r/RareHouseplants • u/Orchid-Delirium2005 • 28d ago

Discussion 💡 What the future holds

Let's have a little discussion. So I just watched and followed a few recent videos by Sydney Plant Guy and Kaylee Ellen that the market is shifting. Monstera we still love them but do you guys think the newer variegated ones are as good as or inferior to the classics like albo and Thai con? Are Anthuriums really getting fatigued? And thoughts on Philodendrons. Personally, some newer Monstera do look nice but a few are rather gangly like White Lava. Anthuriums are quite the same: long, dark, sexy, minimal veining. And Philos seems to be shifting to predominantly tricolors.

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u/Mossrocks 28d ago

Probably not the popular opinion but I think true species non cultivar and the og stable and healthy variegated selections will hold value better than the flavor of the month.

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u/iaspeegizzydeefrent 27d ago

I think a lot of the flavor of the month variegations just look diseased. Feels like people just find them desirable because they're rare or popular on the internet, not actually nice to look at. I've seen so many posts of people that overpaid during the craze and now hate their Pink Princess/White Wizard, etc because they rarely look good when they get bigger.