11 of the WORST things about variegated houseplants | Houseplant Rant

[@perc30.wav_]

“you can take your monstera frosted doorknob and shove it up your philodendron chocolate delight.” literally the best sentence I have ever heard in my entire life

[@alexclark64]

Oh kaylee I love when you rant 🥰 it brings out the absolute best in you and we need to see more videos like this!!!

[@KayleeEllenOfficial]

Thank you! 😁

[@Dszabo95]

Kaylee is on the loose and you can’t tell her NOTHING! She coming after all the scammers!

[@Alizardlovesyou]

Long may she reign 🙌

[@SarahFluffyErica]

Oh. My. God. You just made my night 😆💚 You're absolutely hilarious and I was cracking up the whole video 😂

[@KayleeEllenOfficial]

Haha thank you so much!

[@downingburke233]

“I sell it but don’t buy it.” This is why we’re here. Honesty. Comical honesty. 😂

[@carolinebaines8735]

I almost paid $350 for a fresh cut pink Micans & Aurea Micans. I backed out as it started to feel sketchy. This rant makes me feel so much better about that decision.

[@ukasz3982]

That was a VINTAGE Kaylee Ellen video and I'm living for it. We need these more often!

[@acatinthegarden]

Would love to see some more in depth videos on some of these points! I also would consider Philodendron Brasil to be variegated. It’s a variegated version of Philodendron Hederaceum Green. The commonality of a plant shouldn’t affect whether or not we call it variegated.

[@AammaK]

It most definitely is, quite self evidently. It also reverts to regular green hederaceum. I wouldn't sell fully reverted green hederaceum cuttings as "reverted brasil", it's just regular hederaceum at that point. That instagram comment was fully unfathomable to me. It's not a name for a special plant, it's a thing those plants do, and if someone let's themselves be fooled by believing there's something even more unique about the plant when variegation is mentioned but the plant in question is already variegated, it's on them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with calling it variegation when it 100% is. Variegation is just pigmen error.

[@frederickjohnson3777]

Tell the TRUTH and SHAME those scammers. Preach it Lady.💯💯💯!!

[@khonlynxx]

"You can take your monstera frosted doorknob and shove it up your philodendron chocolate delight." LMAO. That's pure gold!

[@HipyoTech]

Literally any yellow variegated plants look like death to me, I genuinely cant understand why people pay more for them.

[@Caeilia]

YES! Just looks like you forgot to feed your plants for about 10 years or the leaf is dying off

[@variegated_stingray]

The all variegated parts of a Halfmoon Monstera absolutely doesn't have to brown/die off at all. If it's an aurea? Hell yes, that thing will brown 100%. An albo? Nope, not if you know how to properly care for them.

[@TheBubblesandbuttons]

This has been one of my favourite videos you've done in a long time. 😂 love it. On the side of calling something like a philodendron brazil verigated. It is veriegated, but the name covers the fact its verigated...like you dont say verigated pink princess, you just say pink princess or a tai consolation. Once a verigation is commen enough (with maybe some tc help) and it named its still has verigation, its just stable and covered bu the name. Only thing i can think of would be like asking for a sugar free coke zero, you fell me 😄

[@bonkersforever]

I disagree on the variegation debate with brasils and tinekes. It feels lightly gatekeepery to say they’re not variegated. They are! Just not in the way that’s currently popular, almost because they’re too “perfect”. I see the same thing happening with lab-created diamonds. People pooh-pooh them and say they’re not real diamonds, because they’re too perfect and artificial when they have the same physical, chemical, and optical characteristics as a diamond found in the ground. Tinekes/brasils ARE variegated; their variegation is just more perfect - in the same way a lab-created diamond is more perfect than a ground diamond. I think acknowledging that though would almost devalue more wildly variegated plants, so people argue they’re not REALLY variegated. Plants are plants. I love both kinds!

