Would be interested in seeing an opposing video on plants that in your opinion are worth the hype, especially coming from you as a rare plant shop owner ♥
I'm actually so tired of the market being overpriced, and the snobby attitude of some Plant collectors. I had one say he doesn't want to deal with people with Common plants.
I had the reverse. My mom wouldn't give me a cutting, because "it's just a common plant and you're into plants now." She brings me this beautiful variegated devil's ivy, tiny and pretty and amazing! It's the only variegated plant I have.
I think a good lesson about plant collecting is that it is not a race. If one is truly into plants you will get them over the course of your life time and not all at once, especially when prices are hyped.
Also it's a horrible idea to get a bunch of new things that need care, that's setting yourself up to fail. If you do it over time your habits can adjust to the new plant care. I see so many you tubers boasting that they got 100+ plants in a year and I'm thinking "so many of them will die! That's such a huge change! 🤭"
The 1st pic of the Strawberry Shake belongs to my friend. 😂 I have a cutting from THAT plant, and yes, juvenile state looks funny. But, knowing the mother plant looks that awesome, I will patiently wait for it to grow into its full glory. 😂
Regina- I love it, too. ❤️ I'm curious- do you know how long it might take for a baby plant to start looking like the full grown version? (With the right conditions of course😊) I'm tempted to get one...
I think it's weird she doesn't like things because of certain growth periods and like you said, you know what it's going to look like, awesome!!! Got to start it somewhere.
It reverts.?! 😨😫 well, I still love it. I love pink plants & I find this one so sexy! Green in plants it’s too common. That is why I love pink & any other color plant
Agreed especially since mine hav just very tiny dots of pink. Until i saw a pink princess plant that has a lot of pink variegation/sectoral. Then come the so call marble pink princess or Anderson - I just immediately go into search mode.
@@bkrbkrl 20 bucks is my ceiling. If 20 dollar plant dies, I only had 20 dollars invested. If it lives and thrives, hey I only had 20 dollars invested! Win win!
I love the fact that you speak your mind and you are not afraid of being judged just because you throw shade at rare plants that are very hyped at the moment 🪴❤️🥰 about that variegated Adansonii ... you are right ! Im from Germany and you cant go a day without seeing this Plant on Facebook or Instagram.
tbh adansonii is one of the plants where I like the green one more. It’s more visually impactful from a distance cause the focus is on the fenestrations, but the variegated one just looks like a green a white blob unless you look closely at it. Not saying this to be edgy, I honestly love a lot of other popular and variegated plants, but my bank account is thankful I never saw the appeal of that particular one lol
I hope it does as well. I think adansonii are overrated in general. however I have several cultivars, wide form being my favorite. A variegated wide form would be AMAZING!
Me too. :) I really love the albo variegated ones and can't wait to buy one but I'm so not going to sell a kidney for it. After all, it's just a plant.
I have a juvenile PPP and was thinking “I’m not quiiiiite seeing the hype” but then I see adult plants and I love them. You nailed exactly why I’m iffy about it. But it’s a labor of love I suppose
Also a plant I regret is the fricken Hoya carnosa compacta. Fricken mealy bug central no matter what I do to it. I can’t keep Hoyas alive to save my own life but fuck! I hate it
Those plants are for serious collectors and resellers only. In PH there was a sansevaria that has been developed for 10 years and sold as 1 million Peso($20,822). but sad to say that plant was stolen😢
I found a variegated rhaph at my local nursery for $15 so... lol i see people are finding them everywhere recently so if you REALLY want one i suggest looking through your nurseries.
I find obliquas to be pretty overhyped... I mean... It kinda looks like slug damage to me 🤷♂️😅🤣. PS - Philo Pink Princess are hella cheap in India here for some reason. The sell for 599 inr that's like 8 US dollars 🤷♂️
@@gemmaquevedomusic haha... Ikr .. and the adansonii is also less finicky. And about the PPP, i think it's because of their low demand.. not many people know about them here... So the sellers are ought to sell the plants at a lower price. Well good for the plant geeks like me though🤣. I got my Anthurium crystallinum for 80 ruppees.. that's like a dollar and 2 cents..?? 🤣And no it was not a baby plant. The biggest leaf was 37 cms (15 inches i guess) , granted the plant had a torn leaf. Now one year later it has created 9-10 more leaves! ( I think there's 2 plants together) . Or either due to the generally hot and humid climate the production is quicker and more efficient here🤷♂️😅
What are you saying!! 599 for real!!!? I have seen PPP being sold on FB priced at anything over 1k .and never had luck finding one at any nursery. I have found monstera aurea for a 100 though. :D
For someone who finds strawberry ice colour palette attractive, my hack is growing neon pink allusion, bronze Maria and confetti bunched up together. Pot is fuller and gives same vibes. 😂
I’ve never in my life been as interested in plants as I am watching you talk about them with such passion. Time to go find something green and water it.
