We have PTSD--post thrips stress disorder! Honestly, the sight or even thought of thrips stresses me out so bad. I literally have nightmares about them. My house had them for about a year and a half. I lost so many plants...like you said, once you go through it, you do everythign you can to avoid it! So happy for you with your beautiful new plants!
The fact that Taz sent this *amazing* specimen from her own collection sez it all. You just know that her values are in the right place. Let's all follow her. And to the anonymous viewer who gifted Melissa the first anthurium p, we see you too!
I also think it's nice you took the time to care for the infested plant.I believe it was grown for someone to love and deserves to have the chance to live.
I was looking forward to getting it and couldn't wait to care for it. To have it come being so sad and infested just made me so sad. I felt like saving it was the right thing to do 🥲
I kept yelling at your video, 'squish it!'. Then, I started saying, 'burn it!' When it's no longer bringing you joy...let it go. Hugs! I feel you on not wanting to throw it out. But I can't with these thrips. You don't need the headache nor heartache. burn it! 🔥💚Congrats on your new gifted babies. 🥰
That's how plants are supposed to be packaged, with love and care. It even came in good quality substrate. I'm glad you have them in your collection now x
I subscribed to Otaku Plants channel after 5 minutes watching this video. What an amazing kind gesture. Melissa, just ignore all negative comments from prior thrip video. I’m truly grateful you sharing your experience with sellers and infected plants, it helps me to know which sellers to avoid. ❤ your channel.
I understand where you're coming from not wanting to throw it away. For awhile i kept every single cutting. I felt like the plants deserved to live. If they were trying to live i should do my best for them. My house was overrun with plants and many of the same plant. I tried giving them away. I thought about selling them. But then i got spider mites. I just couldn't keep up. There's only so many people in your life that will want free plants and then they only want so many. Just yesterday i threw away 10 very healthy cuttings. I cried. I stressed over it for weeks before i did it. About an hour after i did it i forgot all about it. My house is cleaner and I'm less stressed. 💚
I will often take my cuttings or plants I don't want anymore and I'll ask my public library or grocery store if I can donate them and let people take them. It's nice as heck to know that they are going with someone else and not in the trash.
Agreed. It’s ok to trim your plants and throw them away. The ones that grow fast are the ones every store sells all year long so who’s going to buy them or even meet up for them. It’s such a waste of time. I do have coworkers who loved all my cuttings last year but it’s all the same plants again. Unless I’m rooting them to make a fuller pot, I don’t bother anymore.
I’m glad you found a seller who takes care of her plants. I feel like sellers who send out such poor quality product should expect the refund request and poor reviews. Social media is pervasive and I would certainly be careful as a vendor of anything.
@@thumpaharley7564 indeed they did. The second part was in reference to the previous plant she paid for and received a subpar quality, thrip-infested, poorly-packed specimen.
So nice of the seller to send you a beautiful plant. I have to admit I wouldn't want the old one in my home, I would make sure it's pest free and give it away
there is a florida ghost wet stick, which i have been holding on to since last april. it is making its first small leaf now. i hate, hate, hate throwing plants away. i can so appreciate your sensitivity being sensitive myself. you know, its a superpower being able to feel deeply for plants, animals, other people. we dont see it enough in this world. so happy about your pallidiforums!
So happy to see you so happy. Enjoy the kindness of people. It's rather rare these days. Try not to be upset about bad comments. You act and are genuine, don't chance that. Enjoy this gift. love 🥰
I am SO happy for you! ❤️❤️❤️ I love that it is so many kind and beautiful people out there. It shows what kind of person you are, when we see how you react both about the plants you were gifted, and about the one that had thrips. I can understand what you mean when you feel sorry for the plant. It's not strange at all. You're just invested and love what you do. Thank you for being genuine and real, keep being you ❤️❤️❤️🥰
Melissa! I teared up with you! Kindness follows kindness and you are the sweetest person. I’m glad that these two people noticed that and knew you deserved better. I’m going to go look up that plant shop now!❤ 😊
This is the birthday gift you wanted and I am so happy you finally got it. I am impressed beyond words with the seller. The care in packaging, the condition of the plant, and the outstanding soil it’s just amazing. The rehab process is invaluable to me and fascinating, can’t wait to see what is next💚🌸
It was the perfect plant mail to open up and receive 🥹 Everything about it was amazing and you can tell how well it was cared for. I'm curious to see how the rehab goes - I'm taking precautions with it and I know others are wanting to see the process on it 🫶
I am so happy for you that seller is amazing!! I honestly screamed NO! At the screen when you found the thrip. Throw it away!!! It’s okay! You have that new AMAZING one!!
The generosity of both of these people that gifted you new plants is real! Good plant karma will come to them too or maybe already has and they are passing it along. Standing ovation!
Hi Melissa so happy you got your beautiful plant and Taz is so sweet and kind! ❤ I watched Tax from Otaku plants box up your plant. It’s on her you tube channel if others want to check her out. She is a lovely lady and has a great you tube channel! It’s called Otaku Plants so check her out! So very kind Taz, your kindness and generosity will come back to you I have no doubt!❤
Awww how sweet ❤ You literally have me tearing up now lol. Melissa you have such a kind and gentle soul and that radiates out to all of us. That was so generous of Taz to do that for you. She seems like a wonderful person too. So glad to see the joy that beautiful plant brings you 💖
aww Melissa 🤗 A beautiful plant for a beautiful person. I am so happy for you. ❤❤🙏🙏🕊🕊🤗🤗 I feel the same way, it is very hard to throw a plant away❤❤🙏🙏🕊🕊
You have such a big heart! I felt every minute of this! Good on Otaku plants for coming to the rescue! I’ll be checking them out too! That’s a nice pallidiflorum!
