lmao, that is awesome! I am starting to think hoya is my favorite plant. My mom has had one in her kitchen forever. I just bought one myself, and it's hanging near my desk right now. The flowers are so awesome. (You know not to prune the buds right? They flower in the same spot over and over.) I didn't know they were in the habit of moving around like this though. I like these things more and more.
A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw in his hand(SORRY BOUT SPAM THIS REALLY FREAKS ME)
My only question is how is it moving so fast? I know the tendrils extend and move, that I understand, but how it is moving nearly an inch a minute? That's frighteningly fast... What type of plant is this again?
Some type of Hoya vine. I'm really hoping that it blooms again, so that I can take a good picture of it and, hopefully, be able to nail down the species. It's definitely a peculiar plant. Sometimes it doesn't move much for months, and then, all of a sudden it "goes nuts" for a few weeks. Like I said, I've been working at my desk and had it "slowly" reach out and touch the side of my head. It scared me immensely, since I was home alone!
I also read recently that when one blooms, you don't "dead head" it. The flowers grow on the same stalks. I've done a lot of research on mine. Right now I'm searching for something else and came across your video. Really cool to see what they do over time.
That's a Hoya! I have mine trained on a trellis, they like to be rootbound & climbers. Keep looking for Hoya or Wax plant. They will eventually get waxy looking flowers that are about the size of a good snowball. The flowers will be shaped like stars and I've found them in different colors. Sadly, mine isn't rootbound yet. They are incredibly fragrant, especially in the evening.
Mine has only bloomed once in the almost ten years that I've had it. I hope it happens again someday. :] Did you see the poor quality picture that I took of the bloom in this video's description?
What did you mean by "fall for this"? This is completely real. Of course I can't prove it, but it happened and it still happens. I love this plant. :)
I don't really think it "intentionally" did that. I could imagine, though, that it was seeking the heat of my big head, like plants seek sunlight, but I really think it was just a fluke. It was probably just looking for something to grab and grow around, like vines do.
@nullgel its attracted to the sunlight coming in from the window so it bends then at night when there is no light it returns to a more relaxed position or possibly twords another window getting the last few min of light before night time ( like how a sunflower turns twords the sun)
Plants are alive and can move. They do develop a fondness for their caretakers. Read the book "The Secret Life Of Plants", it will change your whole outlook on the vegative world!!!
Of course they're alive, and certain species of plants move all the time, such as Venus Fly Traps (which kick ass, by the way). But to actually propose that plants are sentient beings and can move at whim is not only preposterous, but completely unimaginable to someone who knows about the structure of plants. There are no nervous structures or stimui that would make it do such. Plants don't move towards heat, they grow towards light.
...and yet the nervous systems are control by something even smaller, this you cant deny... i mean how exactly is it that vines grow towards something to grab onto... it knew were it was going. yes it could not concept what it was doing or even know it was doing anything at all... and yet it still set a simple task to complete, how explain can we explain intellengce.
craizin421: Vines don't grow towards a specific target. They sway through the air and attach to stuff they hit. What they actually attach to is random, but the behaviour is of course programmed into their genes...
TOO COOL..but I can not find anything like it when I googled HOYA VINE. Does anyone out there know anything more about this plant/vine that they can tell me?
Ah-ha! Yep. Looking at images in Google results for "Hoya vine" I can definitely say that you are correct. That's exactly what the bloom looked like. Hopefully, it will bloom again someday, so that I can take a better picture and get the species nailed down. Thanks for the help!
Hi, I think you have a type of Night Blooming Cereus. Type that into Wikipedia and it will list four types. and I would be interested if you could identify it. Night-blooming_Cereus. My guess is that yours might be the third one on the wikipedia list. If it is, it will reward your care with a bloom and they only bloom every so many years. Great plant! I read an article a while back and the author mentioned a stalk like this on his.
Thanks for the interest and comments! I have actually seen it bloom once a few years ago. It was mostly pink with stalks 1-2 inches long. My wife said that it smelled gross, but I didn't smell anything. :) I found a not-so-good picture. I wish I could post a link to it.
As far as I can tell, it's not a root. That particular "branch" has leaves on it now. I would have thought it would be moving toward light too, but I'm thinking that it might be moving towards warmth.
Oh, ok. Thanx, that's what I figured. You should try turning them off and sitting in the dark. I wonder if the plant would move towards you then, you know because you're heated. I don't think anyone's ever tried that on tape.... HHhhmm... Thanx, u just gave me a great idea for my next video project! :D
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Is that a bamboo plant? It looks like it's following the light as time passes, but it still looks very strange...hmmm, maybe it is reaching out to you. Do you talk to it?
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sensitiveplant 7 months ago
feed me seymour. FEED ME!!!
tejay888 10 months ago
lmao, that is awesome! I am starting to think hoya is my favorite plant. My mom has had one in her kitchen forever. I just bought one myself, and it's hanging near my desk right now. The flowers are so awesome. (You know not to prune the buds right? They flower in the same spot over and over.) I didn't know they were in the habit of moving around like this though. I like these things more and more.
