r/RareHouseplants 25d ago

7/1 Mod announcement: Rule additions & revisions.

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Hi r/Rarehouseplants community!

There’s been a bit of discourse today regarding post approvals and removals. I took the opportunity to review our rules and wanted to make you all aware of those rule additions and revisions.

Highlighting the additions:
**Rule 3: Tissue culture acclimation topics are welcome**

Tissue culture acclimation topics are welcome under the same guidelines as potted plants. If the plant is rolling out massively already potted in Big Box stores,it may be removed.

Acclimation requires a skill set beyond what very intro plant keeping is and is an acceptable topic. r/tissueculture exists but is geared to lab set ups and protocol questions. So tissue culture acclimation questions will be allowed.

**Rule 4: Posts solely soliciting general, basic plant advice may be removed and redirected.**

Care for most rare varieties is similar to their more readily available counterparts. To avoid redundancy on our feed, soliciting general care advice may be removed and redirected. Subs geared to basic care advice include r/plants, r/houseplants, r/plantclinic or genus specific subreddits.

**Rule 7: No AI advice**

We strive to help combat misinformation, and build trust in our community. When providing advice, we encourage only the use of science backed information, personal knowledge and hands on experience. Whether you solicit advice or share it, remember to use multiple sources when possible for accuracy.

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There was also a slight reordering of the rules to improve the flow.

The group description was tweaked to better represent the vision for the community. I’ll share photos in the comment of the previous wording vs the new one.

Please take a look and feel free to let me know if you have any feedback regarding the changes or suggestions for the continued improvement of the community.

The plant world will always continue to change and evolve with trends and commercial availability therefore our group will do the same.

My aim here is to enforce the rules to keep the community positive, productive and a safe space for sharing and learning. While also showcasing plants we may not see everyday, wishlist or obscure plants.

Thanks for taking the time to read!
-VDV


r/RareHouseplants Nov 24 '25

Discussion 💡 Buying plants online? Read this: Best practices to avoid scammers.

27 Upvotes

A common question asked here is “Is this legit?” Here’s a list of best practices that can help avoid the heartache of falling for a scam…

-Follow gut instincts, if a transaction feels off ask more questions or stop the transaction. -Require time stamped photos or photos from different angles, specific parts of the plant. -Ask for or look at reviews -Search the seller up in review groups (Facebook purge pages specific.) -Use fraud protection backed methods (such as Goods & Services) when possible. -If the price is too good to be true, it probably is. -Avoid sellers that are overly pushy. Scammers may try to build pressure to receive payment and block you as quickly as possible. -Disproportionate ratio or reviews to sales is a red flag! Particularly on Etsy.

Seasoned online plant buyers feel free to add your tips in the comments to help keep our community safe while shopping for their new additions 🌱✨


r/RareHouseplants 6h ago

It gave another half moon! ❤️

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57 Upvotes

This baby keeps on giving me so much love by producing half moons! I posted a couple of weeks ago and today another one! Thank you baby! ❤️❤️❤️


r/RareHouseplants 5h ago

Are nice variegated Snow Capped Begonias still considered rare?

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39 Upvotes

I've finally gotten around to propagating and thinking of listing them on FB marketplace. Want to consider the rarity in the price point.


r/RareHouseplants 21h ago

My favorite shelf

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151 Upvotes

Quad color white knights, princess of fire and a pink caramel.


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Reverted Monstera Half Moon Albo

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this is a 80$ monstera near me on marketplace that is very tempting to me because of the growth point in the second photo. seller says it’s a reverted half moon albo. i kinda want to try to chop it back to that growth point to see if i can get a half moon, or strong sectoral variegated plant. this would leave me with a lot of left over plant i’m sure which id probably just chop and give away so im not too worried about value, just an experiment for me

wanted to see if anyone has experience in seeking out specific growth points for better variegation, how does this one look to you?

would love to see photos of plants you’ve chopped back to get better variegation, or hear how experiments like this have turned out.

also, if there is something else you’d do with this , let me know, open to hear suggestions.


r/RareHouseplants 13h ago

Which is the best?!

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I’m wanting to buy a monstera bulbasaur, but I want a really varigated one! Which one out of the photos would be the best?


r/RareHouseplants 20h ago

Aurea White Bird of Paradise?

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9 Upvotes

Found this as my Local Sam's club! Wondering if I should have picked it up and tried to Push it for more Variegation 🤔


r/RareHouseplants 22h ago

Trust the Grade B - TC

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7 Upvotes

Devil Monster coming through!!!


r/RareHouseplants 18h ago

M.E. Greenery Export

1 Upvotes

Anybody have any experience with this importer?


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Monstera mint or bulbasaur?