[@sherryporsch9349]

So glad you did this video. Ran across a lady the other day, she was so happy she finally had a Albo but she bought a half moon an all she was getting was white leaves. Felt really bad for her. She was clueless. So thank you 💚

[@Plant-Parenthood_9001]

I've never felt more validated. I thought my var. Florida Beauty problems were just a fluke. Love your energy in this one and "chaos rules" is a good reminder anytime I look at my plants. Gotta love unpredictable nature. Keeps me on my toes!

[@LeafyLovey]

Kaylee I wanted to talk to you about each one until I realized you hit ut spot on. Oh my goodness You were on fire and you are an absolute smile that is so big your face hurts. Thank you! ❤

[@normandgoupil382]

Dear Kaylee, that was the best 28 minutes of comedy I've seen in years!!! Sweetheart you missed your calling!! You should absolutely be be doing comedy sketches!! I can't remember the last time might laugh so hard!!! Please, please, please do more rants!! The plant nut from Hawaii sincerely, Normand Sometimes it is what is beautiful that carries us.....

[@ekamarie6632]

I’d love a full info and care guide on the blue oil fern. I recently got one and the info out there is slim! Obviously I can find bits and bops here but I’d like to know someone who has had actually had what their experiences are, problems they ran into how they fixed it etc

[@catekkelboom-white5210]

Really enjoyed this rant! I’d love to see you take down some of the facebook communities. They seem to be some of the worst. Like, someone will post a photo of a new plant they are proud of, and then people will tear them down, commenting on how much they paid, how it was over priced, that it’s a crap specimen. Whatever. So many are such toxic spaces where people just seem to be dicks.

[@davidc4162]

Kaylee can you elaborate on ‘blocky’ variegation looking suspect? My understanding is that variegation often does have clearly defined margins (white knight) and can appear in ‘blocks’ while disease/damage/pests will have blurry margins.

[@botanicassie]

Just a block that doesn’t go to the edges of the leaf or anything. A random block in the middle of the leaf or stem. That’s suspect.

[@hotdubtime]

After this video all varigated plants sellers drop their prices on varigated plants because nobody needs them anymore🙈

[@elmerhernandez5810]

“I SELL IT, BUT DONT BUY IT!” Was too real! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@melissawest4285]

I completely and totally agree with you on the Adansonii mint! So ugly! Looks like diseased wilted spinach that a bug has been munching on!

[@mayragalicia7527]

Omg I remember watching your video about the chemically variegated plants. I saw a big “local” seller sell a pink micans plant for over 500 dollars I was like oh noooo

[@sarahanderson344]

I don't comment very often but this video was EVERYTHING! I watch your videos and this is the best thing I've seen in awhile. Thank you so much!

[@PozdrawiamMame]

I loooove this video :D Some var plants look like they are on the verge of dying due to spidermite attack. I;ve never understood that "mint" phenomenon except for the real monstera mint var 💚

[@kaitlenredner4897]

Philodendron Birkin's. Notorious for Cinderella syndrome lmao

[@eunoiaplanter]

The Pink Princess Diamond Buttchug 😭😂

[@Gkrissy]

I love this rant especially in her accent. But its true, I love variegation but the tricks out here from some of these sellers are a trip. When she said, get that ish checked out from the mother plant, hilarious. I recently left my pink princess outside in the sun too long and the burning looks a hot mess.

[@joystar1638]

I'm 42 and a chef, I totally thought the numbers on a toaster are for toastiness and not minutes 😅 xxx

[@tezalizard]

This was nothing short of f#%king brilliant. As an ‘Albo’ Daddy, it’s been a crazy roller coaster ride. Wish I had this video as a guide when I first started collecting all the ‘Albo’s.’

[@mutasionisis]

I’d definitely say philodendron brazil is variegated, but it’s just not the kind of variegation we usually associate with when we talk about it. Brazil is a variegated cultivar of philodendron hederaceum, along with other cultivars of it like Rio, Cream Splash, etc. They can also definitely revert back to all green, which is what happens to all non systemic variegation. I have a Brazil myself and some vines have definitely reverted on me.

[@charlotteemma7931]

I agree. Mine must have got too much light, cause I have far more lime green leaves than I'd like to have!!

