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Oct 5, 2019 7:15 PM CST
Name: Paula Benyei
NYC suburbs (Zone 6b)
A little more info-
The section of vine from which I took these cuttings will callous over at that cut and WILL NOT continue to grow from that spot. The vine will throw out one or more side shoots, but they will be skinny and floppy for the first 2-3 feet, the leaves will be small (think bread plate, not serving platter) and they will not have holes. By the time they do- you'll want to cut and repot them too. Eventually the growth will be so scraggly you won't bother any more, and compost the whole thing.

The section that was the tip will continue to grow at the same size- huge leaves from fat stems with beautiful hole patterns once its potted. The middle section, with a single leaf and a cut on each end, could go either way once its potted in soil. I find that its not like the rhizone of an iris- that is, the deeper you bury it in the pot the stronger and fatter the new growth will appear once it breaks the surface. If the vine section is potted at the soil level, the original leaf will last for years as it grows super fast multitudinous skinny growths with small leaves. If you bury it, the original leaf will rot and fall off, but it will send up strong fat vines that develop big elaborate leaves

Here's the second generation plant that came from the mother plant, that I cut to make the plant that I cut today..
Thumb of 2019-10-06/Turbosaurus/b754a3

This is 3 cuttings that went into one pot after they rooted
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