Variegation- Where Does it Come From? | What Variegated Plants to Pick and Avoid 🧪🌱🧬

[@jonesie8377]

You are by far one of the most knowledgeable KZbinrs in the plant community. Thank you for taking the time to show real-life plant examples for the diagram. It definitely makes it easier to identify. ☺️

[@phytosexual]

No problem Thanks for watching!

[@spazarraga]

Wow, I am so impressed by this video. You did great explaining scientific topics to a general audience. There need to be more plant tubers sharing scientific info on the bio of plants on here. I think most people are afraid no one will be interested in these complicated topics but they give us a better understanding of what is really going on rather than spreading around old wives tales. I appreciate your respect for your viewer’s intelligence and hope you make more videos like this! I think you found your niche!

[@LysergicWonderland]

"no rhyme or reason to when it's gonna come or when it's gonna leave" wow, didn't realize my ex was a Chimeric variegation.

[@phytosexual]

I think all of our ex’s are chimeric variegation...

[@divyasasidharan2960]

😂

[@merkinidgit]

Trivia but related: calico cats are chimeric, also. Mine has spots that are clearly orange tabby/marmalade and pure black spots on a white “field”. She’s almost like a half-moon cat, though, because the black spots are only on one side of her body (but more symmetrical on her head and her entire tail is black). It’s sad that I have to keep chopping her to keep her from reverting, though. 😢 🔪 😿

[@jake6681]

*”BUT THIS TIME THE VARIEGATION IS ON THE BACK OF THE LEAF”* 👁👄👁

[@phytosexual]

Ohh my PP!

[@adammartincelusak886]

@@phytosexual PP?

[@evilhagwannabe1820]

@@adammartincelusak886 pink princess

[@adammartincelusak886]

@@evilhagwannabe1820 no. Male genotalia

[@jayso4439]

I love the cadence of your voice. Really succinct and easy to follow.

[@phytosexual]

Thank you. I try and make everything concise and easy to understand. Literally everyone has been complimenting me on my voice. After I watch one of my videos 10 times while editing I feel like I have a headache. Glad it doesn’t have the same effect.

[@sail253]

Wow you would make a great teacher/professor!

[@Mspoor70]

Agree so much I had to actually exert myself and comment 🤗👍🏼

[@zinazina6367]

Wow!! I was thinking the same thing!! I hope one day he will.

[@merkinidgit]

@@zinazina6367 My tropical ecology professor cousin wants to head his future dissertation committee after I shared Nick’s video on fenestrations. 👨‍🎓

[@queenv3]

You are not only adorably cute and funny af but highly intelligent. I was so impressed with all this info and will need to watch a few times to soak it all in. No diss on the PPP as I'm new and don't own one but the Ayahuasca retreat would have been everlasting lol. Thx Nick for such great videos!

[@phytosexual]

Yes as long as you don't hallucinate and run into the campfire...

[@youtriedjpg]

Your educational videos are my favorite. I recently got into plants so these types of videos are super helpful~

[@phytosexual]

Thank you the most 💚

[@triciaroy]

Love the science and the humor!!

[@phytosexual]

Education should be fun! :p

[@st8562]

This is great. I've been struggling to understand variegation. All other videos are not as detailed as yours. I'm so glad you randomly popped up in my recommended videos. Just subscribed. 😊

[@RupertFitzgerald]

Just shared this with all my plant peeps. I never can watch a video all the way through or pay attention to stuff like this. Not only is this vid more detailed than any Ive found, you are adorable and just great to listen to. All that and and smart and you did the digging/reading and explained it so I can “get it” I APPRECIATE YOU!

[@phytosexual]

Glad you enjoyed. Thank you for sharing my content 💚

[@MegaBaconLover]

You deserve a million subscribers lol. You're so entertaining!

[@phytosexual]

Pls no i'm overwhelmed as it is!

[@txpepper]

And informative!!!!

[@davidcandia9184]

In 12 minutes and 19 seconds you explained a lot about variegation. Said in a way that is easily understood THANK YOU. ❤🌿

[@phytosexual]

Glad it was helpful!

[@novelynislostinthetropics3455]

i love how educational your videos are! I've been growing for over 10 years, but watching your videos I learn so much every time! =)

[@uranus_crunch_cake87]

I have a neon pothos that's doing the same thing as your lemon lime philodendron! So pretty!

[@dianecarroll7580]

Hi Nick, I just love your videos, I’m 78 years young , love you too😍

[@katrinam9926]

I’m so glad to have found your channel. You are fantastic. I’m also glad that people are giving you the positive feedback you deserve. Your love for your plants is obvious, and your ability to explain the science is top notch. I share your sense of humor too. Interspersing humor with heady topics is a rare gift. And it’s like a spoonful of sugar. It makes it much more absorbable. You’d make a wonderful professor. Thank you!

