The Plants that Fooled Us All. Houseplants NO ONE should be buying in 2026.

I asked my plant community what they thought were the worst offenders of catfish plants—houseplants that look great online but, in reality, are not quite what we expected.

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KEY MOMENTS:

0:00 Intro
0:30 Plant Lover Apparel
1:38 Hoya Undulata
2:56 Blue Oil Fern (Microsorum thailandicum)
3:54 How Ferns Reproduce
4:25 Philodendron Micans Variegated
5:23 Pink Micans Plant Scam
6:19 Weeping Pussy Willow
8:26 Hoya Multiflora
10:12 Philodendron Pink Princess
11:03 Tissue Culture Mutation Theory
12:01 Climbing vs Self-Heading Philodendrons
12:32 Piper Crocatum
12:53 Exudation in Plants
13:43 Begonia Dainty Spray
14:05 Begonia Houseplant Recommendations

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What do you think is the worst offender of catfish houseplants?