I don't have any spectacular photos. I just need to tell someone who understands that my Princess Argentea has FINALLY begun to grow leaves!
I got her in July 2025 and she has had the same 2 leaves she came with until now.
I was afraid she had flat mites or a fungal issue or maybe was just a zombie plant.
I tried everything to encourage her to grow. I bought a microscope to see if she had some unauthorized residents. I scrubbed her with a toothbrush. Over the last 10 months I have treated her with neem oil, alcohol, fungicide, insecticide, and peroxide. I cut the scraggly soil roots she came with and put her in water. She grew beautiful water roots but still no leaves.
After a few months, I put her in spaghnum moss and encouraged her to grow soil roots. And apparently she did because she now has 3 new growths! THREE! And they're fuzzy. I didn't know they would be fuzzy! 🥰
Now I can look forward to growing a beautiful plant. ☺️🙂
by Reasonable-Belt1205
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It’s so exciting when they feel well enough to grow! Congrats!
Congrats! It’s always great when they show signs of life after making you wonder for ages.
YESS!!! It’s so exciting <3 my dischidia cuttings took so long to start growing but they’re kind of zooming right now
https://preview.redd.it/pm4up1ozh50h1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2df1cb869f9104a0cd4422587c1e52f03459d74e
This one has taken the longest out of all my hoyas to root and show new growth. But once it gets going it is so rewarding.
She’s alive!!!
🤩 wow!
How long did it take?