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title: "Any idea what this is growing on my Chinese evergreen? Is it a…"
description: "Any idea what this is growing on my Chinese evergreen? Is it a flower? First time owner ☺️"
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author: "JC"
published: "2023-08-01T23:05:58.922Z"
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# Any idea what this is growing on my Chinese evergreen? Is it a…

_Posted by JC on 2023-08-01_

Any idea what this is growing on my Chinese evergreen? Is it a flower? First time owner ☺️

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## 9 comments

### Planta member commented on 2023-08-01

Yes! Congratulations

#### JC replied on 2023-08-01

Amazing! Ty 😇

### Plant guy Lito commented on 2023-08-01

It’s a “flower”. Mine had like 6 of them but I decided to cut all of them to promote more growth towards the leaves. It also attracted ants for some reasons considering my plant is outside in a pot. But I’m not sure how it will do inside so far from the pic it’s looking great.

#### JC replied on 2023-08-01

Did you cut them from the base or just the flower?

#### Plant guy Lito replied on 2023-08-01

I cut them from the base. But keep in mind I’m fairly new to this plant addiction. I currently have 23 plants. Only one died on me (pink princess philodendron) but I blame Lowe’s for that one lol. So take my advice with a grain of salt. With my experience with Chinese evergreen. They like to grow freshly new stems instead of a leaf out of an old stem.

#### JC replied on 2023-08-02

Noted, thank you :)

### Amie206 commented on 2023-08-02

Yes - I cut mine off to. You’d rather have energy toward leaf production in most cases. If you like it, leave it. They’ll don’t stay around for long

### Tellie commented on 2023-08-02

I let mine bloom then cut it when it died.

#### Tellie replied on 2023-08-02

It just got done

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