Houseplant Trends 2021: Most Tempermental: The Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes Phyllostachya) Care + Tips
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2021
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The Polka Dot plant (Hypoestes Phyllostachya) is the most tempermental houseplant out there. Tyler shares crucial care tips for this houseplant as well as some expert tips on keeping your Polka Dot plant healthy and thriving!
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I just got one. I didn't want to repot, but it was extremely root bound. It's now under the grow light pretending to be dead. All I did was give it a more comfortable pot. I have had this thing for less than a week, and I'm over it
It happened to me with a fittonia :( which is an equally dramatic plant
Jeez! You weren’t even joking. 🙄 I received a pink polka dot in the mail late due to hurricane Ida suddenly popping up after it had shipped. Of course she looked totally dead but I decided to see what I could do to revive her. I cut back leaves a few at a time. Her branches were still hanging over the pot despite new leaf growth lol. I loosely tied them up to bamboo and put her with a group of other houseplant “friends.” Then I see your vid and rolled my eyes at her literally. Turns out I have horrible sinuses that have required surgery so I sleep with a humidifier and even though I live in the Deep South where it’s super humid, she wanted to be in MY room next to the humidifier and the window. It’s like she sensed her “paradise” was nearby and once I moved her, I could literally see leaves and stems moving ever so slowly until she was standing up again. 😂
Thanks for your help!
No prob!
My polka dot plant is my MOST DRAMATIC plant 😂
They really are super dramatic! Now mine is just growing like crazy..
Same mine is growing like crazy. Used to wilt the second it was thirsty now I keep it watered and repotted it and now she's thriving! Getting so tall
@@hales6547 jealous :( mine is putting out pretty flowers and growing tall but shriveling just about everywhere else.
@@laurelkendun chop off the flower buds so it can focus on the leaves!!
@@amandawilson2663 i think you’re right thank you! it’s doing a lot better already. That and i needed a humidifier. i thank everyone for helping me bring my plant back to life lol ^_^
I just got my second hypoestes and to me my plants are like the perfect pet , but like any pet good care and love are essential , polka is not an easy lady but she is a lady and she deserves love and care
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Thank you so much!!! I thought I was going insane. I have accidentally Killed 3 in the last month. One day fine next morning, looks like no ones been near it ever. 1 was to close to the heater. 1 was eaten by my cat. The last 1, have no idea why, but each one hurt and I cried. My granddaughter talked me into trying once more. Hopefully, I think after this video I might be able to do it. Pleas keep fingers crossed!. I take care of abused animals and I swear this plant is much harder to care for! I'll keep you updated.
Yes please!
My polka dot plant is a humongous dinosaur. I guess it didn't have enough light and also I gave it a bit of a large pot. As a result, it grew giant leaves and stretched out a bit. It seems like most people are going for the compact growth, but actually I love how it looks. You get a lotta foliage for a small footprint haha. I just wish I saw someone else with a dinosaur polka dot plant, makes me feel like I'm doing something wrong lol! I noticed that it gets hairy when it's trying to flower. Also I keep it in a self-watering pot.
Thanks for sharing!!
How big would you say your pot is?
I was wondering if I could lean into the leggy look. Haha I guess so!
Mine is now about 9inches tall
I'm thinking of using bigger pots with mine as it grows. In the wild they can get pretty big. I wouldn't mind mine being big. I like bigger plants anyways. I just got mine today because I had the opportunity to get it for cheap at a small nursery and it is pretty colorful. Mine is like a reddish pink color. Almost a hot pink color. Definitely an interesting plant.
Yes the codependent relationship had me subscribe to you!!!! So excited to go on this UA-cam journey with you!!
Thank you!! 🥰🥰🥰
Hello! I am SO HAPPY to find your video! I have had mine for 2 years now and it’s gotten leggy and extra needy. I gave it a bigger pot, and a trim. I am extremely happy to know I’ve kept a needy plant alive hahaha
Haha! Thanks for sharing ✨❤️🪴
You definitely brought it back to life 🌱
Thriving now!
your dog is so cute and very patient. He walked by and noticed you were working so he decided to wait.
Haha! He was such a good pooch! 🥺
I just bought this plant yesterday I’m excited about it thanks for the Tips 😊
Of course!! Thanks for checking my channel out 🥰
I just got one of these today and I can already tell it's dramatic, repotted it and it got all limp and wilty then bounced back like 2 hours later lol. I'll def keep a humidifier next to it
You got this!!
