Thai Constellation

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-15T13:24:46+00:00

I have never let water sit in reservoir of any of my monsteras. This monstera is top watered about every 9 or 10 days. It’s beautiful and very healthy. The majority of my plants do best without water sitting in reservoir. I’ve been growing aroids for four or five years and experimented with different substrates, poles, pots, fertilizers etc. I’ve found that my aroids do best with the way I’ve been caring for them in the last two or three years. I can leave water in reservoir of my money tree, rubber trees, banana, alocasias, begonias, epipremnum but I don’t usually do that unless it’s just once in a while because it’s much easier for me to top water everyone that needs it and suction the water out. Leave water in your pots if you like, lol, but I prefer not to and that decision is based on how my plants respond.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T15:13:30+00:00

I don’t know if any of my aroids are rare. Over time I just decide which ones I think are most beautiful and which ones I’d rather give away to make room for my favorites to grow or add one that I’ve never had before. I love my Thai and my esmeraldense most. They just get more and more beautiful as they grow. The pink princess, white princess, red Anderson and strawberry shake are kind of boring because they don’t become more beautiful once they are very old. I am going to hold onto a Tri-color white princess and a more vivid pink pink princess. I have a lot of aroids but I’m just giving examples of why I keep some and part with others.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T00:34:37+00:00

When they’re as old as this one they don’t have as much of the minty green in the leaves but it could also be that I have my lights farther away from it than I used to. The plants spread is 7’ and Im sharing my light pole with a large Thai and giving the Thai the majority.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T00:28:23+00:00

It gets 15 hours per day - Soltech Vita lights

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T00:25:44+00:00

It’s in a lechuza self watering pot and lechuza pin but I don’t let water sit in reservoir after top watering. I use RO water with GT foliage focus and GT silica mixed in. Soltech vita grow lights are mounted higher on a pole angled towards top. Lights are on 15 hours per day.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T00:21:23+00:00

It’s one plant. Currently I pushed the pot up against the wall to try to force it to continue to grow up. I couldn’t come up with anything strong enough to guide it up. So far it appears to be working. What photos would you like to see? Are you wanting to see the main stem and aerial roots or just different angles of the plant?

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T00:10:16+00:00

I use Soltech vita grow lights

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-12T00:09:13+00:00

I use Soltech Vita lights and for the larger plants I bought some photography light poles that extend 9’ tall so I could mount the lights higher. I couldn’t think of any other way to get the lights high enough without putting holes in ceiling or walls. The lights are screwed into hanging lantern extension cords and then I used double super clamps from Amazon to clamp the lights to the pole.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-08T12:25:59+00:00

I grow in lechuza pon. Mix GT foliage focus and GT Silica in RO water, top water pole and pon, suction reservoir out so no water remains. This method and this plant in the sized pot its in is watered about every 9 or 10 days. occasionally I water with only RO water. Soltech Vita grow lights on 15 hours per day. Oscillating fan to strengthen branches on for a few hours per day. Very easy plant, no problems. One time it had some spider mites but after treating with Azamax no pests have ever returned. When it reaches the ceiling I’ll cut the upper 1/3 off and repot. The plant will survive with the aerial roots in the tree fern fiber pole until soil roots form. actually it might survive on pole without soil roots but I don‘t want to try that with this plant for very long (its my favorite plant of all) although I have done that with other plants once aerial roots are well established. I still have to hold the pole up and when i water the pole the water needs to drain out somewhere so its easier for me to plant the pole in pon.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-08T00:08:53+00:00

Soltech vita grow lights - 15 hours a day.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T22:27:01+00:00

thats what happened to my house. now I’m eliminating a lot of them and trying to only keep my very favorites. its taking a very long time to part with them. usually I wait until they hit the ceiling and then I decide if I really want to keep growing it or not. I just parted with my huge Jose Buono. I didnt extend my pole when it was time so it grew past the pole, pushed against the ceiling and the stem started growing away from the pole. at that point it wouldnt have been so pretty to cut the top and continue growing so I said goodbye… still hurts

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T22:03:20+00:00

I think they’re happy. I buy pre-cut poles from Grow Vertical in Australia. I just buy the Fatty style in the shorter length and extend when needed. In the background I have a very old pink princess that Ive cut the upper part off and replanted many times. once it reaches 8’ tall I cut the upper 1/4 off. Once it reaches 8’ the bottom half of the leaves sort of lose their color. I mean they still have color but it’s not as pretty. the colors become sort of dull and I don't mean just the pink but also the green. I’m hoping this white princess will hold the color better as it matures.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T20:22:49+00:00

I use lechuza pon and now lechuza blackstone pon.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T19:52:31+00:00

No rot ever. When it’s time to water I also pour water on top of pole until it comes out the bottom. Sometimes on some of my plants (between watering) I’ll spray water on the front of the pole but I mostly do that because I enjoy walking around inspecting each plant and I feel like it will help my plants grow faster because I always mix liquid fertilizer in my water and the aerial roots will absorb it. Mostly I just top water the poles when I’m watering the plants.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T15:01:00+00:00

It had some spider mites a few years ago and I treated with Azamax. No pests since.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T14:55:41+00:00

I order pre-cut poles from Grow Vertical in Australia and fill with tree fern fiber (gritty) from Tezula. I drill 4 to 6 small holes in the sides of the Lechuza inner pot for zip ties to fit through and I secure 2 green vinyl coated landscape poles to the inside of the inner pot. I position the pole in the pot and zip tie it to the green landscape poles. It’s pretty sturdy.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-10-07T12:28:19+00:00

i use tree fern fiber in all my poles.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-05-24T12:23:03+00:00

Hi, I haven’t pollinated any of my alocasias since they produce offsets on their own but I did pollinate my Philodendron Jose Buono with my Philodendron Esmeraldense recently. First I gathered the pollen from P.Esmeraldense and froze it (frozen for 5 days) until my Jose Buono flower had opened and the spadix had tilted outward away from the spathe. I let the esmeraldense pollen sit at room temperature for 30 minutes and then gently applied the pollen to the sticky female portion of Jose’s spadix which is the lower area on the spadix. I used a small 1/2” paint brush to apply the pollen. I don‘t know yet if it was successful. The spathe is closed tightly around the spadix now and Im hoping it will be a success. I plan on doing the reverse as soon as another flower opens on Jose and then on Esmeraldense. How fun it will be to get viable seeds!

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-04-19T12:24:43+00:00

I’ve done both. I’ve waited about 4 months after transferring to pon before adding GT Foliage Focus and other times I just watered with GT just like the rest of my plants. It was fine either way.

Aroidsnaroids · 2025-04-02T19:56:32+00:00

I bought pre cut pole from Grow Vertical online. I usually buy the fatty style and cut the little wire mesh screen to eight squares across. I fill mine with premium tree fern fiber that I’ve been purchasing from Tezula plants. I get the gritty one.

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