[@heatherjensen3327]

The thing that kills me is people killing themselves searching for carnivals or gabbys but to me all the cultivars of them legit all look the same. None more spectacular than another type but some cost x4 as much.

[@mollusc3125]

Oh man, the Florida beauty thing. Third time was the charm for me, at least so far, but I’m currently scared to breathe too close to it because I’m getting a high variegation leaf then a low variegation leaf, then high, then low, etc. Not 100% either way yet, but I need to sacrifice a goat to the plant gods or something because I won’t cope if it goes full flip flop.

[@ItsmeIvyMichelle]

Paraiso Verde variegation is influenced by temperature 💀 I traded mine cause I was hardly getting anything out of it.

[@sarahneedom9661]

😂 You crack me up Kaylee! I just love you! Your humor is unlike any other! Keep it up girl! Love it! Frosted doorknob! Lol what?! 🤣 Thanks for the laugh, thank you so so much! 😂❤ This is probably my favorite video yet on here.

[@NicolesGardenNS]

Go get ‘em Kaylee! Loving this angry rant, it’s incredibly entertaining 😜 Love from Canada! Keep the content coming!

[@claire.o1145]

This video had me in stitches, Kaylee is hilarious 😂 love this energy 🎉

[@Budgetinpurple]

I lost it at Monstera Frosted Doorknob, I needed to laugh like that. This is pure gold

[@Druidpunk]

I would call p. Brasil variegated, because it is. But I wouldn't label it "p. Brasil variegated" since that's unnecessary, or label it "philodendron hedaraceum variegated" since it has a cultivar name already

[@stuartmachir]

That time when Kaylee read variegation perps like a sunday paper. "Monstera frosted doorknob" nearly killed me.

[@suezy1969]

When you said … looks like a bird 💩 on the leaf. The first thing that came to mind is variegated Alocasia Frydek !! I have not seen too many I actually like! Anyone else?

[@cecile436]

There are some variegations that I love, I find them absolutely beautiful, even if it makes them diva plants. There are others I really don't like (yellow variegations, I always have the feeling a plant is sick; pink variegations, not my colour;...) But I can't afford to buy a well established plant and all. I saved money for my birthday and went to a plant fair, I got a head cutting with 3 leaves of a montera variegata (it was at the end of April, the plant rooted superbly and gave me a beautiful new leaf) and I bought a single tiny leaf of alocasia frydek variegata, because I can't afford a bigger one. It's still pretty small, but it gave me already 5 new leaves and it keeps going. It get bigger each time and it's so pretty. Recently I stumbled across a calathea white fusion, I know it's a diva, but I gave it a try, because I think they are so beautiful. It was the first time I was seeing one in a shop, it wasn't very expensive (like 12€) so I went for it. I'm sure it'll struggle along the way, but I'll do my best to keep it happy. I can understand the hate, but I like some variegations.

[@lschoenrank]

I would say that Philodendron "Brasil" is variegated. I rather like it because it's vigorous and simple to grow, and each leaf is a bit different from the last. Yet it's green and green and so won't have any photosynthesis problems. Great rant!

[@CatSprat3]

To me, this video is just absolute peak Kaylee Ellen. I adore your sassy energy ❤

[@Plantasea]

I Did not expect to be laughing my ass off while clicking onto this random video… 😂 an informative comedy… you are so entertaining to listen to 🤓😂take my like and subscription!

[@daisywrabbit]

OMG, those zoom ins are unhinged 😅

[@sassyjaxxy]

Omg LOVED this! Ranting Kaylee is rhe best Kaylee! I trust your knowledge because you not afraid to say the truth even if it’s not in you favor!

[@lucasbrady4639]

I like how enthusiastic she is in this video. It shows just how passionate she is about innocent people getting scammed by scumbags that sell crappy cuttings that are fated to die.