You had me at codependent relationship! I have 2 and they are BRATS!
Totally!!
I love your honesty about this plant I was thinking about buying❤️
LOL ❤️
You had me at codependent relationship!!! Subscribed!
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That was my calathea plant. It went down to one leaf and I thought it died. I followed some of your tips and now it's flourishing beautifully.
Ah! That’s amazing to hear!! The polka dot plant was a pretty tricky nut to crack...it’s all about the humidity!!
The codependent relationship made me subscribe. I just bought this beauty and I hope it survives.
You got this!
Best video about this plant! You saved me a lot of headache and work.
Thanks! Appreciate you!
very informative, thank you so much for sharing
Thanks for checking my channel out!
I found one of these for £1 in morrisons. Had no idea what it was, I just bought it because I felt sorry for it! It's already really leggy, so thus video was really helpful, thank you x
Hope you enjoy it!
This plant is definitely a drama Queen. I had a whole plant die on me but I managed to clip a piece to prop before it passed. I put it in leca with a hydro nutrient and she’s growing so pretty and pink. She lives on the windowsill above my sink in the kitchen, no direct sunlight ever but bright. I keep the water level below the roots in a none draining container. My humidity loving plants lose their minds in leca.
Nice!
Ok when u said that they can look good one day and the next look like they are like dying … it made me feel better 😭 cuz I watered mine because it was getting crispy and in a couple hours it looked so good! Then the literal next day half the leaves fell off …and are all “soggy” ☹️
They are so dramatic 😏
I had one and it didn’t survive. Even putting it in my bathroom didn’t give it enough humidity. I have too much wood in my house to damage with humidifiers. Lol. I’m going to have to live without them. 😭 Thank you for the humidity info. It makes sense why 34% in my house is not an optimal condition.
I love this plants 🪴 😍 ❤
Me Too! They are adorable but tough to care for (at least for me!)
I have killed one and it broke my heart after it started flourishing by growing 3x it’s size from when I bought it. It also invaded the pot of an exotic fruit tree I have, with tiny little seedlings growing out of it. I put the seedlings in their own pot and I’m gonna keep trying.
Wow I’m shocked to hear this is a difficult plant lol mine is just thirsty but she’s thriving! I just propagated some gnarly growth because I wanted to see the pretty purple flowers lol
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Good video.informative video.
Thx!!
i got one like 2 months ago and legit thought it was an outside plant bc it didnt do well in my room. as soon as i set it outside (not in direct sunlight, also i live in nc and its super humid here), it grew so much taller and spread out in the pot. i worry when it starts getting colder :/
Just picked one up at my local grocery store for $4!!!! I'm tottally inlove with her even tho I'm brand new to plants, wanted to go grab a few more since they are so cheep right now and put them in a big pot together... But now I'm seeing they can be pretty dramatic lol maybe I should wait and see , wish me luck, I put her in a bright window with the rest of my plants on the bottom shelf. I Dnt have good humidity tho, but my dragon scale and Birkin seem to be doin fine there so I guess I wait and see
Awesome! Congrats ✨❤️🪴
Would these be well suited to growing in ripariums, or damp terrariums?
I feel like I could succeed in caring for this plant as sounds a lot like a Fittonia which I have successfully grown !
You got this!
yes!!!
I have struggled so much with my polka dot plant. After months of fussing, repotting and fertilizing, 90% of its leaves have curled and browned at the edges. I've just given up at this point lol.
I almost gave up too! Give it lots of humidity!!
Ivw got no green thumb and got this one my first plant haul ever. Idk why she is still alive. Just dont forget to chwck it every day, medium light, give it a mist or a pebble water tray. I have never fertilized ir and never had problems its constantly growing. Pinch back tips oncw a week and it should grow like crazy. I wouldnr even fertilize and dont repot too much because in sure that has shocked ur plant. Best of luck!
@@hales6547 you’ve got this!! Happy to help however I can!!
Mine was a drama queen when i firsy got her. Ive got the watering down so she never wilts now i just have to remember not to forget it outside again.. lost some good leaves. She is rehabbing in her window spot again so we shall see. Im sure itll be okay just bleached it out a bitn
Beautiful plant stay connected friend
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I stuck them in a cut off 2 litre soda bottle and stuck it outside. All 4 colors are doing fine . They love water !!!!! And they like to be fed. I guess they’re doing well because I have a lot of other plants
Great!
