I 100% agree with what you were saying about the value of the life of plants. I think there’s way too much focus on just owning everything that we want these days and houseplants are no different. Don’t get me wrong it’s fun to collect different plants but I think if it gets to the point where people are buying it to just tick it off a list and then when you get it it then gets neglected while they move on to the next one they ‘need’. We need to appreciate the ones we have more and focus on nurturing them and growing them big and beautiful. That’s my focus for my collection this year for sure and not to overwhelm myself with more and more.

@jackiewhitney5031

5 ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it any better. I feel as though so many plantubers love their new baby and then somehow neglect it through forgetting about it or whatever so then they "hate" the plant now because they didn't water it.....geez! They kick it to the curb and off to Lowe's for a new thrill. Many have plant addiction and have to have the latest trending new houseplant on the market....ugh! It's quite sad to say the least!

@Oshyano

4 ай бұрын

one hundred percent this. I was like this in the beginning, the need to own everything. That backfired after a few months, caring for so many plants while working fulltime. I have a smaller collection, about 75 plants, I believe, and it's much more manageable AND enjoyable.

The alocasia dragon's breath is veryyy easy to care for in my experience, so I think it definitely aligns with your goals! Out of the 15 alocasia I own, I think it's the least fussy, probably because the leaves are so leathery.

@tddas8008

5 ай бұрын

Is Alocasia Dragons Breath is Heterophila Silver? I have HS and it's the fastest among 13 types.

@LucasEY

5 ай бұрын

​@@tddas8008 Alocasia Dragon's Breath is a specific cultivar of Alocasia heterophylla. I've not heard of Heterophylla Silver but it's definitely possible that is just another name for Dragon's Breath if yours looks similar, that happens a lot in the plant market!

@nathandesmond3641

4 ай бұрын

Do you think alocasia jacklyn would be a good one to start with?

@sandwichmaker98

Ай бұрын

Good to know. I have one coming in the mail this week 😂 a baby

I definitely want more Hoya too. I have a Hoya Obovata that is ready to bloom for the first time ever, probably in the next week. I can’t wait. I’ve never had one bloom for me yet. Hoyas are quickly becoming my favorites out of all my houseplants.

I've taken a combined 4 months off last year for surgeries, and because I live alone, I couldn't take care of my 300+ plants, so lost many plants since my first surgery (replaced both knees) since last April:( We try, but sometimes it's beyond our control. The fun part is resupplying my addition, lol.

I LOVE small-leafed Hoyas! I have 24+ currently and have so many on my wish list. I love growing them from cuttings - makes me feel like I have a green thumb. They grow so fast, once they get established though and I'm running out room. 😆 I want the Scindapsus Tricolor, too. I love Scindapsus - such an easy-going plant and so, so beautiful! If I had a bigger place, maybe those large leaf plants would be in my collection. Right now, I'm satisfied looking at other people's collections online. 😍

I can understand not wanting to be stressed out so much by plants. I'm kinda grateful for not having too much space, because I only have around 30 plants. But that also means that I focus on them, give them opportunity to thrive and I can just decompress and relax while tending to them. I can put two hours of work a week into them, but I can also shorten it to just half an hour. I love that caring for plants is still a really peaceful and relaxing time for me

@jackiewhitney5031

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I too, have 30 plants and no more. I'm peaceful and relaxed because of it I think just like you. I don't want to be married to my plants and constantly stress about them when I'm here or gone. I stiil like my hobby and feel good at the end of the day:))

ZZ plant, bird of paradise, monstera adansonii and calathea zebrina are on their way to me right now and I cannot wait for them to arrive 😍 ZZ plant was on my wishlist for few years but I was very bad at taking care of plants so I didn't dare to get it. Now, I am ready. Last weekend I stayed at place where they had multiple pots with ZZ plants. I think that was like a green light for me because I finally bought one less than a week later. I am over the moon I will finally have it at home 😊

I was able to snag a monstera albo, she’ll be coming in the mail next week 😍

I got my top wish list plant this year, my Thai Constellation baby.

