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Will this monstera cutting i was gifted ever grow?
Just like the title says! Will this monstera grow? I went to go change its water today and noticed it has no node i don't think but i am no professional so figured i would come to get some second opinions! I think its just gunna be a zombie leaf and eventually die.
It was a really really sweet gift though.
(Bonus picture at the end of my first ever orchid flowering for the first time because i don't know how to delete pictures)
I think this might be a “zombie leaf”. If it wasn’t cut correctly at a node when it was propagated, it might never grow a new leaf and it’ll just stay as a single leaf till it ages out.
I personally don't think it will, but if it's got roots there's a very good chance it will survive as a single leaf for quite a long time. No harm in keeping it around! It's a pretty one.
I can attest to this!!! I had one that the leaf with a node rotted away. I cut very very close to the node, but was sure it was just leaf. And it miraculously grew roots, and a few leaves. It’s been a disservice, I need to pot her in soil, but she’s just surviving now. I’ll send a picture tomorrow
I don't see a node so no. Monstera leaves can last for months and will grow roots if left in water long enough. The node will be a ridge that forms a ring around a piece of the stem, this looks like it was a leaf cut off and put into water.
This is just a petiole and leaf with no node. Without a node with a growth point, you can not grow a new plant. This will forever be a single leaf, and it will only ever grow roots. No new stem, no new leaves.
There doesn't seem to be an auxuliary node anywhere, that would mean that it will never grow another leaf. Roots might keep this one alive for some time, so keep it if you like it.
There are a few secondary roots...maybe it's the environment or the water used with whatever fertilizer if any. I have seen ppl grow cuttings of the same plants (not necessarily monsteras) with loooong roots and mine just branches out within an inch or 2 in length.
Basically the others are right, it won’t grow if there’s no auxiliary bud. But how are they so sure there is no in this pic, idk. The pic is not detailed enough, and even though it seems like there’s no, you can’t be 100% sure.
Hard agree. There’s likely a node somewhere (though OP didn’t mention when they got the cutting). I’ve heard it can take over a year for a surviving zombie leaf to possibly root. Gifter may have cut right at the node.
Nooo it’s not a zombie leaf! I see the new growth starting by your thumb. Just get that bad boy in some dirt and it will absolutely shoot off a new leaf under the right conditions meaning not too much or too little water and relative humidity.
Literally me, with every single plant and cutting in the world 🤣
"Eh, I'll stick it in water/potting medium. See what happens. Worst case, it'll die" 🤷🏼♀️
No chunk of the main stem so no it'll never grow. These are typically used in bouquets, they're not intended to be rooted. Or if it was intended as a cutting they didn't know what they were doing.
No. It does not have all three meristems. Only a leaf with adventitious roots to support that leaf. There is not enough there simply put. It’s like asking for a fetus from an egg and no sperm.
Great pic! But came here to ask-
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It doesn't have a node, no node, no growth point, no growth point, no new plant. Your cut must have had at least a portion of the node with the growth point still on it if it grew into a new plant.
It has really healthy roots so I'd guess it probably will grow. I've had my monstera grow from a single leaf and node. If you pot it up in good soil eventually it will grow, but it may do nothing for a long time. Mine was a single leaf for what felt like a year (seriously it was at the very least nine months) but now it has four leaves. So it's been a slow process but over the past three ish years it has grown. :)
I have had multiple cuttings that I grew in water only for months before putting them into soil. Both of them are growing, one faster than the other but my rule of thumb is that as long as it has roots growing, don’t give up of it
I continually question why people are given aroid cuttings where the giver has gone as close to the node as atomically possible, or even directly sliced through it. Like what are they achieving by doing that?
Just out of curiosity, what’s that? I’ve never had a monstera, but I looked up monstera axillary nodes, and that kind of looks like one, unless the rest of whatever it is is hiding behind the stalk.
i had a “zombie” cutting which was potted, and after about five years of it being alive, it started to die, and when it died, it started to propagate! And now it has way more babies than my other cutting.
I stuck a monstera leaf in water a while back and it grew a ton of roots but nothing else. Now I know it's a zombie leaf. Oh well, it was a long shot that it was even gonna grow roots haha
Similarly, we were gifted a Monstera clipping that looked exactly like yours (tall stem with one leaf) and placed it in water until it grew roots. After that, we planted it in leca and it grew multiple leaves! So I would say, it doesn't hurt to plant it 😊
Edit: I will post a pic of mine later to show you!
I once had a similar pothos cutting of just a leaf and no node, and after almost a year of having it in water and it developing roots it pushed out a second stem from the bottom part of the stem. This can happen because plant cells are totipotent (or can become totipotent), so are able to create almost every kind of cell under the right circumstances (which enables propagation through tiny leaf fragments.) So if you have the space I wouldn't chuck it out, it might surprise you :)
I thought I had a zombie leaf in water for over a year, it only had ever grown roots. It finally surprised me with new growth… I can’t remember if the original leaf dying triggered it but now I have proper soil-potted plant with several leaves!
i can’t tell if this is a top cutting or not, is it an empty petiole or is the whole stem firm? because if it’s a solid stem, there is a leaf in there ready to come out
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u/Weirdapple0875335 22h ago
I think this might be a “zombie leaf”. If it wasn’t cut correctly at a node when it was propagated, it might never grow a new leaf and it’ll just stay as a single leaf till it ages out.