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title: "I was given a Pink Quill for a Christmas present last year. She was…"
description: "I was given a Pink Quill for a Christmas present last year. She was in full beautiful bloom - gorgeous pink bracht and little purple flowers for a few weeks.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/AlRhzfSQorHGh7CVO23SVJ"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Dax"
published: "2025-10-06T00:32:14.060223Z"
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# I was given a Pink Quill for a Christmas present last year. She was…

_Posted by Dax on 2025-10-06_

I was given a Pink Quill for a Christmas present last year. She was in full beautiful bloom - gorgeous pink bracht and little purple flowers for a few weeks. She slowly died and I waited patiently for a pup as I was assured that is the norm for this Planta lifecycle. Eventually a pup started and has grown quite big. I was afraid to separate it from the old mother though and she’s been growing nice. Now I noticed there are two smaller pups! How exciting. I feel like I should probably separate them though. Thoughts? Are the two little ones too small to survive on their own yet? Any one have experience separating them out? I can’t even imagine figuring out the root situation.

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## 3 comments

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-10-06

Pups should typically be 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the mother plant first 🤷‍♀️

### Dax commented on 2025-10-08

I think the big main one is probably okay then but the others are too little

#### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 replied on 2025-10-08

Cut the bigger one off and the other ones will grow quicker

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