the chaos of the coffee spilling and the door ringing hahaha thanks for keeping it REAL

Florida Beauty!

It’s hilarious when you start to make excited ideas such as adding a moss pole to the propagated mystery philodendron and then the 2nd thought process you go through and talking yourself back out of it. I’m just the same and my husband dreads what he may find next when comes to my house plants.

The division of cacti into “desert” cacti and “jungle” cacti is overly simplistic. Cacti occupy pretty much the entirety of the Americas, including Patagonia and Canada. It’s way more complex than just desert vs jungle. You can find cacti surrounded by ice sheets and covered in snow. Hell, you can find prickly pears in New England. But to answer your question, yes these are bloom buds. If you put your cactus in direct sunlight (after acclimating it first otherwise it will get sunburn) it will bloom profusely, develop thicker spines, and turn reddish brown. The yellow parts will turn pinkish red. The flowers will only fully open in good lighting conditions and if it’s warm enough.

I love your videos so much. Your vibe, sound of your voice, and always doing something helps my ADHD because I can just put on Claire and body double to my heart's content. So wonderful. I also recently got into begonias myself!😊

I am pretty sure variegated philodendron is Florida beauty, Florida ghost comes out with almost white, minty leaves and later turns into green or stay minty. And for the „micans“ it’s just a juvenile melano 🤷‍♂️

Hi Claire I have the same looking anthurium and mine is a pap crossed with a magnificum verde

Yes ziploc baggies are great. My orbifolio had thrips too that blew through my monsteras. I cut all leaves off and put it in xl ziploc and the humidity has helped it grow beautiful new leaves and has kept any pests away. By the end of this summer it should be back to its size.

The moonshine cactus blooms a lot!

I went to a Hoya shop and the owner told me if you want your Hoya to grow bushy/full you have to trick it and let the leaves grow down past the roots by letting it spill over the pot. Most people use wire to hoist it up but that makes it grow slower.

Hi Clare, thank you for the video. I’ve found the bags u get that cover ur dry cleaning are a good size to isolate bigger plants 🌱 x

12:54 All of my cacti live outside under a patio so I rotate them and I’ve noticed that they tend to swell on the opposite side that’s receiving sun. I know that sounds strange but when I see one side swelling, that’s how I know it’s time to turn it around.

For your plant that looks similar to the micans...Camposportoanum is a large velvet leaf variety of philodendron whose leaves start out pink with light green veins and slowly mature into a deep dark green with a velvety texture in a large bunny ears form.

I gotta say - i restart plants quite often. There are only some that are allow to grow into maturity. It is happening often if i loose a chunk of leaves from middle of the plant.. last time vacuumed it:P so restarting is the way to go for me

Gigas!

I got a euphorbia mini eos today and it reminds me so much of you and Ross! Like a little mix of both of you in a plant

Not sure if you know this, but Hoya macrophylla has been reclassified under the latifolia umbrella. Sooo, it’s Hoya latifolia FKA macrophylla (formerly known as). That way you can preserve how it’s different from your other Hoya latifolia from Sarawak. To be proper, that one is written as I just did, or as Hoya latifolia (Sarawak). Anything in parentheses is a descriptor and not part of the scientific name. It’s been a bit since I’ve seen one of your videos and wow…your collection is even more massive!! You do a wonderful job displaying them.

I just purchased some small Gymnocalycium, two for myself and two for my daughter. They are beautiful! I can’t wait to see them grow and bloom. If you find out some tips and tricks about them please do a video! I have a Hoya AH 074…the leaves will splash up with bright light. Your Sarawack is beautiful! I may get that one next! I just ordered a wish list Hoya! I purchased two Hoya Gunung Gading! I should receive them mid week next week. Each have 3 leaves, are sun stressed!! A friend of mine is successful in growing her begonias in a coco coir, chunky perlite soil mix…her attempt to grow it in pon was a failure. Maybe the roots are a bit delicate for the pon? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I am not very familiar with Begonias.

it is a great surprised pleasure for me to check my hoyas' breakthrough new growths just like serendipitous finds issued to the kids on the beach.

Try sprinkling diatomaceous earth on top of the potting mix. I have had zero pest problems since I started doing this - worth a try 🤗

Nick Pileggi says in his videos that the first year hoyas sleep, the second year they creep, and the third year they leap.

