Not sure if you know this, but Hoya macrophylla has been reclassified under the latifolia umbrella. Sooo, it’s Hoya latifolia FKA macrophylla (formerly known as). That way you can preserve how it’s different from your other Hoya latifolia from Sarawak. To be proper, that one is written as I just did, or as Hoya latifolia (Sarawak). Anything in parentheses is a descriptor and not part of the scientific name. It’s been a bit since I’ve seen one of your videos and wow…your collection is even more massive!! You do a wonderful job displaying them.
The division of cacti into “desert” cacti and “jungle” cacti is overly simplistic. Cacti occupy pretty much the entirety of the Americas, including Patagonia and Canada. It’s way more complex than just desert vs jungle. You can find cacti surrounded by ice sheets and covered in snow. Hell, you can find prickly pears in New England. But to answer your question, yes these are bloom buds. If you put your cactus in direct sunlight (after acclimating it first otherwise it will get sunburn) it will bloom profusely, develop thicker spines, and turn reddish brown. The yellow parts will turn pinkish red. The flowers will only fully open in good lighting conditions and if it’s warm enough.
I’m not a super expert, but for my begonia I’d definitely say soil.. semi moist (not soaking wet) soil but it cannnnn definitely dry out once strong and established.. it likes some humidity once it’s really established.. I was misting one of mine for a while but stopped.. and the stems are SO DELICATE at times.. they just get damaged and the leaf dies so easily.. more so when it’s young, when they get too wet, and when you’re fussing over it. Let it be.. kind of ignore it lol also a lot of them have sort of translucent leaves.. looks so special in the light.. but I think this is how it passes light to lower leaves.. sorta like how monstera allows light to pass through its fenestrations..
and also I would be really up for more casual videos like this, it's just nice to see what's going on with your plants and listen to you talk through them,. I learn so much just from this actually. thank you xxx
I am pretty sure variegated philodendron is Florida beauty, Florida ghost comes out with almost white, minty leaves and later turns into green or stay minty. And for the „micans“ it’s just a juvenile melano 🤷♂️
No, micans is actually just a cultivar of Philodendron hederaceum! If the plant were allowed to grow past the juvenile leaves, the fuzziness goes away on the mature leaves!
@@keekers8785 you did not understand what I was saying…I was referring to her saying it could be the micans … so for that plant referring her as a micans I’ve said my it’s a juvenile form of melano Ofcourse I know micans has nothing to do with melano, except they are both in the same family
It’s hilarious when you start to make excited ideas such as adding a moss pole to the propagated mystery philodendron and then the 2nd thought process you go through and talking yourself back out of it. I’m just the same and my husband dreads what he may find next when comes to my house plants.
Yes ziploc baggies are great. My orbifolio had thrips too that blew through my monsteras. I cut all leaves off and put it in xl ziploc and the humidity has helped it grow beautiful new leaves and has kept any pests away. By the end of this summer it should be back to its size.
I love your videos so much. Your vibe, sound of your voice, and always doing something helps my ADHD because I can just put on Claire and body double to my heart's content. So wonderful. I also recently got into begonias myself!😊
@@alenkamoore7262 She's basically the best friend I've never met lol. I get so much stuff done when I listen to her 🥳 Whenever her or Bailey Sarian comes on and they say hello: me. By myself. In my apartment. Does "HI CLAIRE OR BAILEY!" LOL
That is definitely not a Florida Beauty- the leaf shape of a Florida, even in its immature form, is very different from the shape you’ve got going on with that plant. Maybe an erubescens cultivar? Update: I’ve just had a look at a Florida Green wet stick I’ve been propping that just pushed its first leaf and it actually does look like the leaves on yours. So I have to rescind my “definitely not” and exchange it for a “possibly”
Hello there peps! I have an Aglonema that has white stems, I think is an Aglaonema nitidum, but I'm not quite sure. The think is, I had to cut one stem off (it came with two when I bought it) cuz it got damaged by my clumsy fingers while watering, and have it currently rooting on water (2 weeks ago). It has grown some beautiful roots 2 inches long aprox and my question is, when would it be a good time to plant it back on soil? (I want to do this bc I want the plant to look bushier). And, in case I decide to keep it growing apart from the "main" plant, do you recommend semi-hydro or should I leave in full water? I'll appreciate any guidance! Thanks in advance!
