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title: "I cut two Stella leaves and my leaf has not generated new roots.…"
description: "I cut two Stella leaves and my leaf has not generated new roots. Anyone has tips ?"
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author: "Calathea Stella"
published: "2026-09-23T20:53:48.380911Z"
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# I cut two Stella leaves and my leaf has not generated new roots.…

_Posted by Calathea Stella on 2026-09-23_

I cut two Stella leaves and my leaf has not generated new roots. Anyone has tips ?

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## 11 comments

### Pothos\_whisperer commented on 2026-09-23

It’s gotta be a node with the leaf too or it’ll either rot or grow roots but not new growth

### Aimee loves plants commented on 2026-09-23

I think they can thrive as cuttings with no nodes (pothos) but they won’t give roots. You need to make sure it has nodes on it for roots to be possible for the plant. Yours look like they are giving up

### Calathea Stella commented on 2026-09-23

Anyway to fix this or should I throw them out ?

#### Emmyyy replied on 2026-09-23

Sadly I think you need to throw them out

### Calathea Stella commented on 2026-09-23

Awww man first time I attempt to try and do this

#### Aimee loves plants replied on 2026-09-23

Don’t worry. You can try again next time. 💚 Just make sure to cut a piece that has the nodes on it. If they fall off, they don’t always have nodes, so sometimes you just have to toss them. It’s the little brown bump on the stem. There are multiple. On the stem. here is a pic I grabbed online. Even these small trial and error you can learn from. I have two leaves with no nodes in water now. Just watching them to see what happens with propagation drops added in the water. And nothing. They look stellar and are thriving but they are not making roots.

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#### Pothos\_whisperer replied on 2026-09-24

Don’t worry! Just be sure to cut near a node (spot where leaf meets stem) and either place it in water and wait for it to grow roots or place it in moist soil and in a few weeks it should grow roots! If you want an easy plant, pick pothos, philodendron, or tradescantia!

### Aimee loves plants commented on 2026-09-23

So beautiful but no roots. These are pothos too. And they are so easy to take care of. I’m not sure about your plant if it’s a bit pickier, I’ve never had one of those.

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### Calathea Stella commented on 2026-09-23

My is a Stella carthea

#### Aimee loves plants replied on 2026-09-23

I just looked them up, they are beautiful. I would go on the propagations group  
And search for posts with that type of plant to learn how to propagate it. I’m not sure in this case as I don’t see nodes on her stems.

### Gecko commented on 2026-09-24

Calathea can ONLY be propagated by division

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