores at this point.

[@stephaniiie2210]

In Holland is the teubii Moonlight more common than the dark form.

[@gabrielpatten6939]

I see the moonlight ones at Lowe's and Walmart pretty frequently

[@jaclynns.jungle]

@@horace6851 they're so good at making up names, or not naming them at all. "Hello my name is Beautiful Home Decor, but my friends call me Houseplant" 😂😂

[@jenniferjsaracino]

My silver ann as wildly differing leaf variations. From almost completely silver to just a scattering. Always beautiful though. The moonlight really does look like that. It’s also a gorgeous plant.

[@apieceofcoffee]

Anyone else just looking forward to all the different green screen backgrounds we get every video? Just me? A note about Exotica, my favorite thing about it is sometimes it throws out huge paddle leaves of FULL silver and they are just so stunning! My Silver Lady is very stunning. The leaf is smaller, sharper and pointy-teardrop and the colors are more striking/stunning. My Tricolor is absolutely stunning. Very dark leaf color and kind of a "pixelated" pattern of silver and light green. Most of the photos are edited to look better to be honest, but it's one of my favorites! I have a "nearly black" dark jade satin and I think it's way more stunning than a normal form when the light hits it just right.

[@kathryn4269]

So happy to see a Scindapsus Rare Plant Index! I went down the rare scindapsus rabbit hole a few months ago and have been collecting different varieties ever since. Some of the plants listed for sale as "scindapsus" are actually varieties of ginger. The "neon stripe" and ekor merak, for example, are definitely ginger. The "neon stripe" is also known as Boesenbergia aurantiaca. I've never seen a plant called a "treubii milk," but going off of the picture, that plant looks like something that I usually see listed as a "scindapsus dark silver". It is also a type of ginger (Scaphochlamys Scintillans) and not a scindapsus. I didn't see it mentioned here, but "Silver Splash" is another somewhat uncommon, but legitimate and very nice-looking scindapsus.

[@meghanjohnson1175]

Actually MANY, MANY listed as scindapsus are Actually Scaphochlamys and Homalomena. I'm a botanist so I would know! Many more are scindapsus, but they're simply a different form of a known species, like tattoo. That's a mechanical injury that prevents the leaves from developing highly functional leaf crystal macropatterns (i.e. prevents them from being a more uniformed silver)

[@thebeauceronboys9397]

The neon stripe isn’t a scindapsus, treubii “moonlight” was TC’d by Costa here in the US and we have it in big box stores and even some grocery stores too, wish we saw more dark form. I never see healthy looking Jade, they all look like they are having nutrient issues.

[@jaclynns.jungle]

Jade are a pain in the 🍑 They come in curly and weird without the perfect conditions. In my experience 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@JustAStump]

Yesssss so excited for this! 😍🤩 Also damn you're always looking sooo good 🥰

[@hannakierstead289]

Can you do a plant index for pothos?! It would be so interesting to see since they’re considered such a basic house plant!

[@HippieHC]

“Pothos” is actually a catch all term for lots of different species/varieties that aren’t in the same genus, a lot of the plants in this video are commonly referred to as pothos!

[@meghanjohnson1175]

Epipremnum*

[@kassandrastein4249]

@@HippieHC epipremnums used to be called Pothos back in the days. I think it was around the 20th century.

[@lifewithviolette3373]

Oh and also, to add to my last comment, I do also have a genuine scindapsus Lucens, which is absolutely beautiful. It is often confused with the Anadendrum Affine, but when I compare the 2 side by side, I'd recognize the actual Lucens any day. I find the Ana. Affine is very smooth and veiny, the actual Lucens doesn't have super prominent veins, or at least mine doesn't, and they appear to have very slight bumps in their leaves. I will say the Ana. Affine is a beautiful plant too, love the coloring and veins! Ashame that one is often sold as the other. Confusing to some buyers :(

[@wendygradert686]

I got confused as well and bought an Anadendrum labeled as Lucens, but now I own both 😁 I love the Lucens so much! Mine is getting it's second leave. And the Anadendrum, well I think it doesn't like the german climate lol.

