Ashley, as your friendly double major biology-chemistry neighbour love that it shows how much you worked on this video. The amount of information you must've gone through is astonishing. I'm hoping you will continue to make these videos.
Thank you for the interesting and well researched video, Ashley. There is a lot of history on this topic, and your survey of it was entertaining and fascinating. I just read a book called ‘Once Upon a Windowsill,’ by Tovah Martin. I think it was written a few decades ago, but it’s a wonderful book that covers the history of houseplants. I thought I’d personally recommend it to everyone because I enjoyed it, and it’s so pertinent to this video.
Thank you for including the ugly side of houseplant history that we don't always like to talk/think about. It's important to understand the problems of the past so we can grow a better future for everyone.
I loved this! Especially the part where you explained how classist houseplants have pretty much always been. I own a brick and mortar houseplant shop and try my best to price things, especially “rare” plants, in a way where they’re accessible to people. One of my biggest struggles is having people take advantage of that and resell them. It’s getting to be a really sick cycle and I feel like a lot of the people doing it are just into plants solely for profit which is really unfortunate (but that’s just my opinion). Can’t wait to see more content like this!
Fascinating information! Thank you for doing the work of summarizing the history of houseplants and botany. It makes a nice change from houseplant tours. That is interés also, but there are plenty of them. Suggestions for future videos? I am not sure. You might focus on the history of specific species. Tracing the history of plants going from rare to common. I don’t like the price tag of rare plants either and there are plenty of common and reasonably priced plants. It would be interesting to see how long do plants stay rare. What are the characteristics that keep plants rare and expensive? I wonder if some plants go down in value after a few years. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video.
thank you so much for touching on the colonial and harmful history of house plant collection and also the mass appropriation of all things asian in the 90s. it was a very weird time to be growing up as an asian person
Off topic but your skin is BEAUTIFUL. I grew up near Tacoma and I can’t wait to visit the bontanicaz storefront, but I can’t find any info about it! Do you have the deets?
This was amazinggg, thank you so much for putting it together! A related idea that could be cool for this series would be a video on plant hybridization and breeding cultivars (how it became an industry, beyond just growing and selling naturally occurring species, the methods used by both small scale and large scale growers to create new variants, etc.)
Thank you for doing this. Hopefully you do a part 2 which talks about Tulip Mania, which sparked the world’s first economic “bubble” and “bust”. Or how houseplants released into the wild in the US became invasive species, such as golden pothos and sansevieria. Or maybe how tropical houseplants took over malls, bars and offices as “decor”. Or the original foliage plant of the Industrial Age - the parlor palm - and how the Victorian ethos laid the groundwork for later houseplant collecting. Just some ideas in case you do a part two. Good job!
This was my jam 💗 I'm really glad I watched it. I've always been extremely interested in learning more about the hobby i have. I love how much you put into this video and how truly educational it was. I'd love to see more content like this🥰
I grew up with wild lady slippers in my yard that my mom always told me we couldn't touch because they were endangered! I think its actually illegal in my state to pick wild ones to protect them and try to let them grow back from the boom you talked about here.
Wow, thank you so much! I was already thinking to do a video myself because it seemed like nobody was talking about the ugly side of houseplants in the community.. Thank you so much!
I believe the oldest collected plant still in existence is an Encephalartos (a kind of cycad) in the Kew Gardens in the UK. It was brought from south Africa and planted in the garden conservatory In 1775. That cycad is still alive today!
This is THE COOLEST series!😎 thanks for doing all the research so that we can just sit back and nerd out!😃 LOL..also, thanks for listing out the sources so that we can all go even deeper down this rabbit hole😵 I'm SO here for this
Whenever boredoms strikes I rewatch a few videos from different creators and this is always makes the cut. Thanks Ashley for the history lesson, I always enjoy watching / rewatching this!
What the heck does the e mean behind bc? I grew up knowing BC and AD. Where'd that E come from and what's it mean? I'm being sincere too, I'm sorry I feel stupid lmao
Maybe splitting the video up into 2 parts would have brought better interaction. I just know that a lot of people don’t watch long videos on the regular. BUT I’m not a content creator so my input probably isn’t applicable. Either way, thanks for the well details video!!
