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Can my bird of paradise grow back from just the roots? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by glimmer_twin@hexbear.net to c/gardening@hexbear.net

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My potted indoor bird of paradise had its only remaining stem snapped off in the wind the other day, now it is totally bare above ground except for a few old stems… is there any chance it will recover or should I just throw it out? kitty-cri

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[–] Esoteir@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

idk shit about gardening but after googling it, it seems like people generally say that it can grow back from roots greensicko-laser

propagation seems to be done by cutting up the roots and dividing them and then planting them in new plots, so im assuming an entire healthy root system would be able to regrow idk dont quote me on this six months from now im just a googler powercry-1

[–] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

I am usually amazed at how often plants I thought were goners come back. The only plants I tend to lose are ones in soil/substrate they don't like and I don't see the root rot until it's too late. I transplanted some outdoor bird of paradise that was overgrown and cut the root into chunks and got a few healthy plants out of it, they're pretty resilient.

[–] john_browns_beard@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If it was otherwise healthy, it will almost certainly grow back. Most monocot houseplants are virtually indestructible as long as there's a growth node left either on the stem or rhizome and they've been watered at some point in the last six months. This does not apply to calatheas, which will die if you look at them the wrong way.

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Only one way to find out!

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

The white variety seems unkillable because my neighbor has one and they can’t get rid of it