Ok... I'm jealous that you both have such great "planty friend"... Good friend are hard to come by, but a friend that shares in the same hobby and can step in and help like Claire did is just priceless ❤
Firstly, a big round of applause to Claire, for doing such a great job acclimating and looking after those plants 👏👏 And Emma, you are going to love that domesticum when the leaves get large, as, in my opininion, it has the best variegation on a yellow variegated plant. what a fab collection, and your reaction to the clemensiorum was priceless. I think you should do an import "looking after" for Claire, that would be great to see. Enjoy your new plant babies ☺
Your plant #2 is a schismatoglottis I think, schismatoglottis and homalomena are both aroids (as you know) but they're from different lineages (not closely related in their aroideae subfamily) that happens to be occupying the same habitats (Sympatric speciation?). So they ended up looking very similar by convergent evolution, both usually having multiple rows of parallel venation running from the midrib to the edges. So it can sometimes be hard to identify when they're collected from the wild since they both grow literally next to one another. Though I think their stems look completely different though, plus I find homalomena leaves to be a more cordate shape whilst schismat. leaves are more enlongated.
Oh that hoya retusa! It's become one of my favorites! It's bloomed several times for me in the half year I've had it and it smells AMAZING!! I hope you enjoy it! Also you've 100% convinced me to get a fat boy lol
This is a fantastic tip to add to the tips for people doing imports: get a buddy! You never know. This exact same thing happened to me with my first big hoya import from Thailand. It takes months for the order to ship and the suddenly it does. I was going out of town for a few days and in complete panic they would arrive while I was gone. I lined up a plant friend to come get the box and do exactly what Claire did for you. Turned out they arrived a day before I left. But I felt better having my "import buddy" just in case!
Oh my goodness! That for me was the most exciting and of the charts video! Those Hoya’s are flipping stunning creep’s,love them so much! I teared up when Emma gave Claire the Fatboy as a gift,I was such a beautiful moment! Love you two! 💚🪴 Natalie
Agreed! It's the combination of an import haul + a 6 week update, seeing how they looked back then and seeing Claire's stress and method of acclimating, and how it looks like when Emma received it, it's so entertaining!
Loved your unboxing and collaboration with Claire! I have a Hoya retusa (northern hemisphere) hanging in SW facing window. The individual flowers are beautiful and flower every autumn and flowered the second year I had the plant and ever since. One of my favourite Hoyas!
Loved this video! What a journey these plants have been through, and it’s so nice to see them being unboxed and to see their journey! Also love the videos with both of you together, keep up the great collabs!
I really enjoyed watching you guys. I’ve been missing watching 2 British gals ever since Two Fat Ladies (It was a cooking show you can find on RU-vid). They were hilarious and entertaining as you two are. You might consider filming more content together. Thanks
Check out Alocasia Scalprum, I think that might be the wrong spelling if you look for info. Had one , not anymore, it did not like shipping and I couldn't save the corm , but they are cool, glad it made it for you both. Nice haul. After watching , my hubby just happened to take me plant shopping, and they had some hoya retusa there so I scooped one up. I didn't know they flowered so differently either and looks so beautiful when it does. Thank you both for sharing.
Yeah I think that’s what it is, sometimes Asian sellers have slightly different spellings of the names. Ooh awesome that you got a retusa as well! Such gorgeous plants!
I’m sure the process differs greatly between US and UK customs, but I think the US only checks the roots. My latest import had all of the root bags slashed open because they were looking for potato cyst nematodes. They could be looking for specific pests that pose a greater agricultural threat to your country.
Domesticum are super easy! Just treat it like you would your other philos, it's very similar to burle Marx in a lot of ways. But very low maintenance, allow to dry partially before rewatering, filtered light/partial direct sun it's not that bothered xx
What a fun video and I always love watching the two of you when you collaborate. Still is not going to get me to import…however I might do so eventually for some of the Hoya I want.
I just heard you say you have Peach certs. Have you ever thought about becoming a distributor for some of the Asian imports? Would be a great side hustle and a great service for people who might want to buy imports
Hi Emma. When I saw the little single flowers of the Hoya retusa I remember where I had recently seen it. I was watching Ric’s Hoyas in Florida and I’m sure it was in this garden tour and he mentioned that it constantly bloomed. See if you can find the video, you’ll love the plant even more.
For the bags I would suggest ziploc bags. They come in larger sizes and no need for the taping to the pot as you can put them in and zip up the bag, then open to air every few days. I'm surprised they don't ship them a little better to avoid them being flattened so much, like in a roll of cardboard. The Philodendron Martianum is a gorgeous plant!
I’m sooo jealous right now 🙃 that clemensiorum is gorgeus and on top of my wish list for quite some time 😣 hope I’d get my hands on one soon 🤞🏻 lastly, thank you for the video, very much enjoyed watching ❤️
Great video, as always!! Would love to see this the other way around!! Love watching yall together!! And how wonderful to have a friendship like you ladies have!! 🪴🌿💜💞🌿🪴
Oh the domesticum, this has been on my wishlist for about 2 years, maybe more common here in Australia? the price has dropped a lot here so maybe a birthday present to self at last lol. I gather they're pretty hardy!
Can you show how to propagate plants that are not as straightforward as just cutting a node? Like the philodendron fat boy, Philodendron Melinonii, cactus, succulents, alocasia, etc. that would be awesome thanks!
Ooh yeah I can defo do something like that. I do have an alocasia propping video already so check that out but I’ll have to experiment with those sorts of philos 💚
I’ve found my domesticum pretty undemanding, in fact it’s pretty drought tolerant.. I have mine on a pole and yes they size up pretty quickly… the variegation is seemingly pretty random so don’t be dismayed if a mostly green one comes out cuz the next one will be 3/4 yellow, next one splashy… The scindapsis had customs tape on the paper so they looked but got lucky there
Yeah I really don’t understand what they’re doing at customs if they didn’t find those mealies even after they checked! So odd! Thanks for the domesticum advice! I think ima get it on a pole quickly
I legit have aroid asia open on my web browser at the moment because I'm dreaming of a nice strawberry shake and red anderson! been waiting for the prices here to come down but Im stalking import sites x3
Your crusty dusty hoya 😂 I got the exact plant but slightly greener recently from overseas but it lost a lot of leaves and is leggy... I'd be interested to see how you get on with it. Mine didn't come with any roots but I've propped it in water in a prop box ... also not sure if I like it either😂😂 mine was called Hoya Callistophyla Gunung. But the version I got was a bit ugly as well....