Does anyone know what kind of pests they are prone to? Thanks!
I’ve literally killed this plant many times. I thought I killed it once, cut it all back and it miraculously gave me new growth. Then it started getting leggy despite being up against a south facing window... tried propagating it from the leggy stems, the propagations looked like they were growing and then they got mealybugs. The original plant died (don’t remember why). I treated the mealybugs and the two propagations seemed to start growing again... until they weren’t 😡😤 the leaves kept falling off, they were tiny, they got crispy, they got mealybugs again... just overall problem after problem after problem. I thought the direct sunlight was making the leaves crispy but even with indirect light or further back from the window, the leaves never stopped falling off. Literally never understood what the heck was wrong aside from everything apparently 🙄 they were always leggy and the leaves were always tiny and always fell off. No matter how much I changed light, water, humidity etc 😭 I gave up and they all died. I think this is the one plant I truly hate. Don’t know if I’d buy again 😭😫🥺
You made me laugh. I am just thinking to repot the one I bought. I already killed two ferns and I feel useless, when the plants are in the question.
Sounds like mine. The only reason it's still alive is because I consistently have cuttings from it propagating in water and I keep starting process over with the cuttings and adding them to the pot. I think I'm going to cut all stems down to about an inch tall and see what happened. I hate the leggy look!
@@chocolatte8301 I bought it in the pot with fern. Replanted in separate pot, soil for ferns and added perlite, but left together with fern, in humid bathroom, so far so good. But it is still small. It seems plants have their own characters. Amazing.
@@marinamo6479 I hope yours grows and thrives! Mine is hanging on but ain't pretty lol!
@@chocolatte8301 We'll see. Still small baby.
I thought this plant was one of the easiest to take care of. I got one about a week ago, repotted it, and I can tell it already spread! Maybe I just got lucky lol.
You described this plant so well😅
LOL
My plant is legit 5 LONG stems and very brittle dry leaves. IDK what to to to save it
LMAO I just shoved mine into a pot with my hibiscus, and it's doing just fine. Don't know how I'm accomplishing this, but glad it hasn't been so difficult.😅
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my plant loves me and i love it but i can’t find it’s seeds
I have killed quite a few polka dot plants lol. But I have put mine on my porch. I'm in SE PA where the weather is gross and humid right now. But they have grown exponentially!!!! So maybe try putting it in a terrarium if you can't put it outside.
Mines outside now too!! Good call… it’s sooo humid here in the Boston area too.
My polka dot plant, Elizabeth but you can call her Lizzy, started getting too tall so I pruned the top and planted it back in to the same pot to try make it bushier. The cuttings currently look super sad, soft and droopy :( I've followed your instructions and have made sure that the stems are planted deep enough into the soil. I also have one propagating in water but they all don't seem to be having a good time. Any pointers?
It can take a bit of time before it stops looking droopy but I know exactly what you mean. Looks and feels like it may not survive, but give it some time.
They are needy! I have one. It bounces back from set backs well though. Mine is doing very well....right now.
Woooot! Needy is one way to describe it 🤣
Please my polka plants leaves folded or.M turn around itselves i dont know what to do for it can any one support although i provide it all the needs
I'm not sure if my house is just humid enough that my plants don't care, but this was my first one and i haven't had any issues so far. I water about once a week or so and it does just fine. My calatheas and marantas are also thriving and I water them at roughly the same times. I wonder how much house conditions and local weather might play into it?
Could be! Where about are you located?
I bought a hypoestes without knowing anything about it, and it has been one of my easiest to care for. Meanwhile, I cannot keep a snake plant alive to save my life.
Really a snake plant?! Do you live somewhere with high humidity??? This is awesome!
@@TylerMossop Yes I do and I have my polka dot plant outside now and it is really doing well. I have to water it a lot but the humidity must be fine, I didn't realize they had special humidity requirements before watching this. I have a little bit of snake plant left but it is barely growing and I killed most of the large container of it I had by overwatering (I watered less than once per week), it turned to mush!
So interesting! I want to solve this snake plant mystery - what type of soil mix did you have it in??
@@TylerMossop I am not sure, I bought the plant at Home Depot and kept it in whatever mix it was in when I bought it. The little bit that I still have, is in the same mix. I was afraid repotting it would stress it. But if you can suggest a good soil I would try that out!