I just purchased some small Gymnocalycium, two for myself and two for my daughter. They are beautiful! I can’t wait to see them grow and bloom. If you find out some tips and tricks about them please do a video! I have a Hoya AH 074…the leaves will splash up with bright light. Your Sarawack is beautiful! I may get that one next! I just ordered a wish list Hoya! I purchased two Hoya Gunung Gading! I should receive them mid week next week. Each have 3 leaves, are sun stressed!! A friend of mine is successful in growing her begonias in a coco coir, chunky perlite soil mix…her attempt to grow it in pon was a failure. Maybe the roots are a bit delicate for the pon? 🤷🏻♀️ I am not very familiar with Begonias.
For your plant that looks similar to the micans...Camposportoanum is a large velvet leaf variety of philodendron whose leaves start out pink with light green veins and slowly mature into a deep dark green with a velvety texture in a large bunny ears form.
The philo you say is a florida 'something' to me may be a florida beauty or possibly a Domesticum variegata. Only time will tell once it sizes up I guess. I'm so sorry for your Orbifolia 😔 I pray she comes back now that you're in Spring. I've been checking mine everyday cos my maranta collection is currently being treated for thrip & are in isolation😫🥺 But happy that although we're in autumn now, my collection is generally still giving me new growth ( thanks to our beautiful Sydney climate) and I'm such a happy little vegemite 😉😆 Really enjoyed your video and you've motivated me to deal with my prop box as well 🤗🥰
The anthurium I think has papi + luxurians + magnificum. Its leaf shape resembles magnificum, the colour looks like a papi with a little blue from luxurians. That would be my guess, (luxurians x magnificum) x papi. Seeing the petiole would help, because luxurians have rigid square petioles and magnificum has slightly square petioles.
Hey just asking for some advice from anyone, i bought a new pest spray, already in a spray bottle etc, but it has been giving my plants new growth brown spots, and browning on some of the leaves. They go almost transparent and brown and idk whats going on? Any advice is helpful, is it too concentrated, am i spraying too much? I'm not too sure. :)
Hi Claire, I recently found you on RU-vid! and love watching your videos. I learned about semi-hydro from you, and only today have repotted my three calatheas into semi hydro as I was really struggling with the watering. I bought soil ninja like you. I hope I've not left it too late. One of them is an olbifolia.x
I gotta say - i restart plants quite often. There are only some that are allow to grow into maturity. It is happening often if i loose a chunk of leaves from middle of the plant.. last time vacuumed it:P so restarting is the way to go for me
12:54 All of my cacti live outside under a patio so I rotate them and I’ve noticed that they tend to swell on the opposite side that’s receiving sun. I know that sounds strange but when I see one side swelling, that’s how I know it’s time to turn it around.
I went to a Hoya shop and the owner told me if you want your Hoya to grow bushy/full you have to trick it and let the leaves grow down past the roots by letting it spill over the pot. Most people use wire to hoist it up but that makes it grow slower.
Inconsistent watering (especially under watering) or physical damage are the most common reasons new vines die off. Pests are another reason. Hope this helps (I have over 750 different hoyas 🙊-so these are things that have happened to me). Hope this helps!
100% on chopping a Hoya that isn't giving good growth. And... I chopped my AH074 hoping to gain back some silver. That didn't work, but it did explode in beautiful green growth.
Hey hey! 👋🏾 Can you do an update on your African Milk Tree plant? I have one too and it isn’t growing anymore, even though I’ve kept it under a grow light for the past three months or so. Checked the roots, repotted, and I pretty much let it dry before watering it. No rotting, plenty of light… Any tips, tricks, updates, etc. with your plant?
