--- title: "I’m just curious as I’m trying to grow my plant collection: what are…" description: "I’m just curious as I’m trying to grow my plant collection: what are your favorite plants or some of your wishlist plants?" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/SkKUM4SJTva1EzBNyX7LqA" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Destinie Merwin" published: "2024-07-14T18:19:33.901831Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md) # I’m just curious as I’m trying to grow my plant collection: what are… _Posted by Destinie Merwin on 2024-07-14_ I’m just curious as I’m trying to grow my plant collection: what are your favorite plants or some of your wishlist plants? ## 36 comments ### Kades commented on 2024-07-14 My top three favorites of my newer plants are a philodendron birkin, syngonium painted arrow, and philodendron Florida bronze #### Kades replied on 2024-07-14 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/0ek9sVzaR3mmwJ_QIRNoJA.webp?size=large) #### Kades replied on 2024-07-14 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/XMV8UqLYQbaecHrTMG_ddA.webp?size=large) #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 Ooh! Did you get them at a nursery or from a big box store? #### Kades replied on 2024-07-14 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dvZ_5A_7vsoNrC5ussMCoDg3zG2-CETUIZaHjm2mMY/PaVTRvi8T0mDJwfSykvskA.webp?size=large) #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 Oh they’re gorgeous! _1 more reply in the app_ ### StringofMonsteras commented on 2024-07-14 My monstera, my pothos, and my peace lily! ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DbL-BUS16AAlqekDWtdcaYQUr5A5yM5jNLpTW_G96Xo/pnY3I4ZQSSiWAXgFsbM8IA.webp?size=large) #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 I have two monstera deliciosas, three golden pothos, and two marble queen! I can’t have a peace lily because of my cats and even their pollen is dangerous to cats #### StringofMonsteras replied on 2024-07-14 Oh, wow! My peace lily hasn’t bloomed for a year! ### StringofMonsteras commented on 2024-07-14 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DbL-BUS16AAlqekDWtdcaYQUr5A5yM5jNLpTW_G96Xo/Cd-MP1PZTUiQYeB_CLBkkQ.webp?size=large) ### StringofMonsteras commented on 2024-07-14 ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/DbL-BUS16AAlqekDWtdcaYQUr5A5yM5jNLpTW_G96Xo/4V0FxDLmSoSEzryQ-M6W_A.webp?size=large) ### Kg commented on 2024-07-14 Perennials Lamiaceae aka mint family easy to hybridize edible smell great and grow quickly ### Lindsay commented on 2024-07-14 Saoirse ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dVKUA1_j1WU2ca5Fy5HVfdbvurI9QAwJD_yvGEC7TY/NI3zwEAZT4ChG-GQLjzMMg.webp?size=large) #### Lindsay replied on 2024-07-14 The unidentified philo #### S.R replied on 2024-07-15 I love the leaf on this one so I tried to ID it - plowmanii maybe? ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KQc8xQtzX_hgW9qV4MJoMtVZRz2EwW96zQMr7zTiCZI/s4ewWOAHTs6aRkbGqN4geg.webp?size=large) ### Lindsay commented on 2024-07-14 And my dragon scale, Mona ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dVKUA1_j1WU2ca5Fy5HVfdbvurI9QAwJD_yvGEC7TY/xET9RpPKRLyub0Hfx2tqhA.webp?size=large) #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 I have three alocasias (dark star, black velvet, and red secret) but I’m definitely adding this one to my list! They’re gorgeous plants ### Billi commented on 2024-07-14 I love my Calatheas. And my wishlist is- Hindu's rope, Swiss cheese monstera. #### Lindsay replied on 2024-07-14 They’re impossible to keep perfect but we love him! ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/2dVKUA1_j1WU2ca5Fy5HVfdbvurI9QAwJD_yvGEC7TY/lEWZBCTSTpWznPwrO6xG8w.webp?size=large) #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 I love monsteras! I want to get that one also. I don’t have any Hoyas in my collection but i recently added a couple of calatheas to my collection! I have a calathea network, ornate, and orbifolia! #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 Oh he’s lovely! ### S.R commented on 2024-07-14 Aglaonema siam ![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/KQc8xQtzX_hgW9qV4MJoMtVZRz2EwW96zQMr7zTiCZI/4CPTMxIQQViVCzYst53kEg.webp?size=large) #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 Oh I haven’t seen this one before! I love him! #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 I do not have any aglaonemas in my collection #### S.R replied on 2024-07-14 This is my first and it’s new so I can’t comment on how they are to care for; but the foliage is so lush and comes in a lot of different green, white, pink and red variations depending on species heart 💚🌿 ### Riley commented on 2024-07-14 I absolutely love tradescantias because they grow so fast and they’re super easy to propagate #### Destinie Merwin replied on 2024-07-14 I don’t have any of those in my collection! [More comments](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/SkKUM4SJTva1EzBNyX7LqA.md?cursor=gLgQc_034hdQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACLfqcUlzrgGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_