.. I've got my Albo in the very early spring and what a beauty she was.. All her leaves in different combinations of creamy white and green, some more, some less, some half moons, some completely green or creamy white.. She's grown twice her size (maybe because of the bigger pot and the moss pole that I gave her during summer🤔??) and keeps coming with new leaves still in a beautiful mix of colors of her own choice.. She is sitting in indirect "bright" light and seems to like it there.. The "bright" light though is not so bright these days, but that's just how autumn is 🤗🍂🍁🌧️🌧️🌦️
De todos os vídeos que assisti de diversos UA-camrs, inclusive famosos no ramo de plantas aqui do Brasil, o seu foi o mais esclarecedor! Agradeço pelas informações Vou tentar reverter a variegação da minha planta!
Great info! I have a lovely collection of Syngoniums, including a Mojito, Albo, Christmas, Cardi Lane, Pink Splash, Pink Allusion and Three Kings! I love them! I put a cutting in LECA to experiment, and it LOVES it in there!!! The leaves are huge and so perfect! I was curious about LECA and now I want to put all my Syngoniums in it. I have about 70 plants all in all. You're right that there is always something to learn. Rewarding too!
This was a good watch thank you! I have a Syngonium Albo, it’s really quite big now but have had a couple of green leaves at the top, but also a lot of new variegated leaves about midway up so I’m happy, will be keeping a close eye though!
my albo is very big, there's literally more than 80 leaves and almost 3 ft tall. it's in front of a window and i have grow lights. it seems the taller it gets. the more white it gets. it's insane.
I got mine about a month ago. It had thick established stalks but the top of the soil was bone dry and the bottom of the soil was sopping wet. so much so that the plant started to grow air roots. Ive got one half and half leave, 3 speckled with whites and creams and many different shades of green, with two more variegated leaves that will be unfurling soon. I re potted this plant in a coffee tin a little bit bigger than a three inch terocata pot and it is thriving now. Its foliage is starting to branch off from side to side like a peacocks tail does. I think one of the reasons I am having such luck with it (why its growing well, putting out lots of new leaves and stems) is because two of the stalks have giant leaves that are purely green and one stalk that has split into like seven others has mostly green leaves and one or two that are variegated. The soil I planted this in is just miracle gro indoor potting soil. It gets small amounts of indirect light from my window it sits an inch away from and my led lights on the bar across the room until about 12 pm. This is when the sun shines directly on it for about 5 hours and during those five hours, I will open or close the blinds depending on how much light I want or if its too direct for the plants. Overall, I have done nothing special but water it regularly and sprits its air roots and leaves once every three days. At night I work with bright desk lights so it gets that kind of light too. Sorry this was so long winded, just wanted people to know that this is a hard plant to keep, and an expensive one, but just a little bit of forethought and tlc, not a ton, can allow it to thrive.
I got mine at bunnings for $36 only almost 1 full white except its almost half moon if just the green side with white patches and 3 maybe almost 4 leaves with 4 small white patches while the rest is green which is kinds disappointing
That's how I understood it, some plants will naturally produce more and some less, it's random so no telling but with selective pruning, you can keep it looking better and keep more variegation by taking out the green leaves as long as there is enough light and enough chlorophyll in the rest of the leaves to sustain the energy requirements.
The point with the light isnt a misconception. If the plant has more than enough light it does not need extra clorophyll and with that no extra green leaves, because that would not increase its biological fitness.
That makes perfect sense Tommy, I think the understanding of the light issue has been misconceived sometimes where people think that the light creates the white in the leaves when it's more about the lack of light doing the opposite. If a plant already gets reasonable light a brighter position won't affect how many variegated leaves grow. An interesting topic, thanks for your contribution.
When the leves get bigger and greener it's not actually a case of the Syngonium reverting. The ornamental varieties of Syngonium are kept in a state of juvenile leave by pruning. If left to vine out and grow longer the leaves mature, get larger and eventually gain extra lobes. So by pruning them to make them look their nicest, you are actually keeping them "reverted" to their juvenile leaf stage.
Very interesting Graham, so you’re saying that mature leaves don’t keep the variegation? I thought the variegation was carried in the stem and this defined the amount and pattern, I need to learn more about this. Thanks for your comment.
Mr. Mouse did you know what else happens to these variegated plants? What's that? The white part I think doesn't make chlorophyll so it will die faster than the green part-it's just the way it goes. At least it still grows. That's true. Mice are variegated aren't they? Well if you mean two different colors and stuff yeah. Well I don't care about the other mice I just love my little mouse. Kiss kiss kiss. 🐀(((((((((( Mr. Mouse? Mr. Mouse?
This information about the brighter white or cream color is not accurate. The leafs that have the cream color will turn brighter white as they mature. Many leafs start off dimmer colored, and brighten up as they grow. You are correct on the more light giving more green leaves, as it pushes more photosynthesis. The best way to keep more variegation is to not put it in too bright of light. But then that gives you smaller leafs. So there ya go.
What??? Everywhere I've read they tell you to put variegation in bright light to encourage variegation😳 And you're saying not to because it will produce more greener leaves???🤦♀️🤷♀️ I dont understand
I had no idea plants could revert from variegated! You learn something new everyday! 🤔
.. I've got my Albo in the very early spring and what a beauty she was.. All her leaves in different combinations of creamy white and green, some more, some less, some half moons, some completely green or creamy white.. She's grown twice her size (maybe because of the bigger pot and the moss pole that I gave her during summer🤔??) and keeps coming with new leaves still in a beautiful mix of colors of her own choice.. She is sitting in indirect "bright" light and seems to like it there.. The "bright" light though is not so bright these days, but that's just how autumn is 🤗🍂🍁🌧️🌧️🌦️
De todos os vídeos que assisti de diversos UA-camrs, inclusive famosos no ramo de plantas aqui do Brasil, o seu foi o mais esclarecedor! Agradeço pelas informações Vou tentar reverter a variegação da minha planta!