I've heard of orangeariums or "orangeries" before! Thank you jeopardy! They were usually built "in" the home sort of like a sun room or solarium. I'm one of the "botanists" that would have traveled state to state to get my hands on a good raphi-tetra or chunky succulents c: PS you're incredibly professional with your public speaking. Stop taking yourself so seriously
I thought this was like, your plant collection history. What your first plant that you collected was, and then the second, the third, and so on. Dude. It’s been a long day. 😅
Thank you so much, Ashley! This video was soooo informative and I really enjoyed that you also talked about the politics that have to do with the history of collecting houseplants. So again, thank you so so so much for your work!
As someone studying archaeology, and currently taking a course on the initial domestication of plants and animals, I'm really impressed with the information you presented for the Neolithic, as well as pointing out the multiple centers of domestication, which I feel are often overlooked in western archaeology, compared to the Fertile Cresent in Mesopetania 🤗
Such a good and informative video. You killed the research. Perhaps a little naive in thinking any commodity in all the thousands of years is not going to first be used, or taken by people with money. When you are trying to feed and shelter your family, hobbies aren’t’ a priority.
7 orchid hunters enter and one returns w the entire bounty… suspish. 🤨I throughly enjoyed this video. I appreciate all the research that went into this.
Not a correction or fully to do with plants, but there was a time where pineapples and bananas were status symbols, so rich people would obtain one or be gifted one, and just display it for months on end even with mould and everything...
It makes me so sad to see how much we covet and collect these plants from rainforests that are disappearing also because of our consumption, bc these habitats will never produce these gems again! Millions of years of evolution snuffed out by human greed :(
European plant prices is pretty low on all of those "rare popular houseplants". Idk what kind of plants overhere that would be high status plants at this point.
Hey Ashley, could you do a video about current plant trends that are exploitative to the peoples and the environment? This is one of my favorite videos of yours :)
I was so sad to see on insta that you were disappointed by engagement on this video ;c my grandfather passed and planning a funeral with covid has been awful so I didn't get around to watching it sooner...but I love all the effort and time you put into this. I hope you keep making educational videos too!!
I suffer from orchid delirium, I struggle everyday not to pillage the entire earth for orchids
Ashley, as your friendly double major biology-chemistry neighbour love that it shows how much you worked on this video. The amount of information you must've gone through is astonishing. I'm hoping you will continue to make these videos.
That means so much to me thank you 🥺
Girl you *would* go down this rabbit hole, research the hell out of it, then hand it to the plant community. 💚✨💚
I really did that 🥴
Thank you for the interesting and well researched video, Ashley. There is a lot of history on this topic, and your survey of it was entertaining and fascinating. I just read a book called ‘Once Upon a Windowsill,’ by Tovah Martin. I think it was written a few decades ago, but it’s a wonderful book that covers the history of houseplants. I thought I’d personally recommend it to everyone because I enjoyed it, and it’s so pertinent to this video.
YOUR BEST CONTENT YET! Ahhh-MAZING editing 😍
Thank you for including the ugly side of houseplant history that we don't always like to talk/think about. It's important to understand the problems of the past so we can grow a better future for everyone.
I am loving this storytime. Thank you for the work you put into this (and all of your content)!
When Ashley said you can still go visit the oldest standing greenhouse to the day
My heart took a poop 👁👄👁🪴
I loved this! Especially the part where you explained how classist houseplants have pretty much always been. I own a brick and mortar houseplant shop and try my best to price things, especially “rare” plants, in a way where they’re accessible to people. One of my biggest struggles is having people take advantage of that and resell them. It’s getting to be a really sick cycle and I feel like a lot of the people doing it are just into plants solely for profit which is really unfortunate (but that’s just my opinion). Can’t wait to see more content like this!
Where is your plant shop?
Fascinating information! Thank you for doing the work of summarizing the history of houseplants and botany. It makes a nice change from houseplant tours. That is interés also, but there are plenty of them.
Suggestions for future videos? I am not sure. You might focus on the history of specific species. Tracing the history of plants going from rare to common. I don’t like the price tag of rare plants either and there are plenty of common and reasonably priced plants. It would be interesting to see how long do plants stay rare. What are the characteristics that keep plants rare and expensive? I wonder if some plants go down in value after a few years.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video.
thank you so much for touching on the colonial and harmful history of house plant collection and also the mass appropriation of all things asian in the 90s. it was a very weird time to be growing up as an asian person
But Ashleyyyy...wHy dO YoU hAvE tO mAkE pLaNtS pOLiTiCaL???🥴🤣
Thank you so much that was so interesting
Plant knowledge intake👑💐💚 thanks ASH🌻💚👑
I know I’m late to the party but I’m really loving this history series. It’s fascinating.
