I was working on some Town homes and some guy threw his in the trash. It had almost no leaves and most of the stems were brown crispy wood. A friend of mine brought hers over from France. I always wanted one, but never see them in stores. Anyway, I've always had a green thumb. So I brought it home and cut all the dead away. It had been very large at one time. I bent the stems to see if any had life. And several still did. I have had it now for about 6 or 7 months. We have cold winters so I brought it inside from my Patio. It now has new stems/leaves up to 3 foot long. And the old stems have many leaves. No idea which type of Epiphyllum this one is. But really hoping for some nice flowers this Summer. Great Video, Subbed and liked.
We call it "Babe in a Manger". Mine was gifted to me in 92. Pruned one of mine yesterday. Gies out in spring, in at end of Sept. I just jam them in the, dirt usually another plant's, and forget about them. 95% success.
Just came across your video. I have a 30yr old Night blooming Cearus. Its 8 feet tall & never been pruned, because I was afraid of killing it.. lol. I used a tomatoe cage to help hold the branches up. Seems to be helpful. Its been a bit neglected last couple years though.
Excellent video on pruning this plant. These plants must be pruned to be able to live with them, especially indoors, but even in some outdoor situations too.. It does the plant well and all the cuttings can be made into new plants to give away.
Yes!!! I cant believe how well all of the cuttings did. Some grew in soil, and most in just perlite, but 100 %survived. Also, you are correct. The mother plant loved the pruning as well and is growing new beanches like crazy. Cheers 😎🍺🍺
I found mine as a huge mangley pot of sticks on the side of the road as someones tree trash! I had no idea what it was but i stuck it outside and forgot about it for a long time until I smelled something amazing and found it blooming! Its such an inspiring flower I do nightime photo shoots of each flower everytime It produces. DID YOU REALLY THROW THOSE HUGE PIECES AWAY??!! NEXT TIME MAYBE DONATE THEM TO A LUCKY FELLOW PLANT FAN !
We have one that's blooming like crazy this summer. We've never had so many flowers. And 5 flowers at one time. 3 bloomed last night and 2 the night before. I like to think it's my mother making them bloom her favorite plant and she passed away last year. We haven't done a thing to it. Didn't know our needed pruning. It's a monster though.
I love this plant. It is truly Queen Of The Night. They are precious in Asian culture, see Crazy Rich Asian film. I’d like to try growing them and being impatient waiting for them get old enough to bloom. Hope that mature cuttings could help speed up the process. Would you sale those long cuttings?
Thank you for the video. I am frantically searching for a propagation video in the middle of the night. My plant got too heavy for its pot and got tipped over. It lost a huge brunch in that process
Super easy to propagate. Cut, let it scar over for a couple days. Pot em up! I do this in the fall before i bring her back in the house for the winter. ❤ my plant is over 25 yrs old. She's huge.
@cynthiathompson8707 let the cutting scar over for a couple days. This will prevent rot or mold. Then just pot up. If possible an inch or two into the soil. I like to use a small pot with good drainage for cuttings. I find it easier to manage watering. You don't want to over water. Just keep it mildly damp. Keep your new plant near bright light by a window. Soon roots will start. Most times I set it and forget it. Giving it a shot of water oncd every 2 weeks. Have patience. Once established, there pretty hardy. Just keep it near a window in the winter. Summer time, I bring my plants outside in part sun. Only water when it hasn't rained in a while. I fertilize with Oscomote Plus for indoor/outdoor plants. I enjoy propagating. You got this! Please post a follow up! 😊 Happy gardening
@@HineyPuff thank you for the tips. I am going to use them to note. I’m kind of worried because one of the leaves is about 3 feet long. What do I do with this?
@cynthiathompson8707 you can bury that one deep. Use a stick and string to stake it in place until the roots can support it. That is a good-sized leaf from the Mother plant ! 👍
Wow! I just chopped my big boy today and hope it takes. Mine wasn't as huge as yours but it just was too big for my space. I used rooting hormone powder and put in fresh chunky soil. Mine was putting all of its energy into very long off shoots. I hope it takes!