Today i found some webbing on one of my plants. I was so scared i could be spider mites. Turns out... There was just 1 tiny spider hiding in there 😂😅

The philo you say is a florida 'something' to me may be a florida beauty or possibly a Domesticum variegata. Only time will tell once it sizes up I guess. I'm so sorry for your Orbifolia 😔 I pray she comes back now that you're in Spring. I've been checking mine everyday cos my maranta collection is currently being treated for thrip & are in isolation😫🥺 But happy that although we're in autumn now, my collection is generally still giving me new growth ( thanks to our beautiful Sydney climate) and I'm such a happy little vegemite 😉😆 Really enjoyed your video and you've motivated me to deal with my prop box as well 🤗🥰

My Geneveianum I bought on a whim and it's quickly become one of my favorite plants soooo quickly! It's simple but gorgeous ❤

I love listening to your chatty videos while doing my own planty stuff. This weekend you helped me bottom water a bunch of my plants and make a macrame hanger for the baby spider plant that got upsized into a tween pot!

So nice to see all the plants start to push out new leaves in the spring. I got myself a thai con and a ant Vietchii. Cant't wait to see new leaves.

Hi Claire, I recently found you on KZfaq! and love watching your videos. I learned about semi-hydro from you, and only today have repotted my three calatheas into semi hydro as I was really struggling with the watering. I bought soil ninja like you. I hope I've not left it too late. One of them is an olbifolia.x

I am having myself an absolutely lovely planty weekend 🥰 Yesterday I acquired an Alocasia Tiny Dancer which I having been eyeing for some time. I have noticed the first root on a tiny tradescantia prop that broke off while repotting, I have made a "nursery pot" from the bottom of a soda bottle which fit perfectly into a cute but short and wide planter 🤓 all of this good planty energy has then given me the motivation to do some plant related house chores that I have been putting off for weeks (like tidying my pot/soil storage) 😁

The anthurium I think has papi + luxurians + magnificum. Its leaf shape resembles magnificum, the colour looks like a papi with a little blue from luxurians. That would be my guess, (luxurians x magnificum) x papi. Seeing the petiole would help, because luxurians have rigid square petioles and magnificum has slightly square petioles.

My little baby melanochrysum looks just like what you’re holding at 20:25

Any tips on propogating Red Maranta plants from the corms that form in the roots? Love the Jungle Haven!

I've already chopped rooted and potted any hoyas that I wanted, enjoyed it. I'm putting off restarting a few big philodendron, there's just so much more biomass to deal with!

12:50 Yep! It's definitely getting ready to put out flowers. It can take a while before it fully springs into bloom, and sometimes they sadly just dry out and shrivel up, but it's definitely looking promising!

I also have a gymnocalycium, and it does the same thing where the variegated side grows bigger faster. The conclusion I came to is that the green side photosynthesizes more and that causes transpiration, which makes the green side lose their water quicker. Thus growing fatter slower.

My red maranta put out a flower that opened up this morning. It’s happy in its environment 😃

Thanks Clair🙏

My anthurium regal has been a challenge too. It's mostly been a stump in my collection. Every time a new leaf starts to grow, it dies back.

Your Hoya are looking great sorry no Idea on any of those plant ids. I recently got two begonias and love them but not sure of the best care yet

Excitement, hearing you say another plant swap is coming up!!!! Calatheas are pest magnets. I have two Orbifolias. One in soil, one in Leca. The one in soil has just come back inside, after a summer holiday outdoors. It looks amazingly big and healthy. I did a heavy water spray on the leaves before bringing it indoors. I recently acquired a Calathea - Royal Standard and Calathea - Sunshine. Both have been transferred to Leca.

I would put it in pon for the begonia

Perlite propagation has worked amazingly for me to grow peperomia hope with stems, faster than leaf propping!

Good update! Thanks for sharing Claire!

What about those big vacuum pack bags for clothes? Obviously not closed, but they might be good for bigger plants

Yes! I totally relate!

I love cacti. You do have to rotate them or they will grow lopsided. That could be a flower bud. It looks like one. 😊

Try giving your hoya AH 074 (I think it was🤔) more light! That usually works for me if you want more silvery leaves 💚🤞🏻

I think it's a Florida Beauty too🎉

The begonia looks like a baby thurstonii in my opinion.

The little philodendron that looks like a micans could be a philodendron camposportoanum. They look very similar before they mature. I got one for myself a short while ago. Beautiful plant😊😊😊😊

21:00 ish I think it's a gigas

The one you though was a juvenile melano or micans, looks very much like the juvenile glorious cutting I got in a swap. I guess until it fully grows out it might be hard to id accurately!

I had to repot my hoya obovata because it has not grown at all. And I cut up my lemon lime maranta because it only had one limb. It didn't seem to even notice and has just continued to grow. So glad. I was afraid I killed it 😅

100% on chopping a Hoya that isn't giving good growth. And... I chopped my AH074 hoping to gain back some silver. That didn't work, but it did explode in beautiful green growth.