[@phytosexual]

Thank you so much, I try to put thought and effort into them.

[@victoriafalkenthal444]

Too many great things about your vids I can’t begin to describe. Please make more!!! The botanical info really is incredible and I’m totally into it. Your humor is outrageous. So many more things. Thanks for everything! Ok 12:30 am. But just had to comment. Zzzzz…

[@phytosexual]

Thank you!

[@noraraeafm]

That seeking arrangements comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@phytosexual]

You know anyone 👀

[@lorafrost9628]

I just found your channel recently -- really like what you're doing for all the reasons people have already said. Looking forward to checking out more of your posts! :)

[@elyssaslawinski5436]

I'm loving your videos! So funny and smart with edits/cuts(?) that I appreciate on a spiritual level! You offer something that I haven't seen in the countless hours of other planty youtubers I've watched. Thanks!

[@peytoia]

PLEAAAASE talk about more kinds of variegation king this video was so great. ive actually been searching for information about how variegation works in the meristem of plants and this totally scratched the itch lol

[@pandora1863]

Never understood the hype around variegation, but lately I'm getting the vibe 🤔

[@phytosexual]

I mean, most of it is hype. You could bet a PPP for 29.95 at Logees 10 years back. All supply and demand. If everyone decided that ferns were all the rage, they’d be expensive too. I will admit it is interesting though. Hope you enjoyed/learned something from the video. Thank you for the feedback.

[@zinazina6367]

Thank you SO much for explaining this so well. I will need to watch it again, to fully understand and remember what you are saying, which is great!! It means you really taught me. Thanx again!!

[@phytosexual]

No problem glad you enjoyed!

[@zainabroo]

Yours is the most helpful, succinct and humorous plant channel I've followed so far and, as an aspiring plant shop owner, I've followed many. You're doing amazing! Sending so much love and good vibes!

[@phytosexual]

Thank you ☺️

[@apollosimontancinco3261]

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT FOR THIS RESEARCH PRESENTATION It really is educational More views to come 💕

[@phytosexual]

Thank you :)

[@ohkaymo]

I need more people comparing things to bean dip in my life :p

[@phytosexual]

I need more bean dip in my life.

[@shleebeez]

love the science research you did as well as the ayahuasca joke

[@phytosexual]

New video about variegation out today. No ayahuasca jokes unfortunately :(

[@rsrobsanz]

Awesome video love it Your input on the monstera !

[@phytosexual]

Thank you, it’s very different from a lot of other videos I’ve made. It took a long time, but I’m happy with how it came out.

[@joehisel5966]

You have me downloading Tik Tok trying to find new content from you. You plant videos keep my attention and I need plant videos that keep my attention!

[@somailyncamacho6913]

You are awesome! Thank you for explaining this in detail ❤️

[@phytosexual]

No problem, i like to be thorough.

[@nadsnads123]

🤣I dunno why it’s on the back is chimeric variegation ITDOESWHATEVERTHEF*CKITWANTS. I love this channel. you are exactly what we need - scientific growing advice with a whole bunch of hilarity

[@werty17]

Thanks for the information! Laughed out loud along the way~

[@rsrobsanz]

Most definitely make more!!

[@phytosexual]

Roberto Sanchez Roberto Sanchez Thank you, I plan on it. I have so many more hopefully interesting video ideas I’m exited to do.

[@greentape7817]

UGH YES talk sciency to me 🌱🔬🧬👩🏻‍🔬 I had been wondering if scindapsus pictus shimmer counted as variegation or not, I guess this means Hoya splash counts too? I am here for this 100%

[@phytosexual]

Thank you 😊

[@joshnichols4320]

Please more of this! Can we learn about the other royals? WWP, WKP? Also explain to us about a painted lady and Jose Buono!

[@bi8547]

Love these scientific plant videos! Keep them coming!

[@phytosexual]

If I think of any more, definitely.

[@merkinidgit]

@@phytosexual I think a video about photosynthesis would be interesting, especially with your humor. I’m a geek who took a bit of botany in college before switching majors to nursing so I would always have a job 😆. I found it interesting to learn quite a bit later in life that chlorophyll and hemoglobin are essentially the same molecule, with the main difference being Mg instead of Fe. I love that chemical kinship between our plants and ourselves.

[@jayybones]

Wow this was so helpful!! Thank you so much for convincing me the PPP is... not for me LOL

[@phytosexual]

Haha lol. So many others out there that are just as beautiful and not ridiculously expensive. I will admit I like my Florida ghost, but I also like neon pothos so... thanks for watching 💚

[@txpepper]

Excellent presentation! Thank you! 💚

[@MissLuckyDucky]

Great video. Thank you for explaining the science behind variegations. If you want video ideas... can you do a video explaining what exactly all the different terms for lighting mean? For example what exactly counts as bright light, or low light, what about dappled light, etc. How far from the window does the bight light turn into medium light? Maybe what I consider bright light might not be what everyone else does.