GuacamoleKun 1 year ago
how sweet. I think plants can think and have feelings, I talk to mine. A hoya vine huh, off to look her up....
shitzulovey 1 year ago
that is a orchis needing sun light...
mieczyslawru 2 years ago
WOW that is amazing!!!
seleneycarlitos 2 years ago
OO oooooooo Mmmmmm Ggggggggg a caressing plant have start a Play list for these.
TEXAS
RMary 2 years ago
lol sweet only mother nature
msmelissa1986 2 years ago
Thats amazing.
TheOarFish 2 years ago
What the hell kind of plant is that?!! Can you say little shop of horrors lol
WHITETRASHDOLL 2 years ago
sweet, vines in action. What plant?
maddcatone 3 years ago
all of that took 18 hours and 39 minutes wow he left his camera on for a long time
roflmaoking 3 years ago
I used a webcam, so it's used to being on all the time. :D
nullgel 3 years ago
Could it transbreed with marijuna?That would be pretty cool.
Iswedoml 3 years ago
not as crazy as a TickleMe Plant but still cool
am408 3 years ago
That is an adventitious root, give it a bowl of water and see what it does then. I bet it will make a visit to the bowl.
Baiwolfe 3 years ago
dont be scared, it prolly just loves you :P
waggabiggadoo 3 years ago 5
very cute <3
waggabiggadoo 3 years ago
wax plant
myblackheart76 3 years ago
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A few years ago, two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later, the babysitter was calling to ask if she could cover up the clown statue in the kids' room, the father said,"Take the kids and get out of the house. We'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" is really a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this letter on to 10 videos tonight, the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 am with a chainsaw in his hand(SORRY BOUT SPAM THIS REALLY FREAKS ME)
cutie8342 4 years ago
Cool video
cookiesandcartoons 4 years ago
I can imagine it would be creepy to be home alone and have this happen!! Plants do move -- sometimes visibly. I've got lots of houseplants.
happydancer4 4 years ago 2
My only question is how is it moving so fast? I know the tendrils extend and move, that I understand, but how it is moving nearly an inch a minute? That's frighteningly fast... What type of plant is this again?
danielrjankovich 4 years ago 2
Some type of Hoya vine. I'm really hoping that it blooms again, so that I can take a good picture of it and, hopefully, be able to nail down the species. It's definitely a peculiar plant. Sometimes it doesn't move much for months, and then, all of a sudden it "goes nuts" for a few weeks. Like I said, I've been working at my desk and had it "slowly" reach out and touch the side of my head. It scared me immensely, since I was home alone!
nullgel 4 years ago
@danielrjankovich
look @ the clock on the wall dumbass
kev5n24 1 year ago
I also read recently that when one blooms, you don't "dead head" it. The flowers grow on the same stalks. I've done a lot of research on mine. Right now I'm searching for something else and came across your video. Really cool to see what they do over time.
mindyw70 4 years ago
That's a Hoya! I have mine trained on a trellis, they like to be rootbound & climbers. Keep looking for Hoya or Wax plant. They will eventually get waxy looking flowers that are about the size of a good snowball. The flowers will be shaped like stars and I've found them in different colors. Sadly, mine isn't rootbound yet. They are incredibly fragrant, especially in the evening.
mindyw70 4 years ago
Mine has only bloomed once in the almost ten years that I've had it. I hope it happens again someday. :] Did you see the poor quality picture that I took of the bloom in this video's description?
nullgel 4 years ago
if the wholwe clock isnt showin then it might mean thaty sumone moves the plant while th other speeds the clock
prove me wrong idc
Godziti 4 years ago
FEED ME SEYMOUR, FEED ME!
BishopKelt 4 years ago
did everyone really fall for this?
kobe24 4 years ago
What did you mean by "fall for this"? This is completely real. Of course I can't prove it, but it happened and it still happens. I love this plant. :)
nullgel 4 years ago
It can't do that. There aren't any muscles and it doesn't have a brain. So why would it intentionally move towards you?
metalhead91 4 years ago
I don't really think it "intentionally" did that. I could imagine, though, that it was seeking the heat of my big head, like plants seek sunlight, but I really think it was just a fluke. It was probably just looking for something to grab and grow around, like vines do.
nullgel 4 years ago
@nullgel its attracted to the sunlight coming in from the window so it bends then at night when there is no light it returns to a more relaxed position or possibly twords another window getting the last few min of light before night time ( like how a sunflower turns twords the sun)
Libarate101 1 year ago
Plants are alive and can move. They do develop a fondness for their caretakers. Read the book "The Secret Life Of Plants", it will change your whole outlook on the vegative world!!!