[@RastaImpala]

Kaylee just going off unhinged for 28 minutes straight was a treat. As someone who started their plant journey with a variegated plant I relate to this so much 😂 But I'm obsessed with them so this is life now 😅🤷‍♂️

[@deltatango6793]

Omg I could listen to you complain about seller’s plant listings all day 😂😅👏🏼 keep up the great work! 🌱

[@karenbreeze1543]

I have 3 pink Princesses and the only one I've never had to worry about the leaves buckling is the one that I keep in front of the window in the bathroom.

[@amylokers4942]

Oh my God I just love you!!!;) You make me laugh my ass off. I could be in the most terrible mood and watch your videos and laugh and laugh 😂😂😂😂

[@amylokers4942]

I love your rants!!😂❤

[@amylokers4942]

No I don't think a philodendron Brazil is variegated. It's born that way😂

[@miasacreative1561]

This is just gold Kaylee! Love a Kaylee rant ❤😂❤😂❤😂

[@Petra-ms3ku]

OMG my Florida Beauty and albo adinsonii SUCK! I’ve had both over a year. I’ve got an all yellow nub and a basket full of green. Hate them so much 😂

[@EMuro-wu7uy]

I listened to this again. I've been looking for a Florida Beauty, and all the ones I've found are miss-ID of Florida green with no variegation. I adore these rants, because I see things labeled as weird names, I've put in the correct information and they don't like me pointing out inaccuracies. I point it out, not to be mean, so people new to things can double check their facts. So thank you for your great work and help. Your honesty and integrity is absolutely amazing.

[@carolgraham7691]

Just observed a seller selling a M. ALBO that had top leaves 🍃, all white, for considerably more than moderate variegation on her other ALBOS...THIS RANT IS NEEDED FOR EDUCATION FOR THE MORE IGNORANT AMONG US...

[@Womynxx]

Great video! I never understood the sun stress thing. I see people selling Hoyas and they put “sun stressed” in the title like that’s a good thing. 🤦🏾‍♀️ Like you said, why would you want a stressed plant?

[@the_foliage_wall]

This was the BEST stress dumb I have seen in a while. Thank you for it. Lots of clapping and amens from me. Wish I would seen this sooner. 😊

[@LoveeeJonesss]

I spent 120 on a variegated philodendron I wouldn’t have bought because I already had one, albeit smaller, because of what I found out after watching a previous video of yours was just sun/heat stress. I wish I’d seen your video and this video BEFORE I bought it. It’s gorgeous and well established but the reason I bought it isn’t what I thought 😞

[@moominsean]

I made the mistake of buying a half moon monstera aurea and I finally just cut it back to the base after a year of full green, half moon (moon side dies off), full green, half moon (moon side dies off), etc. The original leaf is still alive and has the normal marbled variegation so I'm hoping it grows out that way this time around.

[@xxjjcookiexx]

USE A PENCIL TO GET YOUR LEAVES UNSTUCK!! It will save you and your leaves!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidc4162]

Brasil is absolutely variegated! It’s just not the sort variegation that we as collectors prefer or seek out.

[@maryhughett6304]

Most definitely absolutely positively my most favorite video EVERRRRR!!!😂❤😂❤

[@brandykratz561]

Oops I brought a Monsterra Peru. Lol. I only paid $20. I just brought. Pink Princess, Alocasia Black Velvet, Philodendron Silver Sword, and a Sansevieria Whale Fin. Each for under $20. All in 6 inch pots.

[@josephrapp]

You are an expert Ranter!!!! Love how you get into it and cannot stop hardly. Too funny!!

[@AnthuriumQueen]

This video really cracked me up 😂😂😂 I completely agree with the ridiculous names people are giving plants with “cool” variegation…. Can we just not????? 🤣

[@missyonthemoveadonaj.8387]

Kaylee: Don't buy the Monstera Peru Me: well she didn't say "don't buy the Varigated Peru...." *Buys it and continues to love it anyway*

[@erikaskaar]

I would call them variegated in a technical term...like in a teaching moment. However, if I was clocking the variegated plants I owned then I would not count them within that variegated "trophy" category. Maybe it is that kinda....All pansies are violas, but not all violas are pansies...🤷🏽‍♀️

[@lela2280]

"Oh, and probably get the virus checked. Seriously." Came here for plant content, stayed for the invaluable life advice. Queen!