Mine was trying to throw a shoot thru my ceiling when I moved her from the ocean view window on the East side of the house to the North side for a couple of months
Thanks for the video! I was going to prune mine now but I think I will wait until Spring. I'm in Texas and it will be time to put her in the garage for winter soon. What do you feed yours to bloom? Do you always keep her inside? You have the perfect set up with the lightsource for inside, I do not. I keep mine outside and she gets morning sun. I feed mine with Schultz cactus liquid food. Thanks!!
Probably best to prune in Spring if it is garage bound. I am very fortunate to have the eastern facing windows. I have never put it outside but i have some nice cuttings rooting that i may test outdoors in Spring. I ha e fed the osmocote plus pellets in the past. I am applying a 2 month time release 2-2-2 to all of my house plants and bonsai this week. Cheers my friend. 😎🍺🍺
I don't have a queen of the night, but mine is red and a day bloomer. I have a tomato hoop stuck in the pot to hold up the long branches. Cuttings you can cut just before the leaf starts. Not sure about that variety, but they bloom from the same spot, so heavy pruning may prevent future blooms. I could be wrong. Hope to get one some day. Interesting plants.
Even if it takes a couple of years to bloom again I am fine with it. The tomato hoop is a great idea...i may have to use that rechniques when it starts kickong off new growth. Thank you😎🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai In the end it's visible that you're in no danger but that was the first thought I got when the video started. 😁 Probably the camera angle.
I’m still waiting for mine to bloom for the first time and it’s probably at least three years old by now.. But I’m wondering why you would throw away the small clippings that you took. When I received my plant, I only got two half-leaves, no stems. And the plant has grown quite a few branches off of those leaves. This plant seems to have no rules about where new branches or leaves will propagate from! So I would’ve kept the small clippings and started them up and giving them away or sold them since this is a rare/valuable plant.
I propagated my Queen of the Night from one leaf that my neighbor gave me from his 75 year-old plant. I pruned all 17 of them for the first time today. They were taking over my plant room, and I finally realized it wouldn't kill them if I cut them back. It's less lush in there now without all those crazy stalks pushing against the ceiling and taking up half the room, but so much more manageable. Of course, now I have about 40 large cuttings... new home business?
Hi This is my first time here, was looking to see how to prune my Queen!!! She has literally taken over my balcony I’m in Puerto Rico and today I counted about 30+ flowers that will open by tomorrow or this weekend!!! Thanks for the video I’m was afraid to prune it , but I think I can do it now. Do you think after it blooms I can do it without hurting it? Betsy
Thanks for watching Betsy. Pruning after they flower is the perfect time. All of the branches I pruned off have grown roots and began growing new branches as well. You have the perfect climate for it. 😎🍺🍺
I am an Expat now living in the Philippines. We live near a jungle area. I've been able to plants some Lobster claws and Angel Trumpets that I got out of the jungle and my neighbor who lives in the jungle brought and planted some Queen of the Nights in our yard. I hope to plant some more. Thanks for the info. I am trying to learn more about this plant.
I doubled the size of my pot to support wild canopy. I am goong to prune off the longer ones soon and root them in perlite and water for another planting.
I’ve read they like to be potbound, that way they don’t put all of their energy into growing roots. All their energy goes into making leaves and flowers.
@@jarheadbonsai What are the flowers like on this one? I have a very large one with thin flower petals, very beautiful plant for sure! By the way, I used to study bonsai at a bonsai nursery years ago. I had a very large collection of bonsai and pots, now Im growing house plants HAHA! It is hard to keep a bonsai garden!
I hope you didn’t chuck the long ones! You could have used a much shorter vase and cut the stems much shorter so they were a manageable size. Just a thought.
I have all of the cuttings happily rooted. We are part of an Octoberfest this year where I will be selling the cuttings....along with a bunch of other species. 😎🍺🍺
You can chop those big pieces into tiny pieces and just stick them in dirt…My dog had biten off a piece about 6 inches long at best and i stuck it back in the dirt of another plant and it’s growing leaves! Lol
OMG!!! Where were you guys living? That plant is larger than my living room and dining room combined! What are you going to do with all that new found space?!?
