The OBSESSION Over Anthurium Dressleri

[@jorgedominguez529]

I real appreciate what your doing for the Anthurium community.

[@plantgayforlife]

Thank you so much! These plants are so popular yet sooo elusive and misunderstood. I hope this video series gives collectors a new perspective on these beautiful aroids😁

[@aplantprocess]

So visually appealing and such great storytelling. Thank you.

[@plantgayforlife]

Thank you! All visual credit goes to the people behind the amazing photos in this video😄

[@sierragenessee]

These species documentaries you have been posting are so cool. There are probably more plant collectors than we realize who thoroughly appreciate the aesthetics of a plant without an understanding of where they came from.

[@plantgayforlife]

Exactly! Next video is on the king and queen anthuriums. And I wanna remind ppl hey they were here long before any of us

[@KauaiGarden]

Wow, I'm obsessed with the beauty of these rare plants! I've got 3 Thai Constellation that I grew from tissue culture - what a challenge! Now, I create these plants with play dough and clay - so satisfying, and it's a great way to feed my plant addiction without breaking the bank, haha!

[@amphibious4463]

32 seconds in and im sold!

[@como81]

Absolutely astonishing content, boy! Please keep going!! Big fan from Brazil!!❤🌱

[@plantgayforlife]

Thank you! Will do!

[@nancyrock477]

Love this Jake!

[@valleechristine1740]

Excellent …. Comme d’habitude 🌱🌱🌱

[@suziemenoche4434]

Very interesting ❤😂 ! Fall in love with them couple weeks ago and im SOLD 😅 I enjoy the changing colors from the new leaves

[@plantgayforlife]

They are stunning!

[@NicksHeine]

Awesome video

[@seriousgeeth]

Very informative 😊

[@growthbydhar]

I love this kind of video, keep the good work!

[@plantgayforlife]

Thanks! More like this to come!

[@Trants25]

Wonderful presentation 👏🏾

[@JibaroGuajiro]

Love this style of video bro, super well done 🙏

[@plantgayforlife]

Thank you 🙌

[@Dieppaloveplants]

Got excited as soon i see there was a video I loooooooove this channelll bruh lol❤❤❤❤

[@plantgayforlife]

That means the world, thank you🥰

[@animal_guyy]

Make a video about antolakii and how all the plants circulated have a very likely poached origin

[@plantgayforlife]

I plan to make a video on that species and several others in the very near future!

[@annafink2245]

Stunning. So sad though.

[@KathyGallagher01]

Loved this thank you 🌱💚

[@plantgayforlife]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Itsmeejessicaaa]

Loved the info! Great video 🌞

[@plantgayforlife]

Thank you!

[@lchaddy9013]

My Dressleri getting hard water, high light, inconsistent humidity, and constantly touched but still thriving 👹👹 it’s my lil demon plant. Everyone warned me that it would be hard but it’s lowkey thriving

[@plantgayforlife]

That’s amazing! I’ve noticed mine, while still a seedling, is doing pretty well too! Only had it for a few months. Where did you get yours? If it’s a cultivated dressleri it might have been bred to be hardier than those taken directly from nature, which are evolved to grow in very specific conditions. Send a pic of your dress on IG! I’d love to see it!

[@lchaddy9013]

@@plantgayforlife nah mine is one of the ones that were recently poached and the wild population decimated. I didn’t realize it until it was delivered, and it was literally a chonk. Still had dirt on it too. Sad times.

[@heidiplumhoff5610]

Hi! I'm so so so happy I found your channel! I have watched a few of your videos a few times however I have a question. I have an anthurium Ace of spaces cross. Would you say it's okay to mix the substrate it was purchased in which is more of an aroid mix, with sphagnum moss? This would be put in a clear orchid pot.

[@plantgayforlife]

i've personally done that😁just make sure the moss is light and not compact since it will hold onto more moisture than aroid mix.

[@heidiplumhoff5610]

@@plantgayforlife THANK YOU!

[@13bettafish]

If you need an intro or outro let me know! I do video editing

[@JonielVillanueva-j8g]

I have that too

[@yy7803]

Amazing video! I'm impressed. This video gives the Dressleri a million dollar value. If the prices go up I blame you! Just kidding :)

[@plantgayforlife]

Haha! Thankfully it’s becoming more available to the masses!

[@vmvm949]

now we need the antolakii/bvep video

[@plantgayforlife]

The problem with that is Rory Antolak is a recluse and there’s no info out there on him 😒

[@wupper1337]

my dressleri living on tap water and low humidity. wtf is even reverse water T_T

[@plantgayforlife]

Reverse Osmosis water is purified water. When I made this video I only had one dressleri seedling. That’s why I said other growers recommend these care routines. Since making this video, I now have 5 dressleris and they are quite easy to care for. They all grow in 50% ambient humidity and get nyc tap water.