Otaku plants, what a great and kind hearted thing to do! Melissa, I love how passionate you are! Plants sustain us and are living things so I understand your hesitation. Hope the rehab will work out! So glad to see there are so many in the plant community that care. Wonderful to see! 😊
Now I will be sure to buy something from this shop! How incredibly sweet of her. Also, she sells her chunky mix on her site. And don't be apologetic about your emotions, they are genuine, and so are you. 💜💚💛 Happy Mardi Gras!
You're so calming but manage to be very entertaining as well! Thank you for another great video! And I agree with another commenter saying it's a beautiful plant for a beautiful person! 💚
You have shown that you are truly grateful of people’s kindness & generosity. When I see acts of kindness I start to feel better that there are still thoughtful people in the world. So glad this had a happy ending!
Your reaction was VALID and so are your feelings!! Anyone who says otherwise has no business even comment on the situation. And at the end of the day, the intention behind revealing the seller was not to necessarily blast them, in my eyes you were just doing your due diligence for your following and yourself as plant keeper and future seller. As customers, we have expectations and if a company isn’t meeting those expectations, we have a right to know. ❤ You have no reason to feel bad, video reviews of businesses are just a new (non discrete) way to report discrepancies to places like the Better Business Bureau.
Very nice gift and it’s also nice to see how appreciative you are. You are a Plantologist Extraordinaire without a doubt. Thanks again for what you do.
OMG I’m on the train sitting on the edge of my seat watching you trying to open it. Now you’re going to make me cry! Such a beautiful plant, so carefully packaged! Aww.. Melissa well deserved! And kudos to the seller for thinking so much of you to gift the plant!!!
I absolutely agree with you about that thrip infested plant. I had thrips come in this summer from my expensive local nursery and all 5 Hoyas from them had flat mites. Thrips took my months to rid of for 100 plants to treat and I cried. So I get it. That was so kind of those people to send you those plants. I’m glad things worked out and yes always check for pests
Your precious Melissa ❤ I am so glad you got such a beautiful plant from another beautiful soul. Now my opinion is to throw that thrip plant out. It’s ok.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I liked that you said the name of all sellers, good and bad. It keeps the unboxing authentic. Your new plant is beautiful just like all your current ones!
I feel your pain! I hate giving up on a living thing and I think how it must feel being infested.😔 I received a cold-damaged plant in the mail a few weeks ago, and while the nursery was kind enough to refund me, I couldn't give up on it! It was a wish list plant that I can't ever find anywhere! It's now down to wet sticks in a prop box. I don't know if it was too far gone, but I will try! That palli is just so beautiful. It was a well-loved plant that came from a good seller 💚
I know, it's sad to think about that. Sorry about your plant that came damaged! Hopefully, the wet sticks will do something for you here. If they don't make it then at least you tried! Thank you about the palli - he is beautiful! She is such a sweet person too 🥹
I’m so happy for you and Melissa you work so hard and you take such good care of your plants and I’m so happy that there’s a couple ladies out there that gifted you with your plants that you love so much. I’m a beginner, but I’m watching you do all kinds of fun stuff and some icky stuff too like Thorpes never heard of those before. Don’t know what they look like either, but anyway, I had to tell you that I’m happy for you and your new babies. You gotta give them names. God bless you.
I'm new to your channel, so I'm not sure how you feel on the topic of pesticides. Personally, I would treat with spinosad, which is naturally occurring in soil. Spray the plant down and bag it back up. It's safe to use around any pets, but it is harmful to bees in its wet state, but safe when dry. That's the fastest way I have found to get rid of thrips. A systemic in the water might be a good idea, too. I only use those when less aggressive measures aren't working. Im so glad you got a healthy plant you can enjoy while you rehab the other.
Every time I hear you mention a plant pest, I get the chills and start inspecting my plants 😂 I’m so glad you decided to rehab the plant vs. throwing it out. I look forward to an update on this one!
Oh im sooo happy,your birthday gift after all.How very nice of her.Anyone would get upset if they saw you cry.You are so gentle and sweet and deserve good as you give out good.Im going to love watching them thrive in your care.
It's so sweet to have 2 people sending you a new one!!! You're so genuine, I can't belive those angry people who say that asking for the plant back and the partial refund is okay... When I watched the video I told my BF : "She's saying the F word and she NEVER does that, like EVER!!! It's bad for sure!"
Thank you! So grateful for them 🥹 haha yeah I don't cuss on camera a lot. I was so upset because I was thinking about this plant nonstop since I bought it 🥹 it was a wishlist and so disappointed with what I received 🥲 I think that's why I feel so bad for it now and want to try and save it. It deserved better care!
Awwww Melissa girl she's a beauty! 🥲 That's so nice of OtakuPlants gifted you that beauty. So happy for you! 😊 Girl, 2nd time.....if I were you, I would just toss that one with larve away your taking a big chance. 😊
I hate thrips, I also squish them with my fingers whenever I see one I get anxious. I felt bad for the first seller on your other video when you received the first one but you got no plant now, just two stomps! I'm so glad you got your dream plant thrips-free.