😂😂😂i cant believe how big it got this year. It just started shooting out these 2 Meter long branches everywhere. We were able to kove back inyo our house after pruning. Lol 😎🍺🍺
I found my queen in a trash can . I live in Greece ,winter came ,snow came too then spring and after approximately 4 years it started blooming every year(I never changed her spot )It’s about 2meters tall and gives me about 30 -40 flowers. My question is : do I cut only new leafs or old too in order to make a new plant and if it’s really good for the main plant. Mine is just getting bigger and bigger even though I’ve never done that. thank you !
Do you keep your plant inside or outside? Also, to get so many blooms what time of day does the sun shine on it, it seems when mine gets too much sun the leaves turn yellow. I can’t wait until I get as blooms as you!
@@kayBTR if you are asking me, mine is a outside even at wintertime. Two years ago we even had snow in Athens and nothing happened to my plant. Now it is getting even bigger and I think it will bloom July. What I do though is to take parts of it and put them in a really big pot ,water them and they grow really fast. I give them as presents to friends
This has been a rehab project for me. The nursery we got it from let these grow long and wild...in a couple more years mine should be "fixed", and full. Cheers
@@jarheadbonsai Igot mine from my mom when she passed. She loved plants so now I have more than I have room for. She had been fighting cancer for a couple years and on one of the times I was pushing her around in a wheelchair she saw this ugly plant in a hanging planter and it looked pitiful but she always liked the unusual looking plants. She wanted to buy it and I told her no it was terribly expensive $50 and ugly that there were prettier and cheaper plants there was also one next to this one that had small thin elongated leaves with little white round growths again $50 and not attractive. She wanted that one too. I told her she didn’t need a “pimple” plant so we just got some flowers and I planted them in her yard for her. Needless to say she got her husband to take her back and get both those overpriced ugly plants. Well I just rolled my eyes at her the next time I went to her house and figured it’s her money. I stayed with her at her house the last several months of her life and I took care of all her plants. When she got thos plants she didn’t kno they were epiphytes or what that even meant but I did the research on google so I could hopefully get these things looking better. So I repotted them and started my rehab of the ugly plants. My mom never did see the beautiful white flowers this plant got. But I kno she would be proud of what I have been able to do with them. That one 8 inch hanging planter has now morphed into 4 enormous 20 + inch pots and each is 3-4 feet tall. I am regularly cutting them back. I let one go to see how tall it would get before it started to droop sideways and it was s tall as me and I am 5 foot 3 inches. Any ways I am sure yours will be a monster like mine. Oh and by the way I was never a plant person my mom just forced them on me over the years so I only had a few around my house but when she died I tried to re-home as many as I could but the rest were packed into my car and drove across the country Bach to my house. Seems I got my moms green thumb🥰 now I love her “ugly” plants and I am constantly growing cuttings and passing them out to anyone and everyone.
Yes I have a plant that looks just like yours but it's not that thick long running legs and long leaves I've had it for at least 10 years it never bloomed I can cut off the long trailing legs and just stick it in the dirt any roots and keeps growing are there plants out there with the similar characteristics that look like a night Queen and called something else
What time of year do you prune them? I just picked one up for free, it’s absolutely massive. The woman called me once I got home, said the plant had a story (which she shared) and said it was almost 45 years old. I’m stressing taking care of it now lol
Hey Josie!!! They are relatively low maintenance...you got this!!! I am about to prune again because i keep it indoors year round. Rule of thumb...when its warm and sunny again in Spring it is the safest time to prune. Let me know how it does!!! Cheers 😎🍺🍺
I have a brownish thumb and can attest that these plants are hard to kill. They like bright shade and dappled sunlight; no direct sun. I live in New England and put mine outside a few weeks after the last frost, when temps are consistently over 45 degrees Fahrenheit. I bring them in before the first frost, although mine have also survived an initial frost. Make sure it's in a pot that drains well, with cactus soil or other media that doesn't hold onto water. It's a rainforest plant, so loves frequent watering and misting, but not wet feet. They are epiphytes, and don't actually grow in soil in their natural habitat. If you see little white/yellow spikes on its stalks and leaves, those are air roots the plant grows in a humid environment. In nature, the plant would be seeking a tree to support the weight of its new growth. Indoors, they like to be near windows but not under a grow light. I discovered this when some of mine got light-colored and wrinkly leaves this winter.
