The Living Room Jungle Episode | Rare Plant Tour | Collector-Seller Series P8 | Ep 57
The Living Room Jungle Episode | Rare Plant Tour | Collector-Seller Series P8 | Ep 57
I visited Socaltropics (on Instagram and eBay), a husband and wife duo with 17 years plant experience in San Diego, California. They have been collecting, growing, propagating, and selling houseplants for 17 years and have a rare plant collection that will blow your mind, especially their variegated monstera species. Even more impressive is their practical, economical, and minimalist approach to plants and plant care routine (plant care tips abound!).
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They have so many wonderful plants and seem such a warm and sweet couple. I especially like that the plants are displayed in pretty planters and intricate macrame hangers.
Jimmy at 12:20 "I’m really not a pink plant person…" but the heart-eye emoji in his voice betrays him. 😀
Where do you get those swirly wood stakes?
Thank you for this series. I’m really enjoying it.❤️
when i saw their Philodendron Strawberry Shake i HAD to go on Etsy and buy one for myself haha. they are so beautiful!
Loveee this series!!!
I agree with you one hundred percent about syngoniums, they are fantastic plants to collect.
Please let this never end 🌱💚
So beautiful 😍
Great series
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Totally agree with you regarding Syngoniums ❣️
Omg omg omg I am getting crazy watching all those beauty!
I’m with you! Syngoniums are the bomb!
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Speaking to us from his living area I noticed Jimmy’s eyes quite red. Jimmy were you partaking in smoking one of your planted friends or did you have a rough night? 😎
Really love seeing their plants grown to their full potential!
Ugh! That is just sick!
They have so many beautiful plants omg 🙈
100% agree with you about syngoniums!
Hey Jimmy! That living room is heaven!!❤
I LOVE Syngonium too!! 🤗
Their plants are amazing 👍🌿 thank you for sharing.
I so agree with Syngonium they are so forgiveness give me confidence with plants lol they grow so fast! The best for newbie I think. Love them
I looked up solcaltropics on e-bay and nothing came up. Beautiful plants.
This is so relaxing 😌 🌱and absolutely beautiful 🌱
We wre wondering where the Monstera Deliciosa Variegata (LARGE) leave in the video was? You would think that if they are in the business for over 17 years, they’d have one. 😔
Nobody really talks about that!
Thanks for the tour! Awesome collection! The Dischidia looks like Dischidia formosana.
Loving this series!
Hey! amazing episode. is there any problem with the kidney (the calcium oxalate crystals) bc of the monsteras in home??
OH my keeping kitties out of your plants. I have raised three kittens to 2 years old. Now the largest one is 18 pounds, and still growing, and can leap from the floor almost 6 foot to the top shelf of my living room plant stand. I wired in safety rails because kitties also like to knock plant pots off shelves. He is a brute. I just got word yesterday a friend of mine is going to let me have one of her old iron parrot cages. Going to put it on the dining room table. LOL I also lined up a row of snake plants across the bottom front and sides of the cabinet the plant stand sits on. AND put double sided carpet sticky tape all along my window sills. Not sure what the sticky tape would do to your couch fabric. Might work to keep them off. Good luck and if you find a magic cure let me know. Crazy thing is the kittes pay no attention to the plants on the kitchen counter plant stand. I also put rails on it.
I have really enjoyed this series and SoCal Tropics.
Another enjoyable episode…congrats. Question, didn’t you have the Fish Tail Hoya for sale on your Etsy shop at some time not long ago??
😲 *speechless*
I love syngoniums too
The pink syngonium is so awsome.
I do agree Syngonium is a little underrated, which is great, then the price is more affordable 😆 I recently got a S. Auretum, I love how odd the leaf shape is and it is growing so well!
Syngoniums are my FAVORITE
Absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing🤩
Such an impressive collection. And they dont have a speck of dirt on the floor!! 😱
Ooooh. That syngonium is gorgeous. A wendlandii I believe. That and rayii are on my wish list 😁 And now Jade and Scrambled Eggs too thanks to seeing their plants! Lol.
Thanks for this series Jimmy! Wonderful! 🌿🤩
Awesome vid! What is the screen they place on their pots? What an amazing collection. Thank you for sharing another great video Jim.
Did you asked why they put the moss on the soilsurface?
Another great video.
Stay well, Jimmy! Those NICU babies need you. We just have a NICU baby in our family, but he is out now and doing so well. Gaining weight like a maniac!
I really don’t like the emphasize on value, rarity, how it is highly sought after and so forth. The new word for 2021 could be plant snobs. Just enjoying plants and share with friends has turned into ridiculous prices, auctions on Facebook and people showing of plants and just want to make money. It brings out the worst in some people.
I’m beyond impressed with this. So lovely!!
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Really nice Series
Love syngoniums too. I’ve got four species/
I have a Peperomia Elongata and I love it! I just ordered a Jade Syngonium but it hasn’t come in the mail yet. I ordered it from Glasshouse Works so, it may be awhile. I just love their living room. My house has a ton of plants too and I am working out incorporating them throughout the house. It’s not an easy job.
Great video Jimmy ,thanks so much . Looking forward to the next one . Have a great weekend .
Most of my syngoniums are doing great but one is struggling and I don’t know what it wants from me 😭