[@Meraxeshandler]

Costa farms got hold of the truebii and started sending it to shops about 6 months ago so its much more common in the states now. It is a beautiful plant in person too

[@arie_rogers87]

Over a year ago when I heard of the silver hero I've wanted it ever since. But also I refuse to pay what people charge for it. I figured I could wait a couple years and get a whole plant for the same price lol. They are all so nice though.

[@jeffzimmerman25]

Is it the same as the Platinum?

[@arie_rogers87]

@Zman as from what I see they look similar. Almost identical. It also looks like the silver cloud. But I don't have them all to show a difference or not.

[@jaclynns.jungle]

Scindapsus are 100% super trendy this year and I'm not mad about it!! Love a silvery Hoya and a silvery Scindapsus, you're not wrong!! Love this video! Love your eyeshadow! And love you girl 🥰

[@EMuro-wu7uy]

On the channel only plants there are some awesome content. Varieties and variegation. Helpful content if you live scindapsus, thank you Kaylee Ellen because I listen, I let people know about your videos. I love plants. You are an amazing woman, your content is helpful. I've gone mostly through plant shops. When I look at them, I am super happy. I've sold some of my plant babies. I feel like I have saved money from your helpful info. If you over water any scindapsus they will rot, and die back.

[@dannini]

You should check out “onlyplants” scindapsus tour at an indonesian nursery. They showed a lot of variegated scindapsus that were mega rare… like holy category.

[@LillibitOfHere]

I watched it last night! I love his channel.

[@lydia5286]

Omg i love OnlyPlants. His propagation videos are so good!!

[@BoojiePanda]

Good morning/evening Kaylee! I have 2 of the Treubii, and they are absolutely beautiful and do look like that in the photo. :)

[@zackthebirb]

YESSSSS My favourite plant genus!!!! I'm HYPED! I currently own The pictus Argyraeus, pictus silvery ann, pictus silver hero, pictus, exotica, pictus silver splash, jade satin and the treubii moonlight and the dark form!! My favourite is definitely the exotica!! It's my favourite plant overall even!! I love her so much!!

[@Plant-Parenthood_9001]

Thank you for your comments at the end of the video! I appreciate the sentiment about buying plants that you love instead of what's trending at the moment. :)

[@barbara4944]

Yay rare plant index video! Loving the background and your makeup!

[@GerardFrancisTempest]

Kaylee: I show it to you so you can see it's not black Also Kaylee: *shows a black plant* ;P

[@plants4brains559]

Love the no bull shit family. I adore how straight up you are with everything. I don’t have many or even heard of many of the scindapsus on this list, but I do have the Treubii Moonlight, and it is so amazing. The photo you showed is pretty spot on. The new leaves are almost a muted neon green when they are fresh and harden off to the silver green. Totally recommend, and honestly not a terrible grower once i got it all settled as a rooted cutting. Getting back to back new leaves now.

[@plantoisme465]

Glad you jump into scindapsus! They're quite hot stuff here in Indonesia 🇮🇩 especially the variegated ones!

[@MonsteraRust]

Loved the video

[@kevinmastika1752]

Both the ekor merak & Cat’s eye is Scaphochlamys, a family of the ginger plants, I heard people mistaken it for Scindapsus because it resembles treubii. Also, because it’s easier to market it as Scindapsus, a plant people are more familiar with. But they really are a very nice plant, sort of like a Jewel orchid kind of setting fits them very well; they also produce a cute flower shaped like an orchid too, they grow like kaempferia/calathea like most ginger houseplants does. Hope to see more people falling in love with this plant!

[@yukiaditya7352]

True…. Ekor Merak (which literally means Peacock’s Tail in Indonesia) is different from Scindapsus, especially in terms of care. They need more humidity in general than Scindapsus and much more water.

[@sepphirre]

No wonder I feel neon looks familiar in d growth pattern.looks like a maranta when I see d new shoot

[@gabrielpatten6939]

It's beautiful...do they do well indoors?

