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Looking for ID and advice

(1) Would love to know the name of this plant.

(2) What should I do to improve this plant. Propagate and increase lighting?

(3) Or should I give up on it?

(4) What are the brown spots on the stem?





Brown spots are from?







This is how it started to grown when I propagated it last year.

Comments (9)

  • 3 years ago

    well.. its not a hosta.. and based on your name. im not sure we should encourage you ... lol ..


    so its sitting in the same propagation chamber a year later.. and youre wondering why its not growing to specs ...i suspect it need to be potted in new media appropriate to whatever this non-hosta is ..


    i presume it was moved to the table for the picture.. they do look a bit etoliated ....give us info on the light it gets .. etc ... first pic.. is that the window behind.. are the shears ever opened this time of year?? ..


    one pick looks sodden.. one bone dry.. whats the usual???


    both of us being hosta nuts.. we struggle in the house in winter .. torturing poor plants... until we find those plants that are indestructible ... and in my case that is pathos.. i highly suggest you also torture those in winter.. lol ...


    ken



    newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
  • 3 years ago

    You're right Ken, it's a year later! My bad! Growing season came and then my indoor plants generally suffer from neglect sometimes!

    I did move it to the table for the picture. It was in a westerly window. Lots of light/sun in early spring until the trees leaf out. Then practically nothing! Trees are way too big! I think my plants get confused. As the sun intensity gets stronger, some sun loving plants improving . . . and then, bang! . . . everything changes as the maple tree leaves emerge. I have large windows facing west, but no south facing windows. (Often think of moving, mostly because of my plants!)

    "Struggle in the house in winter." Yes! So you say pothos are indestructible? Let me go find some! LOL!

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Looks like a Sedum to me. Succulent & many kinds. I think the brown on stems is just what the stems do as they age. I also think it wants to lay down & trail. Don’t see any air roots at any of the leaf joints. If it is Sedum, the leafs root freely when dropped on ground. I have several kinds & they are winter hardy here in PNW zone 8 a&b. Usually flower yellow or pink in summer.


    ETA - have never seen sedums as house plants. I’d stick it in a pot or a very sunny not soggy flower bed after all frost gone.

    newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked KW PNW Z8
  • 3 years ago

    " have never seen sedums as house plants. "

    There are multiple hundreds of species of sedums. Some are very cold tolerant and able to be grown outdoors in most areas. Others are quite tender/cold sensitive and DO require indoor conditions or winter protection. And not all are trailing groundcovers. Many are upright perennials and several species even grow into small shrubs. Not all sedums are the same or require similar growing conditions!!

    Common tender sedums grown as house plants include donkey or burro's tail, banana sedum, jelly bean sedum and Sedum adolphii. Unless you live in a frost free climate, these can only be grown as house plants!

    newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
  • 3 years ago

    KW, thank you for your suggestion of my plant being a sedum. When you say if it's a sedum, it will root readily from leaves dropped on the soil. Upon inspection, I can see that leaves have fallen, and they are rooting too! Maybe sedum can be grown indoors in a sunny window in colder climates?

    Gardengal, sedum can be grown indoors. Hurray!

    Tiffany, thank you for IDing my plant. I am not happy with the stretched look of the plant. I am thinking of beheading them and replanting---and putting them under a plant light until they can go outside. Then the plan will be to find new homes for the majority of them. Good plan?

  • 3 years ago

    As it was said, there are many sedums. Some are hardy, others not - suitable for growing indoors. There are also many hybrids with 1 parent being sedum.They are easily grown from the leaves or stem cuttings. They need lots of light (both hardy and tender), or they etiolate. I would behead what you have & grow them under lights to have compact plants.

    Dark stems could be natural or caused by too much water, or humidity. They are succulents & don't need much moisture & no humidity. Behead, give much more light, don't overwater...

    newhostalady Z6 ON, Canada thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5a
  • 3 years ago

    Rina, thanks for the advice! I will behead and put them under lights. I do want them to be more compact and cute looking. Maybe I will even get a "before and after" picture!

    As for the dark stems, maybe too much water. Humidity is not a factor here until we are in the heat of the summer. I am thinking the dark stems are not natural for this plant.

  • 3 years ago

    My pleasure! One of my favs. I started with 1 tiny pot similar to your pic about 10 yrs ago, and now I have hundreds. If it was my plant, I would strengthen with more light before beheading because etiolated material is not the best candidate for propagation, and there's no reason to make stretched babies if your plant is already in your most sunny spot. Doing that outside when it warms up could be more satisfying.