I'm so happy the seller sent you a plant. There are still so many nice people out here. You're so sweet and caring. I would've gotten upset too. I LOVE my plants and it hurts to see that. I had to throw away a Queen Pothos yesterday after trying to rehab her for months without success. She had mealy bugs. It broke my hurt to throw her away but I tried and didn't think it was going to get any better. I was scared they would go on my other plants. Thank you for the videos. Keep making them 🙏🏻. I love them and I love everything you do from plant shopping to plant potting. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤ 💯 you are the sweetest! I absolutely agree I can't kill plants/throw plants away. I'm doing this to have happy healthy plant baby. I've been battling thrips for six months and I don't see any now but I know that doesn't mean they're gone. They are the worst! I started nice with soap and mites but at this point it's a full pesticide bug battle to get rid of them.
Melissa I feel the same way. I would cut the leaf off retreat the plant. I believe all things deserve a chance to live and you truly have a dear heart. No more tears😊😊😊
That is so nice people reach out to give you new plants. If i cannot save a plant with pests i definitely have no choice to get rid of it. Instead of having a big infestation. The only ones i had were mealybugs on my Hoyas and spider mites on my Dracaenas.
I completely understood your genuine reaction Melissa..at least you kept it real.. I would much rather watch REAL content than what people only let our eyes see on social media..you’re GREAT and you’re worthy of receiving gifts when people reach out..your new plant baby is beautiful!❤ And you said 💩 for me! Day made!😂 I would just throw the other plant AWAY! I would feel bad as well..but do it 👏
@@otaku.plants she definitely swears like us! Watch the video when she saw all the leaves falling off the plant and realized it had thrips! She’s a member of our tribe and I love that so much 😂
I’m like you Melissa, I don’t like to throw plants out either. I would have rehabbed it as well. Good luck! I hope it works, but if anyone can do it, you can. It was very nice of those two people that sent you the new plants.
Melissa, you are such a kind and thoughtful soul. You deserve to receive gifts, and it is unfortunate about the thrip infested pallidoflorum. Sending love from Australia 🌱
Hi, like someone said, cut that jammy and prop. Throw the leaf away. Can thrips invade the root system? Keep it in the bag for three months opening it up for air so rot doesn't take root. Remember, to debug your new Pally. Do you have a good quality magnifier so you can really clearly see any bugs or even fungus. Glad you got a replaced Sexy birthday gift and it blew your heart. HAPPY PLANT'N!
💚🌱💚🌱💚 Thrips are a long process! I think they go dormant and wait for good conditions and pop back out months later. I wouldn’t put that thing with you plants for a long time. Maybe get it it’s own Tupperware for isolation and put it outside, in your garage or something where it can get light.
Nice things happen to nice people. Love the new plant you were gifted. So sorry about the issue with that other plant still. You’re doing everything you can for it.
Aww..Super happy for you. You know it's can be surprising when someone does something wonderful like this. The truth is, there are so many wonderful people out there with hearts of gold( I'm one of them😆 😊❤), and I say that humbly, lol. I love thoughtful acts like this!! Fills my heart! The awesome person who gave it to you thinks you deserve it because they recognize the wonderful in you too. I love it!! So lovely!! Yayyy!!
Thank you! She was so incredibly kind and I appreciate the plant gifts so much 🥹 I'm the same way and I love sharing and giving back so it's nice to see others being this way 🙏
I'm surprised that you had so much feedback defending the seller! Thrips are THE menace of the plant community and for the seller to essentially try and gaslight you into thinking it wasn't her responsibility and mistake is outrageous. I think it only would have been reasonable for her to ask for the plant back if she paid for the return shipping. I am really glad that you have gotten such lovely pallidiflorum specimens now!!
Thrips are incredible when it comes to their tenacity. I get them every summer in my yard. You can watch them leap from plant to plant and kill in a matter of days if untreated. They are the most aggressive pest I’ve ever encountered, and they seem to just be a fixture in my environment. Weee.
Ugh! I feel every bit of your pain. Also, I would've struggled with tossing it as well, but ultimately I too try my best to give everything that's fighting for life a fair chance. Even depriving myself of buying ANY new plants because... it never fails; pests always make a presence shortly after. I end up either finding bugs or stressed to the max assessing for them 😅. Outcome is very similar either way- major anxiety and that's not why I have a house full of plants. My solution was buying a quality grow tent (most commonly used for those illegal plants) which provides the BEST quarantine/isolation environment in a spare bedroom AND the ability to support, and easily control, the best possible *conditions (lighting, humidity, air flow, filtration etc.) that support recovery, or *maintain health during a quarantine period. So for around $300-$600 (entire grow tent kit from Spider Farmer. Not sponsored) I completely eliminated pest anxiety disorder lol. Even when signs of pests do appear on that long awaited wish list plant, I gown and glove when I go inside the tent, zip the door behind me and always save the tent chores for last. Zero pests in my established collection since I got it and I don't risk plant health from unfavorable environmental conditions in an alternative quarantine area. Sorry, long post but I had to share 😁
I'm glad you had a happy ending nice to see you smile, I'm just done with etsy plant's for a very long time. In the last 4 months I've had 5 bad plant purchases. The first 2 plant's from different shops that were never shipped with no explanation or apology so I got refunded, 1 that was half the size of my thumb had no roots very little variegation on it but sold as a 4" rooted plant with 3-4" leaves, the 4th was mislabeled and the last one was nice and big but had very bad spider mites. There were a lot of good reviews for these sellers too.
