Full Houseplant Collection Walkthrough & Update | December 2024

[@Just_be_happy_t]

Yay 🥳 another long video ❤you really work very hard for this channel you deserve all the success in the world 💎

[@plantsbymelissa]

Aw, thank you so much! 🥰 I appreciate it! 🥹🫶

[@mn4169]

Great collection of plants. love them all. your reactions are so sweet, even when it is a mealy. Plants offer good air, brighten the house and they make me so incredibly happy. My house has only 2 south-facing windows thank god. mostly east and west windows, 2 north- facing, so perfect for the plants. Have my cactus collection facing west. Hoyas east and west. Keep the geraniums in the second floor south window. I hide the ugly plants in my library windows, no one goes there except for me. Your plants just shine. 🌸🐝

[@plantsbymelissa]

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[@jpgypsyxo]

Ahhh I’ve been saving this for a lazy day and today is finally that day! Then to catch up on the vlogmas! ❤ 1:02 I def agree with a new table! I feel like you can get something a little smaller and more aesthetically pleasing for the space and for filming. Like something that plays off of the shelving units, it would look amazing filming with the plants in the background and a less bulky table!

[@plantsbymelissa]

tysm for watching! I'm definitely going to look for something after the new year ☺️🫶

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

So excited to see!! 😊❤ Happy Friday ✨🫶🏻

[@plantsbymelissa]

Happy Friday to you too! 💖

[@TheBenitaAngela]

I knew here, but I love this. So many beautiful plants. This also inspired me to figure out how to manage adding grow light so my little set.

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you so much for being here ☺️💗 barrina and Sansi are great lights and they’re not super expensive. They’re my most purchased grow lights I have.

[@JMS77-c9m]

Holy moly Melissa, that is one amazing collection of plants. I am so jealous of your ability to grow Lemon Lime Maranta so big and beautiful.. I have not figured out that plant yet!! Thank you for a nice long video even though your camera was being bad 😊

[@LeafyConversations]

Where Anthuriums are we go and adore! ❤❤❤❤❤❤ My husband and I spend a lot of time in the living room, which is my plant room. As much as he says he “isn’t a plant person” he enjoys those beauties!

[@plantsbymelissa]

Aw glad he likes to see them 🥰🫶🏻

[@EirlysMcLachlan]

Thanks for the walkthrough! Ugh, mealies. A coworker posted a pic of an orange (or grapefruit or something) that she bought, and it had mealies on it! Now I'm scared of produce lol. Those hoya blossoms are so cool! I love how different they can be, and some of them smell so good. My kitty can't go out b/c it's too cold here (we might, maybe, get to 40F today), and he's being super crabby about it. I should do a walkthrough of my plants too; sometimes I feel like they aren't growing, then I happen to see them in the background of a pic.

[@plantsbymelissa]

🥰🫶🏻 Ughhh not the grapefruit 😫 I think that would traumatize me!

[@Digitspice]

The epiprenum marble grows well in pon. I have mine growing with a bendable pole. So cute!

[@plantsbymelissa]

good to know! Thanks for sharing :D I think I'll move it over once I get some roots going 🥰

[@greeneyes.1978]

I love your mistletoe cactus! It's so pretty, Cacti plants are my favorite. They're very forgiving for beginners. You have such beautiful plants, you do a wonderful job at raising them. You should be very proud of yourself. Those beauties are to brag about❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

Aw thank you! I appreciate that so much! 💕

[@aziahalstead5858]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year girl! Love watching your channel 💝

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you so much!

[@kristinbryantheckman]

That Begonia Snow Capped!!!! Love!!!😍😍😍

[@plantsbymelissa]

🥰🫶🏻

[@neynahnehnah1485]

Wow...I love your green shirt with charries.❤

[@agneslazarenko2653]

My two kitties are the same colour as Luna, and one of them also gives me the gentle love bites❤ Thanks for the video, the plants are great too

[@plantsbymelissa]

Aww you’re welcome! i love the little love bites 🥰

[@neynahnehnah1485]

Yay!🎉❤ It feels like the world is a little better now.❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

🫶🥹

[@andyandbee]

I love your long videos and especially updates like this!

