I have a bunch of epis growing together in a pot. All the sudden, one puts out a llooooonnnnggggg tall stem and then growths from the stem. What is it doing?
What in the world is my epi doing
Ah, my Epi oxypetalum does that. I read somewhere, in a thread that they do that to start new plants (naturally I can't find the thread now, perhaps the person who wrote it will pop in!). I presume the long stem eventually gets heavy and bends over....and another Epi roots where it lands?
Karen
hey, cut it off and send it to me! LOL Just kidding....that's not allowed here in Israel. But wow! What a fun gift from your Epi :-)
-Julie
Looking at the new growth - those long shoots - they will develop roots! ( when needed more so).
I haven't seen Epi oxypetalum grow in nature, but I have observed Epiphyllum phyllanthus in Guyana growing on roofs of houses and in a tree. As the plant grows, it will hold on/grow along with those rooted shoots and then forms pads/leaves on this new growth since a good foothold is established.
They are Epiphytes.