I'm so sorry you're having bad experiences 😔 Whenever I have my little shop open I want people to have happy and well cared for plants. I never want anyone to feel disappointed in what they received 🙏
Melissa, you need a magnifying glass with a light! It’s way easier to spot pests! Amazon has several to choose from. I don’t know if this would help, but the Bonide systemic granules work on thrips! I had them once and used this and sprayed weekly and I did get rid of them but am still so paranoid I’ll find them and that was a year ago 😂. Your plants aren’t in soil so I don’t know how that would work or if it would, but it brings me great satisfaction to know that the thrips who survive will die as soon as they feed on the plant 😊
Wow I actually cried too,you deserve that beautiful plant. I’ll be gifting myself one for my birthday in April. I’ll be sure to inspect it thoroughly. Can’t wait for the update on the rehab process 💚
I know she was so sweet to do this 🥹 ugh, I would keep them outside but I'm afraid the random cold snaps will hurt it. They're definitely staying in the bag for a while and it is sealed extremely well haha.
I think you should try to rehab it, you’re so good at it. There are so many good people in the world and you’re so lucky that you’ve got two special people watching you.
I am so grateful 🥹 I really want to try and save it because I feel like it deserved better 🥲 I was looking forward to having one finally and thought about it every day since I bought it. It was such a disappointment 😩
I understand why you didn't though. I kept ivies once that repeatedly got spider mites. That was in my early days of plant collecting and I thought the leaves were just so pretty. They did eventually have to go. I've gotten a little more open to composting plants that just don't grow well or are endangering the rest of my collection with their pests. I try not to feel guilty about it. I hope you can bring her back beautiful and thrip free!
I was somewhat happy when that new leaf snapped, I know you wouldn’t have had the heart to cut it all off, but that’s a potential thrips haven there. 😊😊
I know how you feel 😢 I was feeling so sad because one my favorite collection die,while I I was gone for a month,-and even tho I had someone to care for them… 🤦♀️
I ordered Dottie from Walmart when I got it after being in mail for 8 days, the water ran down my arm, after trying for 2monthe I cut clear down to the dirt , it's been putting out first leaf it's so pretty,the brightest pink. I've been watering it with cool black diluted coffee it has 1 leaf but I've got high hopes
33:45 From what I remember from the unboxing, it was larvae that was on the plant. So unfortunately I’m not surprised that there was one more. I’m battling Thrips right now myself, and I HATE them. And I recognized the reaction, that you had during the unboxing. You’re normally so composed, and suddenly you were swearing like a sailor 😄🤗. I’m not laughing at you, I’m in complete solidarity.
We have PTSD--post thrips stress disorder! Honestly, the sight or even thought of thrips stresses me out so bad. I literally have nightmares about them. My house had them for about a year and a half. I lost so many plants...like you said, once you go through it, you do everythign you can to avoid it! So happy for you with your beautiful new plants!
Thank you so much! Yes! 😵💫 I stress out over the tiniest piece of moss on leaves now thinking it's thrips lol, UGH they're so awful.
We should all start buying from Otaku Plants if they're sending out plants this beautiful! It's so gorgeous!
She was so sweet and it came packaged so well!
The fact that Taz sent this *amazing* specimen from her own collection sez it all. You just know that her values are in the right place. Let's all follow her. And to the anonymous viewer who gifted Melissa the first anthurium p, we see you too!
Agreed. I sub’d to her channel & will check out her shop. It’s important to show love back to those good human beings out there!
That was really sweet of that shop to send you a plant! The plant community is really awesome ❤
It really was 🥹 Such a sweet person!
I also think it's nice you took the time to care for the infested plant.I believe it was grown for someone to love and deserves to have the chance to live.
I was looking forward to getting it and couldn't wait to care for it. To have it come being so sad and infested just made me so sad. I felt like saving it was the right thing to do 🥲
I kept yelling at your video, 'squish it!'. Then, I started saying, 'burn it!'
When it's no longer bringing you joy...let it go. Hugs! I feel you on not wanting to throw it out. But I can't with these thrips. You don't need the headache nor heartache. burn it! 🔥💚Congrats on your new gifted babies. 🥰
Giving plants to people who are emotionally flattered making giving plants so fun. You know they will love it.
That's how plants are supposed to be packaged, with love and care. It even came in good quality substrate. I'm glad you have them in your collection now x
I subscribed to Otaku Plants channel after 5 minutes watching this video. What an amazing kind gesture. Melissa, just ignore all negative comments from prior thrip video. I’m truly grateful you sharing your experience with sellers and infected plants, it helps me to know which sellers to avoid. ❤ your channel.
I understand where you're coming from not wanting to throw it away. For awhile i kept every single cutting. I felt like the plants deserved to live. If they were trying to live i should do my best for them. My house was overrun with plants and many of the same plant. I tried giving them away. I thought about selling them. But then i got spider mites. I just couldn't keep up. There's only so many people in your life that will want free plants and then they only want so many. Just yesterday i threw away 10 very healthy cuttings. I cried. I stressed over it for weeks before i did it. About an hour after i did it i forgot all about it. My house is cleaner and I'm less stressed. 💚
I will often take my cuttings or plants I don't want anymore and I'll ask my public library or grocery store if I can donate them and let people take them. It's nice as heck to know that they are going with someone else and not in the trash.
Agreed. It’s ok to trim your plants and throw them away. The ones that grow fast are the ones every store sells all year long so who’s going to buy them or even meet up for them. It’s such a waste of time. I do have coworkers who loved all my cuttings last year but it’s all the same plants again. Unless I’m rooting them to make a fuller pot, I don’t bother anymore.