YASSS
Nice video
Honestly, me screaming and praising the name of Charles Plumier should tell you how much I got into this video 😂
Off topic but your skin is BEAUTIFUL. I grew up near Tacoma and I can’t wait to visit the bontanicaz storefront, but I can’t find any info about it! Do you have the deets?
This was amazinggg, thank you so much for putting it together! A related idea that could be cool for this series would be a video on plant hybridization and breeding cultivars (how it became an industry, beyond just growing and selling naturally occurring species, the methods used by both small scale and large scale growers to create new variants, etc.)
Thank you for doing this. Hopefully you do a part 2 which talks about Tulip Mania, which sparked the world’s first economic “bubble” and “bust”. Or how houseplants released into the wild in the US became invasive species, such as golden pothos and sansevieria. Or maybe how tropical houseplants took over malls, bars and offices as “decor”. Or the original foliage plant of the Industrial Age - the parlor palm - and how the Victorian ethos laid the groundwork for later houseplant collecting. Just some ideas in case you do a part two. Good job!
This was my jam 💗 I'm really glad I watched it. I've always been extremely interested in learning more about the hobby i have. I love how much you put into this video and how truly educational it was. I'd love to see more content like this🥰
I really enjoyed this, and it was a nice change from the norm planty content. Thanks for researching and sharing! 💕🌸
also can i just say i’ve been wanting plant history videos for so long and you telepathically picked up my vibes and i love this so much
Thank you 🥺
I'm ready to get me some plant learnin'
Plant nerds unite
So well researched Ashley! I am loving this educational/historic content!
Okay but here me out.... this video meets drunk history. That would be literally ICONIC. Ashley, you know what you have to do next😂
Thank you for taking the time to research and film this, it was super informative and learned so much💚💖
Great video
I grew up with wild lady slippers in my yard that my mom always told me we couldn't touch because they were endangered! I think its actually illegal in my state to pick wild ones to protect them and try to let them grow back from the boom you talked about here.
Wow, where did you grow up?
@@aniliname northern new england!
Wow! Excellent video! It was so informative AND entertaining! Loved it!
These kinds of videos give me LIIIIIIFE. I love being able to put these videos on in the background while I work or maintain my collection.
Also why did I not know you were 22 😂 I so thought you were mid 20’s for sure.
This video was actually SO impressive and informative! BRAVO
Love this video!!! So much knowledge! Thanks for taking the time to impart this information!
I saw on your insta that this video wasnt doing so well so I'm here to comment to maybe help with the algorithm :))))
Thank you 🥺
Wow, thank you so much! I was already thinking to do a video myself because it seemed like nobody was talking about the ugly side of houseplants in the community.. Thank you so much!
Tulip Mainia?
You’re amazing thank you for this!! ESP google doc! So interesting!
So, have humans accidentally preserved plant species by collecting, propagating, and distributing rare species? What are your thoughts??
Damn, Ashley! This kind of videos you made are so friggin AMAZING! Thank you for this, so funny and informative!
Loved this video! ❤️ you are killin the UA-cam game with all this content girl!
I found it. Thanks for sharing. This was a great video.
I love love love this type of video! You got an A ++++ from me! Please make more educational and entertaining videos!!! 💚🪴
Thanks for doing all the research on this. I found it really interesting, enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing. 🪴♥️
You go girl!!!! Love the theme and the information :)
“This is wrinkling my brain!” -Troy Barnes
The lady slipper is actually the provincial flower for my province. PEI Canada 🇨🇦 ♥ And they are amazing to see in nature 😍 💚
I believe the oldest collected plant still in existence is an Encephalartos (a kind of cycad) in the Kew Gardens in the UK. It was brought from south Africa and planted in the garden conservatory In 1775. That cycad is still alive today!
This is THE COOLEST series!😎 thanks for doing all the research so that we can just sit back and nerd out!😃 LOL..also, thanks for listing out the sources so that we can all go even deeper down this rabbit hole😵 I'm SO here for this
Whenever boredoms strikes I rewatch a few videos from different creators and this is always makes the cut. Thanks Ashley for the history lesson, I always enjoy watching / rewatching this!