SuperMommy227 4 years ago 2
Of course they're alive, and certain species of plants move all the time, such as Venus Fly Traps (which kick ass, by the way). But to actually propose that plants are sentient beings and can move at whim is not only preposterous, but completely unimaginable to someone who knows about the structure of plants. There are no nervous structures or stimui that would make it do such. Plants don't move towards heat, they grow towards light.
metalhead91 4 years ago 3
...and yet the nervous systems are control by something even smaller, this you cant deny... i mean how exactly is it that vines grow towards something to grab onto... it knew were it was going. yes it could not concept what it was doing or even know it was doing anything at all... and yet it still set a simple task to complete, how explain can we explain intellengce.
craizin421 4 years ago 3
craizin421: Vines don't grow towards a specific target. They sway through the air and attach to stuff they hit. What they actually attach to is random, but the behaviour is of course programmed into their genes...
mremgee 3 years ago 2
woah, thats mad trippy
booyapictures 4 years ago
Its a triphid! Ahhhhh! O.O"
blckscab 4 years ago
Wow..... Cool. lol
hermitcrabcare 4 years ago
I think that some kind of vine. Is it?
raven1234 4 years ago
TOO COOL..but I can not find anything like it when I googled HOYA VINE. Does anyone out there know anything more about this plant/vine that they can tell me?
Missydeb65 4 years ago
Google "Hoya Plant". There are a bunch for sale on Ebay :-)
tesswriley 4 years ago 2
Thks! ;)
Missydeb65 4 years ago
Holy shittake, that is bizarre!
brokenbacktango 4 years ago
Wow, I have a Hoya in my kitchen window...I will have to see if it moves while I'm gone. LOL That was really cool; good job!
JeepsterGal 4 years ago
look at it go!
thecharlotteness 4 years ago
u can only see the clock time
champion94 4 years ago
That is WAY creepy!
phaedress 4 years ago
lol imagine seing that after smoking a joint...that would trip you the fuk out!! HAHA
superwoofer2007 4 years ago
It is 100% a type of Hoya vine! What species? You should take a close up of the flowers and leaves and send to a Hoya club for a proper ID.
DrfuzzSpaceMonkey 4 years ago
Ah-ha! Yep. Looking at images in Google results for "Hoya vine" I can definitely say that you are correct. That's exactly what the bloom looked like. Hopefully, it will bloom again someday, so that I can take a better picture and get the species nailed down. Thanks for the help!
nullgel 4 years ago
Hi, I think you have a type of Night Blooming Cereus. Type that into Wikipedia and it will list four types. and I would be interested if you could identify it. Night-blooming_Cereus. My guess is that yours might be the third one on the wikipedia list. If it is, it will reward your care with a bloom and they only bloom every so many years. Great plant! I read an article a while back and the author mentioned a stalk like this on his.
rodgerdodger5 4 years ago
Maybe this one. Epiphyllum oxypetalum
rodgerdodger5 4 years ago
Thanks for the interest and comments! I have actually seen it bloom once a few years ago. It was mostly pink with stalks 1-2 inches long. My wife said that it smelled gross, but I didn't smell anything. :) I found a not-so-good picture. I wish I could post a link to it.
nullgel 4 years ago
Ah-ha! There is now a link to the bloom in the main summary for the video. It's not great, but hopefully someone will recognize it.
nullgel 4 years ago
Is that a root? Have you tried videoing a sensitive plant...they go to sleep at night
got mine at sensitiveplant com
My plant moves all the time! But yours seems to move to the light. What kind of plant is yours a night blooming sirrius
am408 4 years ago
As far as I can tell, it's not a root. That particular "branch" has leaves on it now. I would have thought it would be moving toward light too, but I'm thinking that it might be moving towards warmth.
nullgel 4 years ago
*go to the light, GO TO THE LIGHT!!!*
lol
BryanBeatsYouAll 4 years ago
What did you put a clear string at the top?
WitchAnteia 4 years ago
Nope. I didn't do anything to this plant, but water it.
nullgel 4 years ago
Do you have any flourescent lights in your room?
WitchAnteia 4 years ago
Yes. I believe that during this filming, I was using those energy efficient fluorescent lights in several lamps around the room.
nullgel 4 years ago
Oh, ok. Thanx, that's what I figured. You should try turning them off and sitting in the dark. I wonder if the plant would move towards you then, you know because you're heated. I don't think anyone's ever tried that on tape.... HHhhmm... Thanx, u just gave me a great idea for my next video project! :D
WitchAnteia 4 years ago
its reaching out to strangle you LOOK OUT!
JohnnyWeedSeed420 4 years ago
look, that's weird.
xnermeenx 4 years ago
If you want to see a real plant that moves when you Tickle It Grow a TickleMe Plant. My kids love this plant that MOVES when you Tickle It. The company guaranteed Tickleme Plant seeds will grow and That the plant will move when Tickled! I got my seeds on line
standitman 4 years ago
Where IS that thing going? XD lol that must be cool although if it was faster I can see it whipping someone in the face!
confusedkain 4 years ago
Is that a bamboo plant? It looks like it's following the light as time passes, but it still looks very strange...hmmm, maybe it is reaching out to you. Do you talk to it?
NClackum 4 years ago
Ha, is that really a plant. . .thats funny!
Heidiscope 4 years ago
well good!!
mushy92 5 years ago
That made me smile I wish someone would rescued me:-)
debrabee 5 years ago
ye good this guy cares for envorinment
Runescape00000000 5 years ago
Cool
Zarbod 5 years ago