I just move to CT last year from Florida with all my tropicals and cacti and I my epiphyllum oxypetalum has not bloomed here yet. Do you keep it inside all year or do you put it outside for summer/fall? I put mine out this summer and fall, bringing it in now, but it never bloomed.
I keep it indoors with eastern facing windows and rotate every watering. Have you tried fertilizer? I think that caused it to flower this year. It skipped 2020. 😎🍺🍺
you dont even have to cut those cuttings you made...just put them all in a vase or container of water.you can keep them in there as long as water is refilled and repot them later if you like. repotting is simple, no special soil (ask me how i know) ANY soil works... you can shove them right down into a new pot of soil.then you have a new plant fully grown plant which wont lose any leaves.it will grow just fine.you have a super warrior plant there.
THAT QUEEN OF THE NIGHT IS PITIFUL. I HAVE ONE IN A LARGE CONTAINER AND IT IS VER THICK. LAST SUMMER IT BLOOM THREE TIMES WITH SIXTEEN LARGE BLOOMS. IT WAS A GIFT FROM GOD. I USE FISH EMULSION ONCE A YEAR.
Just because your plant may be larger and have more blooms, you don’t have to make derogatory comments about this plant. Plant owners should be helpful and encouraging. We’re all here to learn.
I was working on some Town homes and some guy threw his in the trash. It had almost no leaves and most of the stems were brown crispy wood. A friend of mine brought hers over from France. I always wanted one, but never see them in stores. Anyway, I've always had a green thumb. So I brought it home and cut all the dead away. It had been very large at one time. I bent the stems to see if any had life. And several still did. I have had it now for about 6 or 7 months. We have cold winters so I brought it inside from my Patio. It now has new stems/leaves up to 3 foot long. And the old stems have many leaves. No idea which type of Epiphyllum this one is. But really hoping for some nice flowers this Summer. Great Video, Subbed and liked.
Your Queen of the night has an awesome story. Let me know how it does this Summer. Cheers 😎🍺
The Queen is strong.
Hahaha the sound of the hitting the floor was heavvvvvy. i love it!
Big cuts!!!😎🍺🍺
😂👍
I watched the short a couple times it's amazing how beautiful nature can be and I didn't realize how long the branches were wow
Thanks for watching!!!😎🍺🍺
We call it "Babe in a Manger". Mine was gifted to me in 92.
Pruned one of mine yesterday.
Gies out in spring, in at end of Sept.
I just jam them in the, dirt usually another plant's, and forget about them. 95% success.
Yes!!! Cheers for watching 😎🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai Cool, man. Thank you for serving.
I rectum I art'a subscribe to ya.
Done.
Just came across your video. I have a 30yr old Night blooming Cearus. Its 8 feet tall & never been pruned, because I was afraid of killing it.. lol. I used a tomatoe cage to help hold the branches up. Seems to be helpful. Its been a bit neglected last couple years though.
I bet it is glorious!!! Thanks for watching. Cheers my friend 😎🍺🍺
It's really gigantic, when you are standing next to it! Awsome plant!
Yes it is my friend!!! 😎🍺🍺
Excellent video on pruning this plant. These plants must be pruned to be able to live with them, especially indoors, but even in some outdoor situations too.. It does the plant well and all the cuttings can be made into new plants to give away.
Yes!!! I cant believe how well all of the cuttings did. Some grew in soil, and most in just perlite, but 100 %survived. Also, you are correct. The mother plant loved the pruning as well and is growing new beanches like crazy. Cheers 😎🍺🍺
I found mine as a huge mangley pot of sticks on the side of the road as someones tree trash! I had no idea what it was but i stuck it outside and forgot about it for a long time until I smelled something amazing and found it blooming! Its such an inspiring flower I do nightime photo shoots of each flower everytime It produces. DID YOU REALLY THROW THOSE HUGE PIECES AWAY??!! NEXT TIME MAYBE DONATE THEM TO A LUCKY FELLOW PLANT FAN !
