{"id":110781,"date":"2019-09-15T03:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/something-sparked-inside-me-the-650-plant-stealing-hearts-and-wallets\/"},"modified":"2019-09-15T03:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:03:35","slug":"something-sparked-inside-me-the-650-plant-stealing-hearts-and-wallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/something-sparked-inside-me-the-650-plant-stealing-hearts-and-wallets\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Something sparked inside me&#039;: the $650 plant stealing hearts and wallets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nCream and white variegated monstera are the Instagram plant de jour and for the fanatics, money is no object In the last six months, Irina Busova, a 30-year-old from Geraldton, Western Australia, estimates she\u2019s bought more than 100 houseplants.Her prized possession, which she saved for two months to acquire, is a monstera deliciosa (commonly called a Swiss cheese plant or fruit salad tree) with striking, green and cream split leaves. It\u2019s the variegation that makes this plant so prized. She paid $330 for the plant which she describes as \u201ca unicorn find\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/sep\/15\/something-sparked-inside-me-the-650-plant-stealing-hearts-and-wallets\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Something sparked inside me&#8217;: the 0 plant stealing hearts and wallets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Cream and white variegated monstera are the Instagram plant de jour and for the fanatics,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-sON","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123876,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/houseplant-of-the-week-variegated-monstera\/","url_meta":{"origin":110781,"position":0},"title":"Houseplant of the week: variegated monstera","date":"December 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r This Picasso of the indoor plant world has a rare beauty \u2013 so it doesn\u2019t come cheapWhy will I love it? 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