hey guys! I just had to quickly reupload this video because noticed a boo boo! (thanks round crouton! and ofc thank you so much kirsty b for watching so quickly - you are always so supportive!) Hope you guys enjoyed the video and found some of the tips helpful! Day 3 of #thehouseplantchallenge where I'm posting a video every day for 30 days so I'll be seeing you guys quite often woo!!! Some useful timestamps: 01:37 General characteristics and natural habitat 03:37 Connection between foliage and lighting tips 05:57 & 08:46 Watering 07:03 Soil 09:11 Temperature 10:11 Fertilising 10:32 Die back? 12:06 Humidity 12:37 Propagation 13:16 Pests
Hi, this weekend I found a big one in my nursery but is the variety with the green and purple lines. So beautiful. Thanks for all the information. It is not very easy to find this variety in Florida. Planning on propagation to sell some of them.
If you want it to grow more branches you just nip the new leaves. When the time comes that it bears flowers then you'll then have seeds to propagate. They love rain water a lot..The leaves turn green due to lack of sunshine...the Christia Obcordata, the Green leaf variety is very beautiful, too!
What a unique looking plant! It's like little planes flying around the stem :) I appreciate the relaxing water sounds and background music ;) EDIT: 13:47 ahahaha
Very easy to grow from seeds! I can't wait for mine to mature. I also recently bought the C. obcordata seeds but haven't got around to planting them yet because all of my propagators are full.
oooo!! i'm so excited for the obcordata!! i hope you get the chance to plant them soon! I really love the patterns on them - the purple against the green tiger stripes - amazing what mother nature creates!
Oh I'm jealous, I really want to grow 1 from seeds but I don't know how. I got the seeds from my already full grown one. And and seeds are color black from the purple one. While in videos it's color brown ughrr.. I'm going crazy hope someone could help me
@@babyducky9895 Works best in a heated propagator. You can easily buy one from a garden centre or online or use a clean takeaway tub that you cover in cling film and place in a warm(not too warm) but shady windowsill. The trick I learned from my dad (he's in agriculture) is to gently scratch hard seed skins for higher germination rates. You can easily do this with a nail file (larger operations dip seeds in gentle acids). This has worked best for me: Once scratched sow seeds in sterile soil or those plug pellets. The soil/growth medium should be kept moist and never wet. Never let the medium completely dry out. Once they start to pop up poke holes on the cling film with a needle to let excess humidity out and acclimatise the plants to less humid environment. Do this slowly and add more holes over several weeks till the plantlets are at least about 8-10 cm tall before you pot up. The bigger they are the more likely they'll survive. If you are lucky to live in the tropics just gently scratch the seeds and sow and place in the shade. So far I've had 95% germination rates within 3-5 days (if all seeds are viable). Without scratching the seeds it could take weeks sometimes. Young plants need bright shade. Too much light and heat will burn them. You can experiment on what works best for you and you are lucky that you have an adult plant that has given you seeds. I had to buy my seeds from a grower in the Netherlands. Best of luck!
@@superpinkyswear this comment of yours is so helpful, Lillian. Thank you. I recently harvested seeds of christia vespertilionis and I didn't scratch them first. I planted them straight into the soil. I've been waiting for seedlings to pop up but none has germinated, so far. So now I know. Looks like I'll have to wait for weeks now. 😄 I'll be sure to scratch the next batch of seeds I have. Thank you again!
Omgosh Jess, such a beautiful plant, i have never heard of it before. I love how delicate it is. U always give such awesome information and put in so much effort to your research. And i have to say, where u were sitting with the plants surrounding u and the birds chirping in the background it was like u were actually in a rainforest. So beautiful. Thankyou so much for sharing. Love it 🤩
Aw thank you so much Sally! I really appreciate it!! I do really try to keep the videos informative and help you guys so your comment really meant a lot because hopefully i'm doing something right! My dad really loves his backyard and he's spent years on it - finally when he retired he built the pond with a small waterfall which I'm grateful for the natural soundtrack! i'll let dad know about your comment - he'll be so chuffed!
Hello! I just got mine and it got a bit stressed from the delivery and 2 leaves curled on the sides... 1 of them was really bad and i trimmed it. Hope the plant still grows!
Hi! Thank you for this. A lot of useful information ❤️ I got my red butterfly wing recently and I looked for stuff online but I'm not sure why one of the leaves is turning white/light brown(?). Is it sick? Should I remove them?
@@jessypotplants checked it out and it's a little moist. I water every other day since it takes a while for the soil to dry out. It grew a little since my last comment so I hope that's a good sign. Thanks for the reply! ❤️
I had this plant in my garden when i was a kid,but these days i cant find it anywhere near me...its a beautiful plant ,so im taking care of my oxalis thinking it is this one🤣
aww this is such a sweet little story! The oxalis is one I've been wanting to get! for the longest time i had no interest in it and even looked down on it because it was a weed! but over time its grown on me and i think its so beautiful - particularly how the leaves open and close throughout the day
I have 2 Christia obcordata and both of them seem to lose their old leaves but constantly give off new leaves. Thea lot of their old leaves turned yellow and I've tried repotting and there's no sign for root rot. I wonder what else could be the problem?
@@jessypotplants i keep them moist and maybe water every other day or every two days. The yellowing of leaves had finally stopped and maybe i lost 60% of the foilage huhuhuhu