[@kevinmastika1752]

@@gabrielpatten6939 they do, they are understory plants, I think they almost feel like Jewel orchid, slow growth and needs high humidity

[@sepphirre]

@@gabrielpatten6939 as long as u give them at least enough morning light and they will burst out wonderful

[@cca4034]

Kudos to you for tackling this. From what I can tell NO ONE can agree on what is and is not a Scindapsus. 😒 1. Treubii Moonlight is just as beautiful in pictures as it is in real life. In my experience, it does easily get leaf damage from too strong of light. Also Costa Farms has sold this as "Sterling Silver Scindapsus" in the US recently. 2. Pictures do not do Terubii Dark Form justice. It is a STUNNER but it grows PAINFULLY slow. They are difficult to find in the US (at least where I live), but it is 100% worth it to invest in a more mature plant vs. a cutting (that thing will stay tiny forever).

[@horace6851]

Treubii dark doesn't grow too slow for me. It likes PON and it pushes new leaves reasonably fast (haven't counted but since I got my cutting it grew about 10 inches in 6 months. I know it seems slow but some Scindapsus can grow one leaf during similar timeframe :) I think Treubii dark is very sensitive to rot and Pon really helps with the issues.

[@matildagunnar8620]

I just sat and waited for an scindapsus jade satin aurea. I have one and it’s one of my most beautiful plants, and very rare. Check it out for next time you do scindapsus part 2 😄👏🏻

[@kalli971]

WOW ! So many scindapsus! Love the silvery ann.

[@billsb77]

That black mamba is 🔥🔥🔥! Treubii moonlight looks like the picture, at least mine does. It's glossy. Very simple and pretty. Great video! Thanks for putting this all together!

[@brittewater]

Bummed you forgot to add in the comparison photos for the silver Lady and that one dark form one. I enjoy scindapsus but I never got hugely into them because I always felt like they all look so similar with a million different names

[@aureliagutierrez7181]

I'm a proud owner of a trubeii moonight and I can tell you this a beauty! And how the silver gows under the light... I love it so much

[@Mandi_Hui]

The Scindapus Moonlight Treubii is a gorgeous plant i just got mine a month ago after seeing it online in plant videos. In person is gorgeous. Is not in a satin finished. I do find they are thirsty plants once you water them the leaves perk back up.

[@rosewagner4018]

Thank you for this video. I love silver plants and scindapsus. I’m in love with the picus tricolor.

[@Dee97]

The silver lady is smaller leaved like the silvery Anne, and yes, more distinctive colour difference. Mine sit beside each other lol, if I remember throw a comparison pic on insta I’ll tag you

[@JMS77-c9m]

LOVED THIS RARE PLANT INDEX!! So many beautiful plants.. I also really dig the background in this video as well.. thank you for always keeping it real with your viewers.

[@sofiegclausen]

Love the makeup and hair kaylee, you look gorgeous :)

[@pritisah4910]

No way! I was literally thinking these last couple of days that I wish we had a rare plant index on scindapsus or just some clear information anywhere on them! The heavens have listened! 😁💚

[@ariellalester]

Pretty sure, that the green/neon stripe is not a scindapsus and is ‘Boesenbergia Aurantiaca’, also a wild ginger. I’ve seen it in a few of my scindapsus groups on FB

[@loganjeffrey4136]

Yeah I think she's right

[@domo_mother_of_plants]

Great list to start! There's a few more variegated ones too like the variegated jade satin, variegated treubii moonlight, and treubii mint. I have 16 actual varieties myself and 5 I'd consider NOIDs. I find that the ones i have in my grow tent grow quickly because of the extra humidity v. the ones that are mounted on my walls to trail. Curious to see if any new interesting ones pop up.

[@carsonianthegreat4672]

Having seen both the silver and the dark forms in-person, the dark form is the prettier of the two.

[@EMuro-wu7uy]

Wow, the Jade Satin is gorgeous, it's hard to find. I have the treubii moonlight, the argyraeus, the silver Ann and the exotica. The Jade Satin is gorgeous, the moonlight is beautiful. I think you would find the Jade Satin amazing.

[@yangtzeling7468]

What a great list. The best takeaway was the wisdom at the end ❤️

[@grat2010]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the silver splash. I have a plant and love it. Silvery Ann is still one of my faves.

[@stacylee8429]

Costa Farms has been dropping the Moonlight all over the place in the US. I got one at Target, but was disappointed bc it had several barely rooted cuttings -that of course died soon after purchase. Seems to be a running theme with things from Costa.

