i hope you're doing super well and keeping safe if you've not met before my name is james and
i'm from sydney australia today i stumbled across this random exhibition or plant exhibition here at
the calyx which is at the royal botanic garden sydney and i thought i'd go and check it out i
wasn't intending to shoot some video today i've got no hair gel on but it's all good i thought i'd
shoot some random video and just see how we go i mean hopefully we're pleasantly surprised so stay
tuned if you want to see some random plants here at the royal botanic garden sydney see you there
so we're here at the calyx entrance and i've always been awestruck
at the architecture on how this entrance looks like
continuing on this is the pathway to the entrance of the exhibition you'll be greeted by a massive
inside the tide sign and i'm just going to continue walking to the right here to show you
more of the building itself the view is pretty impressive in my opinion just take that all in
when you make your way into the building and pay
a donation you'll be greeted by the entrance door and off you go
i'm going to give you a full walkthrough of the exhibition which has over 20
000 plants on display look at this bright green neon fern
really pops out eh as we go along here can you spot the lobster?
they've got a few pillars which they've affixed some ivy's to which i really love
the ones in purple here are coral bells it was the first time i actually learned of
these when i went to this exhibition so zooming out to give you more of a view
we've got a bed full of curly spider plants here and some more cool looking ferns
i mean i personally don't own any ferns but after seeing so many different types
i may be converted i actually didn't realise that there were so many
so they've planted a few snake and aloe plants here too but check out the patterns of those ones
no i did not fart that was just my shoe creaking on the floor some of you guys hated my background
music so today's video i kept the original audio so you could cop a feel of the actual experience
itself now we're walking past some more cool ferns and snake plants and it looks like we've
just arrived at succulent central you'll probably recognise a lot of these types in terrariums
so more succulents as you go along
and our first cactus so did you know that this wall is one of the largest living rain walls
in the southern hemisphere according to google am very impressed out of all the cacti this is
probably one of my favourites aesthetically because it reminds me of mickey mouse
and we've got some other succulents and agave nested around it
so this exhibition is supposed to mimic an underwater experience so you'll be
hearing a lot of water trickling and some theatric sounds as you go along
and here we've got the common jade plant which i also have at home
my parents are growing heaps of these in their front and backyards
this cactus obviously stood out it's a massive ball looks super cool
so here's a few benches you can rest your tush on but as you continue along there's more jade plants
so you can spot the fox talent are they
so the next agave that you see on the right here is a pineapple express
and now we're greeted with a sea of more jade plants see what i did there
as we walk around this plant bed there's some more types of cacti to admire
some stone crop more coral another foxtail agave and some spider plants
so i do apologi=se if this footage is a little shaky i didn't intend to
shoot any video today so i didn't have my gimbal with me
but i did try to stay as stable as i could and here i'm even actually walking backwards
moving on to the second last bit of this exhibit there's some more spider plants aloes
should just come here if i ever have a burn or a cut
and a massive octopus
some starfish there and a shark
so we're ending here on the bromeliads
and the dracaenas but as you can see all the plants are looking so luscious and healthy
which has reminded me that i need to do some up keeping of my own plants as well
so luckily for me i'm the only one at this exhibition at the moment so i don't have
to fight through crowds of people but it is a pretty cool exhibition it is rather short
uh entry was donation based only so you could do a minimum donation up to five dollars which is
pretty cheap and it's pretty cool they've got some like plaques around that tell you about
the plants themselves and if you want to learn a little bit more but yeah do check it out if you're
in the royal botanic gardens it's at the calix and hopefully you'll enjoy the exhibition here
anyway stay safe and i will see you in my next video see ya welcome to plant rants
advance where i showcase some cool funny or interesting plant content that i find online
you may be shocked to hear this but i actually don't own a fiddle leaf fig i never jumped on the
bandwagon of this one as there were so many other planets out there that have caught my attention
a dear friend approached me for some advice however i extended that call out online on my
instagram where a bunch of amazing people helped repost some tips sorry for example here Sven wrote
watering every two to three weeks only when dry they like to have a consistent watering schedule
clean leaves weekly and place in a well-lit spot with medium to bright
light blissful green sanctuary here highlights the importance of cleaning slash wiping its leaves
which really help in preventing pests like spider mites if you've had pesky spider mite
infestations like i have you'll probably advocate that prevention is better than cure as i've fought
them for weeks on end if you want five quick tips on the fiddly fig according to the experience
of some other fiddle leaf fig owners the exact summary is bright in direct light allowing the
soil to dry between watering routine leaf wipe adding npk monthly and finally patience ficus'
take time to acclimate so pick a good spot and try not to move it i just want to say thanks to those
who took their time out to write up some detailed replies particularly Miguel here who wrote a clear
and concise guideline which pretty much covers everything you need to know in a couple of
messages based off personal experience feel free to pause the video if you wanted to read further