[@hbpattskyn]

Serendipity? Fate? You mentioned Whipple Way and that reminded me to check and see what prices were like these days.... what comes up on my Etsy search (is it me or is Etsy really getting weird lately?) but a "Variegated Philodendron House plant". It's a Philodendron Brazil. Put me in the camp who finds it annoying to label a Brazil a "Variegated Philodendron House plant".

[@arches00]

Instead of variegated plants I prefer colour changing plants ie: whipple way, Florida bronze, Florida ghost… the colour without as much drama

[@stephducated18g]

Love the this. If i could thumbs it up 1000xs ❤😂🎉😅😮. I would. Thanks for the laughs.

[@torquess454]

You’re my absolute fav! Sooo clever and entertaining! I could watch/listen ALL DAY! You’d be a really successful radio host! Yup I accidentally ripped off the top growth of my pink princess doing that exactly , it was caterpilling and trying to help it, I broke it right off.. Isn’t the Brazil a variegated version of the heart leaf? I don’t know if it’s own plant honestly or a hybrid there’s different info online. I honestly prefer the natural forms of plants and animals, I’m not interested in a verigated hybrid that someone’s made. There’s a reason it didn’t do that in the wild. I like my plants to last.

[@M390VI]

Philodendron 'Brazil' is variegated but it isn't sectoral chimeral variegation like a Monstera 'Albo'. No true scotsman, ey?

[@ayleighkay]

@11:36 what would you call this then? Just a random genetic mutation? Eeeeeverybody I know calls this “sport variegation” lol

[@xailywarmslush2319]

I don’t know what it is maybe the valid rage or what but your energy is hitting and your humour in this one is also deadly like dude can i subscribe again 🤣🙌🤣💙 plus extra points for the “i sell it but don’t buy it” comment the amount of times in different jobs I have said that 😂🙌 Honesty rage with love and I’m hear for it !

[@tinabeall22]

I'm curious to know your response on Techplant calling you out on his newest video for using "stupid names" like Thai version1/version2 (when we all know he's taking it out of context, but still).

[@tim_meister]

The philodendron brazil is literally variegated. You wouldnt call it a variegated brazil, but it is a variegated philodendron, I dont see why its different. Personally I just dont get why people go crazy for variegated plants.

[@behyar193]

Hi Kaylee , I enjoyed your Chanel, I’m living in London, have you got a shop which I can come over and by some plant, I’m interested in Hoya and aroid. Thanks. Ben

[@AammaK]

The absolute weirdest variegation in my opinion is Dracena Surculosa "gold dust"/"dotted gold" etc. To me it's the most sickly looking variegated plant I've personally ever seen. I got one as a gift which is how I came to know about it. I honestly hope it will lose the variegation for most part and become majority neon instead. That is, if I even keep it anymore. I also might or might not have let pests torture it previously, although I've payed my penances since. However, now that it's been growing during the summer again it's getting into the "so gross it's cool" gategory for me for not being absolutely hideous but more so WTF-inducing. I realize this could have been a comment on the ugly variegation video instead, but it popped into my mind here instead.

[@StalkerNaturaliste]

There is absolutely no debate about whether Philodendron 'Brazil' and Ficus 'Tineke' are variegated or not, they of course are, are you people just mad a common house plant could be variegated? It's a biology, not a price question. What are your arguments?