You are the most intelligent plant lover out there. You make me thing, I find myself agreeing with you often, and look forward to your weeklies. Thank you!
Thanks for this vid! I totally agree with all! Also, the rain in the background... I think thats the rain at least... it sounds like a propane lantern... it makes me feel like we are ranting while camping. Haha! I love it!
I agree! I have a few of the “common ones” & I love them..they’re great plants but I could not justify to myself spending a 💩 ton of money on some of the more expensive ones🤷🏻♀️
I feel a bit sad for my American plant friends, because I live in Peru and I have almost all the plants on this list. I bought them for less than 5 dollars. But hey, feel happy because this country is terrible to live in, at least I have all the jungle inside my house
@@GreyGirl999 tulip mania was in Holland in tge 1630s people were so overhyped about tulips they were selling bulbs for outlandish prices then the tulip bubble popped and people were left with tulips they’d spent thousands on that were virtually worthless.
Thanks, Kaylee! As others have said, your opinion is yours and any opinion is taken with a grain of salt, so to speak....I just enjoy listening to you! I have a “pink syngonium” I bought for 7 USD at a local shop and love it more than paying $$$$ for those special pink ones.
I agree with you on most of this list. I do think pink princess should've been on this list, haha it is stupidly overhyped, and like the dishwater variegation you mentioned, I think most pink princesses have a dirty or muddy look to them and for the price they're going for right now, I'd rather wait. 1. Paraiso Verde: I agree, I've never liked the variegation (sure, there's a couple leaves where I"m like ooh, nice) but for the most part not worth spending the money for and harder to take care of than jose buono or giganteum variegata which are much prettier in my opinion. 2. Caramel Marble: It's a lovely plant but yes so overpriced and if we were to base it on that, I prefer the golden dragon variegata 3. Strawberry Shake: Yep, juvenile leaves are ugly AF and unfortunately that's the only way you're gonna get a hold of these plants in auctions and sales right now, as small 1-2 leaf cuttings, and apparently it's really slow to grow and root too, so not worth my while 4. Adansonii Variegata: I love this plant, yes it is overpriced and there's a lot in circulation in Europe (don't think so as much anywhere else in the world), but that is due to certain people hoarding on a certain plant shop's restock of them selectively, and those private sellers growing and propagating and trying to make 1-2k on a 1-2 leaf cutting, and that's how it's become a lot more prevalent in UK/EU. Hopefully will go down in price in time. 5. Mint anything: I love mint too but nothing is ever truly mint, and it's honestly down to an individual plant's genetics that, as you said, may push a minty looking leaf every now and again under certain conditions, but it isn't stable. Also the adansonii mint is an Indonesian form I'm pretty sure, and it sells for like $15 there but is going for over $1,000 anywhere else in the world, which makes me suss if it is natural or a virus. 6. Strawberry Ice: there are so many prettier syngoniums as you said. This one just looks like baby's vomit to me, end of. Haha! 7. Ace of Spades: love this plant too but not the price and glad to hear it was in TC so hopefully prices will come down to like EU clarinervium levels in a few years! 8. Black Cardinal Variegata: Haven't seen many of these for sale in EU, not my cup of tea, but I remember seeing a whole batch of variegated philodendron in Asia all being listed over the four-figure mark easily (black cardinal, imperial green variegata etc...) 9. Variegated Tetrasperma: The price of these is shocking, I'd rather get a Spiritus Sancti, thanks! Haha! Hopefully this will also be TC on Thai Constellation levels in the next few years and become more accessible. 10. Cream Splash: There's so many variations of this that I can't keep up now (there's a stripe one too), honestly I prefer my plain old brasil. I would love a big bushy cream splash, but never see any for sale and would hate to see what they go for if a 1-2 leaf cutting sells for about $60.
I did put my Florida Ghost under grow light and the new leaf is creamy white. I did a test by blocking a part of the new leaf with another leaf and that part turned light minty. Your statement is 100% true🌿
Almost all variegated philodendron varieties here in the Philippines are usually pricey and those exact plants you mentioned are all available here, a number of them imported from Thailand but are overhyped their cost could already buy you a car or build a small house in here. Madness!
