Finally, a channel that understands plant physiology. You have a new fan.
@Planty-Mandy2 ай бұрын
Everyone is so quick to say they like natural better, but how many of them have a Pearls and Jade or an N’Joy in their collection and had no idea? I say as long as a plant is pretty and it was created ethically, I don’t care. Same with TC. Just because something is “created” in a lab doesn’t make it a bad thing.
@nunyabiz362 ай бұрын
I prefer natural variegation vs TC/man made, because with my experience propagating a natural plant, variegation is more stable than TC/MM. And has a higher chance of survival.
@shaphyshaphy24 күн бұрын
I like lush plain green foliage with a few naturally variegated plant in between for contrast. The more natural the better.
@hermiesonajo2 ай бұрын
natural or induced.. no matter what .. both are plants! and i love them!
@asmrtpop2676Ай бұрын
SAME
@annafink22452 ай бұрын
I'm actually not into a lot of variegation that much for most plants. The defense ones are cool. And it's interesting - with plants, we love the odd, weird, mutants. With people, we can't seem to see the same beauty in the "defects" or variations.
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
That’s very true
@Planty-Mandy2 ай бұрын
@@annafink2245 so much we can learn through cultivating plants. ❤️
@TaLeng2023Ай бұрын
I'd like it on plants that don't often have flowers on it. That way there's something interesting on the plant.
@fruitofpalm46682 ай бұрын
Natural variegation is my preference. Another great video! cheers
@nackedgrils93022 ай бұрын
Very interesting, you're quickly becoming my favourite plant KZfaqr with these mini-documentaries! I've become a sports hunter a few years ago and always take an in-depth look at Monsteras in every garden center I go to. So far I've only found one deliciosa sport but I have very high hopes for it since it had both yellowish green on green variegation and leaf deformations early on. Sadly, it has reverted after a couple of leaves, so I've propagated it and I'm praying to the variegated God that some interesting specimens come out of it!
@ohrats7312 ай бұрын
I loved the sport hunter section! I’ve been hoping against statistics to find a green-on-green for years lol. I love the look, even if it’s not as vibrant and showy as albo and aurea
@vernolopia2 ай бұрын
Found 2 naturally variegated Mini Monstera at the big box store a couple of days ago! Interested to see if I can have them develop more variegated leaves in the future❤
@carolstuff2 ай бұрын
I don’t have many plants with variegation, but if I like one I’d get it …man-made or natural! Thanks for sharing Chris!
@gypsylee3332 ай бұрын
That pink birds nest anthurium or banana looking plant whatever it is that the Asian girl is holding is AMAZING
@khaledhiadihine33392 ай бұрын
That's an anthurium hookeri tri color
@gypsylee3332 ай бұрын
@@khaledhiadihine3339 ah ok thank you
@crvforever13 күн бұрын
Amazing videos. I just binged a few. I definitely gonna go back and make sure I liked all of them. I love the style/format of videos. Keep up the amazing work. It gives off plants meet true-crime
@jimmyjo13752 ай бұрын
Couple weeks into using mineral oil/water for pest management on one of my calatheas, so far so good. Will be testing on more plants in the future.
@reignyell36142 ай бұрын
I prefer natural variegation.I recently propagated my TC.Mother plant had medium splash of variegation.But now the new leaf from the new growth point is like crème brûlée.So awesome to see how it evolves.
@1faithchick72 ай бұрын
Wouldn't man made factors be involved there though? If the mother was TC that may be where the plant actually changed, and then passed it on to the baby plant and that plant just expressed the trait. TC can mutate monstera for some reason.
@ElsieJay2 ай бұрын
This is so cool, I knew about the Pink Congo stuff but had no idea about irradiation
@CassyAthena2 ай бұрын
i prefer a natural mutation! unless the pink princess might be altered ..because i love that plant too
@lainiwakura212 ай бұрын
I found two sports at different nurseries. One is an albo variegated silver dragon, and the other was a green congo. They’re very pretty, but completely unstable. I might get one variegated leaf for every 3 or 4 regular leaves. The congo puts out gorgeous marbled albo leaves, but only on its own schedule. The silver dragon has white and pale green variegation, but it's the same story with leaf production. They're my beautiful unicorns, but I prefer the more stable variegation my tc plants have. My variegated homalomena is tc and consistently puts out spectacular leaves covered in variegation. I think after having both I'm leaning towards tc 😊💚
@FeatheredDreamStudio2 ай бұрын
I love the natural variegation. Great video!!
