This Month Brought Some CHANGES! 🌱 Discoveries + Updates In My 300+ Houseplant Collection

[@DieDieEla]

Hello Claire, I read that if plants receive a fertilizer with too much nitrogen, the variegation can disappear because the nitrogen causes the chlorophyll to be in excess. Maybe you could take advantage of this and just try to fertilize your ghost leaves. But then I would probably change the substrate

[@PatchaXEtaw]

I’m happy that someone is actually showing Peperomia as a plant in their collection. I have peperomia triangularis, peperomia obtusifolia both variegated and non variegated, peperomia orba. And I love them all, they give me fantastic leaves, require water once every 10-12 days, adore my south western exposure. 😅 But no, everyone is keen on these hoyas. Which are not very popular in my country and therefore hard to find. 😂

[@lynnblanchard8856]

Go ahead, Cut the monstera. I understand how you feel but you know it good for her!!!! Love that plant wish I was near, would love a cutting of that! She'll love you for the cut

[@Greenplants69]

CLAIRE, could you please do a show on what you use to hang your plants from on the ceiling, please??!! Also, if you would please do another video on your hanging plants and give the names, I would love that. You don’t even need to talk much about them 😂I would love to just hear their names and see them! It’s not often that we get to see all the ones above you and I just love to see them!! Very junglieeee ❤ Thank you, Diane in Austin, Texas 😊

[@LeafyQueen_BigLeafLife]

Love watching another fellow neurodivergent planty person such as myself, the steuggle is real and worth it! Thank you for being brave enough to share that about yourself! ❤ And planty updates, I'm so proud of how my purple varigated regal shield is doing and that I fought off an army of mealies! 😂😮😅

[@lovesyorkies3395]

Your Dubia is so enviable!! It’s one of your many plants that I drool over!

[@ritum4212]

Clair you can try to water your portodora with a solution of 1 litre warm water and 6 ml pure neem oil. It works wonders for my plants that have pests and I can always see immediate results. I also use the same solution as a foliar spray as well to get better results for pests. Please do try it once before giving away your oldest plant. Also keep in mind that the neem oil solution starts rapidly losing its potency once you’ve made it so make it fresh every time you want to use it❤

[@pinstripesuitandheels]

I'd be really interested in an experiment with the rug as a growing medium this spring. Maybe you could sow something on the rug once the nights are warmer?

[@karabroadbent570]

I really feel like that experiment is underway by itself ... I wonder what the first plant surprise will be! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does things like that. I bet we all have something like 'the rug' in our lives that we're not dealing with.

[@glen4075]

😂

[@pinstripesuitandheels]

@@karabroadbent570 Oh yes, my rug is the recycling.

[@zuzia7628]

Maybe Portadora will join the rug outside to create a team of renegades :)

[@megancao9250]

I love the idea of using milk shake cap as a humidity dome for authuriums airroots, thanks Claire!

[@ThatGirlShelbyy]

I've also been noticing a lot of new stuff with my plants in the last couple of weeks (NS, Canada), and I'm taking it as a sign that warm weather is on it's way quickly 🥰 (it's still so cold here)

[@otiliabarbat3057]

Regarding the Regal Shields, the purple backs is something very characteristic of the plant, when the plant is mature the leafs come in complete purple, including the stems!

[@MJ-he1hf]

For the monstera dubia, you could direct the top back down the moss pole, then let it grow down, and then back up the moss pole when it gets longer again. Would make it look bushier and solve your problem of not wanting to cut it 💕

[@Jamiegsahova]

My mother in law has a desert rose and it is huge! She's had hers for a long time, it's probably 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. We live in Michigan in the US and in the winter time it goes dormant and loses all it's leaves. Then when it gets warmer she outs it outside and it grows like crazy and flowers. Two years ago it actually gave her seed pods, which she had never seen before. I had remembered reading somewhere that after a certain age they start to give seed pods.

[@glinkowopalca]

Regarding Monstera Dubia - have you considered another chop and extend? This way you can chop the bottom part for the PlantSwap and get your Dubia to size up even more? Whatever you decide, we’ll be more than happy to witness it ❤

[@KelliMcFarland93187]

As a fellow Philo silver sword lover, I thought you would appreciate that mine bloomed!

