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I cut off a flower spike and now it is starting to branch off 3 different nodes. Seems the more aerial roots it puts out the less the variegation dries out.

It came from a collector friend of mine. It took years of begging to and trading work to get it. I get ton's of fruit of my other monstera out front but this one has never produced. Yours looks great Stan.

Overdue for an update. Still drying out on the pure yellow but getting better with the more aerial roots it keeps putting down.

Try Bluebell Nursery Anaheim. Jack and Arlene are great. Bought one there a while back. (714) 828-1024

I always give it a good flush when I water it. Going to create a daily watering schedule to see if that makes a difference. Still wondering about my water supply quality how to test it and how to make it better. Any ideas?

Hi Stan, that's what I am trying first is to increase water supply and humidity to see if it make a difference. It is planted above my native clay soil in a mix of bark, peat moss, perilite and good soil. The interesting thing is that the friend who I got it from lives inland with much less...

The only time it gets any sun is morning sun about mid summer. The rest of the time just bright light. Also other Aroids doing the same thing with absolutely no direct sun light. The reason I think its the water is it starts from the very edge of the leaf and very slowly creeps toward the...

Has anyone tried putting a couple of areiel roots in a jug of good water to make sure its getting enough water on the uptake? Or, information on what minerals you need to put back into RO water for proper plant health. Some say only Cal/Mag is necessary. The hydroponic site want to sell you...

The white ones get no direct sun at all. One gets a lot of water and one very little but are doing the same with the same water supply.

December update. I think it is the water. Don't know why I did not notice it before but all my similar Aroids are doing the same thing. Should I try RO water to see if make a difference? Or will bottled water work? Don't have much rain water to work with unless El Nino shows up. Here are...

Here is a December update before it drops it's leaves. Down to four very large branches but looking very balanced. Also one of my favorite Platyceriums.

Still having trouble with tips burning. Not sure what to do.

60 day update. I think I have created a monster. The one I am keeping has shed all but 5 branches but they are growing very fast. The one I am removing I pollard it again just to see what would happen and it has already sprouted out new branches from the ones I cut off. I cut them all off...

Looks great! What is the tree fern in the foreground? Cyathea Brownii? Also looks awesome!

Here is a 30 day update on the growth. The one in the sun went from 11 heads to 6 but all show lots of growth.