I was told if you trellis the long tendril it will start producing leaves. I did that and was amazed that new leaves started growing! Good luck!

Thanks for the info. I will try that. The pictured plant was a lil pricey so I won't be cutting on it for awhile :P

Seems when they just hang nothing much happens but roots. When my others did the root thing I anchored the longie into the pot and whalla things started to happen.

That method made for very strange looking hanging potted plants.

FYI: Just for giggles I did cut a few off a few and stuck them in water....just to see what would happen. Will give an update if it works or they simply rot.

I am also experimenting with light...there has to be a reason for long shoots in the 1st place.

Kim

mIddle - what TIka said. My publicalyx does that all the time. this summer one of the tendrils was over three feet long. I had the plant hanging in a tree. Once it found a branch it liked, it started to wrap itself around and around and before long leaves shot up all along the tendril. I think it's looking for a viable support first before wasting energy on leaves, and once it finds one then it knows it can climb and will put it's effort into producing food factories.

Good luck with yours and let us know how your experiment goes.

Bang! Let's the games begin! 😁

UPDATE

My experiment worked!! I sliced n diced many of my longies and stuck them in water. Lost a few but over 95% were grins and giggles. Roots showed up quickly. Not sure when the leaves started showing up because I had a major accident with my table saw but show up they did.

I set a glass jar in my North facing kitchen window with tap water. Average temp was 68ish and up..I'm in Central Florida

I coupled up with a friend that can get her hands on Hoyas for her nursery..paradisefoundnursery.com and I volunteered to make new plants for her shop. Was doing leaf cuttings from my "Mother" plants and it seems to take bit longer than a long bald stem in water. The upside to tendrils is there is no scalping of the Mother Plant.

I hang everything so trellis and such are not my thing.

I gotz babies \O/ YAY!! and she scores!!!!