I propogated the cuttings and sell them at local farmers market. 😎✂️🌳
We have one that's blooming like crazy this summer. We've never had so many flowers. And 5 flowers at one time. 3 bloomed last night and 2 the night before. I like to think it's my mother making them bloom her favorite plant and she passed away last year. We haven't done a thing to it. Didn't know our needed pruning. It's a monster though.
Mine was a mess. Sounds like you should leave yours be!!! Sorry to here about your Mama.
I love this plant. It is truly Queen Of The Night. They are precious in Asian culture, see Crazy Rich Asian film.
I’d like to try growing them and being impatient waiting for them get old enough to bloom. Hope that mature cuttings could help speed up the process. Would you sale those long cuttings?
Sure. DM me on instagram @jarheadbonsai
Thank you for the video. I am frantically searching for a propagation video in the middle of the night. My plant got too heavy for its pot and got tipped over. It lost a huge brunch in that process
Thanks for watching. Cheers!!! 😎🍺🍺you got this
Super easy to propagate. Cut, let it scar over for a couple days. Pot em up! I do this in the fall before i bring her back in the house for the winter. ❤ my plant is over 25 yrs old. She's huge.
Sounds great!
I would love to see your plant. I just got my plant cutting yesterday. Any tips that you can share.
@cynthiathompson8707 let the cutting scar over for a couple days. This will prevent rot or mold. Then just pot up. If possible an inch or two into the soil. I like to use a small pot with good drainage for cuttings. I find it easier to manage watering. You don't want to over water. Just keep it mildly damp. Keep your new plant near bright light by a window. Soon roots will start.
Most times I set it and forget it. Giving it a shot of water oncd every 2 weeks. Have patience. Once established, there pretty hardy. Just keep it near a window in the winter. Summer time, I bring my plants outside in part sun. Only water when it hasn't rained in a while. I fertilize with Oscomote Plus for indoor/outdoor plants. I enjoy propagating. You got this! Please post a follow up! 😊
Happy gardening
@@HineyPuff thank you for the tips. I am going to use them to note. I’m kind of worried because one of the leaves is about 3 feet long. What do I do with this?
@cynthiathompson8707 you can bury that one deep. Use a stick and string to stake it in place until the roots can support it. That is a good-sized leaf from the Mother plant ! 👍
Wow! I just chopped my big boy today and hope it takes. Mine wasn't as huge as yours but it just was too big for my space. I used rooting hormone powder and put in fresh chunky soil. Mine was putting all of its energy into very long off shoots. I hope it takes!
I have had a lot ofnsuccess root8ng the cutting...this must mean they are easy to prpogate 😅🍺🍺cheers my friend
Mine was trying to throw a shoot thru my ceiling when I moved her from the ocean view window on the East side of the house to the North side for a couple of months
They take off!!! 😎😎😎
@@jarheadbonsai you’re not kidding! I just got done trimming and rearranging mine with all the new growth
excellent.happiness in leaf vlog
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Wow that is huge - I would never had room for that in my apartment lol.
Bro I almost had to put on another room. 😂🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai 🤣
Was gonna say foist but i wont lol - nice work!!
Lol...cheers broski 😎🍺🍺
Thanks for the video! I was going to prune mine now but I think I will wait until Spring. I'm in Texas and it will be time to put her in the garage for winter soon. What do you feed yours to bloom? Do you always keep her inside? You have the perfect set up with the lightsource for inside, I do not. I keep mine outside and she gets morning sun. I feed mine with Schultz cactus liquid food. Thanks!!
Probably best to prune in Spring if it is garage bound. I am very fortunate to have the eastern facing windows. I have never put it outside but i have some nice cuttings rooting that i may test outdoors in Spring. I ha e fed the osmocote plus pellets in the past. I am applying a 2 month time release 2-2-2 to all of my house plants and bonsai this week. Cheers my friend. 😎🍺🍺
I don't have a queen of the night, but mine is red and a day bloomer. I have a tomato hoop stuck in the pot to hold up the long branches. Cuttings you can cut just before the leaf starts. Not sure about that variety, but they bloom from the same spot, so heavy pruning may prevent future blooms. I could be wrong. Hope to get one some day. Interesting plants.