Yesss, I would love to see a plants that you regret buying video! I think the "monstera mint" is so beautiful, but I definitely agree with your points and I would never spend the amount people are asking for them!😜
This is an amazing video, thank you! I was hoping to ask about the Tetrasperma varigated! Glad to know your opinion, and they are so over priced and expensive! thank you Miss ellen!
I could never imagine spending more than triple digits let alone 10000$ on a plant!! These prices are insane, collectors sure have a passion. I couldn't stop staring at it while watching, what's the bushy, marbled plant to the right called? I love how it looks even though its blurred
Eeeeeh I'd disagree. This is not a houseplant, but Physostegia virginiana 'variegata', besides the variegated foliage, has pale pink flowers as opposed to the species plant's bubblegum pink, and it's a lot less blocky when massed. There are plenty of other examples too: Salix intergra 'hakuro nishiki', Aspidistra elatior 'variegata', or Cornus alternifolia 'argentea'.
Depends on the plant. I have variegated a. macrorrhiza and i think its as beautiful as the non-variegated. I do agree that variegated plants prone to revert as I'm struggling with the variegation intensity that decreased. And yes variegated adansonii is ugly lol *sorry for my bad english
I do think a lot of plants are over priced and a lot of them doesn't look nice or other plants with lower price value looks better. And can't wait for the Syngonium plant index 💚🌿
I think the deal with the cream splash/Rio, Silver Stripe, and even more so the Gabby (talk about crazy prices) is that they're coming out of Gabriella's here in Florida. I think its the limited supply that's driving the price. It's very difficult to get one in one of their weekly sales... they sell out in like a second. But good news is the Gabby which is kind of a fun one will be sold in massive amounts starting this coming year. I think the owner is determined to have a different experience with the Gabby than they had with the PPP which they sold in small batches which kept the demand very very high. If I had to guess they've got hundreds of the Gabbys growing right now getting preped for sale.
Your Absolutely right.. Those plants are gorgeous but as of now the prices are unreasonably high.. So, I will wait for the prices to go down.. Which I'm sure they will. 😊😊😊😊😊
I own the philo brasil, cream splash, silver stripe and rio, and love them all haha. They're just all a tiny bit different from each other, but all beautiful. And they also earn me a little bit of money which is a lovely bonus.
lol I stuck my totally green paraiso verde outside Easter 2024. It’s June 1 and I now have new leaves popping out with gorgeous variegation. They really do love heat and light. (I’m in Louisiana, it’s already nearly 90F here)
I totally feel you on the philo. Cream splash, brasil and silver stripe are way to similar for me to really care. But I do really want a philo gabby!!!
I agree with most of these... And it's funny seeing them on purges often and the prices they go for. I can't wait for a syngonium rare plant index and for var. Adasonii to come down. It's still a unicorn for me 🥺
Knew the caramel marble would be on here. I swear it’s all in the Instagram photography! There’s been some beautiful photos of those and they SOLD me, sis. But absofuckinlutelynot on that price.
I love this video! So many of these haven't showed up in my area at all -- vareigated adasonii are still definitely a unicorn where I live. Now I have some new things to look for :)
I love my crea splash philo, but I got it as an 6" full pot for $30usd so definitely not complaining! 💛 I wouldn't have spend more than that on it for sure.
I'm so glad you think some of these "splashes" or "shakes" just look muddled! I always felt like I was the only one while others had these on their wish lists! You like what ya like, but there's so many gorgeous variegated plants out there! Varigated Rhaphidora Tetrasperma and varigated Monstera Peru's really are so pretty, but man...the prices lol 😳
Would be interested in seeing an opposing video on plants that in your opinion are worth the hype, especially coming from you as a rare plant shop owner ♥
Probably obliqua is in the list lol
or even better: non hype plants that are amazing, so the broke ones can get some ;)
Yes^^^^
100000 vote for this video idea
Yes! This video next!
I'm actually so tired of the market being overpriced, and the snobby attitude of some Plant collectors. I had one say he doesn't want to deal with people with Common plants.
Common plants 😭😭😭 what a slap in the face
I had the reverse. My mom wouldn't give me a cutting, because "it's just a common plant and you're into plants now." She brings me this beautiful variegated devil's ivy, tiny and pretty and amazing! It's the only variegated plant I have.
You know what happens, a person buy all they can do it's not available! Than turns around and sells unrooted cutting with if you're lucky 2 nods!