[@TheLivelySTEPS]

There is no wild Dressleri inn Indonesia, so please don't count our country as Dressleri poacher !!!!!!!

[@plantgayforlife]

Anthuriums do not grow in the old world. Certain Indonesian sellers got their stock from poached plants that were sent to Indonesia. They may not have known they were poached but many of them were.

[@TheLivelySTEPS]

You're so confident blaming a nation for a crime, why Thailand doesnt named too, there might also such seller like that !!!! if you confident with your suspect, name us the data please !! i bet you only assume!

[@plantgayforlife]

@@TheLivelySTEPS calm down buddy. I didn't "blame" any nation for being the villain. According to insiders, the poached plants were shipped primarily to Indonesia, where there is a huge anthurium market.

[@leeauntan9559]

Lovely pics of exceptional specimens of dressleri. Unfortunately, pure seed species very often dont look anything as dark or as satiny as a carlablackiae or even papillaminium. The eco conscious attitude is admirable but then we are held 'hostage' by the monopoly of certain 'approved' ethical.sources fanning out their seedlings at very high prices with no guarantee and very often very low chance of getting anything close to the parent plants...We see that already in the papis...most of those sold in the US are attributable to a few cultivars and I see nicer specimens from Ecuador. If the people who preach on eco consciousness are serious about it they should mass propagate the choice cultivars by tissue culture and not by seed..this would inevitably bring the prices down.....i dont see many doing that...its a matter of dollars and cents...

[@plantgayforlife]

Respectfully I feel there are some holes in your arguments. Carlas and Paps are generally WAY darker in color than Dressleris so comparing their coloration is apples to oranges. That being said, Dressleris can be manipulated to become darker in shadier environments. That’s why wild Dressleris are usually a lighter green: because there is much more light in the rainforest than our homes. In terms of buying seed grown, more and more amateur sellers who have purchased and grown out their plants from “reliable sources” are now offering self-pollinated seedlings of pure species like Dressleri and the prices will continue to decline with time. We just have to be patient. But expecting amateur plant collectors to invest the time and resources for TC production is unrealistic. TC can be quite tedious and, if not done properly, can produce botched batches of weak or mutated plants. These plants we collect are a luxury and a hobby. Dressleri is highly endemic and now an endangered species due to poaching. We should not allow any nurseries to profit off of poached stock. There are already plenty of domesticated Dressleris. We can prop. We can pollinate and make seeds. And those of us with the knowledge, resources, and time can TC. We don’t need to collect any more from the wild. Most of the time, consumers don’t know the consequences of buying a certain product from a certain seller. We need to spread awareness so the plant community doesn’t continue to fund plant poaching for years to come

[@leeauntan9559]

I think you have misunderstood what I was alluding to. I am stating my surprise at the adulation on IG and other platforms about how satiny and how dark the leaves are with all the usual tricks of filters, lighting. Yes, they are very rare at the moment I do admit but this might be what is fuelling the craze for this plant - herd instinct. Manipulation of the light conditions do not reflect the normal Dressleris I have seen which is why I am replying to the title of your post - what is this OBSESSION about this plant? As for the justification of selling a seedling for hundreds of dollars from a tray of many with no guarantee of the outcome was what I was complaining about. Remember as you mentioned that many of the 'cultivars' of many Anthurium species were collected from the wild so for a few growers to hold a 'monopoly' and tell us you should get from only certain sources is certainly immoral....I have seen this hypocrisy in sellers extolling that getting wild plants are not the way to go for the sake of conservation and they have the plants and flog them off at an extortionate price - look around and you can see examples littered everywhere - yes the 'amateur' sellers are entitled to recouping their costs but lets be realistic - buying even a 10K plant and selling a huge number of seedlings at 500 bucks each or more is not recouping - its a high level of profit to capitalise on the rarity - so when consumers are presented with the option of getting nicer plants at a fraction of the cost from 'other' sources, it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to guess which most would choose.

[@plantgayforlife]

@@leeauntan9559 at the end of the day, sellers can only sell high if people are buying them high. And right now people are still buying certain anthurium seedlings and seeds at very high prices. That’s how big the demand is. Also dressleri is exceptionally difficult to grow from seed, and the time and skill needed to grow out a batch of seeds is going to reflect in the price as well. The problem is we now have Ecuadorian nurseries selling poached plants for a fraction of the price. And naturally they will sell like hotcakes. By spreading awareness, we can let buyers know why certain nurseries offer rare plants at much lower prices than the rest of the market.