Cool Houseplants We Forget About Because They’re Not 'Rare'
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0:00 Intro
1:05 Callisia repens
3:16 Walking Iris
5:51 dischidia ruscifolia
8:24 Caladium
10:22 Coleous
11:29 ‘Annual’ Rex Begonia
12:18 Aspidistra
15:50 Sansevieria bantel’s sensation
17:11 Anthurium superbum
19:17 Black Pagoda Lipstick plant
21:17 Outro
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@countrygirl4422
2 жыл бұрын
You forgot women ate tape worms to stay thin in the Victorian era. Isn't that a lovely thought YUM.
@STtinydancer105
2 жыл бұрын
OMG I'm literally 1 minute 9 seconds in and I am in love with your personality.😁❤ Yes confidence! 🥳
@NoName-py3cx
2 жыл бұрын
Moth
@darianr3645
2 жыл бұрын
I came for the plants, I stayed for the comedic genuis😂💖
@Alwaysherethere
2 жыл бұрын
I really don't like Instagram. So I don't go on it anymore
I’m honestly going to start asking myself “Is this plants $300 because it’s special or is it special because it’s $300”. Such wise words
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
r/showerthoughts
@myconfusedmerriment
2 жыл бұрын
Remember everyone, sometimes things that are expensive…are worse.
@sunflower8227
2 жыл бұрын
@@myconfusedmerriment this statement is true, i bought a lavender for 1R$ (0.18 dollars for measurement) and its so pretty today, thriving as never before
@meowriatychen3742
2 жыл бұрын
@@myconfusedmerriment is this a Freckle reference?
@jackwinter1385
Жыл бұрын
Further wise words of Nick Alexander: rare plants are plants and growlights are lights.
As a conglomeration of moths just wanted to confirm, yes, we do want to cause emotional distress thank you very much 😌
@OhHeyItsDanny
2 жыл бұрын
Look!!! Over there! 👀💡
@experiment8351
2 жыл бұрын
Shiny me likey
@darianr3645
2 жыл бұрын
I can attest to moths' thirst for chaos as they've ruined my life at least 3 times now. They ransacked my gluten free baking flours in the pantry THROUGH THE BAGS, their caterpillars attacked my baby salad greens outside, then they ravaged my nocturnal moonflower. Once, I felt a tickle at my heart center during meditation; looked down, a moth flew out of my sports bra. Complete menaces.
I Used to buy expensive plants based on my own budget (which was small). After growing them together with other chep plants, I can confirm that there is no differences of happiness between growing expensive plants and cheap plants. So now I stop buying expensive plants. Only cheap plants and I am still so happy.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Rare plant people hate me hahah
@kikyo89976
Жыл бұрын
There's definitely some more expensive plants I am obsessed with but there's also some 5$ plants I'm obsessed with and I always try to get the baby versions of the expensive plants I love. My love for plants depends almost entirely on if the look of the plant appeals to me but some other factors are interest in growth pattern/ leaf shapes and veinstions, cool variegation patterns and honestly, I do find it super fun if you can manage to snag a "rare" plant but even then I'm only gonna get it if I can get a good deal on it. I literally got a Billietiae for $4.50 CAD and I'm JACKED about it. I think if you love a plant, get it. If you want it because other people have it, don't get it.
"That's also the stupidest way to get huanted." Lmao, you got me on that one.
"By all means, don't let me get in the way of your lust for financial ruin" - me, when I see "plant influencers" acting like paying a solid three figure$$$ for a cutting is *reasonable.* I love this video. I'm a cheap plant btch and proud of it. Your bird of paradise is 🤩🤩🤩 btw.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
It's not reasonable, it's expected.
As a historian, I completely agree with your description of the victorian era. I would like to add that strychnine could be purchased from any pharmacy and was used "therapeutically"... as well as rat poison. Why have multiple poisons when you could only have one?
@LillibitOfHere
2 жыл бұрын
How about heated bathtubs without thermostats? How did we survive?
@SteakCutFries
2 жыл бұрын
@@LillibitOfHere we didn't 🤷🏻♀️ they're all mysteriously dead, much like my calatheas and alocasias 🙄
A collection should be a mix of plants you like. Price shouldn’t be an attribute that makes a plant more desirable.
@metsl1870
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
I just found your channel and I am obsessed. I love your dry self deprecating humour, your obvious intelligence, your extensive plant knowledge and your beautiful! Thank you for your great videos! Can I have some more please?