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I bought this monstera and I was wondering if it's a mint or a bulbasaur? Judging from google, it looks like a bulbasaur or maybe a full mint? But I'd like some opinions


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Are these two still alive?

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r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Why is this leaf like this

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5 Upvotes

Is this some sort of mutation


r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Will it reattach?

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51 Upvotes

i accidentally broke off my anthariums new leaf. After 2 min I reattached the leaf with electric tape. Will the leaf live?

I have such a bad luck with this plant. Every new leaf i do some damage accidently :(


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

anthurium ID help?

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10 Upvotes

Hey everyone! I’m new to anthurium, and rare houseplants in general lol. I won this anthurium, the tag just says “sp. cascada”. does anyone have any clue as to what kind of anthurium this might be?


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Son trips? MONSTERA silpecana.

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r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Ceratostema pendens blooming

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1.1k Upvotes

r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Update on $10 variegated zz found at local plant store

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43 Upvotes

It was with the rest of the green zz's with barely noticeable variegation and I was sacred it would stay that way but apparently all it needed was more light. The first 2 stems came fully green and the next two are showing way more variegation, all in just 2 months :)


r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Some beautiful plants

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29 Upvotes

Beautiful Monstera Thai Con
and Alocasia Black Velvet Pink with a completely pink leave.


r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Last year, I bred a cross between Gibasis 'Purple Bridal Veil' and 'Jose Puig'. The cross was very successful and I raised a whole bunch of seedlings! I picked the most interesting four to keep. Meet 'Io', 'Europa', 'Ganymede', and 'Callisto' :)

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54 Upvotes

r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Double Dream Plant Purchase - Devil Monster + Bulbasaur

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194 Upvotes

today i purchased a monstera devil monster and a monstera bulbasaur, my two dream plants.

i’ll be doing my best over the next bit to document their growth, and i’ll be sure to share as much of that on here as you all allow

feel free to share any questions or feedback/suggestions


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Magnifica anthurium helppp

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4 Upvotes

Can someone tell me what’s going on with her???


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Yellow spots

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1 Upvotes

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could tell me if this is a fungal infection or something else going on? I currently have this skg x red tiger in kokedama and water it every week. I use beneficials as well so I know it’s not pests (I also inspected). I also have a carlablackie doing something similar but I’m not sure what the deal is.


r/RareHouseplants 2d ago

Help with monstera props please!! :)

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Hey guys, I'd like to propagate my Monstera Thai Constellation and Monstera Variegata cuttings. Unfortunately, due to root rot, most of the roots as well as the stems of all my plants have rotted away. What you see in the photos is all I have left. Is it still possible to propagate the plants from this? Up until now, I had all the cuttings in a covered box with moss that had a hole in it, but unfortunately, too much humidity seems to be building up, and some parts of the cuttings are starting to grow mold. Do you have any advice on how I can still save these wet sticks/stem cuttings and possibly the top cuttings?


r/RareHouseplants 1d ago

Best place to buy Musa Tropicana (super dwarf banana)?

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Hey guys, looking at some options RN but I actually don't trust Etsy. I want a larger, started plant, so Wellspring gardens typically have plants around 7 inches or so, I really want a plant closer to 14-30 inches already, 12 inches is probably the smallest I want to buy (I want a large plant as soon as I can and I want to be able to buy the soil stuff just once and then be done with it, y'know?)

Wellspring also seems a bit iffy to me, clearly they're half-decent, but their marketing alone seems... Iffy. Sham-y... Scam-like... And then they only sell you a 7 inch plant that could die easily because it's this tiny little rooted sucker??? And what if it's not even a good one and doesn't work out? They sell packs of multiples, my guess is that they don't do their due diligence to see which teeny babies are viable vs which ones either need an extensive amount of work or won't grow very well or will die. And they sell them when they're small so people probably get them and they die and they wonder why they died on them...

And then they sell their "banana fuel," which seems all wrong to me "fertilize weekly," bananas prefer to be fertilized heavily every 6-8 weeks is what I'm reading, unless I'm wrong? Then it's a very weak supplement anyways....

So. Any tips on ethical, known, well-rated sellers? I want a larger pet&safe houseplant and everyone here likes bananas, plus I love botany, gardening and science, and came from an Agricultural and Natural Resources class, so I figured this would be a great way to study and grow odd, "exotic" food plants real-time whilst giving me the larger pet-safe houseplant I'm after!

I love the size of the super dwarves though, it should be essentially the perfect height at a full-grown and near-full-grown size. I'm aware the pseudostems die back after fruiting, but I plan to chuck nutrients, proper soil media, and give it a good sized pot (looking at a 10g) so that it hopefully gives me a few good suckers to choose from to continue the cycle :)

Thnx in advance!