I would suggest like a small or medium bark mix, that will give good drainage and great aeration.
Mine is tall. I’ve had to support it. I wish it was bushier but probably need to trim it down
LUCKY!
Mine looks so beautiful in the bathroom (ongoing moist from showers) south facing window ...
Awesome! 😃
I have had so many this one is my meniscus..I thought it was just me ..I have 3 now they all have different personalities lol ..middle child syndrome..then the oldest gets jealous ..the youngest is emotional 💯 😂😂😂
Mine are outside in the shade (in New Mexico)
Awesome!
Can I plant it outside for summer?
I don’t see why not..will it get the humidity it needs?
I love a challenge, just bought one 😂
Lmk!!
i’m so confused about mine rn because it’s putting out new flowers every day and there’s new leaves and growth but existing leaves are also shriveling and curling up. i water it whenever the surface is dry which is usually every 3 or 4 days. my humidity is probably in the 40s which is pretty bad i know but i struggle to get it higher than that. have tried just about everything except for a humidifier. i always have my fan on high as well because it gets really hot in my room at night but maybe i need to just suffer for my plants to survive 🙁
edit: i realize that my room may be in the high 30s… i think it’s time to invest in a humidifier.
Yeah that is very low humidity levels for the polka dot plant.
My room is also very low humidity and I didn't want to turn my room in to a sauna. I have my polka dot plants in the window sill and set up long pebble trays on both sides of the plant and keep water in the pebble trays. After doing this and new leaves grew in the drying/shriveling of the leaves stopped and my once sickly polka dot plant started getting lush and growing some gigantic leaves as well as sending up some very tall flower shoots and has been blooming like crazy. The pebble trays do a very good job at keeping just the air around the plant nice and humid without turning an entire room in to a sauna like a humidifier can.
Well like they say... Its only giving me a taste of my own medicine😅. What did I just get myself into???? Thanks I just bought one and now I know how to take care of it.
Lol! You got this!!
What did you dip it in?
Rooting hormone
I tried propagating mine and the propagation shiveled up and died in 2 days, and the main plant lost it's leaves but one. 😢
Can they get humidity in a restroom?
Humidity from the shower 🚿 can’t hurt.
My most dramatic is my poinsettia. My polkadot plant is growing like a weed and had a lot of flowers
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Bruh I have so much humidity where I live that the weather detector thinks it’s drizzling. And I water mine a lot. Why is it fuzzy then bruh.
Sounds like a good question for mother nature lol
Now, go pet that puppy! 🐶👋
Also, I have a “tri-color” polka dot and it seems most of the colors have fled, leaving an essentially completely green (with light spots) plant.
What did I break? 😭 Is it possible to revive the reds and pinks?
What kind of light is it getting??
@@TylerMossop Sorry for the wicked late response! I originally had it in almost direct sunlight for part of the day but then moved it behind some of my other plants, but it was still pretty bright in there for a lot of the day. I guess I’ll just have to keep playing musical sun for a while.
Indirect bright light, NW or NE light, in the northern hemisphere, a humid room like the kitchen, put it on the window sill, the rays of the sun should never directly shine in, it bends over it's long stems when it is thirsty. Just water the top surface of the soil, wait... If it is still drooping then give it a tiny bit more. You can stake them up too. It will get about 2 feet tall if you don't pinch off of the top then it will flower pale lilac purple on the white one and purple on the red and the pink ones. So far no pests. It can get taller. Put cuttings in a clear glass, remove bottom leaves under water level... Put these on the window sill and let the light shine in on the stems. Roots will grow. Sometimes one cutting does better than the others. Still experimenting. I guess you could set the whole pot into a plate or shallow bowl of water to get that humidity he recommends. I find this plant one of the least problematic except that you have to watch it daily and give it that little bit of water on the top to get rid of droopiness. I moved mine into the South window now but it is behind a sheer curtain. The window is open there with cool night air so I suspect it won't like that or will get more thirst. A UA-camr said to give it more sun... It might be ok in winter but I would not try this Southside experiment in Summer. I might switch it to morning sun SE with no window if this experiment doesn't work. Another plant from Madagaskar is doing fine there. Wow. Wanted to know if it hates cold wind or not.... Thanks.
Great
@@TylerMossop I have 3 colors in one pot. The red one shines like stained glass windows and got more rich pink purple flowers and the green one has bloomed since being in the south window with petite white flowers. It likes the sun in that window for sure. That blooming response came quick! Amazing. Have fun.
