The Entire History of Houseplant Collecting, I Guess

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today i tell you the entire history of houseplants...i guess. Title inspired by Bill Wurtz.
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[@brookea8496]

I suffer from orchid delirium, I struggle everyday not to pillage the entire earth for orchids

[@matejmareth7239]

Ashley, as your friendly double major biology-chemistry neighbour love that it shows how much you worked on this video. The amount of information you must've gone through is astonishing. I'm hoping you will continue to make these videos.

[@PlantingAshley]

That means so much to me thank you 🥺

[@Holly-Pocket]

Girl you *would* go down this rabbit hole, research the hell out of it, then hand it to the plant community. 💚✨💚

[@PlantingAshley]

I really did that 🥴

[@silverc.8105]

Thank you for including the ugly side of houseplant history that we don't always like to talk/think about. It's important to understand the problems of the past so we can grow a better future for everyone.

[@morggg529]

When Ashley said you can still go visit the oldest standing greenhouse to the day My heart took a poop 👁👄👁🪴

[@elizabethcox6568]

YOUR BEST CONTENT YET! Ahhh-MAZING editing 😍

[@toalltheknits]

I loved this! Especially the part where you explained how classist houseplants have pretty much always been. I own a brick and mortar houseplant shop and try my best to price things, especially “rare” plants, in a way where they’re accessible to people. One of my biggest struggles is having people take advantage of that and resell them. It’s getting to be a really sick cycle and I feel like a lot of the people doing it are just into plants solely for profit which is really unfortunate (but that’s just my opinion). Can’t wait to see more content like this!

[@teresitaromero4325]

Where is your plant shop?

[@brodyadamsthatsme]

These kinds of videos give me LIIIIIIFE. I love being able to put these videos on in the background while I work or maintain my collection.

[@brodyadamsthatsme]

Also why did I not know you were 22 😂 I so thought you were mid 20’s for sure.

[@christopherwelsh6665]

Thank you for the interesting and well researched video, Ashley. There is a lot of history on this topic, and your survey of it was entertaining and fascinating. I just read a book called ‘Once Upon a Windowsill,’ by Tovah Martin. I think it was written a few decades ago, but it’s a wonderful book that covers the history of houseplants. I thought I’d personally recommend it to everyone because I enjoyed it, and it’s so pertinent to this video.

[@GardenWitchStudio]

I know I’m late to the party but I’m really loving this history series. It’s fascinating.

[@kellyfairbrother9978]

I am loving this storytime. Thank you for the work you put into this (and all of your content)!

[@peacegirl164]

also can i just say i’ve been wanting plant history videos for so long and you telepathically picked up my vibes and i love this so much

[@PlantingAshley]

Thank you 🥺

[@ariellalester]

Whenever boredoms strikes I rewatch a few videos from different creators and this is always makes the cut. Thanks Ashley for the history lesson, I always enjoy watching / rewatching this!

[@LucasEY]

This was amazinggg, thank you so much for putting it together! A related idea that could be cool for this series would be a video on plant hybridization and breeding cultivars (how it became an industry, beyond just growing and selling naturally occurring species, the methods used by both small scale and large scale growers to create new variants, etc.)

[@smileytownSF]

Thank you for doing this. Hopefully you do a part 2 which talks about Tulip Mania, which sparked the world’s first economic “bubble” and “bust”. Or how houseplants released into the wild in the US became invasive species, such as golden pothos and sansevieria. Or maybe how tropical houseplants took over malls, bars and offices as “decor”. Or the original foliage plant of the Industrial Age - the parlor palm - and how the Victorian ethos laid the groundwork for later houseplant collecting. Just some ideas in case you do a part two. Good job!

[@gwenbates4259]

Okay but here me out.... this video meets drunk history. That would be literally ICONIC. Ashley, you know what you have to do next😂

[@owentice3261]

Honestly, me screaming and praising the name of Charles Plumier should tell you how much I got into this video 😂

[@briteddy9759]

Fascinating information! Thank you for doing the work of summarizing the history of houseplants and botany. It makes a nice change from houseplant tours. That is interés also, but there are plenty of them. Suggestions for future videos? I am not sure. You might focus on the history of specific species. Tracing the history of plants going from rare to common. I don’t like the price tag of rare plants either and there are plenty of common and reasonably priced plants. It would be interesting to see how long do plants stay rare. What are the characteristics that keep plants rare and expensive? I wonder if some plants go down in value after a few years. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video.

[@tasdefeuilles]

Thank you for making this for free and condensing so much info in a cool video. I can’t believe no one questioned that guys word for 15 centuries. Such an influencer.

