Houseplant Unpopular Opinions? (be civil)

I personally find these kinds of posts to be really interesting to read and interact with. I'm sure this has been done here before many times, but I've not yet personally seen it, so I thought maybe I'd try to start one.

I just really want to urge everyone to be civil and as lighthearted as you can. This isn't meant to turn into some wild, heated debate over soil mixtures -- I would like to hope that we can all 'debate' *civilly* without attacking each other over differing opinions.

To offer an unpopular opinion of my own to get things started:

The Anthurium Hybridizing/Collecting craze is creating an elitist culture within the houseplant community.

Edit: Another one that’s been on my mind heavily recently:

The houseplant community is not patient with beginners. We all started somewhere. I may have over 200 houseplants now, including some ‘rare’ varieties, but I started with a golden pothos, an aloe, and a schefflera. And I was proud to have them. I didn’t know the names of 99% of plants, didn’t know how to take care of them, didn’t know anything — I had to learn and grow alongside my plants. Some houseplant collectors really need to humble themselves and remember their roots. 🪴

Edit 2: Seeing a lot of comments that are just ‘x plant is ugly,’ or ‘I hate variegated plants.’ And I’m not here to try and convince you otherwise, i even agree with some of those statements, but I also want to remind everyone that we all have different tastes and preferences.

I almost don’t consider these kinds of statements to be ‘unpopular opinions’ as much as just preferences. Mainly, what I’m trying to say is that if you come across someone saying your favorite plant/genus is ugly, don’t take it personally. The whole beauty of plants is that there are so many in all shapes, sizes and colors. We don’t all have to like the same things 🩵