@ZroLod2 ай бұрын
I have a GoG large form that fades to lime, almost yellow and a mint that gives crazy variegation depending on the uniqueness of the node 🤭
@elizabethlacey77082 ай бұрын
Natural is my 1st choice. Have a great weekend!!! 1st to like and 1st to comment!!❤❤
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Thank you!!! You as well Elizabeth 🙌
@sillyjellyfish24212 ай бұрын
I actually love manmade variegated plants. They are both unusually beautiful and scientifically fascinating, and i have no issue with them being created. For one it means that what enters the trade is not poached from the nature, but intentionally cultivated. This means less damage to ecosystems and more available plants which then influences the price. Not too long ago exotic plants even in their natural forms were EXTREMELY expensive to the point of people owning multiple pieces being a whole social status marker. And while winning a genetic lotery with a random seed or an unexpectedly mutated branch that holds on to its new form has to be exciting, unless someone is willing to germinate millions of seeds only to find one different speciment, repeatedly over and over, it's just not the best option there is. New technologies mean new possibilities and i'm fine with that.
@kathleenhall38682 ай бұрын
Another great educational video w/high production values. I always forward these to my science nerd husband and he loves them too. Thanks for all the work, Chris.
@D0J0Master2 ай бұрын
One of your best vids, fantastic information! Great stuff!
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate you watching and for the kind words :)
@mickiteoxon2 ай бұрын
Although technology made a lot of changes some prefer natural but for me both can help improve the existence of plants from Monstera variegata into pink variegated monstera.
@wandashaw35512 ай бұрын
This is incredible 👏 ❤😮.
@gingercaudill72192 ай бұрын
I will always prefer natural over induction but honestly having little experience and knowledge, I don’t know if I can really tell the difference between the two. I have been learning about this technique through Roos and katey Ellen recently and I think I would know if I tell the difference idk 🤷♀️ can’t wait to dive deeper into this technique and learn more, as always thanks 😊, Ginger
@TaLeng2023Ай бұрын
The radiation reminded me of a story I read about Mussaenda. All garden varieties descended from a murant M. philippica (white), crossed with M. lutifolia (yellow) and M. erythrophylla (red). Wild form of these species tend to have only one bract unfurled. They took seeds of M. philippica and exposed it to radiation. The resulting plants have fully unfurled bracts like the original mutant.
@neynahnehnah14852 ай бұрын
2:23 this was truly amazing!
@nackedgrils93022 ай бұрын
I would have thought that the galaxy type variegation comes from special TC techniques, maybe from inducing calluses on specific tissue samples but it's not like I have any experience with this.
@kass80082 ай бұрын
I love the informative content that you put out. Personally, I like natural variegation best. It reminds me of shiny hunting Pokémon. I don’t mind unnatural variegation, though. If it’s ethically collected or created, I just like the plants that I feel a connection with.🙂
@teuth2 ай бұрын
so excited to find a variegated BOP last year! it reverted 🙃
@shanemaloy2 ай бұрын
Amazing video!!!!
@smajliiicka2 ай бұрын
Thank you for these videos!!!! Absolutely love getting to know 'behind the science'
@silenc3x2 ай бұрын
Sick video. Kinda makes you question whether a natural variegation would have any importance over an induced one, like with radiation. Also I was digging online and regarding Pearls and Jade it seem like it was Cesium 137 not Cobalt 60. Published in the American Society for Horticultural Science, June 2009. "6.5 gray of gamma rays from a Cesium 137 source that emitted 9.18 gray/minute"
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Hmmm weird - 5:51 shows the patent filing where I highlight the colbalt 60 source used at University of Florida. But ya, Cobalt or Cesium are used in gamma greenhouses
@zeno36302 ай бұрын
Im rewatching lost and Ive noticed some varigated plants just hanging around in the jungle
@richardr58782 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Crazy what man will do to attempt to create beauty. Obviously, I “think” I prefer natural variegation. Just like life, I guess we can’t be sure what’s natural and what’s enhanced anymore. 😂
@krabowyhop3932 ай бұрын
Variegation can happen due to certain mutation in leaf cells's mitochondrial plastids
@manuelavonwitte2 ай бұрын
Plants are wildly resilient! Exposure to radiation would make our hands fall off, but for them it just changes their leaf color a little
@Taluta3942 ай бұрын
How interesting ❤
@tameradunbar2132 ай бұрын
I prefer my Sport Variegated plants! My Instagram shows them all.
@WilaineEufracia2 ай бұрын
Pretty in green
@NamelessNancy13122 ай бұрын
i never knew radiation caused varigation! Thats kinda awful for the plant. I feel bad for them now. Makes me think of all the videos on monstera albino and how the white takes over the plant and arent able to photosynthise anymore then turn brown and die. Or How some Albos seem to revert (or as im going to call it "recovering") from varigation and being able to be all green again. I kinda dont wanna buy any more varigated plants anymore :( TYVM for telling me the truth about varigation in general.