I love my Nova Ghost. Bought a 2 leaf rooted cutting months ago and FINALLY it has 2 new leaves. I bought it because I saw your previous wishlist and fell in love! Get one please!!❤

So the schismatoglottis, I’ve found, needs to be planted in a larger & deeper pot, which handles the needy watering. Also, any plant that gets mealybugs, if seasons allow, put outdoors and wasps (yes, wasps) will hunt down those buggers! I would love an Anthurium veitchii as well, and a variegated adansonii… oh Claire, that’s a dangerous question, my list has just gotten much longer! I got a Thai Constellation last spring, and it’s still probably one of my favorite plants!

I also had Gunung gading on my wish list and just got one! I’m so excited to grow it from just a small 2 leaf cutting.

My reg. String of pearls has had mealies at least 12 times in 3 years.Im not giving up on her,I keep her isolated at all times.I hope you get every one of your wishlist plants.More than that I wish you get your initial enthusiasm for plant care that you want.We all enjoy your plant care and spending time with you.Happy New Year 🎉

Claire! I just got into plants and you are my ABSOLUTE favorite!!!! :D

Thanks Claire. At the 25min, I kinda watch and research at my kitchen table at night. AND, I keep the old school post-it-note to write stuff on it!

we have quite a few of the same Wishlist plants Claire! I also really want to find a pally and it's at the top of my list. I saw baby PLNTS had some seedlings a while ago but I don't know if they ship to the UK or not. thank you for this video, I love this type of vid and its so fun to listen to where your collection might go next. inspiring!

Hi Claire, I love your channel and I always have this question: how do you manage to make your lovely furry friend Joli to respect every plant you have?😮

The alocasia dragons breath is a stunning plant and I even just bought a second so I could pot them together and have a fuller pot. The Hoya guning gading is such a beautiful plant when sun stressed I find it is deceptive though in growing. The leaves are thin but really rigid and it at least for me is rather fussy with watering until you get the hang of it. Stellar list for the year and I would point you at the Hoya goldeneye if you like unusual looking Hoya.

Congratulations on your baby A. veitchii. It is so much fun to grow aroids from seedlings. As exciting as it is to buy a mature plant, I have noticed that in the time it takes a mature import to recover from the shock and acclimate, a well cared for seedling can equal its size in about a year. In my experience, the domestically grown seedlings I buy usually do not come with pests or disease and acclimate to ambient home conditions within a few months. There are so many pros to a seedling. I just love growing them and watching their leaves change through maturity. They are so satisfying to grow. 💚

My top wishlist plant is the undulata. I was fortunate enough to get the ganun gading this past summer and it makes me so very happy.

Thanks; that gave us some good ideas for the new space we're working on. X

Love all your videos and really enjoyed this one for sure! I had such a bad experiences with the Queen and I was so upset when it rotted 😢 but I still want another! I definitely want an El Choco Red this year and another Peperomia Hope🥹 my last Hope rotted and I was so sad about it. I learned about the Hope through you and fell in love immediately!

I got a sarian this yr!! Bought on offers up, received with rotten, soggy leaves. Obviously gave it a chance and it just finished unraveling a leaf!!

Haven't finished the video yet but yes girl get that pallidiflorum! I wouldn't want you to go find a big expensive one though, I got a $50 one with a few nearly foot long leaves at a plant show last july and I am so glad I did! I keep it in my ikea rudsta in moss and so far so good!

I so much wanted a monstera thai conselation, but wow, the price. I got 2 TC plantlets for the price of one! They are tiny, but i love them. Hoya kerrii reverse variegated and my sister just got it for me for my birthday. It's so pretty! I love it. Love your videos too. Thanks!

I love my Burtoniae too! And now I want the variegated….😍

I'm with ya on the tricolor...ordered one a month or so ago...didn't survive shipping (too cold). The variegation is fantastic! Love the "Snakeskin" version, too.

Was looking forward to this video! 😊😊

Echoing others about Gunung Gading (and I pronounce it like you do). I just got it a couple of weeks ago and it's such a nice and content hoya. I'm up to 55 hoyas now and have half a dozen coming this weekend. They make me happy.