Even if it takes a couple of years to bloom again I am fine with it. The tomato hoop is a great idea...i may have to use that rechniques when it starts kickong off new growth. Thank you😎🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai your welcome. They are very cool plants but can really take up some space.
The blades of that fan look so close to your head, 😁.
Lol…I have atleast a foot of clearance 😎🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai In the end it's visible that you're in no danger but that was the first thought I got when the video started. 😁 Probably the camera angle.
@@OddBonsai 😅😂😎
I’m still waiting for mine to bloom for the first time and it’s probably at least three years old by now.. But I’m wondering why you would throw away the small clippings that you took. When I received my plant, I only got two half-leaves, no stems. And the plant has grown quite a few branches off of those leaves. This plant seems to have no rules about where new branches or leaves will propagate from! So I would’ve kept the small clippings and started them up and giving them away or sold them since this is a rare/valuable plant.
I have dozens and dozens of the cuttings of all sizes ready for sale at the farmers market. 😎✂️✂️
I propagated my Queen of the Night from one leaf that my neighbor gave me from his 75 year-old plant. I pruned all 17 of them for the first time today. They were taking over my plant room, and I finally realized it wouldn't kill them if I cut them back. It's less lush in there now without all those crazy stalks pushing against the ceiling and taking up half the room, but so much more manageable.
Of course, now I have about 40 large cuttings... new home business?
They try and take over the house 😅🌳🤔...you have 40 great gift ideas or a great start on Etsy. Lol. Cheers
When you said what do we think, I said no more cutting lol she is a big beauty
😅✂️🌳she is bigger and happier now
Hi
This is my first time here, was looking to see how to prune my Queen!!! She has literally taken over my balcony
I’m in Puerto Rico and today I counted about 30+ flowers that will open by tomorrow or this weekend!!!
Thanks for the video I’m was afraid to prune it , but I think I can do it now.
Do you think after it blooms I can do it without hurting it?
Betsy
Thanks for watching Betsy. Pruning after they flower is the perfect time. All of the branches I pruned off have grown roots and began growing new branches as well. You have the perfect climate for it. 😎🍺🍺
Thanks How can I send photos of her ?
@@betsytirado5565 you can dm to my instagram 😎🌳🌳
I am an Expat now living in the Philippines. We live near a jungle area. I've been able to plants some Lobster claws and Angel Trumpets that I got out of the jungle and my neighbor who lives in the jungle brought and planted some Queen of the Nights in our yard. I hope to plant some more. Thanks for the info. I am trying to learn more about this plant.
Cheers Barry 😎🍺🍺
Love the video. I have one that's leaves are long, very few long stems like yours. It almost seems it needs to be in a bigger pot. Any suggestions?
I doubled the size of my pot to support wild canopy. I am goong to prune off the longer ones soon and root them in perlite and water for another planting.
@@jarheadbonsai Thanks!!
They bloom the best if they are a little root bound
I’ve read they like to be potbound, that way they don’t put all of their energy into growing roots. All their energy goes into making leaves and flowers.
Nice one!
Pruned even harder this year 😎🍺🍺cheers my friend
@@jarheadbonsai What are the flowers like on this one? I have a very large one with thin flower petals, very beautiful plant for sure! By the way, I used to study bonsai at a bonsai nursery years ago. I had a very large collection of bonsai and pots, now Im growing house plants HAHA! It is hard to keep a bonsai garden!
@@jarrelleguzheng3350 the flowers are large and white with purple accents. Cheers my friend
I hope you didn’t chuck the long ones! You could have used a much shorter vase and cut the stems much shorter so they were a manageable size. Just a thought.
I have all of the cuttings happily rooted. We are part of an Octoberfest this year where I will be selling the cuttings....along with a bunch of other species. 😎🍺🍺
Exactly!
