Another project I have been working on over the winter has been dividing, repotting, and taking cuttings from some of my houseplants.  In December I purchased 2 Anthuriums and decided to divide them up because each contained multiple plants.  I ended up with seven pots and I planted each in a half orchid/half indoor potting mix.  Six of them survived the dividing process.

I have taken and successfully rooted cuttings from my Christmas cactus (pictured above), goldfish, and polka dot plants.  I am also experimenting to see if I can air layer my peperomia succulents to get more plants.  My two poinsettias are still alive, and the hot pink one is putting on a flush of new growth.  The red variegated appears to be in a holding pattern for now, which is better than I have managed in the past.

My pink poinsettia started a lot of new dark red growth once the initial wave of blooms died back. I try to only water it once a week, and it gets natural light through the sliding glass door. It’s not under the grow lights, or getting any kind of special treatment. The other one is the centerpiece on the kitchen table.

Successfully rooted goldfish plant cuttings

I took a bunch of coleus cuttings in the fall before the frost killed the plants, and they rooted very well.  I had them in small pots for a couple months and have now re-cut them to propagate again in cups of water.  I want to refresh the roots and provide them with new potting mix in a couple months without needing to repot them again before they can be transplanted outside.

Coleus cuttings well rooted in water. I have now transplanted them to 3-inch seed cells to keep growing.

My variegated pothos is doing quite well and has run out of room along the shelf to grow, it’s trying to grow up the corner cabinet. Rather than risk it falling off and breaking the single vine, I have decided to cut it back and propagate it.

I took about a dozen single node cuttings the first week of Feb and most of them rooted in water over the past few weeks. I have now planted them in pots and hope to have a nice full hanging basket come summertime.

I’m also trying to reset some of my succulents by trying to root the leaves. Two were especially long and straggly looking, so I have cut them off and am hoping they will re-root from their stems.

My new split leaf monstera is putting out a new leaf, and I’m excited to see what it looks like once it unravels in a few days.