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title: "Has anyone had their prayer plant creep/crawl?? I’ve had mine a…"
description: "Has anyone had their prayer plant creep/crawl?? I’ve had mine a couple years and a few months ago she really started leaning out of her pot. I noticed a…"
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published: "2026-05-21T02:47:54.404191Z"
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# Has anyone had their prayer plant creep/crawl?? I’ve had mine a…

_Posted by EmptyThroughts on 2026-05-21_

Has anyone had their prayer plant creep/crawl?? I’ve had mine a couple years and a few months ago she really started leaning out of her pot. I noticed a tendril/root (???) so I set a new pot under her leaves. She is growing more of these tendrils/roots but none are holding her down to the pot. I still have her main stem in the other pot.

Do I cut her old stem and vacate her from her old pot altogether? Is she destined to just be a diva and have two pots? I know she’s happy because she has been flowering every day for a few weeks now.

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## 2 comments

### Dani commented on 2026-05-21

The tendrils are called aerial roots on plants typically. They go looking to latch on to something.

Have you looked to see if perhaps she’s root bound after 2 years? Sometimes flowering can also be caused by stress, withholding water (root bound) etc. I certainly don’t see a bunch of yellow or wilting or anything but it’s worth looking if you haven’t.

I would not cut off the whole plant from the original pot. It could be as simple as sizing up an inch or two.

I am on a journey with mine after five years because the soil is just spent of any value. So I put fresh dirt, fertilizer, chopped and replaced fresh propagations, then I broke a bunch of stems doing that. Now it’s flowering like crazy because of all the trauma. 🤣

### EmptyThroughts commented on 2026-05-21

Thank you for the input! I repotted her today and her roots really weren’t too bad, but we shall see. I guess for now she is just a two pot diva??

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