[@phytosexual]

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[@suzanne8983]

I love the sciency!

[@phytosexual]

No problem, I love science!

[@RT-wl7io]

Thanks to you, I am now a botanist!

[@liav4102]

All the different variegated pothos and how they came to be something I would definitely watch

[@emilio5179]

I read an article a couple months back about chimeric variegation but didn’t fully get it.. u explained it pretty well tho thanks

[@phytosexual]

Thank you 💚

[@jackielikesgme9228]

Thanks! My new favorite plant account. Explaining things I actually want to know about it b

[@phytosexual]

bottom water you $300 monstera also and don't forget to give it bright indirect light.

[@raymaddox13]

Dude thank you! Badass video

[@Rachel-ky3lr]

This video was a full on science lesson. TYSM

[@vickiandKi]

Just stumbled onto your videos tonight . Watched about 5 others and I subscribed, I subscribed because it is so science oriented. I love that! It is so different from all of the other same old, same old videos. Since this is an older video, you probably will never see this comment. 😔😕 Shame.

[@phytosexual]

My comment alerts give me the comments in the order they are posted, so I can still see comments from old videos.

[@teddyhcuts]

love this! would love to hear more about variegation! ty for sharing!

[@cathyblock6197]

I enjoy all you videos & can really relate to house plant hazards, living in the northeast. You seem to really enjoy sharing your knowledge about plants; I don’t know if you’re in the teaching profession, but you should be. 😊

[@phytosexual]

Thank you, I'm weighing my options haha

[@carolynallen597]

Really enjoyed this explanation of variegation. 💚

[@danihu03]

I bought two crimson princess Hoyas and one has one green leaf and the other has a vine that has one variegated leaf and 5 green. Should I cut them out? These are such beautiful plants. I don’t even care they are common. My favorite that I own. 💕 I really don’t want them to revert.

[@phytosexual]

Yes, you will get more green leaves otherwise.

[@audacityofthemind8348]

Great Explanation Video🤙🏽

[@haloweenparty10000]

So.... cut the greener/less variegated leaves off of an albo to promote more variegation?

[@phytosexual]

Well not the leaves but the portion of the stem that is connected to the leaf.

[@ClaraBispo]

Yeah I think I found my fav plant channel

[@RavensWillReplaceUs]

The first hour or 2 of direct dawn sunlight(nothing after 9am) seem to make PPP very happy and pink. If you have an east window, place it high for the first rays. I love mine... I just keep making more.

[@phytosexual]

Cool!

[@Chriscoleman55]

Thanks for this! Very informative ❤️

[@phytosexual]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ninabeena83]

LIKE A BEAN DIP!🥙😂😂 Seriously perfect combo of science and snark. Loved it 😍

[@timothywang2121]

My P. Birkins is reverting to green. What do I do

[@katheriner3121]

I’m really curious as to what you’re majoring in because I’m interested in working with plants, is it botany?

[@cynthiaacevedo8314]

Looking forward to seeing your new video

[@phytosexual]

A new video is here today.

[@jessicab5975]

What type of variegation would a marble queen pothos be? Mine started reverted during the winter but now that it's spring it has already put off 4 super variegated leaves again! :D

[@lita7676]

This video is great. I want more content like this. Educational with a hint of sarcastic humor. I also wonder if I should have just spent all my plant money on an iowaska journey, because clearly I have issues hoarding plants 😭😭😭

[@roxannegardiner6327]

This is super informative thank you! I’ve got a quick question, I have a tricolour wandering Jew, and I’ve noticed that the leaf variegations tend to repeat on each vine (so I have a vine of half and half, a vine of single green stripe, etc. I love the effect, (and it means I can propagate the variegations that I love the most and give them as presents), but do you know what causes the patterns to repeat instead of being random? Thank you, love your content!

[@phytosexual]

It's probably genetic if it's fairly consistent.

[@arabianwarrior123]

Ok I'm in love with your voice.

[@jjh3365]

Great explanation! Thanks 😊

[@phytosexual]

No problem 💚

[@treectrice9180]

Ok so the ficus triangularis variegata has the same type (periclinal) as the n'joy Philo?

[@phytosexual]

Definitely the FTV not sure about the n'joy, its hard to determine with certain plants.

[@Yoliplanting]

That was a great explanation. I will wait for Costa Farm's Thai Monstera. This unreliability, not to mention the price of the Albo is not worth it.

[@phytosexual]

Good plan, myself included.

