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title: "are these new leafs? why are they so long?!?"
description: "are these new leafs? why are they so long?!?"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/BAlhcvNhQzatWyxRCJGLLA/plw4G7b-T_GoCP_u6NBpVg"
community: "Foliage Plant Haven"
author: "emma 🪴🌞"
published: "2024-09-17T01:57:55.952783Z"
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# are these new leafs? why are they so long?!?

_Posted by emma 🪴🌞 on 2024-09-17_

are these new leafs? why are they so long?!?

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## 5 comments

### Adrian commented on 2024-09-17

They’re the flowers! A little funky, I know. You can trim them off if you don’t care for them, but fun fact: they naturally die off and cut themselves off on their own when they’re done pollinating! So don’t be scared if one suddenly lands into the leaves one day. Congrats! 🎉

### Erica commented on 2024-09-17

Inflorescence! Basically the ugly little flower of a peperomia plant.

#### Adrian replied on 2024-09-17

😂 they’re kinda like little reeds. Personally not the biggest fan of them on the caperata and similar, smaller varieties of peperomia, but I think they look pretty neat on their larger obtusifolia and clusiifolia varieties. Mine’s got 5 buds in the works. So I’m very excited to see them.

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#### emma 🪴🌞 replied on 2024-09-17

how exciting!☺️

#### Adrian replied on 2024-09-17

Yep! It’s often a sign of good health for a peperomia, so congrats! It’s probably thanking you for taking such good care of it, especially this late in the growth season 👏👏👏

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