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I love the weird plants series 😃 It's just amazing how all these species developed in nature and survive and thrive in sometimes harsh conditions, the Welwitschia is especially fascinating 🤩 As another weird plant I would recommand the Hoya spatioides. And just as a tip: In the botanical names of plants only the genus has a capital letter, for example Monotropa (genus) uniflora (species).
As always I was hooked, but the plant that lives for 2000 years or more blew my mind. It’s incredible what nature is capable of creating. Thanks for the great 👍🏼 video and sharing of information
Hi Claire! Thankyou for another AWESOME Video! I have owned a Mother of Thousands Plant Years ago! I Loved it very Much! It grew so Tall, up to my ceiling, And grew across the top of my ceiling! With many many Babies at the Base that grew, dropped Babies, they grew! Lol The Babies will just root anywhere. Looking for someplace to root! Tis definitely a Fun Plant! I havn't seen them here in Ontario, Canada for Years! If you can get your hands on one I know you would have lots of Fun with this Plant! ❤️🌿🐾
Do get a welwitschia mirabilis. I have one that is over 50 years old. It’s older than me and the most expensive plant in my collection. Thank you for making these fun videos.
Very cool plants! Always interesting to hear about unusual plants :) My favorite weird plant is the diascorea elephantipes, such a great plant to grow.
I have actually seen some monotropa uniflora in nature! They are so beautiful and weird looking! I even got to see a bumblebee pollinating a group of them, which was cool to see.
I haven't watched all videos yet so maybe these are already mentioned! I immediately thought of the Merano moss balls, selaginella lepidophylla, fig trees and ginkgo trees (both the pollination process:))
Weird houseplant I just discovered --the Pickle Plant (Kleinia Stapeliiformis) ! It's a succulent. I'm sure most people have heard of it, maybe I'm late to the game, but succulents are so diverse I'd never heard of this one before and I always enjoy being introduced to a new plant friend. The only thing that makes me uneasy, is things like the helmet orchid. I think certain endangered or hard to find species are best left in their natural environment.
13:18 - I’m lucky. I do a lot of hiking in the north east US and we see the Ghost Pipe growing naturally along the trails. It’s somewhat common to see.
There is actually a species of Monotropa in the UK. The technical term for what these plants do is mycoheterotrophy, meaning basically parasitizing fungi that are in turn forming a symbiosis with trees. There are also other plants that do that but still have chlorophyll for supplemental (if you will) photosynthesis.
I have the alocasia Loco. It was a starter so it's been growing pretty slow. But looks like it's going to start pushing leaves pretty regular now. And sizing up.
Thank you for your interesting videos! I enjoy your videos a lot, especially this type :) Corybas is hard to grow for me! They are a terrarium type tuberous orchids which may sit for a year and do nothing and sprout only when they get the right temp/amount of light. I struggle with mine.
I can't remember if you've said this one before but Sinocrassula Yunnanensis is the *strangest* plant I've seen, ever. When it's young, it looks like a black hedgehog, but as it grows, it can grow into the shape of a wall. They can grow absolutely massive (like, tree canopy height) and they have these strange flesh-coloured inflorescence too. They can be grown indoors, and then can flower at a young age, so you can get their whackiness inside as well. It honestly looks like it comes from a different planet. Like... it's so strange, everything from it's leaf colour, to it's growth pattern, to it's flowers, to it's height- It just makes no sense in my head.
Do you already know the Lithops? They mostly look like little brains! I got one in a cute little halloween pumpkin pot and I'm planning to buy a skull shaped pot for the little guy
Great video! Just referring to your comment about Alocasia amazonica - it is not native to anywhere. It is a hybrid from Miami in the 1950’s. It was produced in a garden centre called Amazonica hence the name. 😊
That first alocasia was giving me very ill vibes as well. I feel like if it had a voice it would be saying please end my suffering 😅😅 I am glad though that poaching was mentioned in this video, as it can be quite the concern with many of those very rare looking plants!
I purchased a pothos online last week, and there was a mother of thousands that sprouted out of the soil. (We think. I’m new to plants, and I’ve asked friends for help.) I’m growing it as a curiosity.
Ghost pipe is edible in small quantities, but mostly it’s used medicinally. Indigenous North American peoples have used it for anxiety and pain relief for centuries
Ok Claire! Scratch what I said about you getting a Mother of Thousands Plant! I did Love mine! Years Ago! However, I was unaware of the Toxicity of this Cool Plant!!! Not worth the Worry of anybody or pets dying! 😮
The second plant, the one that looks like it has sugar sprinkles seems to be popular with succulent growers. The Helmet orchid 💕, I am an orchid person. There are some orchid growers that actually do grow some species of this; not sure about the one you discussed. Mother of thousands, is considered invasive where I live (California).
ghost pipe is used in traditional medicine in north America, Im not familiar with what its used for but I'm sure that's why its sold for herbal medicine use in the UK as well.