You can chop those big pieces into tiny pieces and just stick them in dirt…My dog had biten off a piece about 6 inches long at best and i stuck it back in the dirt of another plant and it’s growing leaves! Lol
Thanks Sofia!!! Cheers
OMG!!! Where were you guys living? That plant is larger than my living room and dining room combined! What are you going to do with all that new found space?!?
😂😂😂i cant believe how big it got this year. It just started shooting out these 2 Meter long branches everywhere. We were able to kove back inyo our house after pruning. Lol 😎🍺🍺
Sounded like you wer cutting and stacking sugar cane 😂👍 She's a beauty !
Insane shoots wouldnt stop growing. Lol. Hoping it responds well to the pruning but I had no choice if I am to keep this thing. 😎🍺🍺
Forsure 😄 I wonder if you'd get some more branching and flowers now. It will be interesting to see.
I found my queen in a trash can . I live in Greece ,winter came ,snow came too then spring and after approximately 4 years it started blooming every year(I never changed her spot )It’s about 2meters tall and gives me about 30 -40 flowers. My question is : do I cut only new leafs or old too in order to make a new plant and if it’s really good for the main plant. Mine is just getting bigger and bigger even though I’ve never done that. thank you !
Geia Mas!!! I have had success rooting young and old cuttings in water, and soil. Anything y9u want to prune will root. 😎✂️🌳
Do you keep your plant inside or outside? Also, to get so many blooms what time of day does the sun shine on it, it seems when mine gets too much sun the leaves turn yellow. I can’t wait until I get as blooms as you!
@@kayBTR mine gets 6 hours eastern morning sun all indoors. Cheers to your success 😎🍺🍺
@@kayBTR if you are asking me, mine is a outside even at wintertime. Two years ago we even had snow in Athens and nothing happened to my plant. Now it is getting even bigger and I think it will bloom July. What I do though is to take parts of it and put them in a really big pot ,water them and they grow really fast. I give them as presents to friends
I never let mine get that lanky I tend to cut the long skinny branches when it starts bending over. Mine are still enormous but full and lush looking
This has been a rehab project for me. The nursery we got it from let these grow long and wild...in a couple more years mine should be "fixed", and full. Cheers
@@jarheadbonsai Igot mine from my mom when she passed. She loved plants so now I have more than I have room for.
She had been fighting cancer for a couple years and on one of the times I was pushing her around in a wheelchair she saw this ugly plant in a hanging planter and it looked pitiful but she always liked the unusual looking plants. She wanted to buy it and I told her no it was terribly expensive $50 and ugly that there were prettier and cheaper plants there was also one next to this one that had small thin elongated leaves with little white round growths again $50 and not attractive. She wanted that one too. I told her she didn’t need a “pimple” plant so we just got some flowers and I planted them in her yard for her. Needless to say she got her husband to take her back and get both those overpriced ugly plants. Well I just rolled my eyes at her the next time I went to her house and figured it’s her money. I stayed with her at her house the last several months of her life and I took care of all her plants. When she got thos plants she didn’t kno they were epiphytes or what that even meant but I did the research on google so I could hopefully get these things looking better. So I repotted them and started my rehab of the ugly plants. My mom never did see the beautiful white flowers this plant got. But I kno she would be proud of what I have been able to do with them. That one 8 inch hanging planter has now morphed into 4 enormous 20 + inch pots and each is 3-4 feet tall. I am regularly cutting them back. I let one go to see how tall it would get before it started to droop sideways and it was s tall as me and I am 5 foot 3 inches. Any ways I am sure yours will be a monster like mine. Oh and by the way I was never a plant person my mom just forced them on me over the years so I only had a few around my house but when she died I tried to re-home as many as I could but the rest were packed into my car and drove across the country Bach to my house. Seems I got my moms green thumb🥰 now I love her “ugly” plants and I am constantly growing cuttings and passing them out to anyone and everyone.
@@ke11ey1 thank you for sharing, and watching.