Yet I'm sure they have some or probably started out with em.
I’m tired of new plant ppl buying $200 plants and panicking because it’s dying.
I think a good lesson about plant collecting is that it is not a race. If one is truly into plants you will get them over the course of your life time and not all at once, especially when prices are hyped.
Exactly
Yesssss
Yes, I've waited years for a plant on my wishlist to become reasonably priced before. Then when I finally find it for 5$ it's like christmas!
Also it's a horrible idea to get a bunch of new things that need care, that's setting yourself up to fail. If you do it over time your habits can adjust to the new plant care.
I see so many you tubers boasting that they got 100+ plants in a year and I'm thinking "so many of them will die! That's such a huge change! 🤭"
Nah , if u wanna collect it now , then collect it now
I'm loving the term "dishwater variegation"
Right! I love almost everything variegated,
but "dirty looking variegation'? nah!
The 1st pic of the Strawberry Shake belongs to my friend. 😂 I have a cutting from THAT plant, and yes, juvenile state looks funny. But, knowing the mother plant looks that awesome, I will patiently wait for it to grow into its full glory. 😂
Regina- I love it, too. ❤️ I'm curious- do you know how long it might take for a baby plant to start looking like the full grown version? (With the right conditions of course😊) I'm tempted to get one...
I think it's weird she doesn't like things because of certain growth periods and like you said, you know what it's going to look like, awesome!!! Got to start it somewhere.
The pink Princess is overrated, not the most attractive pink plant, reverts, is finicky and is laughably overpriced.
Right? I have zero interest in them because, meh.
Totally agree
It reverts.?! 😨😫 well, I still love it. I love pink plants & I find this one so sexy! Green in plants it’s too common. That is why I love pink & any other color plant
Agreed!
Agreed especially since mine hav just very tiny dots of pink. Until i saw a pink princess plant that has a lot of pink variegation/sectoral. Then come the so call marble pink princess or Anderson - I just immediately go into search mode.
This is a fantastic video - anything more expensive than $50 is too “overhyped” for me 😂
Exactly! I went on one popular plant website and they wanted upwards of $85 for small philodendrons?? Not doing it/:
My limit is $30, lol!
@@bkrbkrl
20 bucks is my ceiling. If 20 dollar plant dies, I only had 20 dollars invested. If it lives and thrives, hey I only had 20 dollars invested! Win win!
Yes facts!
Yessss
I love the fact that you speak your mind and you are not afraid of being judged just because you throw shade at rare plants that are very hyped at the moment 🪴❤️🥰 about that variegated Adansonii ... you are right ! Im from Germany and you cant go a day without seeing this Plant on Facebook or Instagram.
tbh adansonii is one of the plants where I like the green one more. It’s more visually impactful from a distance cause the focus is on the fenestrations, but the variegated one just looks like a green a white blob unless you look closely at it. Not saying this to be edgy, I honestly love a lot of other popular and variegated plants, but my bank account is thankful I never saw the appeal of that particular one lol
I also think variegated adansonii will go down and I can wait for it
me2!
Me too kinda like the albo deliciosa
I hope it does as well. I think adansonii are overrated in general. however I have several cultivars, wide form being my favorite. A variegated wide form would be AMAZING!
Me too. :) I really love the albo variegated ones and can't wait to buy one but I'm so not going to sell a kidney for it. After all, it's just a plant.
@@alihazani3559 Yes, ofcourse there will be plants that will be like that. That is, IF they stay as an "UNICORN PLANT".💀🤭
Ugh I love this kind of content ! It calms down the hype and kinda feels like a sister just telling me to chill and spend my money elsewhere
I completely second this! I just adore Kaylee, and her honesty!
I have a juvenile PPP and was thinking “I’m not quiiiiite seeing the hype” but then I see adult plants and I love them. You nailed exactly why I’m iffy about it. But it’s a labor of love I suppose
Also a plant I regret is the fricken Hoya carnosa compacta. Fricken mealy bug central no matter what I do to it. I can’t keep Hoyas alive to save my own life but fuck! I hate it
@@RetchedSole agree, once they get mealys they are SO hard to get rid of
What are people thinking ? 10k for a variegated tetrasperma ???? Hard pass
SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO SELL THAT WIMPY PLANT FOR THAT MUCH .. LOL
@@OGtheskater Should be against the law to sell any of these plants for the price of a car payment.