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
A new one was birthed today if you haven't already seen it.
❤Yaaaaaaaaas 🔥🔥🔥 missed the soothing tone of your voice with just a pinch of superiority...roast that bush! ❤ love your videos! You always make my day better!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much also I find it weird people say my voice is soothing, I mostly get annoying irl
@duckychanduckychan5155
2 жыл бұрын
Is at night for me, but i know damn well im gonna have a sweet dream tonight without all the rat and roaches haunting me while im unconscious
@mejustme111
2 жыл бұрын
@@phytosexual it translates well on camera❤. Also (risking a little cringe) it's breathy , like old Hollywood actresses ( Marilyn, Garbo etc.) that's what makes it relaxing/soothing for me. Even when you have more energy(for a joke etc.) you still talk as if you're putting a spell on the viewer. I like it! 🥰
Don't be lifting up Miss Callisia's dress like that showing the world her goods LOL.. Sweet video! 😁
@carrieon2912
2 жыл бұрын
Ikr I felt dirty watching that 😂😂
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
the pot?
@carrieon2912
2 жыл бұрын
@@phytosexual it felt very reminiscent of a CanCan dancer lifting their skirts 😂
@85sheena
2 жыл бұрын
@@phytosexual No lol her leaves ... It looked like you were raising her skirt when you lifted up all the leaves to show how dense it was LOL 😅🤣🤣🤣
I'm Australian, I purchased my large Cebu blue for $50 (6 months ago). But there are so many cheeky assholes here that label everything 'rare' and take advantage of the market.
@LilGagaChick
2 жыл бұрын
They sell them here in Texas USA for 15 dollars for a large hanging basket. I wonder what cheaper plants you have in Australia that are expensive here 🤔
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
:(
@michellereed479
2 жыл бұрын
@@LilGagaChick hoya, dischidia, cactus & succulents are very reasonably priced here because they are easy to grow in our climate. Also Australia has extremely strick import laws, a license is required to import plants & generally only business' are granted those licences. Imports have to be strict as Australia is an island with unique fauna & flora.
@LilGagaChick
2 жыл бұрын
@@michellereed479 very cool! I love succulents! I just started on hoyas. 😁
About Caladiums. Many years ago, not in the Victorian time but way before you were born, Caladium was "IT" as the aquarium plant. Yes, they can grow submerged for about 3 months. Then you dig it out, store in almost dry soil mix until next growing cycle. Just sweet childhood memories.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting!
Fish stick plant, yup. You are perfection.. plant knowledge, dry humor, sarcastic, and calm demeanor all melded together in one person.
Pretty much all tropical plants were once deemed rare to people outside the tropics. And a lot of "rare" plants currently are actually quite easy to propagate. In my area you can find black zz plants for example in the produce aisle of basically every single supermarket around, yet I've heard people in other areas refer to them as "rare". Even variegated alocasias, and philodendrons have begun to appear at big box stores in my area. Recently I bought two stunning Geogenanthus ciliatus at a Home depot and the look them up online to see them being sold as "rare" for four times the price as I paid.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Rarity is relative, which is why I don't buy into it.
hey nick! im from brazil and today i was reading on bbc news about the fever of rare plants and how this is destroying the native plants of rainforests, because of a millionaire market. i thought maybe you could do a video about it. love your channel!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
I should!
@kirah618
2 жыл бұрын
@@phytosexual you really should, I've subscribed in anticipation of this possibility
@yvehirsch-smith1077
2 жыл бұрын
YES!! So much drama, especially on FB group….best tea ever. People volunteering in Botanical Gardens just so they can steal rare plants, or pretend to “study” Monstera in the Wild and are stupid enough to take pics of themselves ripping out Aroids in the Amazon rainforest, when they can’t prove that they’re sponsored by an academic institution or are writing appropriate botanical publications that would warrant the removal of rare species for research. Nah….they just poach away and pretend to be some hotshot “researcher.” This topic is super hot tea right now 😆
I like three dollar peasantry. I won't be shamed by that; I'm descended from generations of peasants. Like me, these plants are built to take it: disease resistant, hardy, strong, reliable, adaptable, and all that good stuff. Anyway, Lowe's had the normal variety of Aspidistra elatior out with the bedding plants this year, also a Monrovia offering. They stopped me in my tracks with their succulent sheen and I live with the regret of not buying one that day because they were all gone when I went back. I strictly grow my Caladiums and coleus outside. My Caladiums are the 50 cents/10 bulb variety at the end of season Walmart clearance. I dig the tubers up every year and they hang in my laundry room in a lingerie bag until it's time to wake up. I also add to the number when I get a good deal. I also buy my taro roots in the produce section of my grocery store, when they're on sale. That's what I plant outside, again, no shame.