Yes I have a plant that looks just like yours but it's not that thick long running legs and long leaves I've had it for at least 10 years it never bloomed I can cut off the long trailing legs and just stick it in the dirt any roots and keeps growing are there plants out there with the similar characteristics that look like a night Queen and called something else
Thanks for watching!!! I am not sure if there are similar species...this one is fun but frustrating. 🤔🍺🍺cheers
Has it bloom for you
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@@jarheadbonsai thank you
What time of year do you prune them? I just picked one up for free, it’s absolutely massive. The woman called me once I got home, said the plant had a story (which she shared) and said it was almost 45 years old. I’m stressing taking care of it now lol
Hey Josie!!! They are relatively low maintenance...you got this!!! I am about to prune again because i keep it indoors year round. Rule of thumb...when its warm and sunny again in Spring it is the safest time to prune. Let me know how it does!!! Cheers 😎🍺🍺
I have a brownish thumb and can attest that these plants are hard to kill. They like bright shade and dappled sunlight; no direct sun.
I live in New England and put mine outside a few weeks after the last frost, when temps are consistently over 45 degrees Fahrenheit. I bring them in before the first frost, although mine have also survived an initial frost.
Make sure it's in a pot that drains well, with cactus soil or other media that doesn't hold onto water. It's a rainforest plant, so loves frequent watering and misting, but not wet feet.
They are epiphytes, and don't actually grow in soil in their natural habitat. If you see little white/yellow spikes on its stalks and leaves, those are air roots the plant grows in a humid environment. In nature, the plant would be seeking a tree to support the weight of its new growth.
Indoors, they like to be near windows but not under a grow light. I discovered this when some of mine got light-colored and wrinkly leaves this winter.
I just move to CT last year from Florida with all my tropicals and cacti and I my epiphyllum oxypetalum has not bloomed here yet. Do you keep it inside all year or do you put it outside for summer/fall? I put mine out this summer and fall, bringing it in now, but it never bloomed.
I keep it indoors with eastern facing windows and rotate every watering. Have you tried fertilizer? I think that caused it to flower this year. It skipped 2020. 😎🍺🍺
you dont even have to cut those cuttings you made...just put them all in a vase or container of water.you can keep them in there as long as water is refilled and repot them later if you like.
repotting is simple, no special soil (ask me how i know) ANY soil works... you can shove them right down into a new pot of soil.then you have a new plant fully grown plant which wont lose any leaves.it will grow just fine.you have a super warrior plant there.
You can plant the cuttings just cut them short and they will still root
I sell the cuttings. Both new and old growth root very easily. I have found that perlite and water work best in combo.
good info, but please try to set the camera on a stable surface, lol i got dizzy trying to watch so i just had to listen
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Propagate the cuttings into seedlings and give away to friends and family
That thing is huge 😮😅
Sadly it grew even larger than before the pruning. Lol. Cheers 😎🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai oh dear... i have one that is attacking the bookshelves now 🙈
I wish you have more lighting. Kinda dark.
My video skills are hit and miss 😅🌳✂️thanks for watching
THAT QUEEN OF THE NIGHT IS PITIFUL. I HAVE ONE IN A LARGE CONTAINER AND IT IS VER THICK. LAST SUMMER IT BLOOM THREE TIMES WITH SIXTEEN LARGE BLOOMS. IT WAS A GIFT FROM GOD. I USE FISH EMULSION ONCE A YEAR.
Mine is not pitiful. Its in training. Im happy for you that yours is doing well. Cheers 🙄🍺🍺
Just because your plant may be larger and have more blooms, you don’t have to make derogatory comments about this plant. Plant owners should be helpful and encouraging. We’re all here to learn.
Chuck them??? Whaaaat? Give some love to your neighbors!
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video could be better quality. at least turn off the ceiling fan and get a mount for your camera
Do you have a channel so I can learn from you? 🤔🙄😘go away
Why are you throwing around a queen like that 😮
She can take it 😅😎😎...i have a lot of cutting babies that have taken off nicely from her!!! 2 months until bloom 😎🍺🍺cheers
Foist ;-)
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I have bigger than that one
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I will be propagating 3 from a friends nursery and I’m super excited
Propagation is the key 🔑 after pruning 🫰🏻✂️
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