Propagating and Identifying House Plants.

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HollyAnnS Dover, PA(Zone 6b) Mar 11, 2007

I know I can go over the the Propagation Forum but I thought I could get some good advice right here in our House plant forum and that maybe some of you have the same questions. I'm going to post a couple pictures of my plants and see if any of you know the best way to propagate them. First I did post a picture of my Bougenvilla on this thread http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/700572/ If anyone is interested in taking a look at it.
Here is my Chiense Evergreen, I cut these off thinking that they would root in water very fast. No they didn't. I'v had these in water for weeks maybe a month or more and they don't look any different than when they went in.

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plantladylin (Zone 1) Mar 11, 2007

Holly .... I love that Chinese Evergreen! I've never had luck rooting them in water either. Don't know why, I would think they would root easily that way. Hope someone will post some info here - I'm real interested to know why these guys don't seem to like the water rooting method!

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HollyAnnS Dover, PA(Zone 6b) Mar 11, 2007

The plant is doing fine in the water, even producing new leaves but no roots.
How about Philodendrons? I haven't had this Prince of Orange very long but I'd like to try propagating this too.

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Gitagal Baltimore, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 12, 2007

As far as I know, nether Aglaonemas or Philos will root in water from just a leaf stem. To root these, you have to remove a section of the plant at the very bottom with some roots attached and pot it up. If it is a young plant, it may not yet have a multiple base where you can split it up.

Gita

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GrowHappy Nottingham, MD(Zone 7a) Mar 12, 2007

You can always air layer around the nodes, too.

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Mar 12, 2007

I was able to propagate that same Ag . The plant had been long neglected (Not by me!) and grown into three long winding stems with just a few leaves at the end. I cut the three tops off and planted them, then sectioned the rest and stuck them half into the soil. It seemd slow, but worked.

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