@RealBradMiller
2 жыл бұрын
I also bought my apsidistra from the outside garden area at a Lowe's years ago. It has barely doubled in size, though the leaves are much bigger and droop at just the right place.
@laurlore72
2 жыл бұрын
@@RealBradMiller I'm new to the plant community and I also like my home depot plant peasantry. They are beautiful to me and I can keep them alive unlike my social life so works for me lol
@maceyparker8464
2 жыл бұрын
my fav thing about the pretty cheapos is that if they die, it's not the end of the world 😌
I randomly got a Black Pagoda about 6 months ago at a local nursery in Los Angeles. It was hanging above their checkout counter and I had to ask what it was because I had never seen one. The shop employee told me it was probably 3 years old. It’s fully grown, full and trailing in about a 6 inch pot for $25. I love it. Love your videos! Thank you for the new suggestions
@yespls4184
2 жыл бұрын
I got a giant hanging pot of black pagoda about two years ago-- i love it! It definitely doesn't get enough love in the houseplant community.
Secretly a moth 🙋🏻♀️ thanks for the snack recommendations!
I have a black pagoda lipstick plant. It was just two cuttings and stayed that way for ages because I lived in a very dark and cold flat. Now that it lives near a bright window it's flourishing, it's lush, it's gorgeous. Of course though... it waited until November to flower... so I'm not gonna see any colourful blooms any time soon because they just fall without getting much sun now (hopefully I'll get some next summer)
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
good luck!
You're becoming my fave plant youtuber. Great plant content, but your humour throughout the video's the best! 😆
@Angie-ci1lp
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
I’ll just comment as we go here - 1. Calissia and tradescantia are my FAVORITE! I hate how under rated they are. They got pretty big on the taplap but even then it was $30 a 6” pot or so. I collect them. I have a pot of every calissia I can find and a pot of every tradescantia I can find. I love them!
@lizzymccormic3328
2 жыл бұрын
a pot? tradescantia got from 1 pot to 10 in less than 1 year 8( calissia also filled up 3 pots starting from this spring till now from just 2 tiny pieces... i love them for that though...
@-shmoopie-
2 жыл бұрын
they are such crack!!! buying rare ones off etsy is my drug of choice 😆
Woah that Rex Begonia is beautiful
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I barely grew it lol
I am a congregation of moths, but I prefer our proper group name, an eclipse of moths. Thank you as always for a hilarious and informative video! The vocabulary buffet is nearly as erotic as the macro shots. Here in zone 7b/8a of the NC piedmont, cast iron plants are perennials, and caladiums are an amazing annual. Hearing word that there is also now a perennial rex begonia for our zone. I grow flags and irises that came from my great-grandmother - I adore their foliage but not the cloying scent. The flags looooove the perpetual wet areas of the garden.
High cheekbones, hilarious and smart personality, and AMAZING hair, can you please stop how are we mere mortals supposed to compete
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank so much :)
I was literally just thinking about your videos last night and how much I missed them!! Thank you for being a voice of reason and crazy plant community 😂 And it's funny, my goldfish plant is literally one of my faves! I love her weird flowers 🌷
@kathylewis2103
2 жыл бұрын
As per usual. A video that is an excellent blend of educational and comedic entertainment! Bravo!
I always want planty youtube people to mention coleus plants, I know they wont but I think of it anyway for a few seconds before I watch the video. They are sooooo colourful and can have crazy leaf shapes and like you said, people try so hard to get a bit of white or light green with their green plant. I love u for appreciating them :')
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
It's the chase.
@repulsethemonkey1396
2 жыл бұрын
Love coleus, not sure it's California friendly though.
“These flower in spring, not that you care” You crack me up dude 😂
lol i felt like you showing off the callisia basket was like a victorian lady lifting up her giant skirt 😂
why👏does👏noone👏talk👏about black👏pagoda👏lipsticks?? one of the prettiest leaves ever - absolutely stunning pattern, super easy to grow and propagate, don't need to water often, flowers indoors (like wtf, nothing does that for me), doesn't get bald at the top like some popular hanging plants 🤮 and I love the odd coloured flowers. this plant brings me so much joy. also, its pet safe!!