"Houseplants are no longer just for decoration, but also for surprise! 😄 Who would have thought I’d have a ‘green buddy’ that looks like it's from a plant planet? 🌿👽 #WeirdButILoveIt!"
The mother of thousands was the very first plant I've owned back in my elementary school time. It really reproduces like a weed 😂 once you own one, you soon will have thousands more.
Hi, i AM from Poland, and i have "mother of thousands"... And nowdays, it's one of most creepy plant I have 🤣🤣 every little one new baby have those white roots, and it's look like some monster plant which eat people. 🤣🤣🙉
Yes I have both colors of the 1000 babies. The green one is huge. The baby's drop. And start growing in days. The pink one is small. So will see. But those have babies already
I had a Mother of Thousands for about two years. I bought it from a vide grenier (car boot sale) for a few euros. But then it flowered, and died :-( I do have two or three babies growing but that's all.
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I'm a HUGE fan of "different looking" plants! They keep my eyes excited every time I look at my collection
I love the weird plants series 😃 It's just amazing how all these species developed in nature and survive and thrive in sometimes harsh conditions, the Welwitschia is especially fascinating 🤩
As another weird plant I would recommand the Hoya spatioides. And just as a tip: In the botanical names of plants only the genus has a capital letter, for example Monotropa (genus) uniflora (species).
12:58 we call it the ghost pipe it’s out in the woods in my backyard. When you actually see it, it sparkles.
As always I was hooked, but the plant that lives for 2000 years or more blew my mind. It’s incredible what nature is capable of creating. Thanks for the great 👍🏼 video and sharing of information
Hi Claire! Thankyou for another AWESOME Video!
I have owned a Mother of Thousands Plant Years ago! I Loved it very Much! It grew so Tall, up to my ceiling,
And grew across the top of my ceiling! With many many Babies at the Base that grew, dropped Babies, they grew! Lol
The Babies will just root anywhere. Looking for someplace to root! Tis definitely a Fun Plant! I havn't seen them here in Ontario, Canada for Years!
If you can get your hands on one I know you would have lots of Fun with this Plant!
❤️🌿🐾
I think Benji grows one of those Welwitschia and he makes it look so cool.
Love these kind of videos that you make, I find new plants that I put on my wish list ❤😊 Hope you’re having a great day💕
Do get a welwitschia mirabilis. I have one that is over 50 years old. It’s older than me and the most expensive plant in my collection. Thank you for making these fun videos.
Oh, that Palawan Orchid is so cute
Very cool plants! Always interesting to hear about unusual plants :) My favorite weird plant is the diascorea elephantipes, such a great plant to grow.
Hello from northern Michigan! I love love love this series!!! Plants are so amazing.
I have actually seen some monotropa uniflora in nature! They are so beautiful and weird looking! I even got to see a bumblebee pollinating a group of them, which was cool to see.
I haven't watched all videos yet so maybe these are already mentioned! I immediately thought of the Merano moss balls, selaginella lepidophylla, fig trees and ginkgo trees (both the pollination process:))
Love editing Clare😂 I was thinking the same from
Some of the IG pics longish leaves twirling down, looked really nice. Andy.
Love the new background! Hello Joli!
The bird poop Alocasia resembles the creature from Alien in one of those pictures showing the veination. (sp.)
Love weird plants I do like the orchids you have shown x
Weird houseplant I just discovered --the Pickle Plant (Kleinia Stapeliiformis) ! It's a succulent. I'm sure most people have heard of it, maybe I'm late to the game, but succulents are so diverse I'd never heard of this one before and I always enjoy being introduced to a new plant friend.
The only thing that makes me uneasy, is things like the helmet orchid. I think certain endangered or hard to find species are best left in their natural environment.
13:18 - I’m lucky. I do a lot of hiking in the north east US and we see the Ghost Pipe growing naturally along the trails. It’s somewhat common to see.
There is actually a species of Monotropa in the UK. The technical term for what these plants do is mycoheterotrophy, meaning basically parasitizing fungi that are in turn forming a symbiosis with trees. There are also other plants that do that but still have chlorophyll for supplemental (if you will) photosynthesis.
I have the alocasia Loco. It was a starter so it's been growing pretty slow. But looks like it's going to start pushing leaves pretty regular now. And sizing up.
I am so early! I love this series please keep it up! weird plants all the way
A few weeks ago I received a tiny bulb of Oxalis palmifonds as a gift with an Etsy order. It is still just a bulb. Hopefully it will grow…
There are some very interesting types of orchid out there, I'd recommend checking out some bulbophyllums. For example the bulbophyllum arfakianum.
I own a butterfly plant(oxalis family) and have been in love. Never seen it spoken about on any other page !
Whenever i have to choose between top gear ( my favourite show) or claiiiire i pick you my lovely
Thank you for your interesting videos! I enjoy your videos a lot, especially this type :) Corybas is hard to grow for me! They are a terrarium type tuberous orchids which may sit for a year and do nothing and sprout only when they get the right temp/amount of light. I struggle with mine.