I got one that was on my "buy" list: Schismatoglottis wallichii. I killed my first from inconsistent watering it, I believe. It likes the substrate to be moist, and I would come home and it'd be completely wilted even though I had watered in the last 2 or 3 days. It'd perk right up, but I think it happened one too many times. I'm growing the new one in a mix of 2/3 PON 1/3 LECA to see if this way I can better keep up with its drinking habits.
Aww Claire I’ve just been up to Grow Tropicals to collect my order from them, I told them how much you love them!! They were chuffed Also I used your discount code, thank you , lucky I live very close to them in Leeds ❤
The little philodendron that looks like a micans could be a philodendron camposportoanum. They look very similar before they mature. I got one for myself a short while ago. Beautiful plant😊😊😊😊
😍 oh yes... There are bloom buds on your gymnocalisium. So cute... I also just got a cutting of the same begonia... I'm going to see if someone wrote down it's name 😅 Amazing update on your esmeraldense.. what an amazing plant 💪😍
How about a chop and extend like Sydney plant guy on the dubia..keep the biggest leaves on it but also have a really good size bottom plant already perfect for new home..then you get to keep the best of it..whatever you do its beautiful..I'm in Australia so going into winter here 🥶🥶
I've already chopped rooted and potted any hoyas that I wanted, enjoyed it. I'm putting off restarting a few big philodendron, there's just so much more biomass to deal with!
I had to repot my hoya obovata because it has not grown at all. And I cut up my lemon lime maranta because it only had one limb. It didn't seem to even notice and has just continued to grow. So glad. I was afraid I killed it 😅
So excited that your sarawak is doing well! I was nervous for you when you chopped it, but hoyas need to be threatened into growing sometimes 😂 Ooh it'll be nice to see you do some terrarium things, i just got supplies to make my first one. Think I'm just having a hoya serpens in it so far though!
Excitement, hearing you say another plant swap is coming up!!!! Calatheas are pest magnets. I have two Orbifolias. One in soil, one in Leca. The one in soil has just come back inside, after a summer holiday outdoors. It looks amazingly big and healthy. I did a heavy water spray on the leaves before bringing it indoors. I recently acquired a Calathea - Royal Standard and Calathea - Sunshine. Both have been transferred to Leca.
I also have a gymnocalycium, and it does the same thing where the variegated side grows bigger faster. The conclusion I came to is that the green side photosynthesizes more and that causes transpiration, which makes the green side lose their water quicker. Thus growing fatter slower.
The one you though was a juvenile melano or micans, looks very much like the juvenile glorious cutting I got in a swap. I guess until it fully grows out it might be hard to id accurately!
I am having myself an absolutely lovely planty weekend 🥰 Yesterday I acquired an Alocasia Tiny Dancer which I having been eyeing for some time. I have noticed the first root on a tiny tradescantia prop that broke off while repotting, I have made a "nursery pot" from the bottom of a soda bottle which fit perfectly into a cute but short and wide planter 🤓 all of this good planty energy has then given me the motivation to do some plant related house chores that I have been putting off for weeks (like tidying my pot/soil storage) 😁
I love listening to your chatty videos while doing my own planty stuff. This weekend you helped me bottom water a bunch of my plants and make a macrame hanger for the baby spider plant that got upsized into a tween pot!
12:50 Yep! It's definitely getting ready to put out flowers. It can take a while before it fully springs into bloom, and sometimes they sadly just dry out and shrivel up, but it's definitely looking promising!
Hi Claire, love your videos! I’ve nearly watched them all! do you know why liquid gold leaf plant food is so hard to get hold off? I’ve been trying for weeks? Thank you. ❤
Hi, I had the same trouble getting hold of it. If you look on their website, a new batch was being produced/released on 8th April, so hopefully will be available soon.
