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[ONandONandON]

i think ERINsaying neem oil will remove bugs and not hurt the plant, but if ants are eating the aphids,
i'd say let them eat until the aphids are all gone.. then you could re-pot the plant to remove the ants.

[Bach]

Ants don't eat aphids, they tend them like cows, using the sweet excretions from the aphids as food.

Not a situation you really want on your plants. They won't kill a Pv but I suppose a severe infestion could weaken a plant.  Once grown out to size Pv are generally pretty sturdy and shake off most infestations.

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[Cashback]

This is the way I made my propagation...
 in photo (2) the leaf cut in three is the one from photo (1) an viridis, the one that is complete is an Nexus.
I think I can take several clones from a single leaf from one I already take 4 clones just need water and an air pump.
In the last photo is the one from photo (1)

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[madmonkeyz]

About 2 years old psychotria viridis. About to flower. Could it be male p.viridis? Or female? My p.viridis grows together with b.caapi as you can see in the second picture. Anyway, thank you Frog Pajamas for the leaves. Really appreciate it.

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[Bach]

Wow, only 2 years old? Excellent work! Viridis typically don't flower until they are about four years old.

Looks like that specimen is a male type. And it looks like it IS flowering, not 'about to flower'. The flowers are really tiny.

Frog PJs got her leaves from me, and it's good to see you having success with the species. 

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[madmonkeyz]

They grow really fast provided with adequate sunshine and water. How to know if it is female and male p.viridis? It would be great if you could provide pics for female and male comparison. Thank you.

[Inyan]

I'm going to be lazy here as I've seen the first few pictures on how these leaves were propagated. Bending the leaf in half vertically and planting the vertical fold in the ground just a little bit in my experience results in many more babies.... as each vein small or large will often produce a baby that way. If someone else has already posted that information my apologies for double posting. Again, laziness on my part.

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[nikshaz]

Here’s something that I’ve done to encourage more root development. Hopefully later promote branching.

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[Fontoking61777]

anyway someone could help me out with some leaf cuttings been looking for a while now

[XDX]

Hey sorry to hijack, just a quick question

i have a P. viridis plant i purchased about a year ago, it was about a 30-40cm tall when i got it, with ooh 5 or so branches/growth tips.

when i received the plant, the leaves seemed especially crinkly & curled inward. i thought it would hopefully grow out of it in happy new conditions.
well, i don't think it has grown at all. i think it tried to put out a new set of leaves at each tip, but they came out all crinkly as well, and dropped once they had expanded to only a cm or two in size. no new growth.


any advice? ill try to post some pics soon, but does this sound more of a nutrient deficiency issue, or like a humidity issue, or something else?
if we can get this thing growing a little bit faster, ill have some fresh healthy leaves that i can share for propagating!

[Bach]

Humidity most likely and temperature secondarily.

[madmonkeyz]

how many generation of p.viridis is possibly could propagated through leaf cutting? eg. first leaf cutting grown into big tree, and then leaf taken from that tree, and planted and grown into another tree and so on and on. would it lose vigour and die after certain generation? or a new tree from a leaf cutting is genetically different from the mother tree?

[madmonkeyz]

anomaly leaves!

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[csnap]

Hey everyone. I've got an established 3 yr old Alba and was wondering if I would be better off propagating through leaf cuttings or stem cuttings.
I've heard rumors that stem cuttings root/grow faster but I don't know the technique. I've done leaf cuttings before and they take foreverrr
Let me know thanks!

Also is there any way to help it get to flower? It's probably close to old enough

[Bach]

2 node stem cuttings seem to be the way to go. Some light but moist mix and a humidity dome should be all you need.

Alba will flower at three years so if it's happy you'll see some action soon. 

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