392K views · 6.2K reactions | Welcoming a new thaumatophyllum...

Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum, you’re a beast 💪🏽I was contacted about a plant that had been donated to a center but they were unable to care for it. It is over 60 years old and needed support and maintenance. This was my biggest plant project to date!In nature, these grow up the trunks of trees but in a home, a support of some kind is important as it matures. She grew all these years with no support and she eventually developed a thick and twisted trunk. The first step was repotting!6 months

Thaumatophyllum bipinnatifidum is claiming my house! Aerial roots in nature serve to anchor themselves into their support structure like trees, buildings, or rocks. Indoors, they will make their way through carpet, wood concrete, you name it. They also use the aerial roots to absorb nutrients from their environment around them. Three things you can do with them: 1)Guide them back into the pot 2)Let them hang out of the pot but be sure watch for attaching. 3) Chop I personally chose to do 1 and 2

135K views · 3.9K reactions | Quick propagation of my variegated Thaumatophyllum Soledad hybrid  #garden #plants #plantitosplantitas #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantito #plantita | Bechoy | Facebook