[@plantsbymelissa]

I appreciate that! I'm glad you like them 🥰

[@Marlur]

Thanks for the update ❤Everything looks great 😊

[@plantsbymelissa]

I appreciate you watching! 🥰

[@PearlyThePug]

The lushness in your plant room is incredible!!! 😍. Also, I always love seeing Lunar and Chai in your videos 🥰

[@plantsbymelissa]

Aw, thank you! 🥹 They love making cameos 🥰

[@dorisstrickland9439]

I just love your plant updates such beautiful and amazing plants😊

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thanks so much 😊

[@plantytotalkabout]

Oh my goodness I can’t get over your Variegated Multiflora blooms! 😮‍💨🫠😍 So prettyyyyy! I seriously think I’m just as excited as you are about them! 😂🤣 Also how did we already get some flurries here in Ga and dropping in the 20’s sheeshhh I’m over winter already girlfrannn! Bring back the spring already! 🥶

[@plantsbymelissa]

Right?!!! They’re so cool!! 😍😍 I know!! I wasn’t prepared for the cold so soon. It’s going to be 20 something again tonight 🙃

[@terryplum7959]

Orchids are epiphytes. They do not like their roots in soil. Pine bark, perlite, charcoal & spagnum moss in a pot with ventilation on the sides. Miss Orchid Girl on UTube is very informative/helpful😊

[@lisaanglim9588]

Good afternoon Melissa. Our sun is gone for today and the rain comes in Saturday thru Monday you are a bright light in my day. A change from the political podcasts here in KZbin.

[@plantsbymelissa]

aw good afternoon Lisa! 🥹🫶

[@kristinbryantheckman]

I put in an order today!! So excited to get one of your plants and try your prop mix!!!

[@plantsbymelissa]

Aw yay!! Thank you so much!! 🥹💗

[@brettnoble5507]

Wow, your Gloriosum looks amazing! You’ve inspired me to move mine to pon 🌱

[@plantsbymelissa]

It really loves it! 😍 good luck if you decide to transfer it over!

[@shelbyanderson5586]

I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I LOVE the small moon phase pot your variegated holiday cactus is in. Dying to know where you got it.

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you so much! I found that at TJ maxx a couple years ago. They have the best plant pots :D

[@kelsey9384]

I guess Mealeys can fly, did you know this? Oh my goodness Mel your plants are just insanely gorgeous!! You deserve all the success. I see your subscriber count keeps going up!

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you so much 🥹💕 I do know the males can fly but haven't actually seen it happen lol. I appreciate it!!

[@Plantloverliana]

ThankYou for sharing your plant collection ! You have so many beauties. I’m in Niagara Falls Canada and wish I could buy from you. I just have to admire your plants from afar! ❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the walkthrough! 🥰 Maybe one day I can ship to Canada.

[@Plantloverliana]

@ that would be wonderful💞😻

[@eja5799]

always interesting to see the family :-)

[@kristathompson9888]

I recently got a Multiflora Variegated. I’ll have to move it to a window next summer to see if it will bloom 💚

[@colleenreimer3639]

Love your long videos but I love any of your videos. 😄 Too bad about the mealy bug situations. Weird how they just appear out of the blue. I don’t know that I could keep up with as many plants as you have but you do a great job of it! You have two green thumbs and two green toes!!☺️💖💚🐈🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛💖

[@plantsbymelissa]

I appreciate you saying that! It's been a struggle keeping up with the mealy bugs but it’s gotten better lately since using alcohol spray 🙃

[@colleenreimer3639]

@ I just found mealies on my golden pothos today! Argh!

[@rebeccahenderson7761]

This would be better in a series rather than 2 hours!

[@plantsbymelissa]

I prefer to keep it as one video 😊 Some people like long videos and some prefer shorter ones so I can’t make everyone happy. I also don’t expect people to watch this in one sitting. If you exit out it should bring you back to where you left off. I also made chapters so you can easily skip around to certain areas.

