Hi, I'm Ella and I'm the plants meow. And today I'm going to be talking to you about a Theorem stem propagation and specifically if they can be propagated in water. So I do have an example here with me to show you guys. And this was basically me being really desperate by putting this in theorem in water. So everything I've brought online says that they're not aquatic plants. I've seen some people put common anthheriums into water and they've been fine. But it's hard to find any information on any other groups and how the velvety ones if it all could be sustained in a water medium. So really quickly if you look here you can tell that there are definitely roots and everything looks pretty healthy. So that's pretty awesome. Because you can tell there's also right here a new reforming. So I'm pretty satisfied with how this particular one came out. So this is a plant. If you watch my Cuflora unboxing it was my free plant that I received. That order just did not do well and I had tried reading one a different way. It didn't survive. So desperately I decided to put this one in water knowing full well that anthheriums really like they're not recommended to be water propagated. You should never leave your anthherium in standing water is what I've always heard. So and honestly it's taken forever to get to this place. It's been many months. The something I don't like about this if you notice all the roots are pointed up which is pretty annoying. It's kind of spiderly so I'm going to have to kind of edge them down when I go to pot them. So that's something I don't like about growing them in this particular medium. But other than that this plant basically just came back from the dead. So I'm pretty impressed with this propagation. What I do it again I wouldn't. There is a different method that I do use now that I prefer much more than any others. And I'll talk about that in a different video. So I'm going to have three videos coming out. This one, the next one is going to be moss and the third one is going to be my favorite technique to use for anthheriums. And it's been pretty foolproof. So I'm pretty excited to show you guys that one. If you don't already know about it. But yeah, so this leaf, honestly if it was put in moss or soil probably would have fallen off by now. I think the water helps it kind of hang on. But I'm definitely going to be removing it today and potting it up. So normally I don't like to pot plants that are growing new leaves right away in case it stunts them. But in this situation where it's kind of in water, I kind of just want to get out of water at this point. It just kind of freaks me out keeping it there any longer. I mean, it's definitely been a success. I'm really, really surprised genuinely at how successful this has been. But honestly, it's definitely scary to try to do this when all you've ever heard is they're not aquatic. Don't put them in water. So a lot of the times in nature, if they are water a lot, it's because one, they're on rocks. So they're constantly having water splash onto them, but it runs right off. They're not sitting in water. Also in the rainforest, they're pathetic for the most part. It runs right off of them. So just sitting and standing water was really risky. For all my other plants, this is my favorite propagation method. First, my favorite, just because it's easy. You can just pour glass and stick a plant in it. I really haven't had much trouble with it. For the most part, it's been successful. So I think it's easy. And the good thing is you're not using other materials. So there's not a lot of waste going on. So I do prefer that. I've also never had an issue with what they call water routes, which is when your plant is rooting in water. And the roots really need to adapt to that soil because they're so fine and delicate. I have some plants that have the biggest roots in the world right now, propagating in water. And I don't see it being an issue at all when I transfer them. In fact, I have a few propagations. And I think I have three-month stares that I propagated in water that I transferred to soil. And I've had no issues with. And it's been like five months. I think that is just something that's thrown around. But there's nothing wrong with water propagation. So I'm totally fine with using it. Not for an ethereum stove. Like I said, this was a risk. It was successful. But I probably wouldn't do it again just because of the other method that I did learn about later. But I'm honestly really surprised at how this came out. So I'm curious to see if you guys have ever tried propagating in theorems in water, what your experience has been with that. If it's been a success or a failure, I never hear anyone talk about propagating in theorems in water. So it was definitely really scary to attempt to do it. So I'm actually going to go ahead and pot this one up really quickly just because I've been really keeping it in this glass for way too long. It's been months. And I really feel like it could have been further along in its root growth if it wasn't soil. But for the most part, I think it's done fantastically in water. It shows no signs of rot. And I haven't really been changing out the water like I was intending to. I've just kind of been refilling it, which I felt was really dangerous also to do with an ethereum. So I really shocked about that. So in all this whole experience has been genuinely surprising. But I was pretty desperate with this ethereum. It was one of my favorites in the unboxing. And even though I knew it was a huge risk, I've always had so much success with water propagating that I thought, you know what, I failed with every other method I've attempted with the other plants. So I wanted to try something different. Yeah. And it's like, it's not squishy at all. It's just genuinely surprising. See this is the part that I'm not feeling about. And water propagations in general, the roots like to grow up, which I don't like at all. So I'm going to try to pot it a little bit down without like bothering this new leaf too much, which is difficult because there's so much in my soil medium that I feel like could just decapitate it. Fertilize. So I pretty much always fertilize my ethereum with my osmaco. So it actually really helps them to grow new leaves. And I've had a lot of success with it. I haven't had any burn, but I think because I use like, I don't use too much. And while osmaco does have a no burn pledge, it only applies if you use it as directed. And I always use less than directed. So I'm not going to add any more soil to that. Oh gosh. I was wondering why I buried it so deep for a second and I forgot that it has roots just everywhere. It's actually planning on taking this leaf off, but that did not happen. Look how cute this baby leaf is. So I'm curious. What do you all think about this particular method of impropagating air in theoreums? You agree that it's super risky or do you think that it's something that I shouldn't even worry about? There isn't a ton of information out there except for forums. When it comes to propagating in theoreums and water, there's some articles, but like I said, they're mostly related to common in theoreums, which honestly they've been hybridized so many times they're basically lab plants. So you can probably do a lot of things with a common in theoreum that you couldn't do with others just straight out. And other groups of in theoreums, particularly like the velvet group. I felt that was particularly risky. But for the most part, I'm happy with this turn out. So I hope you did enjoy this video. If you did, please give it a like and please comment any feedback down below. And if you want to see more content, please subscribe. Thank you so much for watching.