Those plants are for serious collectors and resellers only. In PH there was a sansevaria that has been developed for 10 years and sold as 1 million Peso($20,822). but sad to say that plant was stolen😢
I found a variegated rhaph at my local nursery for $15 so... lol i see people are finding them everywhere recently so if you REALLY want one i suggest looking through your nurseries.
Can you imagine if it dies?!?!
And cue the hate from people making thousands off their variegated Adansoniis...
I can literally hear you talk about rare plants all day 🥺🤣❤️ i need more videos HAHAH
Agree. I can and have spent hours. 🌿❤
Couldn't agree more
I find obliquas to be pretty overhyped... I mean... It kinda looks like slug damage to me 🤷♂️😅🤣.
PS - Philo Pink Princess are hella cheap in India here for some reason. The sell for 599 inr that's like 8 US dollars 🤷♂️
Blasphemy! I would throw my pink princess in the blender for just a one leaf cutting!
I agree with the obliqua, it looks soo similar to adansonii, and you can get adansonii for less than 10$... please sell us some ppp! xD
@@gemmaquevedomusic haha... Ikr .. and the adansonii is also less finicky.
And about the PPP, i think it's because of their low demand.. not many people know about them here... So the sellers are ought to sell the plants at a lower price. Well good for the plant geeks like me though🤣. I got my Anthurium crystallinum for 80 ruppees.. that's like a dollar and 2 cents..?? 🤣And no it was not a baby plant. The biggest leaf was 37 cms (15 inches i guess) , granted the plant had a torn leaf. Now one year later it has created 9-10 more leaves! ( I think there's 2 plants together) . Or either due to the generally hot and humid climate the production is quicker and more efficient here🤷♂️😅
What are you saying!! 599 for real!!!? I have seen PPP being sold on FB priced at anything over 1k .and never had luck finding one at any nursery. I have found monstera aurea for a 100 though. :D
Obliquas are ugly AF.
I definitely want to see ”plants i regret buying” 😂🔥
I loooove the color of your eyeshadow in combination with the color of your sweater!!!
For someone who finds strawberry ice colour palette attractive, my hack is growing neon pink allusion, bronze Maria and confetti bunched up together. Pot is fuller and gives same vibes. 😂
Just because its "varigated" doesn't mean its rarer or better. Its so OVER DONE.
You sound jealous lmao
Agreed. Some times.. variegated.. is worse
@@hesaaah3805 you’re projecting.
Yes please..
Plants that i regret buying video, will b fun to watch!
I love love love the Paraiso Verde. love the leaf shape and fast growing, easy to take care and the varigeation ughhh firing.
I learn so much from watching your videos, you really know your stuff. Thank you!
I’ve never in my life been as interested in plants as I am watching you talk about them with such passion. Time to go find something green and water it.
I agree with you on the mint variegation thing, it just reminds me of mosaic virus and makes the plant look sickly
Hi Kaylee!!! I'm so excited to watch you throw shade at rare plants😂💗
The strawberry ice.. is a nawww lol It kinda looks like it’s dying. Love the video 😂🙌🏽
" for me it's- a bit- GROSS" LMFAO!!!!
Thanks kaylee..
I hope you wouldn't mind to do the underrated/underpriced one...
It will really help budget plant lover like me 😁😁
Would love to see a comparison between prices you’ve mentioned in earlier videos and current ones! Loving your content especially lately 🌱
You are the most intelligent plant lover out there. You make me thing, I find myself agreeing with you often, and look forward to your weeklies. Thank you!
@Fan Favorite where is your show?
Interesting to hear about the adasonii. I've only seen 2 on Ebay in Aus and one went for $8,000 for just a cutting. So crazy.
Thanks for this vid! I totally agree with all! Also, the rain in the background... I think thats the rain at least... it sounds like a propane lantern... it makes me feel like we are ranting while camping. Haha! I love it!
Im not just here for the plants.. im here for u Kaylee 😍🥰
Okay, I love plants, I really do but I can't spend $$$$ on a single plant. Like... they can DIE at any point!
Single plant, worst they only sell with 2 leaf 🥴
the fun is in making them live.. i feel like they r my babies
Exactly, it's called "winter "
You can NEVER go on a trip again. 😂😂😂
My whole plant group is raving about the strawberry ice- and I can’t believe it 😂 I would spend my money on other plants definitely!!!!
Thank you for more content Kaylee, I recently included you in my entrepreneurship module assignment, loving see you get back into marantaceae ❤️
Ya'll need to go watch Kaylee's Tissue Culture 101 video after this one. It's so good!