[@carolinebaines8735]

One of my frydek corms pushed out a ghost leaf for its first leaf. It died back to the corm then after a month the corm regrew. This time it's a lovely balanced leaf. I have mine in a tent in very bright light.

[@OMM-kl1zu]

Noooooo! Please keep your Allocasia - Portodora. This plant has been with you for so long. I always associate it with you. Have you considered placing it outside in summer for natural pest control, as well as, getting higher UV light for good growth. Plus, it could keep your rug company!!!! A win-win situation.

[@Ernesto-Pesto]

This is so interesting - all my Alocasia grow like weed and never get pests, even if the plant right next to them is infected. All my Monstera, Philodrendron and Calathea die a slow and painful death from thrips, though. I've tried everything and they always get back. Kills all my Calatheas and costs me all my nerves with my pink princess e.g. that seems to literally WANT to be eaten!

[@Myrtuscommunis]

Awesome plants! 💚🌱👍

[@ashleyerwin3566]

Maybe cut the ghost leaves back.. kind of like cutting back to bring varigation back?? Maybe just a thought but u also suggested it too

[@dora9368]

TFS Claire. I have the Hope and they are very easy to propagate. Hi Jolie and Ross❤😊

[@lindaedwards4632]

My plants have started taking off with growth the last two weeks 🪴😀🇨🇦

[@ImaniJoi]

All my Hoyas are growing and I successfully saved my crystallinum from root rot! It’s now growing a new leaf so I’m feeling very happy about that

[@rm.studio28]

Very beautiful plants in a pleasant atmosphere

[@melanieklarofficial]

My maranta is sprawling all over! That’s the one plant that is really making me happy at the moment. Well, and my golden pothos-very common but it is climbing all up my wall and across my curtain rods!

[@FanofFrogs]

Just got a bunch of new babies to add to my growing collection! Alocasias Frydek and Polly, Philodendron Melanochrysum, and a little baby Anthurium Warocqueanum!! All new to me, I’m so excited, they’re acclimating now ❤

[@mableleaf2445]

Oh exciting indeed! Good luck with your Babies😊 I got a baby frydek in October and a baby melanochrysum just a few weeks ago and I am too very excited xD

[@FanofFrogs]

@@mableleaf2445 wow yay good for you, I'm so excited for you!! Best of luck :)

[@andrearea213]

Oh your portadora spider mite problem breaks my heart! It's such a beautiful plant... honestly yours makes me want to get one for myself, even knowing the predilection for spider mites. My regal shield got (and retained) purple backs to the leaves as it matured. They really are lovely, and it is hands down the fastest plant in my collection to size up. I got in August of last year as a tiny little 2 leaf thing in a plastic cup, and now it is 1.5 meters tall in a 43cm pot. I have been upsizing every time it gets rootbound (it's in pon), but I don't think I can keep up sizing it, or it will take over my living room 😂

[@kay-kay1508]

your plants are so beautiful with the desert rose they like full sun so they can flower and the dryyer they are the more they flower

[@MeganRunning]

My tops 3 exciting things are hard to choose because spring weather has begun here in Ca so there’s lots of plant growth. I’d say, all my orchids are blooming, my Hoya Bella and variegated Bella are both getting ready to bloom, and my alocasia longiloba finally has a new leaf after months of nothing and it’s huge!! Love your updates ❤

[@charliesplantparadise]

My moistures cutting is rooting so well and quick! only cut it a few weeks ago! my white fusion is growing me three new leaves and finally my alocasia corns are rooting as well!!!

[@torquess454]

That dubia will be stunning and even more exciting when you chop it, plus as a trade, you’ll get something super exciting!! I’m totally fine with getting rid of/giving away/throwing away plants that no longer give me joy, I can always start over with another if I so choose, so if your Alocasia is causing stress? You’ve got corms, Give her away! With a pest warning of course lol I had a medium sized desert rose, I overwatered and killed it, so sad

[@plantyhome]

This video is like a good book, you can't put it down! ty

[@alexjames7983]

You cheer me up so much. Thank you.

