The plant craze that gripped the nation toward the middle of last year’s ECQ was a pleasant surprise for many of us. In the confines of our homes, we rediscovered our love for the natural world, particularly for plants; and with this “plant fever” a new subspecies of passionate hobbyists emerged: the Plantitos and Plantitas.
Suddenly, it was fashionable for people to grow plants, and even more so, to engage in the lucrative buying and selling that caught the imagination of the nation. Looking into this social phenomenon, Art Lounge Manila opens the exhibition Plantitos y Plantitas with special partner Arid and Aroids, the company that contributed to this phenomenon so greatly.
The partnership resulted in a art-and-plant exhibition entitled Plantitos y Plantitas, where the gallery is not just a curated art gallery, but an indoor landscaped garden inside The Podium Mall.
Presenting their works are painter-sculptor Tet Ureta Aligaen, multi-awarded botanical painter Dindon Cordova, painters Inka Madera, Julie Gil, Anna de Leon, Kristine Lim, Carlo Magno, Christian Mirang, Francis Nacion, Lisa Villasenor and mixed media artist Melissa Yeung Yap.
Each of them shared their unique take on presenting botanical beauty inspired by the collectible plants brought by Arid and Aroids, namely, Philodendron Leland Miyano, Philodendron Esmeraldense Colombia, Alocasia Regal Shield, Philodendron Hecules, Green Pastazanum. Silver Pastazanum. Philodendron Joepii, Golden melanoni. Philondendron Esmeraldense “Long” Philodendronn Grandipes. Philodendron SP Napo. Philodendron Green Congon Variegated. Monstera Adonsonii Variegated. Dottie. Anthurium Angel Wings.
Philodendron Jerry Horne. Anthorium Tie. Philodendron Mamei. Anthurium Veitchii. the Philippines’ own Amydrium Zippelianum, and the ultra-coveted Philodendron Spiritus Sancti.