[@jackreinstein1717]

My Florida beauty had very mixed variegation and I waited for it to grow 10ish big leaves b4 I propagated it. Now I have 8 babies and it’s about 50/50 with 4 mixed variegation babies and 4 babies with almost all white or green. So yeah most propagations don’t have great results

[@mariajesusmorales6121]

😂😂😂 , yo no tengo ninguna planta variegada , no se pero no las veo tan tan atractivas ....ohhh perdón , tengo un Philodendro black Knight y está ok y la más modesta pero no por ello menos hermosa. el philo painted lady , bueno en verdad me gusta hasta la hierba y es verdeeeee 😂😂😂🤣🤣 , en fin creo que es cuestión de edad , llevo cultivando más de 35 años y me gusta lo que me gusta y fin . 💌

[@sergioricci8355]

Omg you are so funny ❤❤

[@Epiphalactic]

Brazil and tienke ARE variagated. I don't refer to them as "Brazil Varigata" or something. but they literally ARE variagated.

[@joannanovara815]

I refuse to buy variegated plants anymore. Waste of money, so high maintenance, so many problems and honestly I've grown to find them just plain unattractive.

[@chasityhaskins9922]

Girrrrrllllll!! I love you! THANK YOU! I see all of this shit on the reg in my plant selling groups and it makes me so sad to see people new to plants or not knowing a lot and very knowledgeable sellers taking gross advantage. I love that you give zero fucks even when your career is selling plants and making coin. ❤️❤️

[@alyssalewis8421]

I'm on the side that Brazil and Tineke are variegated. Variegated just means multi-colored, so any leaves that have multiple shades are variegated. It feels kinda gate-keeping like to claim otherwise, in my opinion.

[@LizzyDel]

I don’t know how.. but you fell out of my suggestions.. now I have like seven videos to watch. Haha I’m really excited to have a marathon this weekend. 😅

Omg... omg... omg i got an idea for next rant video! Importing plants!111

[@botanicassie]

I’ve never understood why people like variegated micans lol😅 I think they’re so fuckin ugly and I’ve never seen a full plant of it yet. I wonder why? 😅

[@shmuelleib2537]

Hi, hope you are well! Based on your knowledge is there a difference between Syngonium panda and Syngonium panda galaxy?

[@kekepaniapayne5614]

Love love love your videos! Educational & hilarious…and the best part is my husband actually likes you too! Usually he rolls his eyes when he walks in the room at any female KZbinr I watch & thinks their voices are all annoying but he loves yours & he loves that you curse in your videos too😆. Wish you were in the US I would love to buy plants from you!

[@oprofessionell]

I have to disagree with you regarding the Philodendron Florida Ghost. I do believe there are multiple different forms of this plant sold under the term "Florida Ghost". I have two different speciments from two different sellers that show way different variegation. The first one produce pale white new growth that then slowly turns green as the leaves mature, this is what I would call the original Florida Ghost. Old leaves show no sign of variegation. My second speciment produce more mint looking leaves from the start that DON'T lose their variegation as the leaves mature, but rather keep this mint variegation even in old leaves! Actually old leaves look even whiter than new growth after they have hardened off.

[@IlianaTorres-r8v]

😂😂😂😂 This was very honest and straight forward you can tell you were building this rant up for awhile

[@you_gullible_fucc]

I consider the Brazil as a variegated plant. However, it's redundant to call it a "Philodendron brazil variegata" because the brazil cultivar name already implies that. The should also not hold a higher price than the philodendron brazil because they're just the same thing.

[@heatherjensen3327]

Personally the black cardinal variegated and the Geogenanthus ciliatus variegated look so nasty to me. Why would anyone want burnt brown variegation? They look like sickly dying sunburnt leaves on otherwise attractive plants.

[@aidensiessmayer5615]

Common plants can def be variagated, and the elastica tineke and brasil are, it's just that nobody calls them that bc variagation is often only associated with rare plants.. Variagation is not subjective, it either is or isn't.

[@annehenderson2991]

Hot take: I'd rather find a sport variegated version of a plant and grow it than buy a cutting of a variegated plant. I have a sport variegated Monstera deliciosa 'Aurea', it's an absolute beauty and it's sooooo much less stressful to take care of because I didn't pay an arm and a leg for it. I'm so sick of high prices and ""luxury plant"" elitist bullshit, it sucks the absolute joy out of being a so-called community, and I'm glad the end of covid lockdown also cooled the ridiculous plantmarket down.