Help with Epipremnum Pinnatum

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  1. brownthumbexpert

    brownthumbexpert Active Member

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    I hope this is the right place to post this question. If not, I appologize.

    For some reason, my Cebu Blue isn't unfolding its leaves. I haven't moved it or "changed it's diet" so I don't know why it is doing this. Any guesses? Does it need fertilized, is this a lack of nutrition? It is doing this on more than one branch. Any help would be appreciated. I am attaching a pic. The bigger leaf towards the left is a different plant.
     

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    I would put the plant in more light and fertilize it at least every 30 days.

    When I give cuttings away there are more or less the same size as your plant and I put them in water for them to root.
     
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    Have your leaves ever not unrolled?
     
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    Some of the leaves take a bit longer than the other to unfold, but after some time they all fold out.

    Check inside the unrolled leaves for insects....
     
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    Its looking for something to climb on . The long leafless runner will head for the dark and something vertical .. give it a totem .
    It will not get any leaves until it can support them . I do not think it is even that sp. more than likely the glacous form of ..
    Amydrium medium .
     

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    Is there a big difference?
     
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    Not much of a difference really , main difference is Epipremnum pinnatum will grow very large , Amydrium is a smaller grower .
    Infloresence on A.medium is much smaller and easier to see .. very rare to see an infloresence on Epipremnum unless you are up in the canopy of a tropical rainforest.
    These Asian climbers are very confusing and take much study , much missinformation out there , esp. on some commercial sites .
     

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    Well right now this is pretty small. Here are a couple more pics. If possible I would like to know which one you think it is. Granted I am not an expert, but I do like to know what I have. It's kinda a pet peve of mine...
     

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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Trikus is definitely right about the stolon - which was my first impression of that long, leafless bit of vine, however you didn't show the whole plant! If you'd shown the leaves we would have been much faster on the uptake. I'll confirm his ID of Amydrium.

    A stolon won't ever open leaves on its length; it's looking for a taller nook in which to reproduce. As people above have said - get this plant something to climb! If you don't want to do a totem, you can train it up a trellis on the wall, but you can't let it dangle anymore.
     
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    Oh my! Ok, would it be ok climbing up some sphagnum moss? Im sorry I didn't post the part that is in a pot first. I didn't realize the relevance. Thanks all for your help!
     
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    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    As long as it can go up, it won't have a problem.
     
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    OK. I will find it something to climb.

    Is the common name still cebu blue? Sorry for my ignorance, I am having some trouble finding info online, some of it is sketchy.
     
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    It could be what you bought it as , just to young to be pinnate .. have heard of a blue form .
     
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    Is this one of those instances where I won't know until it is bigger?
     
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    heeheee

    ok. Thanks all for your help. I will get it to climbing, and figure out the specific species later on.
     

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