💚🌿
What the heck does the e mean behind bc? I grew up knowing BC and AD. Where'd that E come from and what's it mean? I'm being sincere too, I'm sorry I feel stupid lmao
Maybe splitting the video up into 2 parts would have brought better interaction. I just know that a lot of people don’t watch long videos on the regular. BUT I’m not a content creator so my input probably isn’t applicable. Either way, thanks for the well details video!!
I LOVE this series the next one should be orchids amazing video as usual ♥️🌿🌸
I've heard of orangeariums or "orangeries" before! Thank you jeopardy! They were usually built "in" the home sort of like a sun room or solarium. I'm one of the "botanists" that would have traveled state to state to get my hands on a good raphi-tetra or chunky succulents c:
PS you're incredibly professional with your public speaking. Stop taking yourself so seriously
I thought this was like, your plant collection history. What your first plant that you collected was, and then the second, the third, and so on.
Dude. It’s been a long day. 😅
This is really awesome video! I enjoyed learning something new :)
Interesting that the history of houseplants is, up until a few decades ago, the history of the garden and domestication in general
How can you remember all these things 🙈😅
Thank you so much, Ashley! This video was soooo informative and I really enjoyed that you also talked about the politics that have to do with the history of collecting houseplants. So again, thank you so so so much for your work!
As someone studying archaeology, and currently taking a course on the initial domestication of plants and animals, I'm really impressed with the information you presented for the Neolithic, as well as pointing out the multiple centers of domestication, which I feel are often overlooked in western archaeology, compared to the Fertile Cresent in Mesopetania 🤗
Great job! Loved the history lesson!
This was such a good video! Thank you for doing all that research!
Such a good and informative video. You killed the research. Perhaps a little naive in thinking any commodity in all the thousands of years is not going to first be used, or taken by people with money. When you are trying to feed and shelter your family, hobbies aren’t’ a priority.
That was very interesting. Thanks so much!
7 orchid hunters enter and one returns w the entire bounty… suspish. 🤨I throughly enjoyed this video. I appreciate all the research that went into this.
Not a correction or fully to do with plants, but there was a time where pineapples and bananas were status symbols, so rich people would obtain one or be gifted one, and just display it for months on end even with mould and everything...
Wow this is incredible! I loved this video!
Ashley..I really enjoyed this...
It makes me so sad to see how much we covet and collect these plants from rainforests that are disappearing also because of our consumption, bc these habitats will never produce these gems again! Millions of years of evolution snuffed out by human greed :(
European plant prices is pretty low on all of those "rare popular houseplants". Idk what kind of plants overhere that would be high status plants at this point.
Hey Ashley, could you do a video about current plant trends that are exploitative to the peoples and the environment? This is one of my favorite videos of yours :)
In red dead redemption 2 your can be an orchid hunter, which is actually how i first became "aware" of them 🥰
This is one of my favorite videos you've done!! I hope you do lots of "history of" videos.
I was so sad to see on insta that you were disappointed by engagement on this video ;c my grandfather passed and planning a funeral with covid has been awful so I didn't get around to watching it sooner...but I love all the effort and time you put into this. I hope you keep making educational videos too!!
I very much enjoyed this video and i learned a lot. I hope you do more videos like this one! So sad about the orchids.
I just got around to watching this but I love it!
that was so fun to watch. now i wanna visit that greenhouse 🥺✨✨✨
Loved the history of plants . It be great to hear more thank you
Great work. Thanks for the research process
Thanks for the info of history of plants its nice to now
I didn’t realize that were the same age LOL
This was so great!
Great video, thank you.
I loved this! I can tell you worked so hard on it
this was the best history lesson i ever had, thank you
this is the next step in my plant obsession saga
That is do common to what is happening in the world today.
I enjoyed the information as it relates to plants.
cool video! love the fun info!
You are so prettyyy
Brava brava I really love this info good history on plants I know there’s a lot of info but yes please love my plant history want more ❤️❤️❤️🌵🌵🌵🪴🪴🪴
Fabulous sweety 🍃
I’m so here for this 🙌🏼
Your best video yet! :)
Very interesting!
As a swede, I am a little bit sad that you didn't talk about Carl von Linné 😅
Wow wow wow
YEESSS planty education 👏💚