[@damosel]

All my baby alocasia black velvet, polly and frydek are growing like crazy and I started them from corms on december 14th so just a little over 3 months now, they are growing like crazy!

[@gardenfullofcolour]

What I have learned over the years and years of growing plants ( God I sound sooo old!🙈🙈) is that variegation is so random and unpredictable that it's worth keeping plants even with very low variegation. Because eventually they will throw variegated leaves out of nowhere, and when you least expect it 😊

[@tailira4536]

Hello Claire! I'm from Brazil and the “Adenium Obesum” plant that you showed is very common here and is called “Desert Rose”. It produces beautiful flowers if it gets plenty of sun, it comes in different colors such as red, pink, white and others.

[@tessie7e777]

I got a handful of varieties right before Planterina folded and I’ve somehow kept them alive so far. They are all babies so far, but hoping the summer brings some fun growth!

[@janeclempson1978]

Re last plant...it would be interesting to try some keiki paste on the old 'nodes'. I've recently got about 8 inches of a woody croton stem to resprout. It's amazing stuff 😊

[@lindacambria5413]

Did you score where the nodes are before applying paste?

[@janeclempson1978]

@lindacambria5413 no...just put a small blob on each node. 🙂

[@gypsylee333]

I've been meaning to try that on my adansonii

[@blanchegodwin4648]

Spring has sprung at your house… lol. Love all the updates and the add ons💛💛

[@ashleyerwin3566]

That anthurium p. container are awesome I order some smaller ones from temu and I love them!!

[@lotsofpots.Rachael]

oh, your Alocacia portodora is fabulous!

[@pjuk]

Euphorbia trigona often gets those little leaves, mine gets them often and they vary between green and reddish. They often fall off though, think it varies depending on light and water. I guess yours is happy so far!

[@tessie7e777]

Yes, I have the green and the reddish version. Both came with lots of those little leaves and quite a few dropped in the winter, but now as it is warming up here in California, they are growing back from the same points. So fun!

[@pjuk]

@@tessie7e777 that's good to hear. I thought once they are gone they are gone until the trunk grows taller!

[@crystalscreations8769]

My top three things will be the new plants I’m getting in my happy water propagated Montero and my arrowhead plant are sizing up nicely

[@chrislynch1011]

🇦🇺 hi Claire, can't tell you how happy and excited I am about the p. Hope! I could only do it via air layering. Re your portadora, could it be old age and your plant winding down? I have some macrorrhiza variegata baby plants, whenever I get a ghost leaf I pinch it out and I seem to get variegated leaf the next time. Sydney Plant Guy recently did just a chop on one of his moss pole plants, he cut a chunk out to separate the nodes but left it in the moss pole. You know we're all going to want a mat update with every segment now don't you? 😅

[@lovesyorkies3395]

Desert roses do go dormant. Mine are just starting to wake up. You’ll love it when it finally gives you a bloom! In my world, I just recently went down the Hoya rabbit hole in early December. I didn’t want to get started on owning any because I feel like I don’t have a place for viney plants…then I smelled a bloom while I was at my favorite mom & pop owned greenhouses and now I’m hooked. 😂 oh well… Other than that I’m trying to just stay on top of maintaining my collection. My husband is having a plant swap at his work in April so luckily I am always propagating something. I need to get involved in more plant swaps in my area. I’m in the U.S. As always, love your videos! See you in the next one!

[@PlantedinPlatinum]

Looove your channel Claire 🧚✨

[@derekschwabe2966]

Hi Claire! Have you tried @LeafyDiva’s feather duster approach for dealing with spider mites? She claims it a much more sustainable way to deal with them on the regular and says it has made her life so much easier. Maybe give that a go with the Portadora?

[@alymills1263]

I really enjoy your videos, they are very helpful & fun to watch! I play them while I work 💚 newish houseplant mom here so I am soaking up knowledge like a sponge 🧽

[@sallyfisher7389]

I also never had luck with the peperomia hope propagating. I actually got my plant originally cause of yours, so I will be trying out this method. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@AlexArdjan]

You can cut the top of the Dubia and it will shoot in multiple places and you will have multiple stems and fuller moss pole 👍 hope it makes sense

[@melanieklarofficial]

I can’t wait to see my plants start to thrive again! I’ve been so discouraged lately with my plants!

