I cut 2 of my sister's philodendren's, I'm not sure what type they are. My question is, I heard that I can just leave the cuttings I have in a jar in sunlight and just leave them be, but I've also heard that the cut part likes the dark just like the roots. So should I wrap black construction paper around the jar? Or should I just leave the cuttings I have in the jar as they are? I also didn't add any liquid fertilizer or anything, is that fine? Here's a pic of it: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/urbanhippie/Picture346.jpg *michelina*
I think that your plant may be a pothos (Devil's Ivy) rather than a philodendron. I have roted pothos in a jar in the sun just like that with no trouble at all. However, one cutting seems to be in a good position in the water to root while the other looks like it has no nodes actually in the water. The nodes are the area where a leaf attaches or used to attach to a stem. In pothos its easy to identify because the nodes often have vestigial roots at the node. You may also want to trim off some of the extra internode tissue that you have under these nodes. They look a bit long and will not get roots as readily as the nodes will. They will eventually rot off if you leave them so long. For pothos it shouldnt be much of a problem becaus ethe plant seems able to take alo tof abuse but better safe than sorry. Check this out http://extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/botany/stems3.html As for the fertilizer, unless you are planning to keep the cutting in the water forever i wouldnt worry about fertilizer. I'd just wait until it has a nice set of roots and plant it in the pot where you want it to go.
Well, there's actually 2 different plants I have there. I don't know if they're both pothos. One has a light green, shiny, heart shaped leaf, which is actually bigger than the other one. And the other one is 2 toned. A darker green with streaks of a yellowish/ white? I took 2 cuttings of each plant "just in case." :o Thank you so much for your reply!! So this morning I re cut them and hopefully this time I did it right. lol http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/urbanhippie/Picture352.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v309/urbanhippie/Picture351.jpg Sorry the pictures are so fuzzy! :mad: My digital camera isn't the best. If you can't see the pic, I made the cut right under the node. Is this correct? *michelina*
Kinda fuzzy pictures but i'm sure you'll have much better success now that the nodes are in the water and the excess internode isint hanging around. That striped one really does look like a pothos to me. Not so sure of the other one, could be either a solid green pothos or a philodendron. Maybe heartleaf philo. I'd do an image search on Google and match it up.
if you have some liquid fertilizer i would add a couple of drops to the water .. when rooting plants they love the green algea that grows in the jars .. mine are so green you cant see through them .. and they root just fine .. and never change the water .. just keep topping it up .. even if you are not rooting any plants at the time .. i just found that trying to root plants in just straight water doesnt work as well .. so dont worry what the jars look like .. the plants love em .. :) and when doing plant cuttings always take off the bottom 2 or 3 leaves to expose the nodes .. that is were the new roots will grow from .. Marn
Today, actually I noticed that one of them are forming some roots. So I'm excited! I think soon though, I'm just going to plant them in a pot. I just have to figure what kind of pot I should but for them. I was thinking about just running to K Mart or Target to buy some plastic pots, but I'm not sure yet. *michelina*
If it is truly Epipremnum aurenum you can leave it in water for quite a while but eventually you'll want to plant it it very fast draining soil. That species, which is often called Devil' Ivy, is highly variable and may have glossy leaves that are all green or with some golden/white streaks. The species can grow quite large if allowed to climb. In my atrium we have many plants with 16 inch leaves.. And this one does love to climb. It will display much nicer if given a totem.