I'm also prioritizing low stress houseplant maintenance this year. I don't have many plants on my wish list but the pallidiflorum is one! I'm also interested in more varieties of Scindapsus, including the Mayari and Tricolor Dark Form Sp Borneo. Lastly, I would like to and some Pinguiculas to my collection. I love that they "eat" fungus gnats and flower! 🥰 So glad you're feeling better!

I’m a new plant mom and I love them so much. I have had to throw 3 away and it hurt so much. I want them to have the best of everything just like my children❤️❤️I love your videos they are so inspiring

My goal this year is to learn how to SIZE UP my leaves! And prioritizing giving back to my local plant community. I attended two plant swaps last year, and was gifted so many beautiful specimens by more experienced growers and I can't wait to be able to return the favor. My variegated burle marx is the size of a quarter right now, but this year it will be big and strong! Thoughts on best beginner anthuriums?

Idk if you’ve seen the Hoya argentea princes but ong😍😍 that one’s on my wish list. A cutting is between 70-140 or more but holy cow it’s so beautiful!!! And fussy😍😍

@ashleybryant4153

3 ай бұрын

Anything pink I love!!

I'm with you Claire - I wouldn't buy I plant I didn't think I could care for or I thought I would kill - I'm always gutted if one dies on me x

Hoya is my favourite genus love the three on your list may have to add them to mine the nova ghost and the gunung ding just stunning! I also like that Hoya are a little bit slower growing so keep on top of them better x

I had the same issue with my first string of pearls...darn mealys! My new one is doing amazing though. One of my favorite plants in my collection for sure.

Dear Claire, I hope that all plants from this list will come your way soon. People use to say :"Third time is a charm". Please don't give up, no matter what number this attempt has. The key word is TIME, not a third. I do not have a written wish list. But I love a challenge. If someone (to whom I listen) says something like "it's not worthy", "never again" or "impossible to grow as a houseplant" - that's it, I want it, and somehow it will find me. Best wishes to you, Joli and your plants.

The most expnsive plant I have, in terms of what I paid for it when I got it, Is a Chinese Evergreen "cherry baby".. not everyone's cup of tea, but the pink/red varigation really is something else, and can only truely be appreciated when seeing a healthy one in person :P

Hoya Gunung Gading is such a chill Hoya that is fairly fast growing (at least for me). It’s also pretty affordable!! I hope I see it added to your collection this year 💫

I just got an anthurium Pallidiflorum and it was my top wish list plant! It’s so beautiful and I’d defs recommend

I gotta say, I've never really been into Hoyas until I say your Sarawak and Super Silver and now I can't get enough from the silvery and splashy ones. So the nova ghost is right up my alley 😅

Your words really touched me. We all love plants and should be aware of how they are grown and whether we do them justice

Great job! I adore you!🫶

Hi Jolie and Ross😊

Plant life IS life and all life is precious

frosted heart has a bushier more compact growth habit than chiapense. mine grows more like a wall of leaves than a vine. wish i could show it.

The Green Escape on Etsy has beautiful starter plants. They have the Sarian, the Dragon's Breath, the Waroqueanum and probably a lot of the others on your list. I've ordered from them. The plants are always healthy but I'm awful with baby plants. Good luck with your collection.❤

@shelleydewees1917

5 ай бұрын

They’re my fave plant seller on Etsy! Such good quality and careful shipping; I’ve never been disappointed. 😊

Like your wishlist plants!

Oh, A. veitchii is here! Super! Silvery hoyas is my obsession as well and my wishlist plant is H. coriacea silver which is available on the market but too expensive.

My New Years plant goal is to grow a lot of plants on a budget . I also want to recycle jars, plastic bottles,and food containers .

Oooh, the Frosted Heart is one that I want so bad.

I found a Pallidiflorum seedling for 30$ shipped in my country!! Wish you the same kind of blessing!!!

