I got this prop at a swap, and the end I have submerged in sphagnum moss seems to have started a new baby plant with baby roots (submerged) and the two baby leaves that you can see to the left. But then this stem that sticks out looks like it was originally growing in the other direction, and the end is yellowing. So my questions are:
1) what is it?
2) is this setup what the baby roots and baby plant want?
3) should I cut off the sticky-outy stem for any combination of the following possible reasons: a) it’s too much for the baby plant to deal with while it focuses b) I can propagate that separately and/or it wants to be in some sort of prop setup but can’t handle being exposed like this?
by Thick-Ad-1748
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It does look like it is upside down. I would trim it off and put the leaf node in sphagnum to propagate. Once new plant emerges, trim off that long stem that is yellowing. Not sure what this plant is, I’d put it in a north or east window and see what happens. Good luck.
That’s definitely upside down. I’d cut that stem on the right down to right below the leaf making sure to not cut off any nodes. Then put the end you cut into the moss.
It looks like a Scindapsus that wants to be chopped up and propagated!
If the leaf is fairly chunky my guess is it’s a Scindapsis pictus, commonly known as satin pothos (not a true pothos/epipremnum). They’re reliable (not finiky) propagators, so what you’ve done should work fine as is. If you want you could cut above the old leaf and stick the yellow end in the moss as well to see if the node next to the yellow part is still viable. (I’m not an expert on satin pothos, am saying this from my small experience propagating similar vining plants)
1. To me that looks like a “satin pothos” aka scindapsus pictus (not a real pothos). They’re interesting little guys, and from what I understand, somewhat slow to root and grow – I’ve got a prop going myself as well 😊
2. Is this how you got it from the swap, or have you done anything or has it grown since then? Sphagnum moss should be a perfectly good growing medium, of course just keeping it moist and not waterlogged. But if you got it this way and you don’t want to continue with the sphagnum moss, it’s also perfectly fine to repot it in something with good drainage. Very similar care to an actual pothos
3. I didn’t see it until others pointed it out – the longer piece is probably upside down, based on the direction the leaf’s petiole is pointing. So yeah, if not chopping up into separate node pieces, at least turning it so the current top node is in the medium. And you can cut the yellowing part off closer to the node, too, because it’s probably just going to rot
An upside down scindapsus exotica I believe. It needs to be turned around and put the yellow part in the dirt and let it grow around a moss pole.
It wants to be be planted right side up.