[@knightaggie7897]

I'm in the western part of the US and I've seen a lot of treubii moonlights at Home Depot and Lowes over the past couple months for about $26 for a 6 inch plant with a basic decorative planter.

[@acatinthegarden]

Some notes on your video here! Keep in mind I’m in the United States and rarity may differ here. Great video by the way! Neon Stripe/Cat Eye is NOT a scindapsus. It’s actually a type of ginger! Super cute though. Treubii moonlight is WAY more common in the US and is very inexpensive. I bought a full 6” pot for $20 last year. I really like reunion dark form but it is harder to find here and is more expensive. They’re both glossy and moonlight is very silvery and cute! Hederaceus is actually nicknamed “Blue Satin” and not “Silver” here. It’s not silvery in the slightest. The leaves look to be more waxy to me but I don’t own one. Very cute though and would love to own it. I own a Tattoo and it’s very prone to rot. Not a big fan, really underwhelming. Trading mine away actually. Jade Satin looks really ugly in the pictures, but it’s way better in person! Very satiny and soft feel. I love mine and highly recommend you look at it in person before making a final judgement. Tricolor is very underwhelming in person. I have a few friends who own it and it doesn’t live up to the hype. It is a real thing though! Hope you do an update index soon! Love what you do!

[@meghanjohnson1175]

Tattoo is simply scindapsus pictus argyreus large form, with an induced mechanical injury that prevents the leaves from developing highly functional leaf crystal macropatterns. So the microscopic crystals that reflect light, making species of this genus appear to have silver variegation, don't function as they normally would and it results in a more splotchy appearance. Every specimen we have studied in the lab eventually begins looking like ab exotica. Also, tri color is injected with chemicals to produce unnatural pigments and it fades within 1-5 years

[@meghanjohnson1175]

Also, hederaceus is not a TRUE hederaceus. True hederaceus does develop a deep blue hue with high levels of potassium and phosphorus (such as blue form rio) but it also has distinctive winged petioles. It's rumored the plant being called hederaceus isn't even a scindapsus

[@tuliplouart]

The best way to tell between anadendrum affine and lucens is lucens doesn't have as dark of veining as the anadendrum does. It's also more of a tealish silver color compared to the anadendrum that is a blueish silver. It also has a more pillowy leaf texture.

[@saskiadeclercq6308]

Love it!! Could you please please please make one on Epipremnum's 🙏🥰

[@cookyaraneta9158]

Hi from the Philippines! Here, the most common Scindapsus varieties are Exotica, Argyraeous, Silver Lady, Silvery Anne, Treubuii Moonlight and Dark Form. We also have a Jade Satin Dark Form which I believe is a legit variety. Agree though with your point that the other 'varieties' could possibly be 'mutations' or sport versions of the main ones. For example, we have Silver Splash, Trebie, Sumatera, which I think are versions of Exotica, though when I see them side by side, I do notice some differences. Again to your point, Scindapsus in general are really hard to tell apart 😅 Just wanted to say too that I really appreciate your reminder not to buy a plant just because it's rare because it won't complete you. Yes to buying a plant coz you love it 💚 As always, looking forward to your videos! Thank you Kaylee!

[@ArthurGrey.]

The Silver Lady patterning always makes me think of wild cat markings. I can't remember quite which one but it makes me love the plant even more. Absolutely recommend.

[@annapritchard1033]

I love scindapsus it was the first family I considered collecting when I first started out. I actually have a true argy dark form and can conform that the leaves are extremely darker than regular argy and come in more round. The specks in the middle aren't as contrasting as the regular argy, but they pair well with the black and almost look like a dark gray against the dark leaves.

[@wendygradert686]

I got a real Scindapsus Lucens and an Anadendrum Affine, which is the plant depicted in your video. In person you can see and feel the differences, like the leave structure, thickness and sheen. Often people who are selling the Anadendrum Affine as Lucens wet the leaves, it makes it harder to differentiate them. The rea Lucens is very shiny, doesn't have the satin or matte shine to their leaves. I got it as a rooted cutting with 1 leave for about 70$ in germany, where I live. I like both, but am a Scindapsus fan, so I kind of regret that I got fooled by the other seller, where I got the Anadendrum from.

