My crawling Philodendrons - gloriosum, pastazanum, plowmanii etc. - growing large aroids indoors 

It looks so much easier than growing a relationship

Philodendron plowmanii is a great example on how a plant adapts according to its environment. Based on my experience, P. plowmanii would produce leaves with more silver streaks if placed on a brighter light and vice versa.

I loved your reaction to all the roots from the Dean McDowell. Beautiful plants, great videos, and thank you for sharing all your experience and tips.

Haha at the end ur face in midst of those leaves 🤣

I’m glad to hear you also water your plants about once a week. I hear so many people saying they water them 2/3 times a week but even though I have a very chunky soilmix, I can’t water more often than once a week because the soil stays moist

looking at the growth pattern of the Silver Cloud I bought a couple of weeks ago (12 bucks at the local nursery!!), I would agree with what you're saying in the video. Mine's definitely more of a climber than a crawler. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that there's e.g. a Sodiroi in the mix here, that would explain its more heart-shaped leaves and also why it sometimes can be a crawler like the Mamei but other times more of a climber

You are such an inspiration. Makes me want to try more different plants in my home

Amazing the beautiful plants are able to be indoor plant .very inspirative

you are my plant guru and I am following your advice on soils and moss poles. once I live in a place with more space I would love to add crawlers to my collection. They are stunning

Love your 🌱🌿!!! What a fantastic plant parent, you are!

Sydney Plant Guy and a cat call Brad, thank you for another relaxing and inspiring video. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday 💛🪴 ps your face at the end 😂😂

So many beautiful plants! Thank you for sharing🤗🤗🤗

Love your videos! You really inspired me to start some legit moss poles and work towards bigger leaves on my climbing philodendron 😁 I hope mine turn out like yours one day!

All soo beautiful ! 👍 💚☘️🌱🌵

Nice work mate. You are pumping out the videos!!

Hello from Puerto Rico!!! Your collection is awesome!!! 💚🙋🏼‍♀️🪴🙋🏼‍♀️💚

Getting my first Gloriosum this week. And you're my inspiration!

silver cloud is a variety of Mamei here in the Philippines

Che meravigliaaa!!!!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Incredible!!!!!! As always!! I would love to see your anthurium collection

Woah! Beautiful collections

Thanks for this vidéo. Your plants look amazing beautiful 😍. Have nice day. Take care. Namaste 🙏.

How healthy your plants are.love to watch your videos.💚💚

I added the Dean McDowell and Pasta to my wish list ❤ I have the others. Can't wait for mine to be as fabulous as yours. My Mamie though is much more silver in it. My silver cloud hated me so it's currently chopped and propped. I bought it as a climber, though. I can't find straight answers about them! Lol.

Thank you for this vidéo 💚🇫🇷🙏

I bought gloriosum, thinking it was glorious, not realising they were different, after watching this I'm actually ok with having gloriosum. Time to embrace the crawler!

Watching this after dinner I’m psyched

Thanks for sharing, a lot of info. That I've learned. My wishlist pastazanum

Your channel is truly amazing 🤩

The Philodendron Pastazanum can definitely withstand more light! Mine is 1.5 - 2 meters away from a south facing window, the internodes are really short and the leafes are getting sooo big😍 ~40cm

I just bought a McDowell so I'm pretty nervous about caring for it so thanks for your advice.

5:12 i did similar experiment but with anthurium radicans (the pure species one, not the radicans x luxurians which sometimes sold as radicans). I made little "pole" from half of plastic cup and put wire over the cut side, then fill it with aroid mix. So far, so good... It definitely rooted to the "pole" and starting to climb. The reason i did it : since anthurium radicans is a crawler and have relatively small leaf and short petiole... the optimal viewing is from the top and i put all of my anthuriums on a shelf atm. Some people actually let them trail down from the pot, which is nice too. But the hanging part of the plant won't likely to put out any roots and i feel like it's a waste of nodes 😂

Omg 😱 finally RU-vid. Subscribed 🤗

I'd be tempted to throw a stout (manzanita or Prunus serrula?!?!) horizontal branch into the end of the pot with Dean McDowell and let it climb/crawl along it dry. The root system is definitely large enough to sustain it for a while. Great plants and great video.