Agree I learned SO MUCH
@@jannelaineeleodinmuo2442 same and the way she edited and produced that video is brilliant
Syngoniums are such a hit and miss in my opinion.
Totally agree. My appreciation of the genus has improved much recently however. As they grow large features I desire show much more.
Once they start vining, i start caring more 🤤
I agree! I have a few of the “common ones” & I love them..they’re great plants but I could not justify to myself spending a 💩 ton of money on some of the more expensive ones🤷🏻♀️
I feel a bit sad for my American plant friends, because I live in Peru and I have almost all the plants on this list. I bought them for less than 5 dollars. But hey, feel happy because this country is terrible to live in, at least I have all the jungle inside my house
Hi! I totally agree with your list! Would totally love to see a vid on plants you regret buying. Thanks for all the great content💚
So much of this variegated hype reminds me of tulip mania
Where do you live may I ask? I live in TULIP CENTRAL and every April everyone goes ape shit. Either for the tulips, or in rage of all the traffic😂
@@GreyGirl999 tulip mania was in Holland in tge 1630s people were so overhyped about tulips they were selling bulbs for outlandish prices then the tulip bubble popped and people were left with tulips they’d spent thousands on that were virtually worthless.
@@kelzbelz313 ohh wow! How interesting, I will have to do some research on this! 😊
@@GreyGirl999 there are few movies about this, even available on Netflix. Do check it out.
Agreed. I've referred to the book/movie a few times in some fb groups and somehow it has not been popular 🤷🏼♀️😄💜🌿
Glad to found this video.. was about to purchase a pricey one leaf cutting..Thanks!
Yasss welcome back!! Amaaazing insightful video💚💚💚💚
Thanks, Kaylee! As others have said, your opinion is yours and any opinion is taken with a grain of salt, so to speak....I just enjoy listening to you! I have a “pink syngonium” I bought for 7 USD at a local shop and love it more than paying $$$$ for those special pink ones.
the palm behind you is looking beautiful!
Nice Exclusive & Expensive plants !
Love this video! I remember how I felt when I first got the plant bug 🤪 It’s good to remind people that a lot of this is super over hype-d, right now
I agree with you on most of this list. I do think pink princess should've been on this list, haha it is stupidly overhyped, and like the dishwater variegation you mentioned, I think most pink princesses have a dirty or muddy look to them and for the price they're going for right now, I'd rather wait.
1. Paraiso Verde: I agree, I've never liked the variegation (sure, there's a couple leaves where I"m like ooh, nice) but for the most part not worth spending the money for and harder to take care of than jose buono or giganteum variegata which are much prettier in my opinion.
2. Caramel Marble: It's a lovely plant but yes so overpriced and if we were to base it on that, I prefer the golden dragon variegata
3. Strawberry Shake: Yep, juvenile leaves are ugly AF and unfortunately that's the only way you're gonna get a hold of these plants in auctions and sales right now, as small 1-2 leaf cuttings, and apparently it's really slow to grow and root too, so not worth my while
4. Adansonii Variegata: I love this plant, yes it is overpriced and there's a lot in circulation in Europe (don't think so as much anywhere else in the world), but that is due to certain people hoarding on a certain plant shop's restock of them selectively, and those private sellers growing and propagating and trying to make 1-2k on a 1-2 leaf cutting, and that's how it's become a lot more prevalent in UK/EU. Hopefully will go down in price in time.
5. Mint anything: I love mint too but nothing is ever truly mint, and it's honestly down to an individual plant's genetics that, as you said, may push a minty looking leaf every now and again under certain conditions, but it isn't stable. Also the adansonii mint is an Indonesian form I'm pretty sure, and it sells for like $15 there but is going for over $1,000 anywhere else in the world, which makes me suss if it is natural or a virus.
6. Strawberry Ice: there are so many prettier syngoniums as you said. This one just looks like baby's vomit to me, end of. Haha!
7. Ace of Spades: love this plant too but not the price and glad to hear it was in TC so hopefully prices will come down to like EU clarinervium levels in a few years!
8. Black Cardinal Variegata: Haven't seen many of these for sale in EU, not my cup of tea, but I remember seeing a whole batch of variegated philodendron in Asia all being listed over the four-figure mark easily (black cardinal, imperial green variegata etc...)
9. Variegated Tetrasperma: The price of these is shocking, I'd rather get a Spiritus Sancti, thanks! Haha! Hopefully this will also be TC on Thai Constellation levels in the next few years and become more accessible.