FYI the Good Will accepts live plants.😊
Omg, thrips hatched after almost a month. What a wonderful gift; that was so generous. Thanks for sharing Melissa!
I’m glad you found a seller who takes care of her plants. I feel like sellers who send out such poor quality product should expect the refund request and poor reviews. Social media is pervasive and I would certainly be careful as a vendor of anything.
This seller gifted this plant from her personal collection ❤ to Mellissa ❤
@@thumpaharley7564 indeed they did. The second part was in reference to the previous plant she paid for and received a subpar quality, thrip-infested, poorly-packed specimen.
I will definitely order from her in the future. She's such a sweet person and I can tell she really cares about the plants 🥹
So nice of the seller to send you a beautiful plant. I have to admit I wouldn't want the old one in my home, I would make sure it's pest free and give it away
I love how emotionally attached you get to your plants. Crying over a plant is cute. Plants are family
Love you and your videos
there is a florida ghost wet stick, which i have been holding on to since last april. it is making its first small leaf now. i hate, hate, hate throwing plants away. i can so appreciate your sensitivity being sensitive myself. you know, its a superpower being able to feel deeply for plants, animals, other people. we dont see it enough in this world. so happy about your pallidiforums!
So happy to see you so happy. Enjoy the kindness of people. It's rather rare these days. Try not to be upset about bad comments. You act and are genuine, don't chance that. Enjoy this gift. love 🥰
I am SO happy for you! ❤️❤️❤️ I love that it is so many kind and beautiful people out there. It shows what kind of person you are, when we see how you react both about the plants you were gifted, and about the one that had thrips. I can understand what you mean when you feel sorry for the plant. It's not strange at all. You're just invested and love what you do. Thank you for being genuine and real, keep being you ❤️❤️❤️🥰
I LOVE OTAKU! Love her and she has beautiful plants. She seems so humble and sweet. That was sooo nice 😊
It was soo nice 😭 She is such a sweet person and I am so grateful!
@@otaku.plants this was super nice! Love your channel 🫶
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you're my favorite plant channel to watch! so funny and sweet and the way you care about your plants is so genuine, I love to see it
omg I cannot !!! everytime you tear up it makes me do the same 😂😂😂 so happy for ya 💚💚💚
aww - I was so emotional over the whole situation 🥹 I'm so thankful to have such a beautiful plant now and she was so sweet!
Melissa! I teared up with you! Kindness follows kindness and you are the sweetest person. I’m glad that these two people noticed that and knew you deserved better. I’m going to go look up that plant shop now!❤ 😊
Thank you 🥹🙏 I believe good things come back to people who do good for others. They were both so kind to do this 🫶
This is the birthday gift you wanted and I am so happy you finally got it. I am impressed beyond words with the seller. The care in packaging, the condition of the plant, and the outstanding soil it’s just amazing. The rehab process is invaluable to me and fascinating, can’t wait to see what is next💚🌸
It was the perfect plant mail to open up and receive 🥹 Everything about it was amazing and you can tell how well it was cared for. I'm curious to see how the rehab goes - I'm taking precautions with it and I know others are wanting to see the process on it 🫶
I am so happy for you that seller is amazing!!
I honestly screamed NO! At the screen when you found the thrip. Throw it away!!! It’s okay! You have that new AMAZING one!!
The generosity of both of these people that gifted you new plants is real! Good plant karma will come to them too or maybe already has and they are passing it along. Standing ovation!
Hi Melissa so happy you got your beautiful plant and Taz is so sweet and kind! ❤ I watched Tax from Otaku plants box up your plant. It’s on her you tube channel if others want to check her out. She is a lovely lady and has a great you tube channel! It’s called Otaku Plants so check her out! So very kind Taz, your kindness and generosity will come back to you I have no doubt!❤
She is such a sweet person! I watched her video and followed her on here. I will definitely be buying plants from her in the future 🙏
Oh I will as well! Love her alocasia ❤ will you be selling any alocasia or corms? Your alocasia are beautiful!
I will sell them as small plants - I prefer not to sell corms 🙏
Now that is a well packaged plant! Happy for you!
Thank you! 🥹
Awww how sweet ❤ You literally have me tearing up now lol. Melissa you have such a kind and gentle soul and that radiates out to all of us. That was so generous of Taz to do that for you. She seems like a wonderful person too. So glad to see the joy that beautiful plant brings you 💖
aww Melissa 🤗 A beautiful plant for a beautiful person. I am so happy for you. ❤❤🙏🙏🕊🕊🤗🤗 I feel the same way, it is very hard to throw a plant away❤❤🙏🙏🕊🕊
Thank you so much! I appreciate her for being so thoughtful and gifting this to me 🥹🫶
You made my tear up when you started to cry
You have such a big heart! I felt every minute of this! Good on Otaku plants for coming to the rescue! I’ll be checking them out too! That’s a nice pallidiflorum!
I love the care and attention they took with their packaging. Such a beautiful plant!
You seem like such a sweet, genuine person. That’s why your viewers want to give you gifts and support you! Embrace it! 😊
Thank you so much 🥹
Otaku plants, what a great and kind hearted thing to do! Melissa, I love how passionate you are! Plants sustain us and are living things so I understand your hesitation. Hope the rehab will work out! So glad to see there are so many in the plant community that care. Wonderful to see! 😊
Now I will be sure to buy something from this shop! How incredibly sweet of her. Also, she sells her chunky mix on her site. And don't be apologetic about your emotions, they are genuine, and so are you. 💜💚💛 Happy Mardi Gras!