[@LeahSimone-b6k]

Love your channel! Wonderful getting to see all your plants. 😊 I was wondering where you got the plant stand your big marble queen is on?

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you! That stand I believe came from either Walmart or Lowe’s. I can’t remember now but it’s been a couple years ago. Sometimes I find good ones at tj maxx.

[@BrittanyHirst]

HOOWWWWWW do you keep your kitties from eating your plants? I have so many gorgeous babes that I can to keep locked away and it makes me sad. We are about to move from OR back to TX 😢 and would love to use my plants around the house to cheer myself up! I have learned SO MUCH from your channel- thanks for all your hard work!

[@lisaanglim9588]

Where mealies come fro Is one of life’s mysteries. I found them again on my golden pothos. I’ve treated it five times. And into the garbage it goes. Today it’s gone. I can’t take it any more.

[@terryplum7959]

I LOVE😍 your Sodiroi!

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thank you, Terry!! 💕🥰

[@amandak4695]

Fun vid! I have very little success with regular rhapidaphora, so would tho k variegated would be worse. You have to let the callus for at least two days!

[@plantsbymelissa]

Noted! I think let them callus for maybe an hour 🙃

[@penelopelavender248]

🍷🍫 very relaxing 0:33

[@melissaafkrichardson9204]

Great work 😊 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 🎉 #algorithmcomment ❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

Thanks so much! 🥰 Happy Holidays!

[@danielac983]

Where did you get that clear container that has your undulata prop? I love it, it's nice and big

[@lisaanglim9588]

My rehab tortum isn’t looking good either. I cut off the two brown leaves and left the two great feel real.

[@ぁきちゃ]

You reaily very like plants. Me to.

[@aloplantcasia]

How do you prevent moss poles from molding?

[@fconsultantventure2322]

Yyyyes!❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

🤗🥰

[@finnster6582]

Melissa if you get a Alocasia that came in soil, what do you do to transfer it to Pon? i just got 2 Alocasia for the first time

[@lisaanglim9588]

What is the string attached to the glass pot for? In the anthurium room. Otherwise known as the dining room.

[@plantsbymelissa]

oh it's the end of the mushroom garland. risking it tying it around the plant pot haha

[@richardjenkins9417]

Male mealy bugs can fly!

[@Hey_Nessa1]

i have the same issue with my epi marble!! its super variegated, almost completely white and i have it directly under a light, but nothing. ive chopped and propped 2 different times and it just doesn’t give me anything but doesn’t die either … 😭

[@plantsbymelissa]

Ugh I’m sorry! It’s been such a stubborn plant. I think I might try pon out and see how it grows and if that doesn’t help I might let it go 🥲

[@marevercammen200]

Do you use silica for spider mites? Do you water with silica or spray the foliage with silica solved in water?

[@plantsbymelissa]

I add silica in my nutrient mix 😊

[@lisaanglim9588]

Thanksgiving cactus. Need total darkness for about a month or I left mine I Outside until just before the first frost. It blooms like crazy. Beautiful white blooms. White with pink steaks on it.

[@marypollnitz4393]

I have many holiday cactus and they're in my sunroom. I do nothing to get them to bloom and they are absolutely covered in flowers multiple times over the winter and spring

[@lisaanglim9588]

@ you are certainly doing something right. Mine will not block summers I do that.

[@plantsbymelissa]

I'm pretty new to having them - this one I got from my neighbor about a year ago and it bloomed a couple times but I haven't had it long enough to really see how it blooms I guess. Hopefully some come in on it! 🙏

[@joannanovara815]

Once the heat came on in my house my linearis cripsed up and I'm so sad! I panicked, took cuttings and threw in water. Any tips for propping? I've heard they can be tricky. I know you use stratum a lot but it dries out insanely fast in my climate 😢

[@plantsbymelissa]

I prop a lot of linearis for my shop now directly in tree fern and perlite. they love it!

[@sanmahdy6159]

Oh nooo your verrucosum was my favorite😢 that’s so sad

[@plantsbymelissa]

I know 😭 I hope it grows back soon!

