🐸🧦 I don't know what it is about plants named after people, but they seem like the most thoughtful gift. "Here you go Patricia, enjoy your new Philodendron". 💚💚💚💚 I'm glad to hear you talking about non-native/invasive species, and the problems that arise... it was almost a couple years ago that Marimo moss balls (though technically an Algae) had been found contaminated with invasive Zebra mussels and likely thousands; if not millions, of them had to be destroyed. Currently there are only a few companies permitted to import them and still they must be inspected at only a handful of airports upon entry.

Honestly the satisfaction of growing out a tiny TC plantlet into a glorious monster of a plant is one of my favourite things ever. That story about customs chucking plants that looked dead but were almost certainly salvageable.... the horror. The sheer horror. I was wondering why so few people bother importing and why some plants are so cheap here whereas others are ridiculous or even just not available. At all. Your experience or at least your friends experience explains a lot. I was kind of hoping to import and maybe set up a little nursery. I made the mistake of telling the other half and he's started shopping for commercial sized greenhouses he said we have 75 acres and it needs to start making us money LOL But yeah the last thing we want to do is import something that's going to f up the ecosystem or agriculture, we have politicians doing that already.

My husband laughs when I show him the prices for some of the plants..Thank you for sharing and spending time with us.Cant wait for an update.

The mature form of the patriciae is stunning. Not heard of it before now but I must have one. The price of mature specimens is wild, to me. I've not bought anything over $20 yet! I'm in the same position as you. I want to grow out some large specimens for my personal collection but I also want to grow a mum for prop, chop, and cost recovery. I've intentionally bought over planted or multiple specimens of plants I want to do that with. Still very early days for me though. I'm glad I found your channel, not just because you're a fellow Aussie, but you've got similar desires and goals for your hobby. You're just farther along than I am. lol Your attitude, character, and sense of humour also makes my day. I consider you one of my kind. 😅 You'd think customs would have people who know what they are doing with plants in the "flora department" as it were. The countless horror stories I've heard about importing plants is enough to out me off ever taking the risk. I understand and respect biosec. It's hugely important to protect our very unique isolated ecosystem. They've got the right sort of staff for dealing with fauna. Plants are just as freaking expensive, and they don't need as many resources. A knowledgeable person would have known to put the wet sticks in a prop box. 😔 Also like animals, not giving the right care to imported flora can really mess with a person's livelihood. 😠 The "prominent" fella you mention has the right idea. He's playing the numbers game. Like as you said one does with props. Makes sense. Definitely the way to go if you have the capital. Oh? You have a deflasking video? I'ma go find it. I love TC, it means plants I really want to get will eventually be within my budget. 😁 Sorry for leaving long comments on your videos. Plants are such a passion I can't help but ramble. I'm sure my housemate is sick of it being all he hears about from me! 🤣 I was starting to lose motivation before I happened across your channel. Finding your channel has renewed my motivation to keep plugging along towards my goals. Thank you for the time and effort you've put in to making content. 🥰

Yeah great video, I'm glad you got into all that! A lot of people even here don't realize what it takes to import plants or animals or even biological material like raw wool into the country. I've had SO many Indonesian sellers try to convince me to smuggle plants in - oh no its fine, we'll give you a phyto certificate, we won't write on the box what's in it...um NO!!! I even let AQIS know about one very persistent one who wrote out his plan in fb messages, including that he's done it before, and how the Australian guy he sold to laughed about how easy it was... It makes me angry because apart from the legal and financial risk I'd be taking (not him), it's SO horrendously destructive. I saw in a plant group that there's a new pest up north (so far); guava root nematode (it affects a wide range of plants, not just guavas) and my first thought was smugglers. I used to breed a few rare chooks, and the breed I was into, brahmas, were first imported in 2016. They started at $1400 trio, because it took a very persistent group of breeders who pooled resources 10 years and a million dollars (!!!!) to import them. First there were issues with fertility of eggs (they could only import eggs, not live birds) in the UK where they were sourcing them, then after the first 5 years they got a batch of eggs through but they were destroyed here in Australia because a disease that we already have here was found on them!! I also spin wool and people well meaningly set up international swaps that result in raw wool being sent to people here - also illegal and dangerous. So your point about tc is interetesting, in that its a sterile way to import plants. I am personally not a huge fan of tc overall but I actually hadn't considered that angle, thank you! :) :)

Fascinating chat

Excited to see those Patriciae grow bigger! As a mother, I have say, you made me a nervous wreck waving around those scissors! I was ready for you to take off running with them! 😂

You'd think that customs / border control (or whichever department it is) would take more care (though I'm not surprised). But it's just ridiculous that their first instinct is to chuck something away, when I'm sure they had documentation stating the value. Would it be so much of a stretch for whoever is in that role to get a clue about plant care? This grinds me gears on your behalf!

Omg I want a patriciae so badly! Will be buying one with Christmas money.

You can actually import seed so long as its labelled properly same as palm seeds.

Red leaf exotic did not do tissue culture for their variegated spiritus, it was self pollination they have a video on it. They are amazingly beautiful though and I hope they do go through TC eventually!

We can legally import seeds in Australia. A lot of people in desert roses community import seeds from Asia and grow them here.

It's strange that the plant care facility didn't even consider letting a node grow out for the imported plants. Also poor form that they didn't check with you guys prior to binning them.

Hey I got one! It is definitely a must have for Philo lovers. Mine literally shot out TWO leaves in one shoot. Like literally TWO leaves. I don't want to be baiting you or what, but you can see in my latest video and there's a timestamp for Patriciae(please let me know if this is baiting so I can immediately delete this part). Both are growing and unfurling. Seriously what an amazing and interesting thing that two leaves coming out from one shoot. Can'ttttt wait for it to get matured!

spiritus sancti can grow that huge?!?!??!?! I thought it was just a normal sized Philo! 😍😍😍 And, wow, you can't even import seeds? 😱 Edit: Understood the reasoning near the end of the video. Thanks!

You can import from equagernara (spelling). I do.

Where do you source TC specimens from? I'm in Australia

Ooooof I got my first spiritus seedling in may for $500 and I just got a second one which is TC on a black Friday sale for $250 and I couldn't pass that up. Don't think I'm just rolling in money I'm not, I got a payment plan set up for both them. Ps. Mind you I'm not flexing just sharing my experience with obtaining them.

Etsy from Florida Patricie wwi4hv4 leaves appr. 6 inches long in a 4 inch pot for 115.00

Wait, a PSS and BMF got tossed! I’m sick to my stomach right now. You’d think they would contact the importer and see what they want to do. After that experience, I think they would turn me into a smuggler. Damn!

I have big specimen of Patriciae

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT IN AUSTRALIA??? I NEED TO KNOW!!!

Are you not allowed to send parcels in “any old box” in Oz? Seems every package you have is in an Australia post box 📦

With 34 leaves