[@ericaallen2756]

Moonlight looks just as good in person 💖 More of a glossy finish. Satin color but a smooth leathery leaf if that makes sense

[@charlenepolsky1575]

We are getting the Treubii Moonlight from Costa Farms in big box stores for a good price. (Mid-Atlantic US) Such a beautiful silvery plant.

[@mindfulmadeline]

Just got a trubii moonlight cutting, definitely doesn’t look like the pictures, but of course I only have a few brand new baby leaves. Hopefully as it matures it will become more silver like the pics!

[@pedrocarvalho6391]

The moonlight really is just as beautiful as in the picture hahaha I find it a bit quirky to grow though... quite honestly they are all just a tad more tricky to get looking nice and sexy than your garden center heart leaf philodendron

[@ThePhoenixx2012]

I have the silver lady and it’s gorgeous!!! It grows a little differently and is much more contrasted in green/silver. Green is more muted on exotica. Silver lady you’ll KNOW you have it.

[@jamalex]

The Cat eye is actually in the ginger family. I bought one just because I was curious. Once I saw the roots, and growth - It’s clearly not a scindapsus. The roots look like ginger. I did some research and Im almost certain it’s in the Zingiberaceae family. Still a cool plant though. The Jade Scindapsus in person is gorgeous. I thought the same until I saw one, but it has this gorgeous satin matte finish on the leaves. And totally agree that some of the “varieties” for sale seem like BS. I own most of these and especially on the silver variation the leaves to just vary. I could easily take a specific cutting on my exotica and sell it as variety going for a much higher price.

[@gabrielpatten6939]

Do they do well indoors? (The ginger one)

[@jamalex]

@@gabrielpatten6939 I’m still figuring it out to be honest. I’ve had it about two months. So far I found it does better outside of my greenhouse, medium light. The leaves tend to damage similar to the way Calathea do unless in perfect conditions.

[@KaylasPlants]

I’m here for this! I’be been collecting syngonium and scindapsus lately!😍😍

[@crystalgumm3741]

Haha!! Most def the no bullshit family!! I loved that!! Kaylee, you are so amazing and inspiring and I just love you to pieces!! Girlfriend, keep being you and doing you!! It looks amazing in you!! Yes maam!! I admire the hell outta ya!! Your my plant bff!!

[@agneslinnnea]

I wish the jade satin was more common, it's super rare where I live and I'm obsessed with it. Just something about the green and velvet just does it for me.

[@emmascotthanson2722]

I do have a lucens. It has been the most difficult of the 8 other scindpasus varieties I’ve collected. The leaves are very thin especially for scindpasus, and it like to be very wet. I so far have has no luck propping it and it grows pretty slow.

[@Alex.Rivers]

Scindapsus are one of my favorite genus’s I keep! They are very forgiving with watering and always are keen to tell you when they need a drink. IME scindapsus treubii moonlight grow SO slow compared to my others. But they are readily found in box stores in the USA for around $20 medium sized pot. Never see the dark form in my area though (I’m in FL)

[@laurendao4467]

There is another Scindapsus treubii I have seen on Etsy that is basically the Dark Form with a thick silver stripe on either side of the midrib that was labeled “Dark Silver”. Based on the photos, it does look like it could be legit. Fascinating list! I have loved Scindapsus, but find them actually really difficult to care for in terms of watering for me. Some are fast growing and others are not. My treubii dark form has put out one leaf in the last 6 months.

[@brandong2424]

Yay! Loved this video I’ve been waiting for the scindapsus rare plant index! And wow the neon stripe..?

[@hearthish]

Cat Eye: I also have seen it as Homalomena and believe that would be more accurate . I've been wanting more Homalomena lately and have been watching.

[@Nikibaby74]

The growth pattern would seem, IMO, to be more on the lines of Homalomena. I too want more Homalomena in my life ❤️😄 I only have one atm 👎🏼

[@meghanjohnson1175]

The majority of "scindapsus" weve seen in the last two yrs, are not scindapsus at all

[@sheetalmudaliar]

Hey kaylee love your videos. Very informative and interesting. Makes me wish for those om your list as well.most of the scindapsus that you have shown here in your video is available in the southern part of asia(india)its not on the pricey side as well.

