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title: "So, Big Poppa is getting kinda sparse.obviously this plant is my…"
description: "So, Big Poppa is getting kinda sparse.obviously this plant is my Achilles heel..but when I put a stem that broke off in water I get a flower..go figure"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/64f1d98e0293f1d7150dd2f1"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Madderdebs"
published: "2023-09-01T12:31:10.679Z"
language: "en"
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# So, Big Poppa is getting kinda sparse.obviously this plant is my…

_Posted by Madderdebs on 2023-09-01_

So, Big Poppa is getting kinda sparse.obviously this plant is my Achilles heel..but when I put a stem that broke off in water I get a flower..go figure

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## 4 comments

### Tellie commented on 2023-09-01

So pretty!  
I’m impatiently waiting on mine to bloom.

### Plant Father commented on 2023-09-01

you might want to trim the bloom off the cutting, in my experience plants will just focus on keeping the flowers alive or growing new ones instead of roots

### Danika commented on 2023-09-01

Flowers are sometimes pushed if the plant is stressed or as a last ditch effort to survive or multiply/breed. Nature is a fascinating language to learn!  
And this plant loves to live in water prop long term fyi!

#### Madderdebs replied on 2023-09-01

I’m thinking about putting Big Poppa on water as well.. it’s a big commitment tho..

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