Tropicals & Tender Perennials: What's This?, 0 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
doc,

Yours looks amazing!!!!! Not at all surprised! It has grown leaps and bounds since I gave it to you. SO healthy!!!

Begoniaguy---

Don't feel like the lone ranger----I have had my MBC since 2005 when I got it from "kachinagirl" in CA as a single, 7" leaf cutting. It has grown huge--and also keeps sending up lots of these compound leaves and those skinny, long shoots. Mine has never bloomed either.....It has been a struggle to support the gangly growth of this plant.

Someone on DG once suggested that i should grow it in an "aquarium stand" which seems to be a glass-enclosed column about 3'-4' tall. Never seen one! NOT gonna spend $$$ to get one. This plant will be "GONE" as a give-away (or sold) if it does not bloom this Summer. THERE!!!!

There is a lot to learn from all the comments that people post on PF after the main info. screen. I learned a lot----
--NOT to water it for a small dormancy time;
--To give it more light outside (I think mine was in too much shade);
--To repot it in a 10" container--I did;
--Feeding it more with an all-purpose fertilizer--(I was not doing it)....etc....
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For the winter, i have in to the side of my LR window--but it gets very little direct light. I kept it dry since November, but then read I could water it--jut NOT fertilize it. So much conflicting info! I have been seeking help on this plant for a long time--but much of it comes from the "Sunny States" where it is all different than here--where we have to bring plants in for the Winter.

Here is a picture of it out on my Patio last Summer. I re-potted it in this10" pot in the Spring. It is under my high Patio roof and gets nice, bright shade, but no direct sun--except the very late, setting sun. .
YES! It grew those long, skinny shoots. Beats me what their purpose is???? BUT--I can tell you that IF you cut these shoots off, and cut them up in pieces, they will root and produce a whole new, regular plant. Do it!

Will share a bunch of pictures here to show you.
I am NOT any kind of expert--but sharing what I am struggling with may help you and others.