Thank you 🥹❤️
You're so calming but manage to be very entertaining as well! Thank you for another great video! And I agree with another commenter saying it's a beautiful plant for a beautiful person! 💚
Thank you so much 🥹🫶
You have shown that you are truly grateful of people’s kindness & generosity. When I see acts of kindness I start to feel better that there are still thoughtful people in the world. So glad this had a happy ending!
thank you! 🥹❤️
Your reaction was VALID and so are your feelings!! Anyone who says otherwise has no business even comment on the situation.
And at the end of the day, the intention behind revealing the seller was not to necessarily blast them, in my eyes you were just doing your due diligence for your following and yourself as plant keeper and future seller. As customers, we have expectations and if a company isn’t meeting those expectations, we have a right to know. ❤
You have no reason to feel bad, video reviews of businesses are just a new (non discrete) way to report discrepancies to places like the Better Business Bureau.
Very nice gift and it’s also nice to see how appreciative you are. You are a Plantologist Extraordinaire without a doubt. Thanks again for what you do.
Thank you 🥹🙏
OMG I’m on the train sitting on the edge of my seat watching you trying to open it. Now you’re going to make me cry! Such a beautiful plant, so carefully packaged! Aww.. Melissa well deserved! And kudos to the seller for thinking so much of you to gift the plant!!!
Thank you so much! She was so thoughtful - it meant so much to me 🥹
love watching you check your plants. So lovely, happy for you that you got a gift plant.
I absolutely agree with you about that thrip infested plant. I had thrips come in this summer from my expensive local nursery and all 5 Hoyas from them had flat mites. Thrips took my months to rid of for 100 plants to treat and I cried. So I get it. That was so kind of those people to send you those plants. I’m glad things worked out and yes always check for pests
Your precious Melissa ❤ I am so glad you got such a beautiful plant from another beautiful soul. Now my opinion is to throw that thrip plant out. It’s ok.
Hi, beautiful plant. Yes, I watch Taz's videos, she is a great plant person.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I liked that you said the name of all sellers, good and bad. It keeps the unboxing authentic. Your new plant is beautiful just like all your current ones!
I feel your pain! I hate giving up on a living thing and I think how it must feel being infested.😔 I received a cold-damaged plant in the mail a few weeks ago, and while the nursery was kind enough to refund me, I couldn't give up on it! It was a wish list plant that I can't ever find anywhere! It's now down to wet sticks in a prop box. I don't know if it was too far gone, but I will try! That palli is just so beautiful. It was a well-loved plant that came from a good seller 💚
I know, it's sad to think about that. Sorry about your plant that came damaged! Hopefully, the wet sticks will do something for you here. If they don't make it then at least you tried! Thank you about the palli - he is beautiful! She is such a sweet person too 🥹
Sweetie!!! ❤❤❤ You deserve that plant so much, look how happy it's made you!!! 🥺 I'm so glad to see, what a beautiful plant. 💚💚💚
I’m so happy for you and Melissa you work so hard and you take such good care of your plants and I’m so happy that there’s a couple ladies out there that gifted you with your plants that you love so much. I’m a beginner, but I’m watching you do all kinds of fun stuff and some icky stuff too like Thorpes never heard of those before. Don’t know what they look like either, but anyway, I had to tell you that I’m happy for you and your new babies. You gotta give them names. God bless you.
Now that’s some top notch packaging! Absolutely gorgeous I can’t wait to check out that shop
It came packaged so well and the plant was loved! 🥰
@@plantsbymelissa it’s gorgeous! What a sweet gesture and you deserve it!
Had me crying 😢 what a blessing.
I am feeling the feels with you!! In tears! What a beautiful happy Melissa we see! Thank you for sharing this with us!
I get it and I cried with you ❤ There are so many wonderful people in the world😊
I'm new to your channel, so I'm not sure how you feel on the topic of pesticides. Personally, I would treat with spinosad, which is naturally occurring in soil. Spray the plant down and bag it back up. It's safe to use around any pets, but it is harmful to bees in its wet state, but safe when dry. That's the fastest way I have found to get rid of thrips. A systemic in the water might be a good idea, too. I only use those when less aggressive measures aren't working. Im so glad you got a healthy plant you can enjoy while you rehab the other.
Every time I hear you mention a plant pest, I get the chills and start inspecting my plants 😂 I’m so glad you decided to rehab the plant vs. throwing it out. I look forward to an update on this one!
I’m glad to try and give it a second chance 🫶🏻
Oh im sooo happy,your birthday gift after all.How very nice of her.Anyone would get upset if they saw you cry.You are so gentle and sweet and deserve good as you give out good.Im going to love watching them thrive in your care.
Thank you so much 🥹
It's so sweet to have 2 people sending you a new one!!!
You're so genuine, I can't belive those angry people who say that asking for the plant back and the partial refund is okay...
When I watched the video I told my BF : "She's saying the F word and she NEVER does that, like EVER!!! It's bad for sure!"
Thank you! So grateful for them 🥹 haha yeah I don't cuss on camera a lot. I was so upset because I was thinking about this plant nonstop since I bought it 🥹 it was a wishlist and so disappointed with what I received 🥲 I think that's why I feel so bad for it now and want to try and save it. It deserved better care!