[@marymiller5824]

Do you clean your stratum before you reuse it? I don’t use stratum and not even sure if you can sterilize before reuse but I’m wondering if that’s the root of the mealy problem?

[@lisaanglim9588]

Oh no! Your tanderosa got the tip got cut off.

[@pamelabowling7959]

Hi I am new to your channel I was wondering if you have a Rhipsalis Micrantha?

[@plantsbymelissa]

Hi there! I don't have one of those. I only have the one rhipsalis plant I showed and it's still new but maybe I'll get more eventually. I do think they're pretty!

[@pamelabowling7959]

@@plantsbymelissa I know I want one 😊

[@marymiller5824]

I just started this video and am so excited to see the collection……but I wanted to share that I got one of those folding tables at Bjs, $60 for my planty chores and let me tell you it was THE BEST thing I ould have ever done! It’s a nice big, sturdy plastic. Lots of room, looks descent in the plant room and you can just spray with a cleaner and wipe clean. For anyone looking check bjs or Costco. You won’t regret it

[@natetrout1]

How do you measure you power si dose?

[@plantsbymelissa]

I use 0.5 mL per gallon. I use a 10 mL syringe to draw it up. You can buy them on amazon 😁

[@Aquamarine.Aubrey]

If your Thanksgiving cactus is going to bloom, definitely don't repot until spring

[@lisaanglim9588]

The leaves look pink on the begonia. Not white.

[@lisaanglim9588]

What room are you in where your Hoyas, pothos and begonias

[@plantsbymelissa]

It's right off the kitchen by the east window :)

[@lisaanglim9588]

What Hoyas might you u get rid of?

[@lisaanglim9588]

I think you’re right. They are taking over your place room

[@plantsbymelissa]

probably a couple lacunosa and I don't really like the micro dwarf one. I'll probably go through them one day here and see which ones I'm no longer wanting.

[@TexasHildis]

All the props that I put in stratum started rotting. I don’t know what I did wrong!

[@cristinaardelean5064]

❤

[@plantsbymelissa]

🤗💕

[@lisaanglim9588]

Is your longiloba a Hoya or what?

[@plantsbymelissa]

an alocasia!

[@lisaanglim9588]

I’ve got a pothos that I can’t kill the mealies. They are back so it’s going in the garbage. I’ll treat one more time th e n if they come back again it’s gone.

[@plantsbymelissa]

I swear they know exactly which plant to go back to 😅 Hoping they stay away from your pothos!

[@lisaanglim9588]

My tortum died well it’s dying. All leaves are brown and it’s spreading. I think I need another plant.

[@__lynzee41141]

Mealies fly and the eggs are carried on ants! So annoying! Dealing with that too right now ughhhh!

[@lisaanglim9588]

Well I tried to watch you on my tv but they are no longer talking to each other.

[@IndoorJungleintheDesert]

male mealybugs can fly

[@surgerystudio7654]

😮

[@lisaanglim9588]

The cats love you and want attention

[@lisaanglim9588]

Keep the pings in a bog. They need to be sloppy wet bog.

[@BrittanyHirst]

Hold on....Your giant marble queen came from that plant??

[@lisaanglim9588]

Luna is an attention hog! Lol 😂. She’s so cute.

[@plantsbymelissa]

haha she loves being where I am when she isn't sleeping or watching the squirrels lol.

[@lisaanglim9588]

They come from other plants.

[@insidethebricks5043]

Covering the plant outside. Increased the damage. Skip that process in the future.. AtlHort

[@JessicaKneifl]

What happened to your esqueleto? @plantsbymelissa

[@plantsbymelissa]

Oh shoot I forgot to show it 😂 it’s behind adansonii on the floor so you can’t really see it with the big leaves. I chopped it way back though so waiting for regrowth.

[@emilymarie1331]

the maranta 🥹💜 i tried spotting the texas jose & couldn’t find it! Hopefully all turned out okay with it 😢

[@plantsbymelissa]

aw I still have it! I moved it to the nursery area so it could have more light. It's put out a couple leaves 😁 the maranta is so pretty 🥹 thank you so much for gifting them 🥰