@givemewhiskeynow
2 жыл бұрын
I bought one of these having no idea what it was and man is it beautiful, purple veins from the bottom and a super badass pattern on the top. I was like how the fuck have I never heard of these before?
@nicolegrima5433
2 жыл бұрын
@@givemewhiskeynow thank you for listening to my ted talk and joining the black pagoda rebel fanclub 🍃
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
aroid aesthetic
I love to see some recreation of posing with your plants like the Victorian Middle Classes used to do.
Yes!!! The callisa reopens! Mine is as huge as yours and I bought as a 2” pot about a year ago. Grows so fast. The more you trim it, the fuller it gets.
Miss philodendron “golden goddess” is one of those common plants that I’m just absolutely in love with, I adore the growth pattern and the contrast between the vibrant leaves and the pink stems
Sitting in my car procrastinating going into office for work. Watching this video, you make my day! You're so funny!
A video about affordable giant plants would be divine.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Affordable and giant don't mix since it takes resources and time to grow plants. I would recommend big box stores for relatively cheap plants in general.
My grocery store has Callisia repens for like $3 right now, I was planning on getting one anyway but it's nice to know I have your full support :)
Oh yay a fun and really informative, interesting video from Nick ! I had a walking iris years ago -it was a great houseplant... I got it from a Rutgers U. greenhouse plant sale ( lots of goodies) Neomarica is rarely available now in stores. Instead of following the “rare plant” demand I wish there were some growers who take chances on producing the more uncommon ones. Sigh... it all comes down to -of course -financial gain. Hey I was introduced to plant passion when I was 5. After chores were done my Granny would put peanut butter sandwiches in her smallish pocketbook and we would walk maybe 2 miles to the cemetery. It was an old one in Newark NJ... I loved it because there were wonderful sculptures, and especially the oval pictures of the dead embedded in the headstones. I digress.... after sitting on the steps of a wealthy monument we rested, and ate the sandwiches. Then oh fun...we’d walk around and after respectfully acknowledging the deceased, she would teach me to only take 3 small pieces of whatever caught he fancy growing in front of the headstone- but only from the back of the plant. No visible damage, and with 3, at least one would root. Geez she would almost fill that pocketbook....we didn’t go often, and her small garden was amazingly gorgeous. I now have a cemetery just down the road, but it’s all plastic flowers and doodads because at about 4 pm there is a herd of about 17 deer that come out and eat anything that grows. Apologies for the length of this, but seeing the clip of stealing the grave flowers made me remember and crack up!! Thanks again for showing a great selection of plants 🌿🌱🌻
@hollypuckett3931
2 жыл бұрын
I love this story ❤️
I'm screaming with JOY that you mentioned the Coleus. I have a beauty that's lived in my home for a few years she gets some help from grow lights but she's amazing.
Philodendron Split Pea Soup had me lolling in a very full train just now 😂😂😂
Getting plants from a graveyard, “ the stupidest way to get haunted.” Hahaha
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
I have 300 sprits floating around me all the time.
I have the black pagoda and I have no clue why it's not more sought after, it grows like crazy and is absolutely beautiful, one of my favs. I haven't seen anyone talk about it before, it's highly underrated.
gurl I AM LIVING for this channel!!!!!
I absolutely LOVE Caladiums and it really surprises that the plant community sleeps on them. They have the gorgeous big heart shaped leaves and verigation that isn’t unstable like a certain monstera. the best part is that they’re so cheap here in South FL! I can pick up a 5 inch pot at my local nursery for $3! I’m definitely going to look into that iris you mentioned because unlike the majority I actually like flowers LOL
Caladiums go dormant here , even in the tropics. They go dormant during the dry season and re-emerge during the rainy season
Um, just discovered your channel and after your abundantly alluring alliteration, I immediately hit SUBSCRIBE. Love the bits of dry humor sprinkled throughout your video. I learned so much!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard matey!
Okay i need a walking iris now, i had no idea it exists. I love the smell of iris flowers! Can the walking iris be inside year round?
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
YES its a tropical plant, like all of the others we grow.
