Raphidaphora Tetrasperma Care and Propagation (with updates) 

Oh my God...marry me Sean...You Cook!!You are intelligent!sweet!you're funny!you've got loads of beautiful plants!!...you are such a gem!!!😁😀👌

I feel you. It's so easy to get lost when gardening. I always tell myself just 30-60 minutes a day (I have a day job) but I find myself spending 4-6 hours once I get started. Waaah!

Holy moly that tetrasperma is freaking MASSIVE. Mine snapped too but I actually managed to get it to heal by bending it back and taping it back together tightly. After a month or two, I took off the tape and it was completely healed like a grafted tree branch!

Finally got one as a Valentine's gift for myself.

Love that you always give us propagation and update in one video 😊

Sean: set them free, put them next to a tree! Me, living in Switzerland: I don't think that's gonna work for me

This has been on my wishlist for a while now.

Great video, thank you so much!! I just got my first, I am super excited seeing all your growth in just 10 months!!!

Those roots! So many, impressive

I love that you recycle everything 🥰

Ohh my word! You are soo talented and soo cute so smart soo soo many more haha. Anyone would be soo lucky to have you.

When you cut that first huge piece and tossed it on the floor, I felt that! 😭😲😰 Your plant is gorgeous, mine is just young but I'm excited to make a pole like yours and get it growing. 💚🌱

Scissor Happy!!!! Glad to see you back on Insta and again spoiling us with 2 videos!!!!

I love the way you follow up with all your repots....and keep up updates....I am a new follower and I enjoy your touch.

Haaahaaa I just love these videos. The immediate updates. I am sure you made a great dinner 🍽️. The moss!!! Worked so well. I have a slow rooting node in water. Oncei get a few roots, two inches I read, I M planting in moss for sure! Haahaa all the poles. Im excited to see how your three in one w one pole does. Thank you 🤗🤗

Oh yay! its here! waiting for THIS! Totally will enjoy this during my lunch break! part 2 of comments - Thai Food, cooking - ALL my favs too! ME too NEVER measure when cooking or mixing soil wahahahahahaaaa.... maybe its us asians! JUST got a huge mini monstera as my previous 1 got some leave fungal infection which I chopped till 2 tiny leaves. So decided to self care / treat self to a huge pot/plant which I will USE THIS VIDEO to propagate oh yay! HOW timely!!!!!

Thank you for the follow up. I searched the internet to be sure my parent rhaphidophora would branch if i pruned it. Yours was the only good info i found. 🙏

Thank you for giving your updates love them😊

Great informational video; love it when the update is inserted in the original video. Thanks

Yay, I'm happy you got your insta back!

Great info once again! I air-layered my Raph in sphagnum moss a couple of weeks ago so seeing your moss propagation update makes me feel positive with mine 😊

Dinner looks great! Fish especially! Cooking videos plz!

One of my favorite house plants! Love this!

Every snip sounds painful yet satisfying to realize now you got a lot more of it. That costs like a loooooot still at the moment from where I live. And I can't wait for prices to drop or a friend gives me one. I hope for the latter. Lol Thanks for sharing this, Shawn! Always excited watching and learning from you!👌🏼

That Raf is a beauty. All your plants are beautiful...you are knowledgeable about plants and nurturing...your cooking also looks delicious...and to top it off you are handsome!! Hehe

Good timing. Repotting mine today and giving her a pole!

Great video!!!! Ahhhhhh! Your leaves are soooo huge! 😍

All the snipping, so many plants!!! That's what I do too

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I like the unscripted. Learning a lot here. Thanks for the video.

The chopping sound is so satisfying

Nice 👍, yr garden so beautiful, love it 🥰

My Tetrasperma is huge. It just keeps growing. Even though I have neglected it many times.. No water for like 4 months. And yet still it just keeps going. No brown or yellow leaves just lovely green. Strongest plant I EVER had by far. It's like a monster! Right now it reached 3 meters. I've had it for maybe 3 years. Never changed soil either poor plant. I do give it rainwater that I collect instead of tap water. I had to screw in hooks on the ceiling and used old copper wire (from wired lights that stopped working) to keep it all hanging properly. Now it looks like a tall creature that wants to grab you 😂. I will propagate it soon. I heard its best to do in summer. I'm in Western Eu and it's still cold here though inside it's warm of course so I don't understand why the seasons make a difference if the weather inside the home is always about the same. Kinda nervous about propagating. Hope I don't mess it up.