[@jacquelinedaniels87]

Costa released the truebii in the US, and it’s one scindapsis that doesn’t run. It’s quite matte if a finish

[@ms89012]

Trubii moonlight is super common in the US. I really want to make a mixed pot of it plus trubii dark form and Im currently having little luck finding dark form. When I’ve seen it available it was quite a bit more expensive than moonlight as well.

[@YIKESMF]

Treubii Moonlight is JUST AS AMAZING in person. My bff gave me hers last year and it's been on my fridge in the west facing kitchen all winter. I LOVE IT!!! The leaves are muted green/silver and thick and just beautiful!!! It grown several new leaves over the winter too, so idk about it being a slow growing as it's more common Silvery Anne, Exotica and Pictus

[@TamaraMcRill]

I think you might like the jade dark form. It's wild how different availability is for each area. In central Illinois, the treubii is the most commonly found in the last 9 months or so because of big box stores. It's everywhere. Dark form is more uncommon but I think it will pop up there soon. Silvery Anne can have less silver than argyraeus because not all are crusted nicely with silver. (A light thing maybe?) It's easier for me to tell by the uneveness of the pattern dispersement. Silvery Anne is less even. Silver Lady is one of my favorites! With the right lighting it gets dark and sparkly at night. I'd never heard of the treubii milk. Underwhelming for me. Black mamba & mayari are still 😍. And basically everything you mentioned after except that last one. 🤣 Thanks so much for this Rare Plant Index!

[@asmonet]

I gotta say one thing, I own a lot of scindapsis. I have platinum, silver hero, silver lady, splash, etc. Silver Lady is STUNNING next to any other silver marked scindapsis. When I got it in, I fell in love. It has crisp borders on all the silver and silver lady always has a complete silver edge to the leaf. The leaf shape is one of my favorite parts, a delicate sort of shape almost like a heart shaped comma. It really does look like each leaf is a stylized drawing of itself. My exotica has leaves nearly the size of my face, my silver lady is the size of my palm. Its really perfectly named, I can't recommend it enough! Also Jade Satin is beautiful in person, it may surprise you. It has the leaf texture of platinum or silver hero. It reflects almost nothing, very matte and soft in terms of light absorption.

[@Theater00jock]

Most, if not all, scindapsus actually will shingle in the right conditions, including the normally available ones. The only one I'm not sure about is Treubii since the growth structure is a little different

[@ell131]

Yesss I have scindapsus pictus shingling up some palm trees in my garden

[@horace6851]

I've seen shingling Exotica, it looks really pretty!

[@christamarch947]

I have just purchased S. treubiiI. It looks exactly like your pictures. The one which throws me is S. pictus argyraeus vs. exotica. On the pictus I have the small leaves look like argyraeus and the larger leaves look like exotica. Either it is a bit of both or they are versions of the same plant.

[@CarolinaGirlie313]

Love this!! I personally thought jades were so boring until my sister bought me one and I love it. You didn't mention it but my silver splash grows SO FAST it's wild. 10/10 recommend that one!

[@gillianbarth5927]

My treubii moonlight from Costa is definitely this pretty in person. I'm consistently impressed at how silver it stays, even in slightly lower light. Very nice hardy plant.

[@arjovdelara9505]

I've never clicked a video on YT this fast. The moment i saw a new rare plant index i got excited hahaha

[@melissawest4285]

Treubii, common in North America, it's a very vocal plant, trailing or pole it, likes to send out runners at a certain points during its growth.

[@madisonhiller3275]

Truebii moonlight was released by Costa farms in North America! So but more common and glossy and exactly like the photo!

[@jaclynns.jungle]

I have the neon stripe and it doesn't feel like a scindapsus tbh, but I genuinely don't know. It grows more like a Homalomena in my opinion, and the new growth looks like Calathea 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I have Lucens as well, not a Scindapsus, VERY thristy, delicate and hard to import. It pretty much lives in my prop box or it'll die 😂

[@Ihaveanewaccount123]

Can you talk about care for the neon stripe? I can’t find any care tips on the internet

[@thespacebehindmyeyes5110]

Yay! I was so excited for this! Thank you for putting it together! Cleared up a lot for me. Guess my Silvery Ann is more likely the first one. Treubii moonlight looks satiny and almost a little blue to me in person, just like in that picture.

