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Want to get some knowledge and inspiration for  gardening from Pinoy Plant Vloggers? Here are some of the Most Popular Plant Vlogger in the country. 1. Bechoy Vlog- his blog are featuring rare plants with care tips for variegated billitiae, caramel marble and more. Mr. Bechoy is also doing live selling of plants from his own collection's propagation and sometimes he visit other garden in Pampanga to sell their plants as well. 2. Ken Ken de Lara- This is one of my favorite plant vlogger. Ms. Ken ken is funny and impromptu. When her plants grow bigger she will put them outside her gate to be picked-up by her neighborhood. Her dogs, Kisses and Cotton sometimes take the limelight from her vlogs. 3. Roma So- Although she has a small space, Ms. Roma So always make some adjustments and arrangement for her plants. She also has a cute dog named "Cedie". 4. Greenyard TV- Mr. Allen mostly gives tips and tricks in growing your household plants. He doesn't do live selling but his ...

Why I prefer not to nu Spiritus Sancti this year? From 2 million peso price tag for matured form in 2020, now the price of the juvenile form is only P5,000. Before they said it is obe of the most hardest plant to propagate that is why it come with such a price tag but from the photograph shared by a well-known imported plants seller online, there are huge volume of plants in Thailand Garden. I can safely say that the price of Philodendron Spiritus Sancti will drop to P500.00 by end of the year or first quarter of 2024. Best potting mix for Philodendron Spiritus Sancti is a Soil Less 6in1 Potting Mix, All purpose Soil Less Ready to Use with Pure Organic Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner, Cocopeat, Vermicast, Cow Dung, Chicken Manue, Rice hull, Carbonized Rice hull Ayahziah Garden Original Potting Mix Ready to use 16% Vermicast 16% Cocopeat 16% Rice hull 16% Carbonized Rice Hull 16% Cow Manure 16% Chicken Manure Use Osmocote  18-6-12 COMPLETE FERTILIZER HOW TO USE OSMOCOTE: U...

In my experience as a rare plant collector,  Anthurium is one of the hardest plants to make thrive at least for some species. Anthurium dos not like direct exposure to sunlight and likes a humid environment. I have bought an imported Anthurium Forgetii from Thailand and until now I was not able to propagate since it rarely gave new leaf.  T here are known to be at least 1,000 described species of Anthurium. One of the easiest Anthrurium to take care of is the Anthurium Clarinervium. I bought my Clari back in 2021 for P3,500 and I already managed to propagate.  There are other Anthurium on my wish plant such as Veitchii, Crystallinum, Warocqueanum. Below are the most beautiful and rare Anthurium Foliage. You can use Plant Vertilizer to nourish the plant. HB-101 is an all-purpose natural plant vitalizer that is highly effective for use in growing all kinds of plants. All you have to do is to dilute HB-101 with water. It is easy to use, safe and harmless, which makes it...

What does it mean when rare plants are flooding the local gardens. It means it is not rare anymore and the price already dropped. This is good news to all plant enthusiasts and collectors like me since the expensive plants before are now affordable. Plants that are hard to find before the pandemic are now all over the plant garden. The picture below is a river of Philodendron Pink Princess which cost P20,000 per leaf in 2020 and is now P400 for a plant with 5 leaves or more. I remember when I really wanted to buy this plant at the beginning of 2022. I saw a post in the marketplace for two small leaves for P3,000 and the seller told me it is not yet established but since it comes with a good price, I asked the seller to ship it from Mindanao to my place in Luzon. And after two weeks the plant was gone as it did not thrive. Last year, I bought my second plant for P2,000 with four big leaves already. The bottom line here, if we will wait for other rare plants like Variegated Billitiae and...

Philodendron Spiritus Sancti was once tagged as the most expensive plant worth two million pesos during the pandemic. They said it is one of the hardest plant to propagate but I begged to disagree knowing it comes from the family of Philodendron which are easist to grow. You can just imagine if you buy this plant two years ago for P2 million pesos and now you can buy a juvenile size for only P5,000 peso. Patience is really a virtue, so I will wait a little more for about another six months and my forecast is that it will drop to P1000 by end of the year. Just like other plants, Spiritus Sancti can be grown via tissue culture so its not a surprise that it will flood our local garden soon. Care Tips and Propagation: Place your plant on ahigh humid area with lots of bright indirect sunlight. just like Philodendron Billitiae let its aerial roots be activated by pointing and resting its aerial roots to the soil. Wtaer two to three times a week during summer.  Use a loose medium like co...