PLANTS we'd love to have & probably can't afford yet @Bangkok International Plant Show 2023

Join me in one of the largest rare plant events in Southeast Asia, the Bangkok International Exotic Plant Show and Sell. Truly exciting as more than a hundred vendors across the world come to showcase and sell their best. We will see many plants here today that you've not seen before. They are variegated aroids and if the regular allocation is not diva enough, we now have the variegated versions. Some leaves are so colorful here they can really put some flowers to shame. And 2023 is truly the year where tissue culture rare variegated plants really come into the market, so making them much more accessible. Stay tuned to find out how much they cost. Hi everyone, my name is Irene and today I am in a very exciting plant show. First up is Kedah's nursery and here you can see some delicious variegated plants here. This is the glorious herb and if you move up over there, that is a huge monstrous bilia tea. Now let's look out for more. Okay we have arrived at this amazing anthurium. I want to show you this is a variegated anthurium. I forgot the name. So this is the anthurium red phoenix variegated. The price on this is mind-blowing. It is at 3 million Thai Baht or 84,000 US dollars and I've been told both pots have been sold. So I heard some buyers from US have stepped up this gorgeous plant and oh yeah I think we have here the anthurium regale and then we have this beautiful ace of spades. Wow it is so dreamy, so magical. Very nice, big and dark a beautiful anthurium. Not sure what it is. It looks like it's got this papillominum kind of parentage and now my eyes are caught by this stall that's called Oh My Plants and look at this gorgeous homaluminous. They are pink. Come a lot closer and there are all sorts of gorgeous pink. This is like a more pale-ish pink. This one looking a lot more vibrant. Maybe it's because it's a new leaf. So gorgeous guys and that one's totally pink. I wonder if that's like could survive on its own. Oh my god they look as good as flowers if not better. Look at that. And then there is also the homalumina pink minted and that's this one over here. Look at this leaf. So you can see the pinkish and a little bit minty and there is the homalumina that is like green mint and that's way over there. Here you go and this is the green mint homalumina. And then right over here in front we've got the homalumina variegated that is Aurea. These are considered Aurea. They have this yellowish sort of variegation. I am with Khun Pita now and her shop here is called Oh My Plant and look at this. Oh my god. Tell us about this alocasia. Okay this alocasia is local to the Philippines. It's a newly discovered alocasia. I mean newly named. They just obviously named it alocasia shatterglass. Pretty new alocasia in the market. So if you guys interested you can come visit us. Yeah I have not seen this around so I think it's pretty rare. Yeah it's really hard to find. Yes and the price tag here is about 55,000 THB. That's correct. Okay I did not bring 55,000 with me today. I'm very sorry. Cut the leaf. And there's another one here I've not seen before too. This one is alocasia corazon. It's variegated. Also local to the Philippines. Yes oh my god a variegated alocasia corazon. It's beautiful. The corazon is usually a little bit blue, greyish. And then this one is more like greenish Aurea. Good. You said this is the most rare alocasia you've seen? Yes correct. So this one they haven't officially named it yet. It's characteristic is most comparable to alocasia heterophylla. Where does it come from? This one is from a mountain in Philippines. Again Philippines. You have gorgeous gorgeous alocasia and let us turn this around for your view. Wow how much is this? Well I'm asking price right now for this pot. It's 1 million. 