Why my polka dot plant 🪴 leaves are brown at the end of them
Sounds like a water issue, possibly humidity.
what is fuzzy?
All I mean is that the roots look a bit fuzzy.
My plant has tiny leaves only, why?
Baby plant and hasn’t yet matured … most likely
I’m in a toxic relationship with my polka dot plant 🤣🤣🤣. Thank the lord it’s not just me! Haha
Lol
Hey frome algeria 🇩🇿
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I thought it was just me having issues with this diva of a plant!
idk why people hate these so much. mine is fine as long as i keep it moist!
When it works, it works!
Keeping the soil moist is NOT enough for Polka dot.
@@onLYbyM a year later and she’s going strong. i just need to prune when she gets leggy
@@ricky.888 What's the humidity like there? I have gone through two Polka dots that started to deteriorate immediately when I moved them out of my bathroom window.
My bathroom window is small and they grow out of the space, so as soon as I move them to another window indoors they health worsens until they die.
the add ask why people dont have solar its because it too expensive
What is the lifespan of a polka dot plant?
Well that’s a loaded question!
I have a love/hate relationship with Polka Dot plants. I love seeing them in the stores or on videos, but I hate bringing them home because they die almost as soon as they get inside. I have tried several times, and it's never worked. I thought it was because my old place wasn't suitable for them, so once I moved I tried again and got the same outcome. I'm totally done with them...
Same! I could keep mine alive in the end 🫣
Mine is giving green leafs 😮
This plant went from my favorite plant to my most ugly leggy dramatic plant.
It’s a challenge!
I don’t know. I must have gotten some otherworldly Polka Dotties because I’m growing mine outside in the shade, hot and humid and they’re banging on all cylinders! They’d prolly die if I brought them indoors though. 😎🥴
humidity is key!
@@TylerMossop Yes, then thank God I’m in Texas! Lol
@@sunnycharacter Lucky LOVE Texas, and Texas weather, ...and Austin too
@@TylerMossop We do love spring here even though it’s seriously short, like a month! Lol and fall is actually late summer that then turns into falling winter. 🙃 I the summer we have humid days for weeks it seems, then boom. A glorious warm sunny day with low humidity…it’s like heaven! Would love a few days like that right now and a nice rainy day or two. It’s so dry and weeks now of high 90s to low 100s. But my garden is glorious (and seriously owes me for the big water bill). 😜
This girl here looks like a diva!!! I'm intimidated just by looking at her!!! But she's a beauty 😍 I thought about getting one 🤔 but I'ma save myself from a psychotic break !!🙄🤣🤣🤣✌️
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@@TylerMossop 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why is it whenever I want a plant I always find the stubborn drama queen ones are the ones I want
Lol i put that girl on a window planter and called it a day, girl tried to die on me I said BET, its still kickin'
nice
I murdered one of these. Too much sun, not enough sun, water, too much water. I give up!
It’s all about humidity!!
So basically, I should put mine in a terrarium and call it a day.
Definitely if you don’t have a humidifier!
I’m so confused, everyone else said the polka dot is easy and great beginner house plant and you’re like “Oh they’re petty bit*hes, breathe wrong and it’s over”
I have killed many varieties of polka dot plants. Well that's my specialty.
They are so tricky! Took me quite some time to figure it out!! 😡😣🤓
Naturally it’s the first plant I buy. Whelp. Here goes nothing
You got this!! Better than an Alocasia?! Lol
frrrr dude😭😭 i got the polka dot and a star aloe today from home depot😭
@@TylerMossop so far since I got into plants like 6 months ago, alocasia is the only plant I've killed 😅
@@thesonneiside3484 you’re doing great then!!
Polka dot plant difficult? 🤣🤣🤣
It’s literally the easiest one i have. I set it and forget it! Only thing ive noticed is its a thirsty plant.
Same, I don't give it any more attention than any of my other plants and it's thriving so much, I have to trim it back regularly!
Lucky!
Lol 👍
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THE GUY SOUNDS SORT OF LIKE FEMALE!
Mine was dying and now it’s getting better ❤️🩹
Mine died a long time ago 😢
@@TylerMossop I just figured out that Arabica coffee plant can be an indoor plant!!!!
I just ordered one and I am so excited!
I ordered Firetails Vine as well because of your videos lol
You made me like it 😎