Great info! I have a lovely collection of Syngoniums, including a Mojito, Albo, Christmas, Cardi Lane, Pink Splash, Pink Allusion and Three Kings! I love them! I put a cutting in LECA to experiment, and it LOVES it in there!!! The leaves are huge and so perfect! I was curious about LECA and now I want to put all my Syngoniums in it. I have about 70 plants all in all. You're right that there is always something to learn. Rewarding too!
This was a good watch thank you! I have a Syngonium Albo, it’s really quite big now but have had a couple of green leaves at the top, but also a lot of new variegated leaves about midway up so I’m happy, will be keeping a close eye though!
It sounds like it's growing well Emma, keeping an eye on it is all that's required really.
Thank you for the explanation. This will help a lot. Am working on propagating my plant.
my albo is very big, there's literally more than 80 leaves and almost 3 ft tall. it's in front of a window and i have grow lights. it seems the taller it gets. the more white it gets. it's insane.
I got mine about a month ago. It had thick established stalks but the top of the soil was bone dry and the bottom of the soil was sopping wet. so much so that the plant started to grow air roots. Ive got one half and half leave, 3 speckled with whites and creams and many different shades of green, with two more variegated leaves that will be unfurling soon. I re potted this plant in a coffee tin a little bit bigger than a three inch terocata pot and it is thriving now. Its foliage is starting to branch off from side to side like a peacocks tail does. I think one of the reasons I am having such luck with it (why its growing well, putting out lots of new leaves and stems) is because two of the stalks have giant leaves that are purely green and one stalk that has split into like seven others has mostly green leaves and one or two that are variegated. The soil I planted this in is just miracle gro indoor potting soil. It gets small amounts of indirect light from my window it sits an inch away from and my led lights on the bar across the room until about 12 pm. This is when the sun shines directly on it for about 5 hours and during those five hours, I will open or close the blinds depending on how much light I want or if its too direct for the plants. Overall, I have done nothing special but water it regularly and sprits its air roots and leaves once every three days. At night I work with bright desk lights so it gets that kind of light too. Sorry this was so long winded, just wanted people to know that this is a hard plant to keep, and an expensive one, but just a little bit of forethought and tlc, not a ton, can allow it to thrive.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Super helpful! This was a very wonderful watch.
True I got my albo almost a year for $80 with 2 half half albo leaves.. then never ever get any albo leaf again..sad sad.
I made cutting of my syngonium en put them into water but the cutting side getting black what did i do wrong ?
Sounds like it's rotting, maybe you cut the stem at the wrong point? Try again with another cutting if you can.
I think I made a good deal cause I only paid $3 dollars for my albo! 😁
I got mine at bunnings for $36 only almost 1 full white except its almost half moon if just the green side with white patches and 3 maybe almost 4 leaves with 4 small white patches while the rest is green which is kinds disappointing
Maybe try cutting the green ones back and it may produce a few more variegated leaves for you. Andy
Well lets put it that way: its breed to spread so u get more plant with variegation, but the mutation as such still accures natually and random
That's how I understood it, some plants will naturally produce more and some less, it's random so no telling but with selective pruning, you can keep it looking better and keep more variegation by taking out the green leaves as long as there is enough light and enough chlorophyll in the rest of the leaves to sustain the energy requirements.
The point with the light isnt a misconception. If the plant has more than enough light it does not need extra clorophyll and with that no extra green leaves, because that would not increase its biological fitness.
That makes perfect sense Tommy, I think the understanding of the light issue has been misconceived sometimes where people think that the light creates the white in the leaves when it's more about the lack of light doing the opposite. If a plant already gets reasonable light a brighter position won't affect how many variegated leaves grow. An interesting topic, thanks for your contribution.
When the leves get bigger and greener it's not actually a case of the Syngonium reverting. The ornamental varieties of Syngonium are kept in a state of juvenile leave by pruning. If left to vine out and grow longer the leaves mature, get larger and eventually gain extra lobes. So by pruning them to make them look their nicest, you are actually keeping them "reverted" to their juvenile leaf stage.
Very interesting Graham, so you’re saying that mature leaves don’t keep the variegation? I thought the variegation was carried in the stem and this defined the amount and pattern, I need to learn more about this. Thanks for your comment.
👍
Should I cut the leave or the stem?
The stem and the leaf.
@@HouseplantHacks thank you, will do 🫡
Mr. Mouse did you know what else happens to these variegated plants? What's that? The white part I think doesn't make chlorophyll so it will die faster than the green part-it's just the way it goes. At least it still grows. That's true. Mice are variegated aren't they? Well if you mean two different colors and stuff yeah. Well I don't care about the other mice I just love my little mouse. Kiss kiss kiss.
🐀(((((((((( Mr. Mouse? Mr. Mouse?
This information about the brighter white or cream color is not accurate. The leafs that have the cream color will turn brighter white as they mature. Many leafs start off dimmer colored, and brighten up as they grow. You are correct on the more light giving more green leaves, as it pushes more photosynthesis. The best way to keep more variegation is to not put it in too bright of light. But then that gives you smaller leafs. So there ya go.
What??? Everywhere I've read they tell you to put variegation in bright light to encourage variegation😳 And you're saying not to because it will produce more greener leaves???🤦♀️🤷♀️ I dont understand