This is my first “rare” houseplant, purchased at a local show. I assumed the plant had more variegation running down the stem in the soil and would produce more white leaves. After taking it out I see it tapers off quickly.
Also what I thought what an established plant was 3 semi-rooted cuttings in soil. The other cuttings have no visible variegation.
Is it worth keeping the other cuttings? Is there a way to spread the variegation? Thinking of wrapping some sphagnum moss around the single node with white get it to grow.
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There’s no growth point left on the node with a variegated leaf (the one you are holding). It will not grow another leaf even if you wrap sphagnum around it.
You could keep the other cuttings if you want but there’s no guarantee it even came from a mayari in the first place. I don’t really see var coming back from a mayari this far gone but sometimes they can surprise you. I just wouldn’t count on it.
Think of this as an expensive lesson – check your plants before you buy them ~
how were you scammed? You’ve seen the plant, it was obvious it’s reverted. You shouldn’t have bought it if you wanted a variegated plant, but it’s not a scam to present it for sale.
You can cut that vine again btw, while the growth point has been used it is possible for it to grow another one, it happens sometimes if you give it enough time. The variegation seems to run on the outside of the stem though, so most probably even if it does grow another vine it won’t be variegated.
Don’t be cheap next time, if you want a variegated plant buy a variegated plant and don’t accuse people of scamming for selling you exactly what you’re seeing. No one is going to leave variegated nodes in the soil… trying to trick the growers rarely works, they know what they are doing.