[@PlantingAshley]

One might say the first influencer? 🤪

[@silverc.8105]

I'm ready to get me some plant learnin'

[@meraki4324]

This was my jam 💗 I'm really glad I watched it. I've always been extremely interested in learning more about the hobby i have. I love how much you put into this video and how truly educational it was. I'd love to see more content like this🥰

[@gloriah9176]

thank you so much for touching on the colonial and harmful history of house plant collection and also the mass appropriation of all things asian in the 90s. it was a very weird time to be growing up as an asian person

[@julianmychael]

Thank you for taking the time to research and film this, it was super informative and learned so much💚💖

[@houseplantheather5549]

I really enjoyed this, and it was a nice change from the norm planty content. Thanks for researching and sharing! 💕🌸

[@shrpra9213]

this is the next step in my plant obsession saga

[@HeatherUlmer]

So well researched Ashley! I am loving this educational/historic content!

[@jays5466]

I grew up with wild lady slippers in my yard that my mom always told me we couldn't touch because they were endangered! I think its actually illegal in my state to pick wild ones to protect them and try to let them grow back from the boom you talked about here.

[@aniliname]

Wow, where did you grow up?

[@jays5466]

@@aniliname northern new england!

[@annehenderson2991]

As someone studying archaeology, and currently taking a course on the initial domestication of plants and animals, I'm really impressed with the information you presented for the Neolithic, as well as pointing out the multiple centers of domestication, which I feel are often overlooked in western archaeology, compared to the Fertile Cresent in Mesopetania 🤗

[@laurenervin1404]

This is THE COOLEST series!😎 thanks for doing all the research so that we can just sit back and nerd out!😃 LOL..also, thanks for listing out the sources so that we can all go even deeper down this rabbit hole😵 I'm SO here for this

[@greenglassgoblin]

This is one of my favorite videos you've done!! I hope you do lots of "history of" videos.

[@andysplantysnstuff4272]

Love this video!!! So much knowledge! Thanks for taking the time to impart this information!

[@vibegems2139]

This video was actually SO impressive and informative! BRAVO

[@zikeah8209]

Loved this video! ❤️ you are killin the KZbin game with all this content girl!

[@tamarastein93]

Thank you so much, Ashley! This video was soooo informative and I really enjoyed that you also talked about the politics that have to do with the history of collecting houseplants. So again, thank you so so so much for your work!

[@pinkwooll]

Wow! Excellent video! It was so informative AND entertaining! Loved it!

[@something.about.plants2495]

“This is wrinkling my brain!” -Troy Barnes

[@Keenado]

Damn, Ashley! This kind of videos you made are so friggin AMAZING! Thank you for this, so funny and informative!

[@danajanis5750]

You go girl!!!! Love the theme and the information :)

[@rowanlouise4040]

this was the best history lesson i ever had, thank you

[@elissam.9748]

that was so fun to watch. now i wanna visit that greenhouse 🥺✨✨✨

[@allthegreenplaces]

I was so sad to see on insta that you were disappointed by engagement on this video ;c my grandfather passed and planning a funeral with covid has been awful so I didn't get around to watching it sooner...but I love all the effort and time you put into this. I hope you keep making educational videos too!!

[@ginandmacsmomma]

I loved this! I can tell you worked so hard on it

[@psychedelicfeline6164]

Love this video, Ashley! Definitely can see the work you put into this one. The orchid delirium was heartbreaking to learn about, thank you for including that and I look forward to the video dedicated to the topic.

[@holdmyhoya7077]

This was super informative! Love me some history of biology. In all my years of studying biology, nobody ever really talks about botany as much as they should.

[@taylorvinzant7905]

This is really awesome video! I enjoyed learning something new :)

[@valerieportmann673]

Wow, thank you so much! I was already thinking to do a video myself because it seemed like nobody was talking about the ugly side of houseplants in the community.. Thank you so much!

[@brianaalee1]

THANK YOU for delivering such an enthusiastic delivery of houseplant history 🙌🏼 love love love it!

[@cynthiaskinner6504]

This was such a good video! Thank you for doing all that research!

[@vancewisznia3563]

I LOVE this series the next one should be orchids amazing video as usual ♥️🌿🌸

[@leahwalker9868]

Thanks for doing all the research on this. I found it really interesting, enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing. 🪴♥️

[@foxgloved8922]

Interesting that the history of houseplants is, up until a few decades ago, the history of the garden and domestication in general

[@myriamnickner-hudon4166]

Great work. Thanks for the research process

[@tams7411]

My friend and i always made references to “the entire history of the world, I guess” aah this reference is the besssttt! I love educational type videos sm,, keep the awesome work up! 💖🌱

[@tams7411]

(Omggg I can’t wait for the orchud delirium video!! I’ve read a brief history of thr history of orchid collecting, and bro is sounds nuts!)

[@ecpaterson]

Wow this is incredible! I loved this video!

[@jeanneorr7838]

Thank you so much that was so interesting

[@robinhavens695]

This is a really great series that you have created!!!