[@Tropical.growing]

I live in FNQ Australia and desert roses are absolutely everywhere!! My parents have at least 30-40 of them in a greenhouse 😅

[@cherylbeswick7327]

In 💜 with your Pallidiflorum

[@JessNona]

Hello and thanks for the updates, it’s certainly lovely this time of year in the UK with the plants bursting into action. I do have a large Alocasia Regal Shield and yes they do have beautiful purple backs to the leaves, I think they gain this with higher light as I have a second smaller plant in lower light that is less vibrant 🤔 that’s my guess. I hope things continue on this exciting positive planty path for you. 🪴

[@sandy_carpetsthesecond5013]

You tried putting a fan on your dubia? That's supposed to help shrink the stem a bit whilst keeping the leaves larger.

[@voneffen]

Have you tried using the fertiliser sticks that have pesticide inside? It takes a couple of months for the pesticides to work its way through the plant, but you'll likely never have pest problems again after using them.

[@jeannemy]

Thank you for this video. I will try to do your propagation suggestion for my peperomias. 😊

[@DREWSMITH2011]

My top 3, My Monstera Deliciosa has finally this week pushed out its next top Leaf after waiting 12 months, it was horrendously root bound, I upgraded its pot about 3 months ago and switched it to pon and I’ve had 4 new leafs over the last 2 months, there are like 4 stems in the pot so all 4 plants are sizing up I’m exited because I’ve been awaiting the extra INNER fenestration, the last two top leafs from a year ago had begun with one tiny hole and one with two tiny holes , this new leaf looks like it only has one inner fenestration as well, but I’m just glad it’s finally back in high gear, hopefully start to really size up now it’s happy again and with more light in the day as we approach spring. Then my bird of paradise again bought these in winter, transitioned to pon and had no new growth for about 3 months so very dormant despite maximum light and south facing with skylights above them and big patio doors, just wasn’t bright enough but they have began to switch on with new leaves coming. And I guess I’m most excited about my three Alocasia, all in pon bar one which I’m transitioning to pon tomorrow, all all pushing out new leafs my wentii similar to your Regal shield has a new big leaf, my dragon scale has grown a new leaf yet but seems happy, only had it a month, and I switched it to pon managed to get a little baby from it and I’ve potted that up, and have what I think is a purple sword that just loves the pon, and is doing well. It definitely is an exciting and lots happening kind of month especially these last two weeks. I’ve struggled with my Philodendron Melanochrysum, fairly new had 4-6 weeks but last two new leafs are just coming out funny and the stalk is always deformed despite the lower part of the plant being fine, I think it pulls away from the stalk too low down and it makes the leaf stem kink as it pushes out from the bottom before the top,if that makes sense, could be due to humidity which is 50-60 at the moment. I killed my dessert rose, but with every new set of leafs you get flowers so I suspect yours will flower soon. I’m new to being a serious plant owner Brenda plant owner for a while but never as a proper hobby until, now. Love your videos, I’ve learnt so much. Also I watch another KZbinr, can’t remember her channel name just now, but she dusts her plants of spider mites 😂 she said she has given up trying to prevent them on certain plants she has and she just dusts them off and that seems to keep the damage very low, she’s just given up preventing them, she is very successful with her plants, you have no doubt come across her channel.

[@mableleaf2445]

The KZbinr you reference to might be leafydiva, I saw her Video about the dusting as well :)

[@regi985]

the variegated fridek, the bigger one looks so mint colored, not sure if it is like that in person as well. but if it is than it might be able to live like that. I think I already wrote last time you talked about them. I have 2 corms, one is completely white, has grown like 3 completely white leaves now, all very tiny. the other one seems to do better, the first was 95% white, then I had a nice one, then a completely white, then a half moon and it´s pushing another one that seems to have some green on it. Unfortunately I don´t thin there is anything that can be done at that stage, just try to keep them alive as log as possible to give them the best change on producíng green eventually. If they are still alive for plant swap I would take some and just give them away, there is always the change of a miracle :D

[@Theplantydwelling]

Great updates video, really made me smile 😃

[@beardielover2115]