@backseat-of-the-audience
2 жыл бұрын
i think i’m going to get one too. they look cool and it’ll be the closest thing to a water lily for now
@plantedinwv9043
2 жыл бұрын
No it’ll walk out on you duhhhh 😂💗
@DanaAndDogs
2 жыл бұрын
@@plantedinwv9043 omg😂😂
@norfolkgarden
2 жыл бұрын
Lol, meh, not a big thrill. So many other amazing inexpensive plants out there. Happy gardening!
Yay! Thank you for presenting Neomarica to a wider audience - they are my one of my favorite houseplants!! I've been propagating them for a few years and will start selling them next summer :D
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think they go for much but I hope they become more popular for your sake!
The begonia rex and strawberry begonia are the ONLY begonias i can bear. My rex has given me so much love and my strawberry gives md 5he side eye whenever im in the same room.
@Unpotted
2 жыл бұрын
FYI: Strawberry begonias are neither strawberries nor begonias. They are Saxifragas. 😸✌️
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
I think some angelwing can be pretty easy.
@shaycz5679
2 жыл бұрын
@@phytosexual one of my first plants was an angel wing, it was a rescue, after some window placement changes it eventually grew to about 6 feet tall. Loved it. Hoe would not put out flower the first, though :/
"Put it in a container of water while your travel"....someone said to my mother getting ready to go away for winter. She had a geranium she grew that was in the local newspaper with her standing several steps up on a ladder & the plant was still a bit above her head, in beautiful bloom. So they got the huge tub that we used for making lots of sausage, in which all the different ground meats were mixed with garlic & spices after butchering. So like a rectangle kiddie pool about 1 meter by 2 meters. They put water into it in the sunroom & put the plants in it along with the prized geranium. As the sun shone into the room the water slowly evaporated, into the ceiling. The drywall eventually disintegrated from the moisture. When they got home, the plants had been smashed & the ceiling was now down ontop of everything in big messy crumbled sections. Their house had just recently been finished, much by themselves & my uncle, for a little over a million $$s not too far from a nice town. So it wasn't like "well we were thinking of painting or renovating anyway".
@phytosexual
Жыл бұрын
I feel like even if the plant wasn't that big and in a smaller container it would have rotted just sitting there. oof
I love the way you put such effort into your plants. The plants leaves are always so well cared for. Can you do tips or ideas about which plants suits best for your home and personality? I will be looking forward to it! Yaay! 🌱❤️
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
I'll put that on my list.
Love coleus!!! theyre so colorful and come in sooooo many varieties. I had a hanging basket with wedding train coleus and dragonsblood coleus but I went away for a few weeks in the fall and it succumbed to frost.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Yes they're very tender. At least they're cheap.
Ah yes! You were right... a constellation! Thank you for guiding me to it!
Great video, Nick.
"i suck at talking" is a sentence that was talked
I was so happy to see the callisia repens on this list! I picked a little one up recently that has more pink than green on it. It’s so cute and super affordable. I was surprised that no one has mentioned it before.
Once again Nick, your video does not disappoint. Most entertaining plantuber on the tubes.
Love ur videos ur so funny and u give useful information without making it boring x
Pagoda lipstick is criminally underrated. One of my favs
Iris are my favorite flower, so even though it’s not technically an iris, that walking iris is one I need to own. Thank you for bringing them to my attention. Also I’m regretting not buying one of those massive rex begonias from Lowe’s…I was nervous because I killed the only rex begonia I’ve ever had, but maybe they will get them in next spring and I can try again.
I love your humor so much. The fish stick plant bit had me rolling LOL!
Nick and Nick’s plants are so beautiful
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
Your plant has achieved its final form! 😍 it covered the pot completely!
Thank you, Nick. Love your knowledgeable, articulate speech. You are wonderfully funny as well. Keep up the good work!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
The black pagoda is soooo rewarding. I had it in bright indirect light all summer and it bloomed a ton and put out sooo much growth.
I needed this Video today, thank you Nick :)
That was very entertaining and informative :) Thank you!
Great video Nick. Fun and educational 😊 Your rex is so perfect that I initially thought it wasn’t real 👀 I have a black pagoda lipstick and it is an easy and prolific grower. One of my favorite plants.
I actually learn a lot from you and some of it’s not even from the plants you’re awesome kid
Just found your channel, love it. I have always been a keen gardener and have recently got into houseplants. I am learning a lot from your videos, I have to persuade my wife that we need the grow light shelving system you put together, absolutely brilliant. Keep up the great work.
Have been missing your videos!! The witticisms in this one tho' 😅. Excellent! This may be your best video to date. BTW, you lifting the callisia reminded me of a cancan dancer lifting her skirt🕺.