10. Cream Splash: There's so many variations of this that I can't keep up now (there's a stripe one too), honestly I prefer my plain old brasil. I would love a big bushy cream splash, but never see any for sale and would hate to see what they go for if a 1-2 leaf cutting sells for about $60.
ugh yeah pink princess can be so ugly in my opinion. rarely are they even pink usually they are so muddy
If you wanted the strawberry ice you could just get a calladium. Prettier, and cheap as chips.
Agreed!!
Couldn't agree more ! ! ! !
Facts!
Here is cost $30 for caladium ,is this consider cheap ??
I don't know
100% agree
Always fun watching ur videos ..
I did put my Florida Ghost under grow light and the new leaf is creamy white. I did a test by blocking a part of the new leaf with another leaf and that part turned light minty. Your statement is 100% true🌿
Fab video, I totally agree with you on all of them but the parisdo verde!
I think ‘plants I regret buying in’ would be so interesting! :)
I love these sort of vids from you! I would love a "regret" video! 😊
The variegated black cardinal kinda reminds me of a weird ficus tineke🤷🏻♀️ don’t like it🤣
Agree it does kinda look like it but teniki is prettier
I literally just wante to write this. Yup, it gives me "variegated rubber tree" vibes and I bought a small one of those for like 4 Euros
Ikr. But it kinda the ugly version of tineke. 😂
Exactly what I thought. And the Ficus are vibrant, not "dishwater" at all.
I’ve learned so much from your videos ❤. You rock.
You are pretty great. Appreciate your honesty.
Almost all variegated philodendron varieties here in the Philippines are usually pricey and those exact plants you mentioned are all available here, a number of them imported from Thailand but are overhyped their cost could already buy you a car or build a small house in here. Madness!
Yesss, I would love to see a plants that you regret buying video!
I think the "monstera mint" is so beautiful, but I definitely agree with your points and I would never spend the amount people are asking for them!😜
I LOVED this! I’ve never been into the pink princess and felt like I haven’t been able to say that without someone jumping down my throat haha
I AGREE. everyone is like "OH WOW LOOK AT THE PINK!!" and I'm like "where....oh...yeah I can sort of see it....???"
This is an amazing video, thank you! I was hoping to ask about the Tetrasperma varigated! Glad to know your opinion, and they are so over priced and expensive! thank you Miss ellen!
Kaylee, as always you are spectacular!!! You are always right on target!!
I could never imagine spending more than triple digits let alone 10000$ on a plant!! These prices are insane, collectors sure have a passion.
I couldn't stop staring at it while watching, what's the bushy, marbled plant to the right called? I love how it looks even though its blurred
I think it's a pothos maybe a marble queen
Looks to me like it might be an Epipremnum Marble Queen (aka Marble Queen Pothos).
I would love a Syngonium variety video! I have 4 different ones and I love them.
Hot take: All variegated plants are over hyped and are not as pretty as their non-variegated counter part.
Eeeeeh I'd disagree. This is not a houseplant, but Physostegia virginiana 'variegata', besides the variegated foliage, has pale pink flowers as opposed to the species plant's bubblegum pink, and it's a lot less blocky when massed. There are plenty of other examples too: Salix intergra 'hakuro nishiki', Aspidistra elatior 'variegata', or Cornus alternifolia 'argentea'.
Depends on the plant. I have variegated a. macrorrhiza and i think its as beautiful as the non-variegated. I do agree that variegated plants prone to revert as I'm struggling with the variegation intensity that decreased. And yes variegated adansonii is ugly lol
*sorry for my bad english
I HATE variegation. Idk why people like these varieties so much
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I agree on all of these exceeeeeept for the Cream Splash. They're super cute, easy to grow, and aren't difficult to get good levels of variegation.
I don't know why, but I love strawberry ice syngonium
Thanks, was considering the Ace of Spades, but I'll hold off for a bit 😉
Honestly, same! I'd love to own one but there's no way they won't start TC again if there's this much demand!
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The US market for variegated adansonii isn't anywhere near saturated yet :(
I do think a lot of plants are over priced and a lot of them doesn't look nice or other plants with lower price value looks better. And can't wait for the Syngonium plant index 💚🌿
PREACH!!! Loved this video Kaylee!