Just started my crawling philo journey. Started with a gloriosum and pasta silver. Now have a new McDowell, peltatum and Columbia sp. Silver. Loving all of them. Most are 2-6 months and they are so easy. Had a little spider mite attack on the gloriosum but it was easily delt with

WRT ground crawlers being climbers of a sort... yes they often do in the wild. They're not going to skate 15metres up a bole to the canopy - like those zippy true climbers. But they can handle themselves on corky low buttressed etc.

You are pretty awesome! 💚

your macdowell looks so great! like your video! but I think I will choose to be a tyrant and force my madowell to climb a mosspole😂

I dont know why it never occurred to me to cut my Gloriosum like that and leave it in the pot. I've cut "top cuts" many times to sell to make more room but never did mid cuts. Great idea! Mine is so big at this point it's outgrown the usual long/skinny pots like you use and I've got it in a gigantic square pot. But it's not very filled out. That would be a great way to fill out the width of the pot. Crawlers are the only tropical I grow that make me wish I lived further south in Florida so I could put them outside in the ground. They are so amazing but take up so much space.

Very nice.

Hello from Indonesia, your plants collection are awesome 😍. Thanx for sharing, u got 1 subs from me 😁

Sulphur powder gets rid of mites quick, knotdude on RU-vid talks about it. And I’ve used it with success. Definitely worth a shot. It’s cheap and easy to find. Also works on other pests and fungus too

Might be that the mineral substrate is best for the Mamei due to the spidermites: so regular showers are possible without having wet soil.

I wish I have the room for large plants like these. I wonder if they actually come in small sizes too.

How do you manage them when they crawl towards end of the pot ? Sure, its easier to grow climbing plant, we have 2.5m ceilings but not 2.5m wide pots. Do you just cut it and let it be ? What will happen then ? They will be like that for years or they will push new leaves from existing node ? Im basically interested how long crawlers can live in pot before totally limiting them to grow more. ♥

I think silver cloud could be mamei x plowmanii - I really have no idea. Could be a sodoroi hybrid e.g. sodoroi x pastazanum or something

Good video, what a great idea with the rectangle self watering….here is my question, I’ve never known for my plants to have spider mites. But at times I’ve had pests eat part or leaves or sucked the life out of a leaf. I am not familiar with spider mites, do you think it’s possible to get them on video so we can see what they look like? And what do they do to the plants ? Thank you in advance

loving your videos, let me ask how do you treat spider mites with your crawlers?

I wonder if the spidermites are attracted to that substrate? Since you only have your one plant in that mineral substrate?.....that is what came to mind.....your collection of crawlers look amazing.....those long pots actually look pretty nice....your plants look happy and love all those roots! It is nice your plants are giving you surprises! You looked like us watching your videos for the first time!! Have a great evening :) excited to see whats next.....

Omg i thought only i had the issue with spider mites on mamei. I finally composted mine. Gave me so much stress!😓

It's been a while... But how is your silver cloud doing? I just got one and from the growth pattern it looks like it's climbing and not crawling 😅 it's repot time and I don't know if I should give it a pole 😅

Did you had sucees making the silver cloud to clime moss pole. I couldn't make it work eventually. Can you make update pls. Great video!

WOWZERS! Do you make your own aroid mix, or purchase a bag of it? I mixed up some orchid mix, perlite, with potting soil? My plowmanii doesn’t even look to be growing, for the past year! 8” inch long petiole, no ruffles yet. Not one leaf yet! Had one leaf, when I got the starter plant. Lost it! I’m going to try a terra cotta pot for her?!

Have you ever considered having a moss pole that ran horizontally? Or do you think that’d be too difficult to water?

Thanks to you I have started using GT FF and every time I am mixing it up to use I say to myself in your voice “weakly weekly” 😄😄 your first Merch slogan perhaps? I am going to try and grow some gloriosum in my garden (sub-tropical Oz) come spring. Fingers crossed it works. 🤞🤞🤞

Another great video! Thank you! Was wondering… when you made the cuts along the stem of the Gloriosum , in the pot… I could see that they started “ budding“… could you just leave them in the pot there and would the leaves grow on that end as well and eventually, fill out that entire pot then instead of removing them to propagate?

Hi Jan, what do use on yr velvet leaves to deter/kill spidermites? Reason I'm asking is because when I wipe my velvet leaves with my natural pest mix the leaves get linty and become dull.

