About Botanique
Botanique is an Exotic Plant Boutique with a twist. We love all things Pop Culture and Geeky, so we also make and stock unique collectable products and figurines. Welcome to our Cabinet of Curiosities.
All accessories sold are things we use ourselves that have made a huge difference in our plant journey and time management. All the plants we sell have been personally grown by us in our facility.
We dedicate a lot of time, love and attention to our plants to be able to offer you the best quality possible. This is also why we choose not to ship plants during the winter months. Even though they will survive the trip, it will stress them out significantly and take them longer to bounce back.
We are currently an Online-Only Store, but we hope to change that in the near future.
Watch this space!
The dream
Botanique started out as a hobby and did not initially revolve around tropical plants.
We have actively collected plants since 2015 - mostly carnivorous plants, but in 2021 we started focusing more on Alocasia and Monstera. By 2023 we started adding our rare plants to the store and soon they became the main focus.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our plants and products.
The Greenhouse
This is where we keep the big boys!
Apart from the Nepenthes, our greenhouse plants are planted directly into the soil. We have found that this results in them upsizing significantly, and also reduces root stress and rot.
The Alocasia are uprooted in May and spend the winter indoors. This is also when the corms are harvested. Once night time temperatures remain above 10°C, these plants are moved back into the greenhouse.
mother of dragons
Yes, it's an obsession...
The first Alocasia we ever came across was a Dragon Scale. It was love at first sight and we knew from that moment on we had to have this plant in our lives.
After that, things snowballed and we now have over 200 Dragon Scales in normal and variegated form. It is our pride and joy and definitely the main focus in our store.
The Process
We currently have a dedicated corm cabinet that can house 400 corms at a time.
Each shelf is fitted with heating and lighting to make sure our babies get exactly what they need to grow big and strong.
The babies
After our babies reach a certain size, they are repotted from Sphagnum Moss to Aroid Mix and moved across to one of our baby cabinets.
We currently have 3 baby cabinets that house all our babies until they are sold.
Our babies are grown exclusively in aroid mix.
the end result
Once our babies have been sold, they are carefully packaged for their trip in containers that double as acclimation chambers.
Larger babies are carefully bubble wrapped to maintain high humidity for their trip.
Thank you for being on this journey with us and supporting our dream!