[@MyFellowFoliage]

Love this video!! Yes to another rare plant index. The treubii moonlight is satin in my opinion :) Also the silver lady leaf shape is narrower and pointier than the exotica which is more wide/round.

[@lwayne9281]

I've also purchased about 50 lucens. I have maybe 2 left. They do not like water. You could put them in moss next to a humidifier and never water them and they'd be fine, I think. But they also seem to like airflow and colder temps. So yeah, total pain but so pretty.

[@KIPUKA77]

Very informative, was curious about scindapsis. Never really cared that much, thank you for pointing out some unique features and mostly for your honest critique and advice.

[@kristikirby2073]

Yes! The Silver Treubii looks better in photos🤣🤣 They are super common in my area. I've never seen a truebii dark form in person.

[@sarahp5437]

Loved your video and the way it ended/ final comments 💚 Blessings to you .

[@hollybeck605]

Photo searches came up with neon/cats eye being a type of ginger even though every Indo seller on Etsy sells it as a scindapsus. The type Scaphochlamys came up (maybe this is asian name for gingers?). Also I have a Lucens (or other name) and have found it to be surprisingly difficult.

[@meghanjohnson1175]

That's the scientific Latin name for ginger. Ginger is a cultivar name. And it's not a ginger, its Homalomena

[@ekamarie6632]

I bought a run of the mill scindapsus pictus and it shot out a bunch of new growth that looks identical to the silver cloud, I’m currently propping the new growth bc I wanted to see if it’d revert or bc it’s working off the single node if it’d keep the look. I didn’t know silver cloud existed. But it looks the exact same. But it’s a personal venture of mine I wouldn’t sell it

[@mg8565]

Just wanted to say that on my treubii Moonlight, the leaves are assorted shapes and sizes. Some are rounded, some are more pointed, some are symmetrical, and others have a leaves where one side is slightly smaller than the other...I can't think of the term for it right now. There are definitely inconsistencies in leaf shape among the treubii, even on the same plant. Also, this is just my unscientific speculation, but I expect phylogenetic analysis into Scindapsus would reveal some unexpected surprises.

[@NaTyra6411]

I have a trebuii moonlight and it is just as beautiful as the pictures 🥰 The trebuii dark form is on my wishlist. The dark form is hard to find in my area.

[@LillibitOfHere]

Costa Farms has Trubii moonlight in one of their collections so in the US you can find them in big box stores on occasion. I was so tempted to pick one up but I had a wish list and it wasn’t on it. It’s satiny and very beautiful. I’d say the photos are pretty true.

[@lifewithviolette3373]

Oh I was SO excited for this video, I loooove scindapsus. I just got a small 1 leaf black mamba/bentol, a new leaf has come out from it and it looks like a silvery anne (or another type with silver flecks), the juvenile leaves look nothing like the mature ones! It is quite woody as you mentioned, I have noticed that the roots haven't grown out of the woody part at the bottom where it was cut...but instead out of the back (aerial roots) which is odd, I just have it laying on a bed of spag moss and it's loving that 😂 I also have a "scindapsus" cat eye/neon stripe...it's quite juvenile and small so it hasn't vined for me yet, not sure if it will or not but time will tell! It'd be awesome if it would vine one day :) I personally don't believe it is actually scindapsus purely based on the leaf shape...the leaves on every other scindapsus I own are all the same curved asymmetrical shape and thats pretty unique to scindapsus. But regardless it is a very cool.plant...whatever it is 😂

[@bunnypop6018]

I have some of these scindapsus and my favorites are the silver cloud, lucens & silver splash (tricolor?). The lucens have very thin leaves & slow grower. A lot of my scindapsus plants were eaten by slugs after a prolonged rainy season but thankfully they survived albeit with little leaves left. The scindapsus officianalis has thin leaves compared to the treubii moonlight & dark form which have thick leaves. The officianalis does look like the scindapsus Sumatra. I love scindapsus plants because they're easy to grow (except the lucens) so I'll keep collecting even if they're rare or not