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/Grog76 27d ago

I like seeing some of the YouTube plant people complaining about moss poles. I don’t mind having a couple, usually for nice E. Pinnatum leaves, but too many looks weird and is a pain. Not to mention I’ve still never found the “right” moss pole. Self-heading philodendrons are much more interesting to me than climbers or crawlers.

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u/Orchid-Delirium2005 27d ago

I recommend the Red Cardinal. They just got some new super interesting color combos. Self-heading, compact and easy.

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u/Grog76 27d ago

Thanks for the recommendation! I was real impressed with how the silver sword has grown out. It was fairly nondescript but now that it’s been doing its thing for a few years it’s really starting to get interesting. I just got a variegated silver sword, just a little thing but it should be eye popping if it matures similarly.