easiest vs hardest philodendron in my collection

Shocked that the PPP is on the hard list! I have three, two of which were from lowe’s for $8! They’re doing amazing but they do struggle with the consistency in variegation and leaf size.

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Painted lady was NEVER in my consideration but I saw one on sale for $10 at walmart and bought it out of curiosity. I regretted it on the way home because I reaaaally should only buy plants on my wishlist, but as soon as i put it in my home it was one of my new favorites. The leaves stand out from my entire collection, AND I was able to separate it into 3 different plants, so score!

omg totally get you with philodendron melanochrysum just ordered a Gigas. hoping to get better luck then 🤞

For some reason my PPP is easy. I leave it alone and it thrives.

I know it's a basic plant, but my burle marx is like a tank. It is the easiest to propagate, the least fussy, growing like crazy no matter how often I water it, or the light conditions!

With the leaves sizing up all you need is water change water from your aquarium(the nitrate rich water and filter gunk are great for plants) and light from above the plant definitely help 😀Also put your higher humidity plants in one of those greenhouse tent shelf things without the shelves themselves inside the tent just the frame and run a little tiny humidifier in there 🪴

I'm currently re-acclimating my small melano to ambient humidity and if it can't deal with that, it has to go. Leaves get stuck all the time, but my melano was the only plant where they just ripped and got all ugly right away. Tbh, your melano looks like my micans I have on a mosspole (which can also go dry), which makes me even more content with the idea of letting the idea of huge beautiful melano leaves go :) although I'm a little sad since I think they're the prettiest of all velvet climbing philos

AHH YOU ARE A VIBE IN THIS VIDEO! so freaking hyped this day, I love it lol!!

I’ve never had a problem with PPP (asides from variegation) but the Verucosum has come for me and my family SEVERAL times

I just bought starter plants of the billietiae and and a melanochysum! Glad I wanted the billietiae a lot more, we'll see how I end up doing with the melanochysum but im going to give it my best shot and a humidifier! I've got a small space so I don't mind it staying small

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Olá ! Eu sou entusiasta de plantas e esta que bvc nos apresenta, achei exótica. Gostei muito. Um grande abraço .

you are gorgeous!!

You are just the cutest. I'm obsessed with philodendrons. I want a tortum so bad

Cover each nodes with spaghnum moss, eventually it’s aerial roots will grow into the moss pole and it’s leaves will get bigger.

How do you care for your painter lady? Mine is constantly trying to die.

I know I'm late and this comment section dead but I've had melanochrysum luck. I grow my melano in ambient humidity on a stake and it's sizing up fine for me. I think they want something hard, I've had great success with stakes with all of my climbing plants. To help the leaves out I wrap a wet paper towel around the pregnant petiole when it's pushing new growth and the leaves come out fine :).

To clarify, the leaves aren't sizing up as fast as my glorious or anything, but they're certainly sizing up

Science technology foliage spray . Works extremely well I might plans to get really large leaves.

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I LOVE the Painted Lady! I got one few months ago and it was around 50cm, now in such a short time turned tall almost like me (I'm 186 cm), it's just a monster! Mine is climbing also on a moss pole and I had to add another two extensions because couldn't just change the pole, it's too much rooted on it and impossible to take it off from it. Also there are 3/4 leaves with different shades that are amazing, looks almost variegated.
One of my favorites plants 🌱

Is the squamiferum easy too?

I don't know if anybody ever told you, you look so beautiful ❤️

I love all those plants 🪴 am getting some glass shelves put up!! But am concern about winter and I don’t know if I should do a purchase from another country or a nursery in New York City🤷‍♀️nyc👒🧤🇹🇹

Is been a while.....l see nice changes

I just bought an unrooted florida green and watched this video lol but it was like 2$ 😂

The minute I put my pink princess right under a full spectrum grow light, I have been getting the most wonderful variegation.

My PPP has been ok. I cut it back because the last three leaves were reverted but it put out 2 pups that are absolutely gorgeous. 😍

The Florida Beauty has a kind of ‚Polaroid‘-Variegation, kinda like the Florida Ghost. The leaves begin without variegation and then start showing it after some time. The more light it gets the longer it‘ll stay in that creamy-yellow stage; again analogous to the white leaves of the ghost.

Your melano is beautiful. Which substrate are you using with it? Your chunky potting mix or pon? I just got one that was growing in Leca and is currently n moss. I really want to succeed so any tips you could give me on substrate would be so helpful. Thank you

Love your vids 😻 drop dead gorgeous by the way ☺️

I really want a billietiae but it's hard to find a big one that's reasonably priced. It definitely is on my wishlist though. 😊

Fern!!! Thank you so much for another great vid, I love your energy! My favourite of yours is probably the glorious (just because I have wanted to get my hands on that plant for ages now) 🌿Also your Florida beauty is beyond beautiful!!! I had the exact same thing with my PPP and really fallen out of love with her tbh but watched Claire's vid from the jungle haven the other day and feel like I'm not ready to give up all hope yet cause omg I just want mine to grow that big lol. Also can I ask if you've ever tied up your Billietai to contain the growth more? I'm thinking of doing that with mine but haven't seen people doing it and wondered if it would be bad for the plant... Thank you again and have a great day xxxx

P. Melanochrysum: the pole has to stay moist constantly. You cannot miss a day of it drying up at all as this will kill the aerial roots. When that happens, the plant essentially resets itself again and keep putting out smaller leaves.