So my wishlist is full of hoya for the most part of course 😂😅 and if i had to narrow things down to 5 it would be the Hoya tengchongensis, Hoya Undulata, Hoya Meredithii, Hoya clemensiorum, and u have to agree with you on this one... Hoya Gunung gading.💚 I'll slip two non-hoya on the list as well (Pinguicula "Ping" and philodendron fat boy)

I met the owner of ecuagenera and asked him for advice on my anthurium waroqueanum and he told me it’s fine in household conditions (mine is around 50% humidity give or take) and keep it in super super super chunky mix and keep it in a tray with water at all times. I have mine in terracotta and super chunky mix and in a tray of water that I typically keep full and my waroqueanum went from really sad to seriously big and breath taking

Anthurium vitchii thrives on neglect. It loves chunky mix ( just like a phalaenopsis chunky bark) with a small amount of perlite or sphagnum moss. I dont water mine till is dry. If you like sun stressed hoyas then i highly recommend gudung gading, Rebecca, clemensiflorum red .....

The pallidiflorum is my dream!!🥰

My wishlist plants currently include the veitchii, wilbur graves, begonia listada and it did include the pallidiflorum BUT just last Sunday bought a good size pallidiflorum from a private seller...im in love with it!! Saw it on the UK house plant addicts page on Facebook and the seller only lived just over an hr away....so jumped straight in my car to to pick it up! 🥰

I don’t usually watch wish list plants videos but I enjoyed this one. I also would like to add more splashy Hoyas to my collection and I’ve been eyeing that Alocacia dragons breath

Dragon's Breath is great, i have them in soil and in semi hydro and are very easy going. Pallidiflorum is just the same, my easiest Anthurium and sizes up so well!

String of pearls is a bug magnet in my experience and others I've heard from. Both times I've tried with them they brought in bugs and it's a pain to get rid of. If you want to destress more pearls might not be that route 😅

Hi Claire, Great video and yes v r y comprehendable. Love your videos. Wishlist plants for me ... Hoya Linearis, Monstera Burle Marx Flame and Monstera Albo &Aurea. Have a fantastic day.❤

Plantsbymelissa has a lot of healthy Alocasias and I know she's in the middle of setting up an online plant shop 🌿, but she is selling some plants in the meantime. If you want to, you can check with her. She's good about answering most of the comments on her videos. ❤😊 I hope you find all the plants you're looking for in 2024.🙏

String of dolphins, learned a lot from my string of bananas. I think I’m ready😅

35:28 lol pothos are native over here in Florida and actually they are also invasive Also I’m not trying to be rude and get what you’re saying about plants can be very common in cultivation but are endangered or extinct in the wild

I would really love some more varigated Alocasia in general (especially the dark velvet) but waiting for the prices to go down on those. Also really want the Passiflora Trifasciata. I love the duck feet shape leaves and how it vines looks so whimsical. Also just received a top wishlist plant as well, the Anthurium Palidiflorum! And I completely understand wanting this plant. It’s just gorgeous that it has velvet leaves and it gets super long and narrow. 😍

Pallidiflorum and warocqueanum are on my list too. And hoya wilbur grave ❤

I am growing an aglaonema camouflage, and it grows very well. It is beautiful. I have in pon.

I love strappy Anthurium, too! However, I opted for the Friedrichthalii (so easy to care for! but thinner and glossier leaves) and the Ceronii (leathery, shimmery and easy)

The scindapsus tricolor is so so gorgeous in person but for some reason I've been struggling with it. Compared to my exotica, it grows much slower and doesn't respond well to environment changes. But I'm working on making mine beautiful again. As for my wishlist, I actually got a begonia julau finally. I've had my fair share of begonia struggles and I think I'm finally ready to give this one a go. Hopefully the experience is kind to me lol

Love this video, I totally want a hoya gunung gading, imbricata and an undulata. A philodendron gigas. I have gotten this year, a hoya new guinea ghost, a varigated plumeria and philodendrons Jose Bueno, white and pink princess😊.

I'm a new subscriber - just found you! :) You plant collection is beautiful! I'm wondering, when you say that you haven't done enough research, or you need/want to do more research, where do you find reliable care information? And are you finding more than the generic recommendations for bright indirect light or let soil dry out, etc.? What are you looking for when you research and where do you find the information?