[@Lapetiteplanteverte]

*I love this video!! Thank you*

[@phytosexual]

Thank you 💚

[@renatacuriosa]

I have a monstera deliciosa that pushed an variegated stem-leaf. Is it possible to make a variegated monstera from propagating that one leaf?

[@phytosexual]

Probably not. you could try to cut that leaf node off and propagate it to see what happens once it matures an has some stem above it.

[@renatacuriosa]

@@phytosexual thank you for the advice. I’ll try it

[@rachelschuller6647]

Someone who can speak science to me! YYYYAAAAASSSSSSSSSS!!!

[@phytosexual]

My next video is going to be sciencey. Look out 👀

[@mitternachtsfruhstuck4448]

I just revisited the video because my two syngonium albo cuttings both got a full moon leaf and nobody understands my frustration so I needed to vent here.

[@phytosexual]

Yes my syngonium also likes to go full also too often.

[@Mspoor70]

Blinkin' top notch content 🤗Thanks loads.

[@phytosexual]

No problem 💚

[@Orion-ih5xl]

are sport variegation the same as mericlinal variegation?

[@armidaromilla9376]

Very informative 👍 Thanks.

[@phytosexual]

No problem :)

[@thespacebehindmyeyes5110]

This was great! Thank you for sharing your research - i don't think it's boring, I think it's awesome! Knowledge helps us raise our plant game 🪴

[@phytosexual]

Knowledge is power! Ignorance is spending $5000 on a philodendron.

[@LaPazBlanca]

You are an amazing, where have you been all my plant life 🥰

[@drewe3443]

love this incredibly informati e

[@anything5247]

I have this variegated peace lilly, now its variegations are gone. I have no idea what I did wrong,

[@phytosexual]

I feel like they are genetically variegated, maybe increase light?

[@StalkerNaturaliste]

Actually I think PPP has transposon induced variegation. I know it has the reputation to revert easilly but once the plant is established even long time reverted stems puch out highly variegated leaves. Besides it does have that random speckled patern. Also it's not the only plant like that. Philodendron ilsemanii is also known as transposon induced variegated plant and it does also suppress it's variegation when stressed.

[@karinarosales4803]

My ppp also reverted. I’ll be chopping it up in the spring 😆

[@paulacraig8252]

I love the science💚

[@phytosexual]

Thank you :)

[@alivejulietavlog3148]

I love variegated pls teach me how.. Thanks for sharing

[@porreij]

This is a great video explaining the science! How come the genetic variegation of a Thai Constellation doesn't transfer through seeds? As far as I understand TCs are only grown in labs and cuttings but I can't find information on the science behind he genetics passing through seeds or not and going back to a regular green monstera.

[@Bichonfrise369]

I love you 😘 you are the best KZbinr!,

[@phytosexual]

Thank you :)

[@canna_nymph]

Yasssss let’s go on that retreat

[@phytosexual]

lets go

[@sedumzz3289]

this entertained me so much...

[@divyasasidharan2960]

I have neon pothos n they were kept directly in sun so they developed white variegation... m in awe but since they r out of sun they r normal with no variation anymore Was wondering if the gene got mutated n the stem still has the defect n the cutting will get variegated too

[@joshuaparchaso3080]

Interesting! Maybe you could do a video on chemically induced variegations? 🤔

[@WhiteLiteBarbie]

Awesome video!

[@helenagehrmann1395]

This was really helpful, thanks

[@pudgyplanter1130]

Yes! I Love these type of videos. People (myself included) can actually LEARN the facts instead of just guessing and making an ass of one self in the comment section. Not that that EVER happens (tisk*)🙄🤐😁 lol

[@BSG0005]

This was very helpful! “But I’m still waiting for my match on Seeking Arrangements…” 😂😂😂😂

[@phytosexual]

It will happen.

[@joemug4079]

Very good! More substance.....than idle chatter. I shall now subscribe.

[@raquelhackshaw4543]

I just wanna know if I can make my own variegated monstera 😰 artificially create it? Can I mutate the cells myself? I just gotta know

[@phytosexual]

get some uranium

[@raquelhackshaw4543]

@Nick Alexander where do I get it and how do I use it?

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@@phytosexual where do I get it?

[@Samifinm]

Take me to school daddy ❤️ awesome video!

[@phytosexual]

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[@nrgraff]

More plant science pls 🥺

[@hmvtristan]

loved the info, the editing and the callout for pathetic pink princesses in this vid !

[@Kevin-mh8nk]

this video made me realize i definitely don’t want a philodendron pink princess

[@phytosexual]

yes but x plantuber says you want it. They are taking a nosedive in price, if I can eventually get a decently variegated one for under $50 ill go for it. Currently the small ones at logees are $99