I think the deal with the cream splash/Rio, Silver Stripe, and even more so the Gabby (talk about crazy prices) is that they're coming out of Gabriella's here in Florida. I think its the limited supply that's driving the price. It's very difficult to get one in one of their weekly sales... they sell out in like a second. But good news is the Gabby which is kind of a fun one will be sold in massive amounts starting this coming year. I think the owner is determined to have a different experience with the Gabby than they had with the PPP which they sold in small batches which kept the demand very very high. If I had to guess they've got hundreds of the Gabbys growing right now getting preped for sale.
Your Absolutely right.. Those plants are gorgeous but as of now the prices are unreasonably high.. So, I will wait for the prices to go down.. Which I'm sure they will. 😊😊😊😊😊
I own the philo brasil, cream splash, silver stripe and rio, and love them all haha. They're just all a tiny bit different from each other, but all beautiful. And they also earn me a little bit of money which is a lovely bonus.
I looove the Syngonium Strawerry ice. I think it looks super pretty with all those colours. :D But I do not own one. Maybe in the future :D
I agree!,, love the mixed colors with the pink 😻😻😻
I have one love it
I have a very important question. How do you know if the plant is being TCd?
Same
I've never understood the mint... Honestly almost all my variegated plants throw mint when the light isn't bright enough.
Someone needs to tell the truth! Just really great content. Looking forward to hear about the plants you think that’s worth the hype 👍
Yeah, I can put off school work for another 20 mins! needed thissssss! Love from Canada
Would love the see, plants I regret buying video. Love watching your videos! I look forward to them every week
Love your work.
Engagement. I'm engaging with the video.
In my opinion, El Choco Reds are overhyped. 🥱
I think they are absolutely beautiful, but I would never pay that much for them!! I see them in my area for around $300 yikes. I'll wait!!!
I do think they're beautiful, i wouldnt pay the price of them right now though, got mine for 60 pounds
Agreed. Gloriosums satisfy it for me in terms of general leaf shape.
El Choco reds are gorgeous ! But it’s only a plant and not worth $500.
Whoa whoa! 😭
lol I stuck my totally green paraiso verde outside Easter 2024. It’s June 1 and I now have new leaves popping out with gorgeous variegation.
They really do love heat and light. (I’m in Louisiana, it’s already nearly 90F here)
'...but if you think for one second that i'm spending that amount of money on one? NO !" ... riiiiiiiiiiight suuuuuuuuure ;-) cool story bro !
I grew my own variegated adansonii. Beautiful green with crunchy brown. Cost me nothing. Score!
I totally feel you on the philo. Cream splash, brasil and silver stripe are way to similar for me to really care. But I do really want a philo gabby!!!
I agree with most of these... And it's funny seeing them on purges often and the prices they go for. I can't wait for a syngonium rare plant index and for var. Adasonii to come down. It's still a unicorn for me 🥺
Ok, most of the list - sure. But cream splash... man that's gorgeous! I don't know what it is but I just love it! Will be looking for it now :)
Love your plant wisdom....im a subscriber from the Philippines...i also love plants specifically Philodendrons
I agree with every opinion in this video. Also how TF can someone be THAT stunning!
Knew the caramel marble would be on here. I swear it’s all in the Instagram photography! There’s been some beautiful photos of those and they SOLD me, sis.
But absofuckinlutelynot on that price.
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If that ain't the damn truth. I should not have to give up my kidney on the back market to have a carmel marble.
Shit better do my dishes, vacuum and braid my hair for me at that rate.
I was waiting for this video 🥰🤣🤩🥺
I love this video! So many of these haven't showed up in my area at all -- vareigated adasonii are still definitely a unicorn where I live. Now I have some new things to look for :)
At 8:30 I was really looking forward to a pun "a lot of people label these plants as mint tooooo... make a mint" but I got let down 😂
I love my crea splash philo, but I got it as an 6" full pot for $30usd so definitely not complaining! 💛 I wouldn't have spend more than that on it for sure.
Is there any chance we could get another video on TC? I really enjoyed the last one and would love to know how it all went with your samples
I'm so glad you think some of these "splashes" or "shakes" just look muddled! I always felt like I was the only one while others had these on their wish lists! You like what ya like, but there's so many gorgeous variegated plants out there!
Varigated Rhaphidora Tetrasperma and varigated Monstera Peru's really are so pretty, but man...the prices lol 😳
I will never pay more than three digits for a plant. It’s a leaf. Life goes on.
I cracked up when you flipped upside down. 😂 😂 Great video! Agree with the dirty dish water. Bleh.
Me too!
Plants you regret buying and syngonium index!! This content has great info thank you!!💚💚💚💚💚💚