1 million? I think I better give it back to you in case I drop that on something. I am so lucky. I have found Miss Rock. She is. Please introduce yourself. Okay sawasdee kha I'm Miss Tiffany 2020 and I'm actress in Thailand. Wow beauty queen. Yes. And you love plants? Yes I love it so much. Can you tell us which is your favorite plant in this booth? Yes I think that this plant is queen of heart. Queen of heart? Yes so beautiful and beautiful form and beautiful plants. Let's take this down and let's have a better look. It's good you are so tall. You can reach this. Okay I'm okay. Yes. Anthurium queen of heart. Queen of heart. So beautiful. Yes I think a lot of people now like black. Yes. Like dark minimal and easy to take care. Ah easy to take care also. Hmm yeah I don't know this Anthurium. Is it quite new in the market? Yes. Okay queen of heart. Queen of heart. And rock of heart. Rock of heart. And you? I am Irene. Irene. Yes. All right so you have just added something to my wish list. Yes. I am in this booth now that's called live with plants. And this is Jom. Jom. Jom from Thailand. Jom from Thailand. Yes. And we have some spectacular plants here. Yeah. Maybe we could start with this one. Can you tell me what this is? Canthus coccus. Do you know how big this can grow up to be? Oh it's very big. Very big. Very big. Wow this is a very special plant. Yeah. Is it like a kind of palm? No. No. Different. Texture is a similar palm. Similar to palm. But not same. I think what is really unique here is also this palm. Yeah this is a palm. This is the back leaf. Yeah it is so amazing. This is the rare one. Truly rare. Yes. And um this is from I think somewhere in Central America. Yeah I think so. Yeah this is really really fantastic. And then over there. Yeah. Yes. This is a beautiful beautiful genus. So guys you know there's a lot of talks on aeroids and we see them around. But these ones not many people talk about so much. This is new leaf. New leaves tends to be brown. And then the more mature one they will turn green later. Yes. Yes. Yes. Let's look at the name. Zamiya amphipholia. Zamiya amphipholia. And the price tag here is 50,000 Thai baht. Yes. So it's not a cheap plant. Yes. We call this rare one also. It is a rare plant. Very rare. Very rare. Yes. And this one is a variegated Zamiya. Yes Zamiya. Zamiya holidens Variegation. Wow okay I don't know this name. So this is what the plant is. And wow there's a six digit price tag on it. Are you sure? Very cool. This is 100,000 baht. 100,000 baht. Very rare also. Very rare. And this one is so expensive. Wow look at that. This is truly one of a kind. Thank you so much. And grow too slow. Grow very slowly. Yeah Zamiya they can really hold their price because they are not fast growing plants. And then they are quite difficult to come by. Yeah. So keep your eyes out on these babies. I am at this booth now. It is called Pure Orchids. And this is Koon first. Yes. And she has the most amazing plants. I have never seen a variegated Alocasia mellow. May I know how much this is? Uh 300,000. 300,000. Guys this is really really gorgeous. It's like intensely white. And I'm going to show you another leaf that's here. The petal is so incredible. And Koon first you have many other nice plants here. Do you want to take out another nice special plant? Which one would you like? Any one. Okay. Is this Alocasia jacqueline? Yeah. Alocasia jacqueline that is variegated. Yeah the texture is very nice. Yes and it's a little furry also. Gosh. And I can see a price tag here. I'll show everybody. This is 49,000. And absolutely gorgeous. Wow. Thank you so much. Oops. What's your YouTube channel? Okay wait you hold on. And then this Alocasia dragon scale variegated caught my eye. It is so gorgeous. Which one is your favorite so far? This one is my favorite. This one is your favorite? Yes. Oh wow. Look at that guys. Close up. Yeah. I have never ever seen a variegated Alocasia dragon scale. It is truly stunning. This one is almost completely elbow though. The white the white leaf here. So wow. And then I want to show you the back. Even the back is quite beautiful. This lovely red veins that's running across. So now we're at this booth that says for the good time. And I've just bumped into Gary. Hello Irene. How are you? Good thanks. Gary where are you from? I'm from the UK. London. I now live in Bali. I took the decision to move there in December. Christmas day I flew out. So I've had enough of the cold. Yes. And the plants don't do so well in the cold. So. And Gary's lucky he can afford to then move out and luxuriate in Bali. Yes. Yeah. And then these things have caught Gary and my eyes. I'm just gonna pull a pot out now. Because this one is really a beauty I thought. This looks like the clown. Yeah like a Florida clown. Yeah like you know with the red spots all over it. Like a strawberry something or cranberry. I don't know. Yeah more like cranberry I think. Or cherry maybe. Okay let's see. Does it have a name? The name is in Thai. What's the name? Gecko. This is caladium gecko. Red gecko. Red gecko. Yes. Red gecko. Okay