Aww Claire I’ve just been up to Grow Tropicals to collect my order from them, I told them how much you love them!! They were chuffed Also I used your discount code, thank you , lucky I live very close to them in Leeds ❤

the small aloe like plant is called GASTERIA LITTLE WARTY

Your hair looks pretty 😍

I got one that was on my "buy" list: Schismatoglottis wallichii. I killed my first from inconsistent watering it, I believe. It likes the substrate to be moist, and I would come home and it'd be completely wilted even though I had watered in the last 2 or 3 days. It'd perk right up, but I think it happened one too many times. I'm growing the new one in a mix of 2/3 PON 1/3 LECA to see if this way I can better keep up with its drinking habits.

Hi Clara it is one o’clock in morning and I am watching you god bless xx

I’m not a super expert, but for my begonia I’d definitely say soil.. semi moist (not soaking wet) soil but it cannnnn definitely dry out once strong and established.. it likes some humidity once it’s really established.. I was misting one of mine for a while but stopped.. and the stems are SO DELICATE at times.. they just get damaged and the leaf dies so easily.. more so when it’s young, when they get too wet, and when you’re fussing over it. Let it be.. kind of ignore it lol also a lot of them have sort of translucent leaves.. looks so special in the light.. but I think this is how it passes light to lower leaves.. sorta like how monstera allows light to pass through its fenestrations..

So excited that your sarawak is doing well! I was nervous for you when you chopped it, but hoyas need to be threatened into growing sometimes 😂 Ooh it'll be nice to see you do some terrarium things, i just got supplies to make my first one. Think I'm just having a hoya serpens in it so far though!

Love you, Claire! Virtual hug from Indonesian subscriber here ✨

I think your mystery plant is a philo variegated domesticanum

How about a chop and extend like Sydney plant guy on the dubia..keep the biggest leaves on it but also have a really good size bottom plant already perfect for new home..then you get to keep the best of it..whatever you do its beautiful..I'm in Australia so going into winter here 🥶🥶

😍 oh yes... There are bloom buds on your gymnocalisium. So cute... I also just got a cutting of the same begonia... I'm going to see if someone wrote down it's name 😅 Amazing update on your esmeraldense.. what an amazing plant 💪😍

Variegated Burle Marx maybe

The philo might be a Florida beauty

Florida Beauty

That is definitely not a Florida Beauty- the leaf shape of a Florida, even in its immature form, is very different from the shape you’ve got going on with that plant. Maybe an erubescens cultivar? Update: I’ve just had a look at a Florida Green wet stick I’ve been propping that just pushed its first leaf and it actually does look like the leaves on yours. So I have to rescind my “definitely not” and exchange it for a “possibly”

Parisio verde

Hey hey! 👋🏾 Can you do an update on your African Milk Tree plant? I have one too and it isn’t growing anymore, even though I’ve kept it under a grow light for the past three months or so. Checked the roots, repotted, and I pretty much let it dry before watering it. No rotting, plenty of light… Any tips, tricks, updates, etc. with your plant?

I think your other one is a philodendron Splendid my babies look exactly like that and they grow fast

Hi Clare. Do you have a humidifier in your cabinet? Pros and cons?

Hello! About the unknown philo, I think it's Brasil

I want a philodendron Florida beauty and I want a philodendron gigas. So I’m very jealous right now.😮

Hello there peps! I have an Aglonema that has white stems, I think is an Aglaonema nitidum, but I'm not quite sure. The think is, I had to cut one stem off (it came with two when I bought it) cuz it got damaged by my clumsy fingers while watering, and have it currently rooting on water (2 weeks ago). It has grown some beautiful roots 2 inches long aprox and my question is, when would it be a good time to plant it back on soil? (I want to do this bc I want the plant to look bushier). And, in case I decide to keep it growing apart from the "main" plant, do you recommend semi-hydro or should I leave in full water? I'll appreciate any guidance! Thanks in advance!

Hi Claire, love your videos! I’ve nearly watched them all! do you know why liquid gold leaf plant food is so hard to get hold off? I’ve been trying for weeks? Thank you. ❤

Is the Philodendron a Brasil? The half moon var. is yellowish like the Brasil...

20:00 This is 100% a melanochrysum.

IT could be a philodendron verrucusum

Or cream splash.

My Sarawak sent out a new shoot but it just dried up for no reason I could think of 😭😭

Micans?

Hey just asking for some advice from anyone, i bought a new pest spray, already in a spray bottle etc, but it has been giving my plants new growth brown spots, and browning on some of the leaves. They go almost transparent and brown and idk whats going on? Any advice is helpful, is it too concentrated, am i spraying too much? I'm not too sure. :)

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Have you ever been interested in carnivorous plants

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Such awesome video 💚 I love your Hoyas 😍😍 my wishlist plant that I’m waiting for any nursery or big box store to get is the Hoya Linearis 🥹🥹🥹🥹