Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Waking up the brugs. I have a dumb question., 0 by 8ftbed

8ftbed wrote:
I've been watching this thread and thought I'd post this picture and a thought that crossed my mind.

Renee gave me a cutting the last time I was up there. Short, no leaves and I'm not sure if it was already rooted when I received it. The tip started to shrivel and was continuing down toward the base. Since there was no mold or other sign of disease, I opted to leave it alone.

As seen in this pic, the stem dried out down to the first nodal joint (may be incorrect term..) and there are now sprouts from that joint.

Seems like I've heard brugs are related to roses. This is typical Rose behavior when not pruned correctly above a joint. I believe I've read the plant seals off at the joint the stem above then dries up to that point since water and food was cut off.


This message was edited Mar 27, 2005 7:36 AM