cool. Nice. Okay let's. This is this is the one that's actually caught my eye. Oh this one. Because it looks like this is bleeding. You know like someone's cut it and it's bleeding. Camera come closer. It's absolutely stunning. My bleeding heart. Okay. It's gorgeous. But then to keep this color you need a good amount of light. Yeah. Right. I think I think caladiums in the UK tend to be very short-lived and they you know require a lot of humidity and light as well. So that's why a lot of people like cut them back down and keep the corm and just grow it in the springtime and summertime. You know because it's too much hassle. You know they get crispy during the winter. Like tulips. Yeah yeah yeah tulips like very seasonal. Okay. But absolutely stunning. I've never been a fan of caladiums until I've seen this you know stall. It's absolutely beautiful. And then look they are grown in water. This is quite astonishing. Maybe that's the trick. Yeah. In the UK. Why are you growing this in water? Because I want to share my mind everyone. Because I want to think caladium must put in the soil. But I didn't know normally caladium can. Experiment. Yes. Okay. And they have a little baby from water also. Oh you get babies from the water. So grow the little bulb. Yeah. Nice. So how do you feed it? Do you feed it regular and change the water regular? Yeah regular. Mostly maybe drop some fertilizer. A little bit. Just a little tiny bit yeah. So how much is this? Because Gary would like to buy it. And send it home. This one maybe not yet for sale. This one Gary looks gorgeous. This is a beautiful shade of pink. Very marbly. Yes and very compact too. Yeah it seems to be growing like underneath each other you know as you say. But it's beautiful marble. Ah like a steak. Steak. I feel hungry actually. You're making me hungry now. Why did you mention food? Let's see what else is here. One of the rare beasts. And this is the rare beast. Next I saw the weirdest looking caladium. The shape of its leaves was unlike any other caladium that I've seen before. It looks like it had leaves growing out of its leaves. And I fell in love with it instantly. I want this plant. But this one's fascinating as well. Yeah there's a new model also. I think this one. You say your father is a caladium hybrid. Let's go and see him. Yeah. Hi. Hello. Very nice caladium. Very pretty. Which is your favorite? This is a recommend. This is one of the best. It's like you go to a restaurant with Michelin guide and I'm like this is the best. Yeah this is the first panda he hybrid. His name probably is his name. Yeah. Named after himself. Yeah himself. The breeder. The breeder. Yeah. I want to see this crazy love. Crazy love. Crazy love. Yeah. Wow. Yeah this is a kind of organic leaf. Rain tree. Rain tree leaf. It's very good nitrogen. But retain a lot of moisture which the caladiums will love them. They like the wet moist media and high humidity. Oh they like a moist media. Yes. They don't like to be dry. So if you keep them dry one fine day they will just go dormant. I see. Go to bed sleep. This is why in England central heat it dries out the air. So you must provide a lot of water. Put a dish of water. Wow. Yes sit there in the bowl. Sit there in the bowl about one inch of water. They love the water. Yes. We are here at the booth that's called the Palmetto of River Kwai. And here there are some really amazing palms. I want to show you especially the malted ones. I think malted palms are so gorgeous. This one here in my hand right now is called the Likwala Makulata. It is a palmate leaf, split leaf and really gorgeous malting. The next one is the one that's right here. It's the Likwala Mapuensis. Very proud to say that this is hailing from Borneo. Borneo is the island that I am from. And then here we have the Likwala SP Kalimantan. So it means that this Likwala comes from Kalimantan. And I think they haven't given it a name yet. What else do we find? Oh this one is even more prominent. The malted patterns. I think this one is what they call a species that's from Vietnam. So they haven't quite given it a name yet. This is quite a recent discovery I believe. So have you found anything that really catches your eye? For me I think the one with the greatest contrast does it for me. And it's a battle between this and the Likwala Mapuensis here. Gorgeous. Hi guys I've come to a very special group. This is a couple from Japan. Your name? Yukiko Inokai. Yukiko Inokai and sir? Akosuke Inokai. Okay and you specialize I understand in miniature palms. Yes. Can you tell me a little bit about these palms? Very small miniature palms. Many different varieties. Different varieties. About 137. 