Trying to save a rotted Pollyalocasia -had to cut it down SO much ..😮 and adding more propagations to my philodendron micans

[@blanchegodwin4648]

Oh wow on the Dubai ! But I wouldn’t cut it… it’s just gorgeous ❣️❣️

[@lilyofthevalley54]

Tip 2. Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate). Mike Kincaid on youtube talks briefly about Epsom salts for indoor plants. Interesting. PS ES helps with producing chlorophyll! 😊🌷💚☀️🌿🌾

[@irismoles9369]

Interesting video I do hope I can get my plants looking better will get lots of tips from your videos Thankyou

[@Organicsllygrown]

Hey Claire are you going to be at the RHS show on a specific day?

[@jenniferhw5332]

My Philodendron Red Sun just put out a gorgeous new leaf, my micans is pushing out new leaves every couple days, and my second attempt at keeping a red maranta is going better than the first.

[@melanieklarofficial]

I Have some syngonium albos doing the Same thing-all white

[@ashleyerwin3566]

The monstera dublia u need to air layer it!! It will keep that larger growth!!..

[@jenatucker492]

Hi, do you use a light meter? If so which one do you use? Thanks!

[@carolstuff]

Good vid!

[@Raccoonhands7]

What time / day are you on the at Malvern show? Not sure when to get tickets? Their site is confusing

[@danielacoleman6176]

Hi, Any tips how to stop monstera adansonii from having ‘burned leaves. New shoots already have burned ( brown) unfurled leaves and I don’t know what to do. I bought it like that hoping to recover it but so far no luck😔😔😔. It is in indirect sunlight. Do I change soil, give different feed…… any thoughts and tips re welcome. Thank you

[@lindaleef]

Are the portadoras you gave away from yours having the same problems? I thought you said you gave them to friends. Just curious. She is gorgeous but what a pain!

[@belindacheatham9140]

I was wondering how you do pest control on your Anthurium Clarinervium without getting it wet?

[@lorifenner4048]

Just spitballing here, but I wonder if we can hinder a plant’s natural defenses by over treating for pests. Sort of like how a kid who is too clean gets sick more often than the other kids.. 🤔

[@ashleyerwin3566]

What's up with the moss on top of the soil?? Can u explain how this works for u??

[@nakikiish]

❤❤

[@teaandleaves]

The bear paw did flower, didn't it?

[@rachelcote7392]

Hello Claire! I have had a desert rose for a year now and still haven't figured it out, has I get 3 or 4 new leaves a loose 3 or 4 of the older ones. I know it doesn't like to get too dry. I have been using distilled water in the last month it seems to like it better. If anyone have tips regarding this plant it would be great😊🥀 (I'm in 🇨🇦)

[@tessie7e777]

Not an expert, but my experience is similar with the dropping leaves, but I almost think that is normal in the winter, anyway. I had one I thought was a goner, as it lost ALL its leaves, but then it has just started spontaneously pushed out a bunch of leaves. My understanding is that the stem only thickens if it experiences some drought, too. Not sure any of that was helpful, but thought I’d just share the struggle! 😂

[@rachelcote7392]

@@tessie7e777 anything helps, thanks🌱🙂

[@shannoncarr7338]

I almost wonder if ppl with these many plants are super healthy or slightly crazy hah who knows

[@ashleyerwin3566]

Is that cacti known as a milk cacti/ tree??

[@tammiwatkins7605]

Add some liquid chlorophyll

[@melanieklarofficial]

It’s not sparking joy for you! Time to pass to someone else!

[@lilyofthevalley54]

Tip. Just a thought. You may think I'm nuts but here goes. Stop feeding them so much.... At least for awhile. I don't feed my plants bc I don't have the space. I have commented before. I have grown plants for 50 years. Nothing exotic, just big box stores. The plants grow and are fine. Something for you to think about.

[@MajestyHammond]

Just started watching and I'm already so excited - I just got a Peperomia Hope at my local shop!!!! I think I must have subconsciously remembered you mentioning it when I was half listening to the upload this morning.😆 I was looking for a Peperomia Angulata, but the Hope was the only Peperomia they had. I'm so glad you like it. It's such a cutey. Looking forward to the updates! 🪴