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title: "Hi everyone! I hope you can open the photo and see the whole picture.…"
description: "Hi everyone! I hope you can open the photo and see the whole picture. I got this cutting from a friend. This friend has a few plants, so not a full blown plant…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/ChirByPadSa55Ef1Rry24e"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Lauryn"
published: "2025-04-24T01:16:23.477407Z"
language: "en"
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# Hi everyone! I hope you can open the photo and see the whole picture.…

_Posted by Lauryn on 2025-04-24_

Hi everyone! I hope you can open the photo and see the whole picture. I got this cutting from a friend. This friend has a few plants, so not a full blown plant addict. She said she looked up videos on YouTube on how to cut a monstera. Out of the 85 house plants I have, I do not have a monstera! I was really excited to trade to get this poster child of the plant world. But there’s no nodes… I’m not sure this plant will root. Any advice? Next steps?

Thanks!

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## 5 comments

### Tam commented on 2025-04-24

Sorry to say, but I don’t see a node on these at all, so I don’t think it’s possible for it to root. It’s essentially just like a cut flower and will die eventually :( the cutting needs to include either an aerial root or a node which looks like a bump on the stem

#### Lauryn replied on 2025-04-24

That’s sadly what I thought too. Thanks for replying! I’ll let her know if they die. She might be willing to give me another. I wanna know what YouTube video she watched! It ought to be taken down!!

### Elva commented on 2025-04-24

Your friend is badly mistaken! There are no root nodes on these leaves.

### Isra.puro commented on 2025-04-24

For the mean time use it as a decor in a vase if available, use to its fullest potential 🥺

#### Lauryn replied on 2025-04-25

They are in a vase now. Do monstera leave do well when pressed in a book? I tried to press an alocasia leaf once and it didn’t turn out super well.

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