Hi Jan, another super educational video! Question: is there any easy reference as which types of Philodendrons are crawlers vs. climbers (in addition to your collections here) and what about Monsteras? Are they are all climbers? thanks Calvin

Have you ever considered predator bug packs for your spider mite problem? Most of the bugs only have a short life cycle and chow down on spider mites and you can just hang a little pack of them on the plant and let them do all the work.

What size are the pots you’re using for your crawler? I love your page your information so amazing thank you!

Hi . ...where did you buy this pots ? Thanks for your answer

Wow 😮 so nice

but this xxl leaves are not possible in cold Germany or?

Hi I love your Video! I have a big Problem with my gloriosum and I have no idea, what I am doing wrong. I would feel blessed, if you could give me a tip. its only in spaghnum moss so far, the leaves are very narrow to each other, so Light should be enough.... My problem: every time a New leaf comes, an older one or even two are going to die 😥 is it lack of nutients? every two weeks I give it some fertilizer. or is it two moist?

my plowmanii has started going yellow at the edges of the leaves it's in a cbainet, so it's not humidity.. it's growing in sphag, so I'm thinking maybe it need potting into aeroid mix?

Where's Brad? Love your videos!

My Dean McDowell is doing a 45 degree climb as well. i want it to crawl... not sure what i want to do... I dont think it would like a moss pole. I was thinking maybe just add on the aroid mix below it to make a "hill". So that the roots can touch the soil.

Enjoying your video & Just looking at your aroid mix , mine looks chunkier, thinking I am using the wrong Cocoa peat ? I have used Coir potting 65 litre brick from Bunnings $29.0 You just said Cocoa peat that is very fine ?. I have used this for my mix ?? The coco husks is dominant ,equal NZ bark /coco potting brick Please advise ? I will go watch your aroid mix making video for the third time Thank you for taking my indoor plants to a healthier/ fun level

My mc dowell has a full pink leaves is it normal

When is best time to repot my dean into same rectangular planter. It only has two leaves and is in 100ml pot but root system looks healthy tho not rootbound yet. Many thanks 😊

is this gloriosom or gloriosom verde?

Can anyone tell me more examples of crawling Philodendrons?

Great video and very informative as always! I have two questions : what is the size of your rectangular pots in centimetres! Please. How much light you give to your plowmanii? I live in UK and mine sits on my Sohth facing windowsill but the inter nodal spacing is larg, so wondering how much sun does your one gets.

I potted my Gloriosum in one of those rectangular pots and it hated it. Not sure if I did something wrong or not. 😅

My pastazanum sits by a south west facing window and the internodes are less than an inch apart! Maybe yours needs more light?

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How can you tell which philos are climbers and which are crawlers? I just bought a Blushing Philodendron do I let it climb or crawl? It almost looked like it wants to crawl! 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I want to know about soil potting media and fertilisers too.. thanks…

Hello nice Video! What happend with the climbing crawler?

If you put the pot/pole at 45 degrees, is the plant crawling or climbing 🤔

Put charcoal to avoid mites

Is pond water good for plants? I have a type of tree in a pot on my back porch. I was thinking to give it some pond water from the pond in the back of my neighborhood. There's fish, turtles, and ducks in the pond. I was thinking to fill a 2 liter bottle of pond water and feeding to my plant. I was thinking it has more nutrients than water from my sink.

Hi! I recently got a super small baby gloriosum. It doesn't need a long pot from the start, right? It's so small! I have no idea when I should expect it to crawl 🙃

Where did you purchase the pots please thanks

What is that red plant next to your crystallinum?

Do you fertilise just during growing season?

Oh pls ...don't show me those...Ct from Malaysia...🤩🤩🤩

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Where do you get your plants or seeds? I really want many of the plants I see in your videos and there's so many places but I'm looking for a good reliable place where I can purchase healthy plants!

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One of my McDowell leaves is looking very sad. It is the latest leaf to come in. It almost looks like it is wilting? The other leaves are fine with a new one coming in. I have no idea why this is happening. Any ideas?

Hi I want to get some advice regarding my Philo prince of orange please

How big is the ’silver cloud‘ today and did it work?

Where did you gets these big ones the plowmanii

How do the roots not get root rot sitting in the water in the pan?

Which pots are you using for your gloriosum? Is it lechuza?

I have a silver cloud, it is definitely a climber, not a crawler

Would a moss pole benefit the plowmanii?

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