Identification: BIG indoor Palm? Scientific name & pruning/propagation tips pls

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by The Waubaushene Witch, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. The Waubaushene Witch

    The Waubaushene Witch Member

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    I bought this beauty at the very fine "Home Depot" for ten bucks and have nursed it back from impending Home-Depot-dead-plant-dumpster DOOM. With justa a lil witch's wisdom & some magic it is flourishing and growing exponentially!! Either i figure out how to control it's growth spurts or buy a bigger house!!

    I would greatly appreciate a scientific name, and a link to propagation & pruning tips....thanks in advance for your time.





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  2. togata57

    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Not a palm---looks like a Monstera to me. Ten bucks??! What a deal! Whatever you're doing obviously pleases it---looks as if it's getting the classic "bright curtain-filtered sunlight" in the right amount. Hmmm...yes, it does need a bigger pot...this is what happens when you're successful with plants: they get bigger! Now you've got to decide---d'you want to commit to this plant, give it the room and the pot and the forklift/floor bracing it needs...? I had a Ficus benjamina that grew so luxuriantly for me that I literally had no place to put it---ended up donating it to the library for which I work. ---You have a beautiful plant!
     
  3. joclyn

    joclyn Rising Contributor

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    oh, definitely NOT a palm!!!

    that's one damned fine monstera that you've got there!!! and, YES, they DO most definitely get VERY big!! it's one of those plants that's aptly named!

    if you were in the us, i'd offer to send you postage for a cutting.
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Looks more like Philodendron bipinnatifidum to me.
     
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    saltcedar Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Agreed. A(incorrectly )KA Philodendron selloum in the trade.
     
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    oops! you two are right...i shouldn't be posting while i'm at work...
     
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    Two thickets of this plant were occupying increasingly large areas of my back yard. Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne of 2004 provided great excuses to replace them with . . . palms, of course.
     
  8. The Waubaushene Witch

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    I would like to thank all of you for your posts. Very helpful, I'll try to take some cuttings & propagate, as well as re-pot....any recommendations when the best time of year to re-pot this would be? I'm a zone four & autumn is fast approaching....?
     
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    I would like to thank all of you for your posts. Very helpful, after some quick research I'll be re-potting in the late winter. Im confused tho with this info;

    "PROPAGATION: Pieces of stem that contain at least two joints can be inserted as cuttings in pots of sandy peat or in a mixture of sand and peat moss in a greenhouse propagating bench in the spring or summer." botany.com

    After carefully examing MY philo, i'm not seeing said joints, but rather stems branching out from the centre of the plant, each containing one large leaf. Where are these joints I am looking for? and where on MY plant could I make cuttings for propagation?

    *note; after closer examination, There seems to be some nice aerial roots emerging from the centre....are these what i should be making my cuttings from? Im still not seeing these "nodes" other than the single node that attaches leaf to stem....A diagram maybe the most helpful ?
     
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