137 different varieties. Yeah yeah. From 1947. 1947. Wow let me just admire some of the palms here. This one here FYI is 12,000 THB. Very good. And then this one is more white color. Yeah. And then the pot is also very nice and unique. Thank you. What is the type of pot here you have? Nishiki pot. Nishiki pot. Yeah and the craftsmen make it one by one. Ah handy. Yeah hand drawn. Like white one. Okay let's show it to the camera. Wow. Thank you very much for sharing your nice miniature pot with us. Thank you. Thank you. So this is Kida, the owner of this nursery. What do you have for us today that's special? Everything we bring here today. Everything special. Oh okay. And what is more new here that you've brought? Oh new here is the newest. It's um like uh Philodendron Congo Red. Like that. Congo Red. Same like that. Okay this one. The alcohol one. Ah. Yes already in tissue culture. Already in tissue culture. I think that the the first one in America. How long would it take to get to that size? Maybe one year. One year. What? Up to what you feed them. Oh yeah you feed the cannabis stuff right? Yes yes. Cannabis fertilizer is very good. Cannabis fertilizer. Yes. And then this one? This is a low cassia bambino. We're here at this booth that is called Game Grove and as you can see they are full of tissue culture plants. This one I'm holding in my hand. This is actually the Jose Bueno Variegated. The real mature plants is really pricey but this is really quite affordable now at 250 baht. And then right next here what else have we got? Thai Constellation. Monstera Thai Constellation. Still commanding very good price. At this size the tissue culture is at 390 baht. What gems? What else do we have here? White Wizard. White Knight. White Princess. Pink Princess. If anybody is still very crazy about them you can buy now a pot of Pink Princess for 350 baht and it looks like there is about at least eight to ten plants in here. So a very good deal. This is Khun Game and this is his tissue culture business booth. Tell me a bit more about actually how long it takes for some plants to be like this? Some plants are one year. One year? Yes. Some plants are very fragile right? Yeah. More than three months. More than six months. Something like that. Okay. Is there some special plants you like to highlight to us? The first one is the Nakari Tamsin. Variegated. Yes. Our variegated. And the second one is the Halocassia Singnota variegated. Can I ask how much is this? 10,000. Oh. For one plant. This is Billy. Billy Pierre. Not variegated. It's not variegated. All green. Yes. But there's so many and they're so cute and it's about 150 baht. Yes. For about it looks like a bit eight plants or something. Maybe this one I can afford. Yeah. I multiplication state more than plant because I want to get some variegated. Ah. 0.1 percent from green. Oh when you tissue culture it's like 0.1 percent that will come up. Yes. Variegated. In my lab. In your lab. Okay. So when that happens you strike lottery. Oh yeah. I'm now in the booth of Supsiri Garden and this one caught my eye. This is the Piper Sp. Morona Santiago and look at the texture. It's so gorgeous. Just gonna pick up some little plants that really caught my eye. This one also caught my eye. This one I have not seen before and the pattern and the contrast is simply amazing. This one is called Leia Zeppelina. I have never heard of it and I'm not sure where it is from either. If you do know where this is from or you've seen it before do let me know. And this one here is the Raffi Rodera tenuous silver. I love this shop. They have labels for the names of the plants. So isn't that gorgeous? I just love anything that's got this uber very very nicely textured leaves. And this one is the Anandendram tricolor I'm told. The seller was telling me this is from Thailand and it's very rare. Do let me know what you think. I personally feel like um I can't distinguish many variegated philodendrons anymore. This is looking a little bit even like the pothos to me but yeah I'm sorry. But maybe it will grow up to be something that's really gorgeous and unique. I'm not sure. So that's it guys. Hope you've enjoyed the tour and see you in my next video. And don't forget to click like, subscribe and share with everyone. Bye!