[@plantseveryinch9024]

The lady slipper is actually the provincial flower for my province. PEI Canada 🇨🇦 ♥ And they are amazing to see in nature 😍 💚

[@Noona4kpop]

Great job! Loved the history lesson!

[@tate4783]

7 orchid hunters enter and one returns w the entire bounty… suspish. 🤨I throughly enjoyed this video. I appreciate all the research that went into this.

[@elizabethcarlson3634]

That was very interesting. Thanks so much!

[@katies1689]

As a history major and plant lover this is my JAAAAAAAM

[@florinenero2232]

Loved the history of plants . It be great to hear more thank you

[@user-xs1pt4ce1g]

Hey Ashley, could you do a video about current plant trends that are exploitative to the peoples and the environment? This is one of my favorite videos of yours :)

[@YellowPineappleHoyas]

I very much enjoyed this video and i learned a lot. I hope you do more videos like this one! So sad about the orchids.

[@Acewithplants]

I thought this was like, your plant collection history. What your first plant that you collected was, and then the second, the third, and so on. Dude. It’s been a long day. 😅

[@suedub5156]

This was so great!

[@Disastr0usMindx]

I am in love with this series 😍

[@laurentullos2835]

I’m so here for this 🙌🏼

[@MondayTheWitch]

I saw on your insta that this video wasnt doing so well so I'm here to comment to maybe help with the algorithm :))))

[@PlantingAshley]

Thank you 🥺

[@cherylfaulkner7991]

I enjoyed the information as it relates to plants.

[@jacquelinecastro3150]

Thanks for the info of history of plants its nice to now

[@davidrocque1587]

I believe the oldest collected plant still in existence is an Encephalartos (a kind of cycad) in the Kew Gardens in the UK. It was brought from south Africa and planted in the garden conservatory In 1775. That cycad is still alive today!

[@janequeenii2493]

Plant knowledge intake👑💐💚 thanks ASH🌻💚👑

[@kitanachesley1222]

This provided a lot of insight of the side of history that isn’t really talked about. You could write a book on all this, thank you for putting in the time to research all of this information 😊

[@randomspontanium]

cool video! love the fun info!

[@Mslittaaaaa]

I found it. Thanks for sharing. This was a great video.

[@Damaged_lemons]

Off topic but your skin is BEAUTIFUL. I grew up near Tacoma and I can’t wait to visit the bontanicaz storefront, but I can’t find any info about it! Do you have the deets?

[@WitchyBs]

Ashley..I really enjoyed this...

[@knitwit2871]

I just got around to watching this but I love it!

[@heshecat3674]

Your best video yet! :)

[@A_ndrea]

You’re amazing thank you for this!! ESP google doc! So interesting!

[@KairaBellydancer]

Great video, thank you.

[@Learehart]

I love love love this type of video! You got an A ++++ from me! Please make more educational and entertaining videos!!! 💚🪴

[@TheWackoGreenAlien]

Not a correction or fully to do with plants, but there was a time where pineapples and bananas were status symbols, so rich people would obtain one or be gifted one, and just display it for months on end even with mould and everything...

[@maritamadla9570]

Great video

[@stephaneejo8208]

YASSS

[@crystalshaffer9402]

Very interesting!

[@jessicakihlman4659]

In red dead redemption 2 your can be an orchid hunter, which is actually how i first became "aware" of them 🥰

[@nikitatjernstrom1]

As a swede, I am a little bit sad that you didn't talk about Carl von Linné 😅

[@BrandonFrias]

YEESSS planty education 👏💚

[@NewMindGarden]

Nice video

[@kamillarosado2467]

Cool, love me some history! Hello from Brasil 🇧🇷😁

[@megshush]

Maybe splitting the video up into 2 parts would have brought better interaction. I just know that a lot of people don’t watch long videos on the regular. BUT I’m not a content creator so my input probably isn’t applicable. Either way, thanks for the well details video!!

[@B1gplantmama98]

But Ashleyyyy...wHy dO YoU hAvE tO mAkE pLaNtS pOLiTiCaL???🥴🤣

[@aghhplants5026]

Tulip Mainia?

[@viktoriabackeus7610]

European plant prices is pretty low on all of those "rare popular houseplants". Idk what kind of plants overhere that would be high status plants at this point.

[@cherylfaulkner7991]

That is do common to what is happening in the world today.

[@sarahhowes8759]

as a sub with notifications on, idk why this is just now popping up 3 days later

[@PlantingAshley]

Because youtube 🙃

[@NahuelS21]

i study history and i love it😍😍😍

[@fignewton0000]

I've heard of orangeariums or "orangeries" before! Thank you jeopardy! They were usually built "in" the home sort of like a sun room or solarium. I'm one of the "botanists" that would have traveled state to state to get my hands on a good raphi-tetra or chunky succulents c: PS you're incredibly professional with your public speaking. Stop taking yourself so seriously