I can't remember if you've said this one before but Sinocrassula Yunnanensis is the *strangest* plant I've seen, ever.
When it's young, it looks like a black hedgehog, but as it grows, it can grow into the shape of a wall. They can grow absolutely massive (like, tree canopy height) and they have these strange flesh-coloured inflorescence too. They can be grown indoors, and then can flower at a young age, so you can get their whackiness inside as well.
It honestly looks like it comes from a different planet. Like... it's so strange, everything from it's leaf colour, to it's growth pattern, to it's flowers, to it's height- It just makes no sense in my head.
Do you already know the Lithops? They mostly look like little brains! I got one in a cute little halloween pumpkin pot and I'm planning to buy a skull shaped pot for the little guy
Great video! Just referring to your comment about Alocasia amazonica - it is not native to anywhere. It is a hybrid from Miami in the 1950’s. It was produced in a garden centre called Amazonica hence the name. 😊
That first alocasia was giving me very ill vibes as well. I feel like if it had a voice it would be saying please end my suffering 😅😅 I am glad though that poaching was mentioned in this video, as it can be quite the concern with many of those very rare looking plants!
I purchased a pothos online last week, and there was a mother of thousands that sprouted out of the soil. (We think. I’m new to plants, and I’ve asked friends for help.) I’m growing it as a curiosity.
Ghost pipe is edible in small quantities, but mostly it’s used medicinally. Indigenous North American peoples have used it for anxiety and pain relief for centuries
Hello! Fellow plant lover from Florida! 🌿
I’m just wondering why Kalanchoe orgyalis is not popular. I love mine and it’s the easiest beautiful plant and the colours are so nice
Ok Claire! Scratch what I said about you getting a Mother of Thousands Plant!
I did Love mine! Years Ago!
However, I was unaware of the Toxicity of this Cool Plant!!! Not worth the Worry of anybody or pets dying! 😮
"I'm not typically an orchid person" - you just haven't met the right orchid!
The second plant, the one that looks like it has sugar sprinkles seems to be popular with succulent growers. The Helmet orchid 💕, I am an orchid person. There are some orchid growers that actually do grow some species of this; not sure about the one you discussed. Mother of thousands, is considered invasive where I live (California).
ghost pipe is used in traditional medicine in north America, Im not familiar with what its used for but I'm sure that's why its sold for herbal medicine use in the UK as well.
Pain and anxiety, as a tincture! I haven’t personally used it but I hear it’s really effective, if a bit short-acting in comparison to pharmaceuticals
Have you heard of the resurrection plant? It is fascinating!
03:50 The alocasia venom looks like an inside-out plant. Front sides of the leaves look like they should be actually the back sides 🤭
"Houseplants are no longer just for decoration, but also for surprise! 😄 Who would have thought I’d have a ‘green buddy’ that looks like it's from a plant planet? 🌿👽 #WeirdButILoveIt!"
Love alocasia Venum! I absolutely can't afford it yet but it is perfectly weird. I have an alocasia loco that is a bit similar and strange
The mother of thousands was the very first plant I've owned back in my elementary school time. It really reproduces like a weed 😂 once you own one, you soon will have thousands more.
I live in FL and I have had this plant for decades. The babies fall off and they grow EVERYWHERE!! More like Mother of Milions!!!
Love it!
check the bulbophyllum orchids, some have moving petals trat tremble when the flowers are moved and ie the medusae one looks weird
Great pics of some of these 🤣🤣🤣
Hi, i AM from Poland, and i have "mother of thousands"... And nowdays, it's one of most creepy plant I have 🤣🤣 every little one new baby have those white roots, and it's look like some monster plant which eat people. 🤣🤣🙉
Look up Myrmecodia Beccarii, odd plant with a very interesting job....to help ants! I got one recently (minus the ants, lol) it was grown from seed ❤
why did I watch this? I knew what would happen. Im allready broke and out of room 😥
The first plant looks like an alien baby coming to smother your face! 😮
Yes I have both colors of the 1000 babies. The green one is huge. The baby's drop. And start growing in days. The pink one is small. So will see. But those have babies already
06:40 Looks yummy, looks like one of those gummy sweets coated in sugar 🤣
I ve got a little baby kalanchoe.
13:29 used for pain relief
Yesssssss!!!!
I had a Mother of Thousands for about two years. I bought it from a vide grenier (car boot sale) for a few euros.
But then it flowered, and died :-(
I do have two or three babies growing but that's all.
@benjiplant has a welwitschia 😺
I just saw the Venom a few days ago...weird and to me unpleasant mutation!
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Suggestion for the next strange plant video: nepenthes mirabilis var. echinostoma
The peristome on those are insane looking!
Or honestly nepenthes Edwardsiana and Hamata are amazing too!