I’ve had a lot of good luck propagating but my RT took the loooongest time to give me new growth!

My dream plant.thanks for the info

This plant has a very satisfying crunchy sound when you cut the stem :)

Same thing happened to mine. Broke. I am propogating in spaghnam moss and water. Wish me luck. 🌿❤ Thank you

Excellent video. Thanks!!!

This is great I’ve been after one of these for ages !

I got a plant at Home Depot that was labeled as a Philodendron Ginny for $15 that I am pretty sure is a R. Tetrasperma. It is a decent size and has been growing beautifully in the month that I have had it so far.

Thank you again for info.... I like your clay pots. I use lot of clay pots specially succulents and cactus.

Hi Seaaan!!! Rewatching your videos again and again on a sleepless night. 😅 I have a question I've been meaning to ask after hearing you talk about roots: What are your thoughts on root pruning rootbound aroids? For instance, when space is limited like small apartments and despite badly wanting to upsize a pot, would it be a bad decision to prune roots? Will this shock/kill aroids like the RT, MD, rare philos, etc? Let us know if you've experienced something like this 😅 I've been looking up to your videos the most and really love hearing about your insight. 😅🙏🏼

Holy moly!!! Those big leaves! Can you make a video of variegated tetra please?

Terima kasih banget,bro..sangat bermanfaat dan pas banget waktu nya nih,saya punya 2 dan sudah mulai agak gedhe_an,nanti mau saya perbanyak..👍👍🙏🏽

Yay! More plants :)

Very helpful. Thank you 🙂

I never use pearl lite and it works. I get a new leaf a week on my Raphidaphora Tetrasperma's. So must be doing something right.

so cute!!

your repotting/propagation videos are so therapeutic!! tried propagating using perlite as there are not many long aerial roots yet. also, how can i encourage fenestrations on its leaves? yours have pretty ones! I've had mine for months in medium to bright indirect light but it only kept on producing juvenile leaves, but the older leaves on the lower part already had fenestrations. love your videos!

I am watching in utter envy!

I wish have that one too its so beautiful.

Love your videos. Thx

AND you can cook?! Wow. 😍

Very nice video and also your tattoo is on your right arm is a Greek word that means solicitude, passion :-) Love your job mate .

I’m attaching my Ginny to a moss pole right now but I’d much rather have some of you Thai food Sean! 😀

Oh my god woooohoooo, this is my super duper always for all times favourite plant!!!!! I haven't even watched the video, but hell, I am so grateful you make a video about it. Truly Sean, this plant is in my heart, I told you before I have it closed 10 years, and I can say, it's the easiest aroid to care about. And ohhh wow, I can't write as fast as I am thinking. I can write so much about it, but well, I will watch your video now first and then I will see we have the same opinion 🤩😁 but thank you so much for showing people this amazing plant, it's absolutely underrated.

Hi Sean .. ive been following u for quite a while and loving all your videos. Ive got some qustion though ... firstly , in moss propagstion how do you water them , just flow the water throughly or u spray it ? Cos moss tends to keep the water in moss .. so it wont get root rot .. and secondly in shade and semi indoor area with ypu aroid mix , how often would you recomend on watering ? Thx a lot bro .. really apreciate it !!

sean, just got my self this plant. anyway, not my point. the inching to your right at the start of the video was sooo cute! ☺️

Sean, did you make your own insecticidal soap? Or did you purchase it from somewhere? How clever and also relaxing to watch you wash the leaves 🥰

Wow, your RT leaves are very large; there's hope for mine on a moss pole.

I just bought Raphidophora Tetrasperma, it came with a porous soil inside a plastic pot. I am very new at this hobby, so please forgive me for basic questions.. I don’t want to kill them 😁 I keep the RT inside my apt, next to a balcony window, facing east. - How often should I water them? - Is 18cm diameter pot big enough? - Any recommendation in fertilizing them? (i.e how often, what brand). Thank you so much, love your videos!

Gorgeous ❤

Whaooo Sean, I think I'm a good cook. But looking at what you cooked, my goooooooooodnessss! Damn, you plant, you cook, you do business and you are good with dogs. Well, well What else that you can do? Flying an airplane? 😜

This video came up in the perfect timing l just got a rooted cutting of a raphidophora tetrasperma 😁 I have a monstera peru cutting in sphagnum moss and I'm so afraid of letting it rot. 🙄

👏👏👏👏👏👏Your the Best !!!!!!!

