What you have there is an Australian native plant called Anigozanthos commonly called Kangaroo Paw. Dee.

re-reading, especially Karen & Bill (not that I don't appreciate everyone else--the bottle method really sounds interesting): I've gotten a little more courage reading Bill's final entry and understand much more clearly: essentially, plant what I have, 4" deep, in mostly perlite, water once, give heat & light. But Bill, Karen, anyone, do you think I'd actually be okay, cutting off a branch and make two cuttings? My 1st experience trying to grow a p. was with a Hawaiian Yellow (or was it Gold?). It was a disaster. I was told to try water rooting. Never rooting a Plumeria before, I do what I'm told. --usually when I water-root, anthing, I see roots within a few days or at the most a couple of weeks. And I keep clean water in the container. But this cutting sat & sat and did nothing. After a couple of months, there still was nothing. Since it didn't root, I was advised to take it out of the water; cut off the bottom to check for rot (the color inside was a beautiful white, so ok); soak it in hydrogen peroxide for a couple of hours, let dry overnight, dip the cut into a very dilute solution of bleach/water for good measure, then into rooting hormone and pot up in a sterile mix, setting the base 4" deep, watering once. I did all that. Poured a cup of water + superthrive around the stem, sat the container on a heating pad, and gave plenty of fluorescent light: both going 24/7. Within a few days, it leafed out. Since it couldn't have put out roots in a couple of days, I began misting the leaves on a daily basis, with tepid, tap-water. However, within two weeks the cutting went mushy. I checked; and, the entire inside was black. I suppose, even though I thought everything was sterile and the Hydrogen peroxide killed all germs, the cutting was attacked by some kind of fungus or mold, that must be in my house. If I divide this cutting, how do I keep the demise from happening to each of the new cuttings? (I do have some agricultural sulfur; also a copper, fungicide--as well as bleach and H2O4.) How long do I wait, for the wounds to heal before potting either cutting? Now, for my really, dumb (non-knowing about Plumeria neewbie) question: When growing flowers, usually the center is pinched out, so it will make more branches and more flowers. Making two cuttings out of this one, seems to be doing the opposite: fewer branches, fewer flowers. Thus, a branched plumeria will have more flowers and be more sought after. Why, then, is a single stemmed plumeria, preferable to one that is branched? Bob

Tiffany, would you plant several nodes (piece of vine with leaves intact) horizontally? Or plant a piece of vine deeply with several nodes, removing all but the top leaf? Or possibly a long vine as Massey was asking, with several defoliated leaf nodes deep in the soil? I have always just planted single pothos leaves with their root nodes, in small pots with no drainage :O I've been switching all my plants over to better soil with lots of perlite added -and drainage- as I pot up and they are going crazy. The difference between "doing fine" and thriving just blows my mind. I repotted this guy from a small clay pot without drainage two weeks ago, into a 4" plastic pot, thinking it might be good not to go too large too soon...The roots are coming out the bottom already! (This one's 4 vines) I also chopped up and repotted the straggly old "mama" plant in a much deeper pot, defoliating longer pieces of vine and planting deep, and laying a couple sections horizontally a bit shallower that had sprouts at several of the root nodes. It's looking kind of crappy right now, had been too long in old soggy soil. If it takes off it should be an amazing plant.

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