Tropicals & Tender Perennials: rooting short 2" cuttings, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
slyguy,
Brugs have 2 types of growth: vegetative and flowering. Seedlings and any branches from below the "Y" on the mother plant will have to go through the complete vegetative cycle before they start the flowering cycle. The vegetative cycle exhibits some special characteristics. The shoot will grow very straight without branching and the sides of the leaves at the point where they attach to the stem are even. No amount of pinching will force this type of shoot to start flowering. It will instead send out shoots that will start the vegetative cycle all over again. How tall the plant gets before it switches to the flowering cycle is dependent upon its genetics.

Once the vegetative cycle is complete, the tip of the shoot will seem to split and produce 2 new shoots. As these 2 shoots grow, the shape of the plant looks like a "Y", thus the designation. Sometimes a seedling will produce 3 new shoots, but it's still called a "Y". The shape of the leaves also changes, They become asymmetrical. http://countrygdn.com/infosheets/yandsub.html

As the vegetative shoots nears the end of the vegetative growth cycle, it produces a number of small shoots near the top. These are the shoots Gordon has been talking about.

Gordon — They become limbs, but from below the "Y". So they will have to go through the vegetative growth cycle. This a photo of Kelly Ann. During winter, she had 3 seed pods and didn't put out any new growth except these 2 shoots growing below the "Y". In the photo her trunk goes off to the right while the 2 shoots grew straight up. One has "Y"ed, but the other is still growing straight up. She's beginning to look weird as she has re-directed all her energy to the 2 new shoots. No new growth on the original "Y" branch. You'll have to follow the Brug branches. There is a plumeria directly behind her.