Hey Sean! I’m loving your videos! I am wondering where you get your insecticidal soap? Is it made specifically for plants? Thats super interesting. I’ve never done that technique before! Great idea

Just love your video. Rhaphildophora is an easy care plant. Do you keep all your pots in the plastic bag? We love to do that in Thailand.

hey sean! i love your videos (both for the plants & because i miss traveling to asia & know we won't make it out there this year!) :( you addressed a question in this video that i've had forever & haven't been able to find the answer to but can you clarify (or point me to another video if you already covered this)- when a propagated monstera grows a new leaf, you mentioned that you have to be careful where you cut this new leaf off & that you have to be mindful of where the growth point is or the original cutting is "done" & won't grow any new leaves. can you expand/clarify where to properly cut? i couldn't tell where the growth point is that you were referring to. thanks in advance- i haven't been able to find this online anywhere! :)

Re: chicken mug - yes I know what you mean! I have 2 chicken ceramic bowls here in SG with me that I brought from my home in Malaysia !!

Hi, from Philippines!:)

Not gonna lie, I was hoping to see Sean cook some Thai food at the end of the video

Sean- part time business man, botanist, and now chef! Any tips for regrowing r. tetrasperma when all the leaves have fallen? asking for a "friend" hahaha

Sean, thank you for your content. I really enjoy your videos. Quick question though: In your aroid mix, you add burnt rice hulls. These are not available in the U.S. Is there something else I can use or add?

Halo Sean saya dari Ternate saya paling suka tanaman.

Wow. I've never seen a tetrasperma with leafs sooo big! This is my favorite plant. How did it get so big leafed? 😳

Hi there , love your content! during the water propagation, there are roots growing out from aeriel root… are they consider normal root that can be potted to soil mix? At the same time there is new leaf that seems to be going to submerge from one of the leaf stem during the propagation. Should I still keep them inside water?

Just found out my raphidophora is rotting due to heavy rain , quickly checked this channel. Haha 🤭

The tetrasperma has been on my wish list for months... i regret not buying it before the pandemic, the prices went up and it become kinda hard to find ='(. Anyway, the roots from the water and spaghnum prop were beautiful! Do you ever use root hormones for cuttings? or just let the plants do their thing

I think you are the ideal man! Good heart and soul, love living things, and you cook?

Hi Sean, watching your videos for the first time. How do you spell the black product that you added to the mix?? Ur videos are very educational. Keep up the good work..

can you make a cooking video? Your food looks great

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Lovely chicken mug 🐔

Hi sean. One question, do you soak the coco husk/chips first and dry it prior to propogation or do you use it straight?

Thanks for this video - can I ask what insecticide do you use/does it stop thrips and spider mites?

sean, you have a new subcriber from me, and its very cool.maybe for next you can to give a B1 for fresh cutting, for lifting survive, probability.sie sie

May I ask where you purchased the bar of soap?That's such a great idea I'd like to try.

What a massive RT! I have one and the leaves are about a quarter of those! Are there difference types of raphidaphora tetrasperma?

How often did you water the ones in sphagnum moss during that 5-week propagation period? thank you! 💚🌿😊

That's one of my fav airoids, that I've been waiting to obtain with a decent price

Would it be possible to hang this type of plant? Super helpful video! 🪴

will sphagnum moss propagation work as a rooting method for a plant that i just saved from root rot? had to cut a lot of its root system off (including a node root), and i've used rooting hormone on it and put it back in aroid soil mix. only been a few days so far, but after watching this video, your success in sphagnum moss has got me thinking. what are your thoughts?

sean could you explain those node growth points a little more in detail? i bought a brasil cutting a month ago and just potted it up but there’s no new growth (only roots) and the petioles are flat, not round. does that mean they already put out that new shoot before and can’t again?

Hello!! I have a few questions. Can you propagate a tissue culture one? Also does it matter what kind of peppermint oil you use?

Thank you for video. When you cut the mother plant, will it grow tall again? I’m afraid to cut mine because it’s really long now. ☺️

How often do you water? Mine is in a 6in terra cotta pot. Its doing pretty well. I've had it for 4mos now, and it dries out quickly. I water it weekly. I must be doing something right!

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onlyplants! 🤣🤣🤣 love it!

Hi,i got one recently for my collection but not that big yet..

Where did you get the soap? Love the video! ❤