brown dent on leaf

11 years ago

I got a single leaf Hoya Kerri plant and there's this little light brown bit on it (the circled part) Is there a way to fix it? Is it dying?

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Kim

11 years ago

It just looks like a blemish where the leaf was damaged previously and should be fine. Unfortunately, these single leaf kerrii cuttings rarely have the node material needed to put out new growth. It does happen sometimes, there was a lady in here who was successful after 8 months of patience. Good luck to you on yours, I really wish growers would stop doing this and start selling at least 1 or two node cuttings that have a better chance. There is probably someone on here with kerrii cuttings they would be willing to trade or sell, I think Denise and maybe Jan have them.

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Iman Hussin
Original Author
11 years ago
Thank you so much!! I don't mind it being a single leaf forever so its okay
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Kim
11 years ago
They sure are cute, I don't think I'd mind one either. :)
Denise
11 years ago
It's a cute way to get Hoya kerrii out there and there would be no shame in selling these as long as they take the cuttings right, including some stem. Then they would eventually grow, but you could still get a cute heart-in-a-pot for Valentines Day!

Denise in Omaha
Kim
11 years ago
Ok yeah, Denise is right as usual. ;-)
laticauda
11 years ago
I'm actually testing this currently in a little plastic cup. I did "surgery" with a very sharp knife and cut the entire growth node out on one set of leaves. There was still enough stem to hold it together after I was done, but I cut it off cos it was gonna die and rot.

they are polyneura cuttings which I know root VERY easily from the stem nodes, but the leaf nodes are a different story. I do know that carnosa leaves will root reliably though, so polyneura has got to be easier than that, right?

i think I'm going to have to take more of this type of leaf cutting and try it in one of my gallon size greenhousebags. Lol.
laticauda
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
Um...do those flamingos appear to be staring disdainfully at the scar. Is it just me?
mimalf
11 years ago
Laticauda, please keep us posted on your experiment. I'm really interested in that.
laticauda
11 years ago
I popped them out of the pot and see some healthy root growth, hopefully it won't be long, they both had BIG growth buds.