@@plantsbymelissa Yes I agree it deserve better care and a good owner and I know you'll provide that! :)
We hate to see you be disappointed and unhappy. I had no words to say when I saw how torn I was when I saw that video. But this, this was such a joy!
Awwww Melissa girl she's a beauty! 🥲 That's so nice of OtakuPlants gifted you that beauty. So happy for you! 😊 Girl, 2nd time.....if I were you, I would just toss that one with larve away your taking a big chance. 😊
I hate thrips, I also squish them with my fingers whenever I see one I get anxious. I felt bad for the first seller on your other video when you received the first one but you got no plant now, just two stomps!
I'm so glad you got your dream plant thrips-free.
I'm so happy the seller sent you a plant. There are still so many nice people out here. You're so sweet and caring. I would've gotten upset too. I LOVE my plants and it hurts to see that. I had to throw away a Queen Pothos yesterday after trying to rehab her for months without success. She had mealy bugs. It broke my hurt to throw her away but I tried and didn't think it was going to get any better. I was scared they would go on my other plants. Thank you for the videos. Keep making them 🙏🏻. I love them and I love everything you do from plant shopping to plant potting. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much 🥹 So sorry about your queen pothos. Mealies are so frustrating to deal with! 🥲
❤ 💯 you are the sweetest! I absolutely agree I can't kill plants/throw plants away. I'm doing this to have happy healthy plant baby. I've been battling thrips for six months and I don't see any now but I know that doesn't mean they're gone. They are the worst! I started nice with soap and mites but at this point it's a full pesticide bug battle to get rid of them.
I'm genuinely so happy for you! That was such a beautiful gift, both! ❤
You have excellent plant intuition, I call that a plant whisperer.
Melissa I feel the same way. I would cut the leaf off retreat the plant. I believe all things deserve a chance to live and you truly have a dear heart. No more tears😊😊😊
Hey Melissa, you're a sweetie. I love your channel. Thank you for recording this for us.
That is so nice people reach out to give you new plants. If i cannot save a plant with pests i definitely have no choice to get rid of it. Instead of having a big infestation. The only ones i had were mealybugs on my Hoyas and spider mites on my Dracaenas.
I completely understood your genuine reaction Melissa..at least you kept it real.. I would much rather watch REAL content than what people only let our eyes see on social media..you’re GREAT and you’re worthy of receiving gifts when people reach out..your new plant baby is beautiful!❤ And you said 💩 for me! Day made!😂 I would just throw the other plant AWAY! I would feel bad as well..but do it 👏
@@otaku.plants she definitely swears like us! Watch the video when she saw all the leaves falling off the plant and realized it had thrips! She’s a member of our tribe and I love that so much 😂
I also just started following you!🪴❤️
@@otaku.plants yessss!😂
I usually swear when I get really upset or pissed off 😂 I try not to do it on camera though haha
@@plantsbymelissa but your honesty makes you so special! Lol
That was so sweet of that lady ❤ You are such a gem Melissa 😊 You deserve a beautiful plant 😊
Thank you so much! Taz is so sweet!! 🥹
I’m like you Melissa, I don’t like to throw plants out either. I would have rehabbed it as well. Good luck! I hope it works, but if anyone can do it, you can. It was very nice of those two people that sent you the new plants.
Melissa, you are such a kind and thoughtful soul. You deserve to receive gifts, and it is unfortunate about the thrip infested pallidoflorum. Sending love from Australia 🌱
Thank you so much!
Hi, like someone said, cut that jammy and prop. Throw the leaf away. Can thrips invade the root system? Keep it in the bag for three months opening it up for air so rot doesn't take root. Remember, to debug your new Pally. Do you have a good quality magnifier so you can really clearly see any bugs or even fungus. Glad you got a replaced Sexy birthday gift and it blew your heart. HAPPY PLANT'N!
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Thrips are a long process! I think they go dormant and wait for good conditions and pop back out months later. I wouldn’t put that thing with you plants for a long time. Maybe get it it’s own Tupperware for isolation and put it outside, in your garage or something where it can get light.
Nice things happen to nice people. Love the new plant you were gifted. So sorry about the issue with that other plant still. You’re doing everything you can for it.
Aww..Super happy for you. You know it's can be surprising when someone does something wonderful like this. The truth is, there are so many wonderful people out there with hearts of gold( I'm one of them😆 😊❤), and I say that humbly, lol. I love thoughtful acts like this!! Fills my heart! The awesome person who gave it to you thinks you deserve it because they recognize the wonderful in you too. I love it!! So lovely!! Yayyy!!
Thank you! She was so incredibly kind and I appreciate the plant gifts so much 🥹 I'm the same way and I love sharing and giving back so it's nice to see others being this way 🙏
You’re such a sweet person and well-deserving of this gift.
thank you so much! 🥹💚
I'm surprised that you had so much feedback defending the seller! Thrips are THE menace of the plant community and for the seller to essentially try and gaslight you into thinking it wasn't her responsibility and mistake is outrageous. I think it only would have been reasonable for her to ask for the plant back if she paid for the return shipping. I am really glad that you have gotten such lovely pallidiflorum specimens now!!
Thrips are incredible when it comes to their tenacity. I get them every summer in my yard. You can watch them leap from plant to plant and kill in a matter of days if untreated. They are the most aggressive pest I’ve ever encountered, and they seem to just be a fixture in my environment. Weee.