I keep mine moist via essentially wrapping the poles in Saran wrap and poke holes strategically all over. I also create openings every 6 to 12 inches or so. These openings afe your water access and you water the pole through this.

I also experimented with putting the humidifier mist right near above the pols via a shelf or another sturdy support (MAKE SURE IT IS STURDY AND STABLE) and this also helps tremendously with keeping the poles moist. I have three moss poles of P Melanochrysum under a humidifier right now and they are growing like crazy. I grow these indoors without using a greenhouse or cabinet here in Southern California (we get those Santa winds and my relative thumidity plummets to single digits for a week sometimes) and i have been successful in creating a microclimate near these plants using the humidifier trick I mentioned above alongside the strategic use of Saran wrap.

My melanochrysum has been absolutely horrific to deal with. It’s taken nearly a year for it to acclimatise to my house and I’ve chopped it 3 times. However, I managed to get a wet stick from it to grow and I nearly cried I was so happy 😅

I killed the new growth on my billi :( wahhhhhhh 😭 I love your video first time watcher!!!

philodendron xanadu has been the easiest for me, i have 3 in water and 4 in soil. they never fail to give me new leaves and they all have grown in bright light and low light all do amazing

Hello, Fern! You look so pretty in this video, you are a natural beauty and are rocking that short haircut, I love it! I just can't get enough of your Philodendron videos, they're my fav. Thanks for the tips n advice when it comes to caring for them because I'm def gonna be adding some to my collection very soon. You're the best, girlfriend!🙏😁

I find my pink princess my easiest plant! It was beast in my dry desert 16% humidity house. New leaves every other week. It reverted around November last year and so I cut it back and I’ve been getting the most gorgeous pink leaves! So much var! I recommend watering when the soil is dry, I found they like a little dry period, and try not to help
Leaves unless there so close to coming out they are bending or you kept in high humidity for a couple days. I’m so sorry you’ve had a bad experience but I promise there really easy grows! Great plants as always fern.

I have about 9 different pink princesses in my collection; both tc and non tc. The key to them is bright indirect light. As bright as they can tolerate! You may have to move them around a bit to figure it out. Also they love decent humidity like 50ish % so that the leaves come out easily without tearing. Watering is the same as most other philodendron but I actually wait until the leaves on my ppp feel a little less robust and then I water. (If they feel thin or droopy looking, it’s time to water.)

You kinda said "philodendron" kinda the way we do in Poland 😅

I got a ppp online for £35 it was growing brown leaves and no pink I hated it, so I looked for one with good genetics and it’s so beautiful and pink I can send you a picture on instagram if you want x

Ok on the real, do you get your lashes done bc they're INCREDIBLE

I have also found the Philodendron white knight to be quite hard! very similar problems to the ones you had with the pink princess. I keep getting ugly brownish leaves so I chopped it up in 3... fingers crossed. also one think I have learned is that they require very very high humidity! like 70% up and that is meant to help the leaves getting stuck

As a beginner, I got a philodendron pink princess because it just was my top wishlist plant. When I first got it, I just wasn’t in love the way I thought I was going to with it. So I chopped her up and made her three cutting including cutting to the most variegated leaf. She is just growing amazingly after I did that. Also I think it’s partly the pink streaks in the steams, that determines the amount of pink you will have. But understandably, pink leaves just don’t last, since they don’t have enough green to grow. I had one half leaf and it just crooked on me🤦🏻‍♀️. But I do have it in front of a grow light because I live in Alaska. At this point, I just love the leaves, the growth it’s been giving me, and philodendrons in general. I enjoy taking care of it, one of my top plants in my collection🙂🖤 I really want to get a silver sword and a painted lady, personally my next two wishlist plants 🪴

One thing that I really appreciate and that I think makes you stand out in the plant community is that you let your plants grow instead of prioritizing propping. I was so happy when you were showing the painted lady, expecting you to say you were going to have to prop it soon but instead you said you’ll have to add an extension. On the other hand, you also seem to appreciate your small plants and I can tell you simply find joy in the process of growing your plants out!

My easiest has to be camposportanum, grows without a humidifier in my 20% humidity and sends out aerials even when my moss poles were bone dry. Most difficult was melanochrysum - I sold it less than half what I paid cuz it kept aborting it's leaves and getting stuck.

Oh no, melanochrysum was on my wish list maybe I’ll switch it to the glorious !