I’m watching this at least two weeks later and I’ve just bought the Scindapsus argyraeus tricolour 😅❤. 17:54

I had a big Alocasia Sarian that I got for £6 from the bargain section at my local garden centre but it got destroyed by Spidermites. Luckily I managed to save and propagate the corms and now I have a beautiful baby Sarian that I hope to grow big again with time 🤞🤞

I want to add back to my collection, a black velvet alocasia. I had one before i had a greenhouse cabinet. It did okay for quite a while. but like you, I think I've started to figure out alocasia.pon helps alot with them. I'd like to give it a try again with the high humidity in my cabinet.

Pallidoflorum on my wishlist too

I manage to kill string of anything so I’ll stay away from them for now. 😐I just got a Hoya Nova Ghost and it’s beautiful! Recommend that one for sure!! I also purchased a Hoya Sunrise, a Hoya Lacunosa Silver Mint and a Heuschkeliana (very silvery with a green margin) A small local plant shop got in a shipment of variegated Jade plants so I purchased one for my daughter and another one for a friend of mine. I think I’m going to taper off on the plant buying this year….my collection is getting a bit out of hand. It may be time for a plant purge and take others to my office. Your video was very relaxing and your excitement in talking about your wishlist plants is infectious. You can definitely see the sparkle in your eyes! ☺️

I got my Pallidiflorum from an Ecuagenera pop up last year & it’s doing great. Would definitely recommend if they do a pop up event near you.

My Frosted Heart grows like a weed even in low light and low humidity. The root system is massive! You should stick yours in an aroid mix. I love love love Syngoniums and I might get the pure green chiapense. Not all of them have arrow leaves, for example syngonium steyermarkii.

Question for everyone--is there a reason ppl choose to say "sp" when naming certain plants vs others? As far as I can tell "sp" just means "species" so anytime we're naming a type of Hoya, Philodendron, etc., "sp" technically precedes the specific name of any of them.

Last year for me it was the year of hoyas and I feel like this year it's going to be the year of succulents since I find myself looking and researching huernia, stapelia, less common euphorbia etc

I think wishlists are wonderful way to do window shopping because after you write that plant on your wishlist, you can continue on your life without having to buy anything immediately, or ever. I keep a long long list of plants on my phone and I feel no pressure to get anything from there. It's the list of wants, not needs😌 I should declutter or sell plants before I could possibly buy new ones. I am pregnant and I've already started to think that I definitely need to make room for other things too and not just plants. Do I really need to take growlight out from the bedroom?!😬🤭 I love balcony gardening and next summer I probably can't carry 20 litres of water there every day, so painful cuts needs to be made in what comes to my yearly vegetable jungle... I've basically grown as much things on my balcony as I can fit there and now it might be too much work, although that's the work I absolutely love.

This alocasia dragon’s breath is so awesome!!!! In My wishlist I wanna start with Hoya compacta, Dracaena Surculosa Milky way, Alocasia zebrina 🌱🫠

I also have the Alocasia Sarian on my list, along with the more common Gloriosum, and Thaumatophyllum spruceanum (Fun Bun).

I’m a new plant parent, so my wish list plants for 2024 so far is Monstera, Thai consolation, large form, and Monstera Albo large form. I am sure as I learn more the list will grow, but that’s it for now.

For this year remaining: Anthrium Luxurians, Warocqueanum, pallidiflorum and philodendron gloriosum dark form, Alocasia Sabrina Narrow/Jacklyn depends which one I can get a better deal. Maybe veitchii if its a good price. But I already narrowed my list down, I got a gageana aurea variegata, anthurium crystallinum, philodendron painted lady and snowdrift three weeks ago :D

I enjoyed this video very much! I've been in plant purgatory this winter, with lots of plants dying and others just looking... crappy. I've passed the obsession stage now, and am much more relaxed about my plants. I did invest in grow lights, but have yet to find the right fixtures for them. I'm trying to keep the plants I have left alive, and hope to get some new ones this spring. I want cheap and easy plants: euphorbia acruensis, some cactae, Chinese money plant, asparagus fern, a Philodendron or two, a jewel alocasia, and a new Monstera.

