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I received this cutting as padangensis. I potted it up and now look. Did I plant this upside down. It is blooming at the bottom and roots at the top. what do you think I shoudl do with this.
Name: Lee Anne Stark Ontario, Canada Perpetually happy!
If it were me, and I'm no expert either, I'd cut the top and plant those roots with the set of leaves closest to them. I wouldn't even breathe on the rest of it until it finished blooming...
I wonder what caused this. When I got it I couldn't tell which end was up. It was like a middle cutting if that makes sense, clean cut on both ends so I just stuck it in the pot. Guess I lost the 50/50 and now look....you think I should cut it now or wait till the blooms finish?
Name: Lee Anne Stark Ontario, Canada Perpetually happy!
I'd wait 'til the blooms finish...but then again you could lose those roots waiting...can you cut it without disturbing the blooming part?
Are there roots in the soil too?
Yep there are roots there too. This rooted in about a week. Here is a picture of the whole thing, don't mind the messy desk, hoya stuff, LOL
Now where would you recommend I cut this. The leaf in the forefront is a piece that had broke of in the mail, I just stuck it in there too and you can see those roots sticking out.
Name: Carol Noel Hawaii (near Hilo) It's all about choices.
First of all...it doesn't matter if you change it or not but you might just cut it and put them both in the same pot...insurance! I would cut it just below the second node from the top. The plant will continue to grow that way...either way. It just will send new growth/peduncles out from below the node....
I would be curious to see the bloom as it doesn't look like padanguensis....
I planted H. fraterna upside down myself; it didn't look upside down at the time. I've never bothered to change it and it grows fine even if it does look a bit weird. Taking a cutting for insurance is a brilliant idea.
I would think so Dom, however, with roots coming out the top I wouldn't think so, do you?
I have cut it down about half way, we will see what happens. The buds are still there so hopefully they will open and not blast because I messed with it. But hey it will bud again.
Name: Carol Noel Hawaii (near Hilo) It's all about choices.
Did you stick the rooted end in the medium too?
Gee...I just went out to look at mine, and the leaves are thicker than I remembered... but then (slapping my face and saying BAD BAD) leaves can be all over the place... sorry...
OK, I cut this in half and stuck the end with the roots showing in the medium. Everything looks fine and the buds are still on even after messing with it. Will hold my breath that they don't blast.
I have 2 different colors of pachyclada and the leaves kinda looks like it, but the peduncle is big and the buds are longer than my pachyclada. Guess I will have to wait. Hope it is padangensis mainly cause I wanted it, but I would hate to be the bearer of bad news to the person I traded with.
I've never bothered to change it and it grows fine even if it does look a bit weird. Taking a cutting for insurance is a brilliant idea.
Is it pachyclada??