@1faithchick72 ай бұрын
There are a lot of plants that are naturally verigated though.
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Not all variegation is bad! And even if it’s man made. Sometimes it just occurs randomly like albinism in animals too!
@ScarryGargoyle2 ай бұрын
Good job! This was entertaining , and I actually did take some things away from this video. W for the algorithm.
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Hell yeah! Thank you for being here!
@melmac51732 ай бұрын
I would like plants whose lineage was irradiated to be identified as so on the label. Informed consumption.
@Black_Jack_AOS2 ай бұрын
Such a coincidence talking about the Anubias. Yesterday I just saw what seems to be a variegated Anubia, it's produced as Anubia nana 'pinto' or Anubia barteri var nana 'pinto'. Do you think it's the same?
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Yup! The Anubias is sold as variegated and normal green at pet shops. Variegation looks mottled which is gamma ray induced
@celestialynx2 ай бұрын
I much prefer the variegation that the plant has produced naturally. Every plant is a living organism and exposing it to radiation in order to "force" it to mutate is just wrong to me. I agree that some varieties are beautiful, but I feel bad about the idea that in order to produce such a species, the plant was subjected to strange experiments.
@dr.d.cutter67912 ай бұрын
Could these variegated varieties be bad for your health long-term?
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
This is a very interesting question. I doubt so many years and generations after exposure, it carries any radiation or chemical but who know 🤷🏼♂️
@Brian-qn2mx2 ай бұрын
I think I got a variegated nepenthes it has a weird green splotches on some of the leaves
@mylovecassie4ever2 ай бұрын
Natural……😊
@Wolverinedura2 ай бұрын
I haven’t seen any variegated Mint fruits. I have seen albo, I understand mint is came from seed but haven’t seen proper fruits on mint monstera. Do you have any idea or video related to this ? thanks
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
Interesting! I don’t have a video on this. Such low incidence on monstera fruiting too
@mariag.52692 ай бұрын
… so my favorite N’Joy pothos is a mutant…. And it’s mother plant suffered radiation to create this beauty for me to gaze at… this needs to sink in, as the question of its origin was keeping interest alive and now when I know how it was produced… I was aiming to buy bright salad-green pothos… and it must be also a product of radiation 😳 At least my monstera has just a bit of variegation, I hope it’s natural. How can I stop feeling sorry for the variegated plants?
@13BulliTs2 ай бұрын
😵💫😵💫 I got a Marble Queen with a gamma-ray radiation from cobalt 60 and I didn't know from a sustainable plant shop, this is gonna hurt their feelings if I tell this to them, LMAO.
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
I’m not sure how Marble Queen was developed-but the patent for pearls and jade shows they exposed a marble queen to gamma rays to have it mutate 😅
@Christian.Laurent2 ай бұрын
I have an odd opinion about creating new species. There was a case, where a man-made aquarium plant was introduced and is now enveloping the Mediterranian sea since the 1960s. These ways of variegating plants are at least a good way to ensure the new species will not become invasive. We have a bad habit of introducing invasive species through our own behavior, so at the very least, artificially created variegation should be supported as a more environmentally conscious manner of collection and propagation.
@prettyingreen2 ай бұрын
That’s interesting! Maybe variegate them to keep them from being so vigorous 😅
@stuartmachir2 ай бұрын
Thaumatophyllum Thalidomidensis ... petioles not included.
@dmorfo43592 ай бұрын
Speckled variegation is definitely from radiation
@kellyduguay33682 ай бұрын
Love this topic. Although I wonder how many "scientific experiments" you just unleashed on our green friends ;) Completely different topic....best named play my youngest daughter was in, in the 90's...."The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"
@mrbor520014 күн бұрын
anyone selling cobalt-60, i need to make variegated plant 😅
@D.I.Y.G2 ай бұрын
I have a shoet video of a Mexican clover (common weed in south) and it’s showing variegated leaves and I just thought maybe an expert could tell me what they tjought
@sheazt2 ай бұрын
too many varigated plants on market makes buyer boring
@kylie_maree112 ай бұрын
I prefer the natural ones. The man made ones look sick to me?
@LezBob2 ай бұрын
Man made variegations, ai content...i would never pay full price for something that is not natural and hand made with care, time and selection. Many of these induced variegations revert back to green when propagates or not enough light is available or they are just not as healthy and strong as the orginal.
@jen_sen8508Ай бұрын
You want a hand made plant? Bruh we aint god
@SparkleInMoonlight2 ай бұрын
I can´t help it but I really find exposing plants to radiation to create variegation unethical. Regardless of what comes out of it. I very much prefer natural variegation - not only for ethical reasons, but I also find it more beautiful. The radiation creations have similar look of the variegation and now there is so much of it on the market that I find it simply boring.