Collector Plants

Plant names in the collector world carry a lot of meaning, and a lot of misinformation. Here is what the Latin actually tells you, what a cultivar name requires to be legitimate, and why NOID is sometimes more honest than a name that sounds official.

Thai Constellation is one of the most collected variegated Monsteras in the world, and for good reason. Here is what makes it different from every other variegated Monstera, how its rarer forms compare, and what to know before you bring one home.

Alocasias propagate differently from most aroids, and understanding how changes the way you think about offsets, tissue culture, and why variegated forms exist at all. Here is how the rhizome, corms, and TC all connect.  

A common question in the hobby is whether selfing a single plant is different from crossing two divisions. The answer comes down to genotype, not the number of pots.  

Learn the history and differences between Philodendron Florida Beauty, Ghost, Green, and Bronze, and how this iconic hybrid family came to be.

Tissue culture is changing how rare plants get grown, shared, and preserved. A primer on the science, the journey from lab to shelf, and what is happening at RPF Labs.