Hey Guys, My name is Maggie and when my gorgeous Philodendron Gloriosum started producing
ugly leaves, I held my breath and dug it all up to check out the condition of the roots.
It turned out I had all this extra rhizome underneath the soil! This is the journey of how I
propagated the philodendron gloriosum rhizomes. If you’re interested in finding out what happened to
the mother plant, stay till the very end! First thing you need to know about the Philodendron
Gloriosum is that it’s a Crawler. Which means the plant stem grows horizontally along the forest
floor, as opposed to Climber plants such as the Monstera Deliciosa which enjoy growing upwards.
Each of these nodes, along the rhizome - those bulging bits - have the potential to produce
healthy roots to anchor the plant down, and also produce new leaf shoots! So what would
you do if you found all this extra rhizome on your favourite plant? You’d propagate it to make
more plant babies! That’s what I did, anyways! I took a deep breath in, held it, then just *boom*,
made the cut. In order to propagate it, you have to preserve the nodes by cutting the space between
two nodes of your choice. It also helps to think about cutting up the rhizome to a much more
manageable size to pot up eventually, knowing that it’ll grow in one direction as a crawler.
After the cut, I let the fresh wounds on the rhizomes callous for a few hours on the table in
a dry spot, away from any harsh rays of sunlight. Apparently, this reduces the likelihood of rot.
It is a point of contention between people however, but the logic
makes sense and there’s no harm in trying it on the thick woody rhizome of the philodendron
gloriosum, which doesn’t have much likelihood of wilting during the wait. I laid the rhizomes
on a bed and blanket of damp sphagnum within a semi-transparent trolli lolli sour worm container!
Then I sealed the container with the lid, and kept the box at a location where it
received heaps of indirect sunlight throughout the day. After a month,
I noticed the tiniest leaf spike appearing on the rhizome. Cue the celebratory dance.
I began to worry that the new leaves may soon hit the lid of the sour worm container, so I cleaned
up an old Glass Fish Tank. Then I made a bed and blanket of damp sphagnum to tuck the Philodendron
Gloriosum rhizomes into and sealed up the fish tank with cling wrap. Just like the sour worm
container, I kept the fish tank at a location where it received heaps of indirect sunlight.
Basically, I forgot about it! Here is the progress shot after a month in the fish
tank. The sphagnum managed to stay damp, which just makes life easier.
Have a look at these adorable philodendron gloriosum leaves. Each new leaf was considerably
larger than the one before. More importantly, it was producing strong and heathy new roots.
Can you believe that that tiny misshapen leaf was the first one the rhizome ever produced?
And now you can spot the next leaf spike coming through.
I’m completely obsessed with this rotund baby heart-shaped velvety philodendron gloriosum leaf.
I think the humidity within the fish tank is what made it a successful propagation.
It just kept producing new leaf after new leaf.
Here is the other rhizome. I tried taking it out of the fish tank to show you guys,
but felt the roots resist it. Sometimes it’s best not to risk it for the biscuit.
Can we just appreciate the gorgeous white veining on this Philodendron gloriosum leaf?
It’s incredible how large the newer leaf is compared to the previous one!
Here is the progress shot, two months after it was moved into the fish tank. There’s a few more new
leaf additions. The new guy is just doing his own thang. Smooshing itself up against the glass haha.
Well I hope you guys enjoyed this detour journey. Where I actually
successfully propagated the extra rhizome found within the soil of the mother plant
Philodendron Gloriosum. If you’re interested in finding out what happened to the mother plant,
I’ll whack it on the end of this video. Don’t forget to hit like and subscribe,
or let me know in the comments what’s the weirdest container you’ve used for propagation?
Bye!