So happy to see how people can be then you found one 😮. Hope doctor Melissa can save this one. Take care
Ugh! I feel every bit of your pain. Also, I would've struggled with tossing it as well, but ultimately I too try my best to give everything that's fighting for life a fair chance. Even depriving myself of buying ANY new plants because... it never fails; pests always make a presence shortly after. I end up either finding bugs or stressed to the max assessing for them 😅. Outcome is very similar either way- major anxiety and that's not why I have a house full of plants.
My solution was buying a quality grow tent (most commonly used for those illegal plants) which provides the BEST quarantine/isolation environment in a spare bedroom AND the ability to support, and easily control, the best possible *conditions (lighting, humidity, air flow, filtration etc.) that support recovery, or *maintain health during a quarantine period. So for around $300-$600 (entire grow tent kit from Spider Farmer. Not sponsored) I completely eliminated pest anxiety disorder lol. Even when signs of pests do appear on that long awaited wish list plant, I gown and glove when I go inside the tent, zip the door behind me and always save the tent chores for last. Zero pests in my established collection since I got it and I don't risk plant health from unfavorable environmental conditions in an alternative quarantine area. Sorry, long post but I had to share 😁
Awww.. Melissa you are such an amazing person... ❤... love your videos and love how you care so much about your plants
Thank you so much Amber 🥹❤️
So sweet of Taz to send you a new pallidiflorum. I would just thrown away the thrips infested palli. Not worth the hustle.
So sweet and kind of her!! I keep telling myself to just toss it and not worry about it anymore 🥹
I'm glad you had a happy ending nice to see you smile, I'm just done with etsy plant's for a very long time. In the last 4 months I've had 5 bad plant purchases. The first 2 plant's from different shops that were never shipped with no explanation or apology so I got refunded, 1 that was half the size of my thumb had no roots very little variegation on it but sold as a 4" rooted plant with 3-4" leaves, the 4th was mislabeled and the last one was nice and big but had very bad spider mites. There were a lot of good reviews for these sellers too.
I'm so sorry you're having bad experiences 😔 Whenever I have my little shop open I want people to have happy and well cared for plants. I never want anyone to feel disappointed in what they received 🙏
You have been blessed with a new plant. I would throw that one a way. It is not worth the risk. I’m about to go spray my plants.
that bounce! thats one happy plant and some happy leaves ❤
Melissa, you need a magnifying glass with a light! It’s way easier to spot pests! Amazon has several to choose from. I don’t know if this would help, but the Bonide systemic granules work on thrips! I had them once and used this and sprayed weekly and I did get rid of them but am still so paranoid I’ll find them and that was a year ago 😂. Your plants aren’t in soil so I don’t know how that would work or if it would, but it brings me great satisfaction to know that the thrips who survive will die as soon as they feed on the plant 😊
I have a microscope 😊 I personally advise against systemic use. To each their own though. Check out copper_lattice on instagram.
Wow I actually cried too,you deserve that beautiful plant. I’ll be gifting myself one for my birthday in April. I’ll be sure to inspect it thoroughly. Can’t wait for the update on the rehab process 💚
Awe Melissa hugs, enjoy your new plant! It's beautiful. Pallidiflorum is on my wish list ❤
I already have her Etsy pulled up! Such a sweet gift! - Plant it outside and pray?
I know she was so sweet to do this 🥹 ugh, I would keep them outside but I'm afraid the random cold snaps will hurt it. They're definitely staying in the bag for a while and it is sealed extremely well haha.
Such a beautiful plant for such a beautiful person! I am so happy for you 💚💚💚
Thank you so much! 🥹 I am so grateful 🙏
I think you should try to rehab it, you’re so good at it. There are so many good people in the world and you’re so lucky that you’ve got two special people watching you.
I am so grateful 🥹 I really want to try and save it because I feel like it deserved better 🥲 I was looking forward to having one finally and thought about it every day since I bought it. It was such a disappointment 😩
I understand why you didn't though. I kept ivies once that repeatedly got spider mites. That was in my early days of plant collecting and I thought the leaves were just so pretty. They did eventually have to go. I've gotten a little more open to composting plants that just don't grow well or are endangering the rest of my collection with their pests. I try not to feel guilty about it. I hope you can bring her back beautiful and thrip free!
Melissa that pain will only last for a little while but the thrips will last a lot longer
You've got to be the sweetest person on UA-cam!
I’m so happy for you..I Iove your love and passion for your plants .
I was somewhat happy when that new leaf snapped, I know you wouldn’t have had the heart to cut it all off, but that’s a potential thrips haven there. 😊😊
Lovely! You deserve it so enjoy your Very Nice gift. 😊
Gorgeous! flawless anthurium! i know you will enjoy watching her grow 😊
I can't wait 🥹
It's great to see you so happy.
Love your new plant
I know how you feel 😢
I was feeling so
sad because one my favorite collection die,while I I was gone for a month,-and even tho I had someone to care for them… 🤦♀️
I ordered Dottie from Walmart when I got it after being in mail for 8 days, the water ran down my arm, after trying for 2monthe I cut clear down to the dirt , it's been putting out first leaf it's so pretty,the brightest pink. I've been watering it with cool black diluted coffee it has 1 leaf but I've got high hopes
33:45 From what I remember from the unboxing, it was larvae that was on the plant. So unfortunately I’m not surprised that there was one more. I’m battling Thrips right now myself, and I HATE them. And I recognized the reaction, that you had during the unboxing. You’re normally so composed, and suddenly you were swearing like a sailor 😄🤗. I’m not laughing at you, I’m in complete solidarity.