Anthurium superbum is literally so underrated I can’t sing it’s praises enough. I have grown it in a multitude of conditions and it has always continued grow beautifully- been in my collection for well over two years and never given me a reason to dislike it…but also have only grown two leaves 😂 it’s not gonna take over your house any time soon. Black pagoda is also so sexy I love hanging it in a window so you can see the purple veins. Just confirming that you do in fact need them🤷♀️
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Clasia repens are my FAVE I want infinite amounts of them
I was beginning to worry you weren't making videos any more and woke up to this! 🤩
But if I don't focus on killing overpriced aroids and species orchids, how am I supposed to have a beautifully dramatic extension of my self-hatred?
Thank you for this experience! :)
I love your everything about you and your content. ❤️
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
Oh how I needed your humor this morning. You always brighten my day with your content. ☀️ ETA: I LOVE my A. Superbum! Another unappreciated large Anrhurium is the Black Marie. They grow like crazy and are spectacular!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
have to look into that one
Oh. My. Gosh. Your “ode to the iron plant” was flipping brilliant!!!!
@moniquesmeadow
2 жыл бұрын
I agree ! Pure poetry 😊🌿😄
OMG the “expensive annuals” comment has me dead. I see people buying Persian Shields on Etsy for $20-40, talking about “it’s a rare plant.” GIRL. NO. They are $3 every summer at Lowes smh
KNEW I WAS GOING TO LIKE THIS VIDEO AS SOON AS YOU STARTED OUT WITH CALISSIA REPENS!!!!
You and your plants are gorgeous 😩❤️ (& you know it) ✨great video
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
haha thanks :)
Definitely common plants are beautiful. Love your videos💚💚💚
My calisia is one of my very favorites. It grows so crazy fast and is so lovely. And it grows soooooo fast!
This awesomely different, love it!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
It was worth waiting ❤️❤️❤️
I love my unpopular cheap plants, majority of my plants are those. Of ones mentioned, I have callisia repens (and other callisias, they're lovely, basket plant being my fav); Dischidia ruscifolia green and variegated; had caladiums but didn't keep them post dormancy, might retry; got some coleous in the garden (San Francisco weather allows all year yay) ... next to some rex begonias, got that snake plant but it's a single stalk atm -- from some place got the milky way cast iron tiny plant lol; got an anthurium superburm from the local plant shop that also sells poppers and use to sell floggers, and course black pagoda lipstick plant and also like 3 other lipstick plants (and SO many goldfish plants, iirc they're semi related) If don't have, I suggest, for usually well priced: codonatanthus, streptocarpella, and there's so many nice cissus beside the super popular discolour (my discolour is going wild atm though, it's so pretty).
@hefoxed
2 жыл бұрын
...so I need a walking Iris lol
Very informative, definitely purchasing a walking iris. Your videos rock. Thank you.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Yess very much do that! Easiest most disease resistant, lower light tolerant, houseplant ever.
The dramatics in this video... I feel it. Yesterday, I repotted a Ruby Peperomia Cascade and I died a couple of times.
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a naturally dramatic individual.
i’ve been eyeing that Marie Moir for a while. gonna get some bulbs closer to spring. also, i cut back my Fishnet Coleus and have a bunch of rooted cuttings if you want a few. it’s gorgeous.
The cover shot for this video looks so Vogue shot worthy
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Fake it till' you make it.
2:12 that upskirt shot tho 😩
"I hope I've lead you to some better choices....." very true Nick thanks for the best plant channel 🥰
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
If I could like your videos more than once I would. You’re so much fun 💖
Caladiums and colocasia are so underrated because they’re marketed as outside plants but they’re so pretty
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Colocasia is good as long as you don't get spider mites.
Your soothing voice, your quick wit and your spot on anecdotes had me hitting the subscribe button less than 3 minutes in 💚🌱🪴🌿
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
I have several walking irises. They’re spectacular in bloom, with a lovely scent.
@phytosexual
Жыл бұрын
One of the few low light, attractive foliage plants that also flowers!
54 second into the video, his edits and jokes got me lol! Gotta love nick!
I love the photo shopped Rex begonia. I literally thought u photo shipped it in it was so perfect
This is first video I saw of yours. Your humour like 10/10! Love it!
@phytosexual
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
Great video and as always , its godd to see you . You always make me laugh .