even when i get a new plant i know the care of i still spend hours watching care vids for it and for my wishlist i think its time to get my 1st variegated monstera not even bother what one just think its my time

One plant on my wishlist is Hoya nicholsoniae New Guinea Ghost. I foud it, but the shipping cost is too much for me, right now. But in a month or two I hope to order this beauty🥰 Nico

9:49 brb *frantically goes to Instagram* This year I'd like to get Syngoniums in my collection :3

Hoya lineris, New gg, gunung gdaung. Pepperomia hoffmanie,maculosa,elongate Variegated banana or bird of paradise

Love your videos, first time I’ve ever posted any comment on KZread but just wanted to leave a note about the Syngonium chiapense, when I did my research I discovered that the frosted heart was not a chiapense but was classed as Syngonium maccrophylum? Anyway, I’ve recently just bought a chiapense cutting so crossing my fingers you get one soon and we can grow them together 😊👍🤞

@daisywrabbit

5 ай бұрын

thank you. i’m so tired of hearing that Frosted Heart is a variegated Chiapense. The two plants have a completely different growth pattern among other things. i appreciate you doing research on the matter. 💚

@AcrylDame

5 ай бұрын

I didn't know they are different species! More of an excuse then to get the chiapense. I don't see much of a difference in growth pattern though.

😊what if you were able to get a dedicated cabinet for just the queen anthurium and veitchii to live in… 🤔 My 2024 wishlist is 100% all Hoyas💚💚 aaaaahhhh… the chinghungensis, minibelle splash, chicken farm, caudata gold, undulata, 3 or 4 different lacunosa’s (you’d sent me a cutting of your super silver, none of the leaves are all silver only splashy but it’s grown out beautifully I really actually like the splashy one better and I’m obsessed with it 💚💚💚 thank you thank you) the tengchongensis and serpens.. oh and the mathidle splash, thomsonii and both heuschkeliana’s and a few more….. Hoya’s just blow me away and make me soooo excited!!!!!!!!!!😜

The alocasia dragon's breath is one of my best behaved alocasia. Followed by the Corazon, which you would probably also like.

My 2024 plant wish list: For my home - Hoya heuschkeliana variegated Hoya Gunung Gading Hoya Nova Ghost Hoya Wilber Graves Hoya Polyneura Broget Blue Oil Fern Variegated Cast Iron Varigated Christmas or Thanksgiving cactus Lady Palm - Rhapis Excelsa For my office - Raven ZZ plant Rubber plant Tineke Aglaonema Sparkling Sarah Aglaonema Cutlass Aglaonema Spring Snow Pearls and Jade Pothos Snake plant Sayuri Varigated Peace Lily

I have an alocasia heterophylla (dragons breath) and it is the EASIEST alocasia I have next to my frydek. Literally I just ignore it, water it when I water everyone else, it loves to be in a smaller pot (I have had mine for like 2 years and I have not yet repotted it). Like it’s just such a cool and pretty plant that is so easygoing. Edit: I have a sarian and WHEWWWWW GIRL it was tough to get going but now that it has it’s also p easy. It loves pon, and the petioles are super long, so FYI lol.

Want Pallidiflorum so bad!

Our wishlists have some common plants: this year I’d like to get my hands on Alocasia dragon’s breath, stingray, flying squid, Sarian (because it’s beautiful and also because it shares name with the queen of murder and mistery @baileysarian), a philodendron tortum and the ficus moonshine shivereana Wish good luck to the both of us ✨

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I missed you girl

I'm in my Anthurium era at the moment so this year is all about buying very few plants but making sure they are something extra special (because Anthuriums get BIG and my house is not). I'm on a mission to grow them all in ambient humidity, which isn't too much of an ask in Auckland where it is normally above 50% year-round. I do start tiny babies (which is normally all I can afford) in a mini-greenhouse but they don't go into my cabinet because then I'll just have to transition them back out five or six leaves later, lol. My last two acquisitions, just before new year, were a dark forgetii x luxurians and a dark narrow form warocqueanum and they are teeny weeny but I can see their amazing potential. I love to grow them from babies, although it's important to remember not to fill my space because they won't stay that size!