Hi, clan friends! Welcome to the Blue Mn girl YouTube show! I am so lucky to be joined by Nick Pallegi of Philly foliage and his amazing YouTube channel. We are going to talk pepperonia today. This is the propagation video portion of the Blue Mn girl live taping that happened here at Urban Jungle Philly. We are actually recording this right before the live taping so we are I'm bursting with excitement about it as well. So Nick we're sitting in a table full of pepperonia. The thing that I think is so cool about pepperonia about pepperonia is how varied everything is. Yes, that is my absolute favorite thing about it. As you can see on the table right here we have a bunch of varieties. There are so many varieties of pepperonia. They're well over a thousand so I actually have just a very very small sliver on the table right here but there are so many. I am so excited to tell you guys all about it. My very favorite is watermelon pepperonia because it looks like watermelon. It's one of my favorite things on the floor. So will you take me through everything we've got? So our wonderful viewers could maybe understand the different varieties? Absolutely, I'd be happy to. Okay, all right I have stepped behind the camera. Here we have Nick. So Nick will you kind of walk me through all of the amazing different pepperonia we've got going on over here? Happily. So these two right here are one of the more common varieties of pepperonia you're going to find. They are both in the species pepperonia, Clucyyefolia. This one right here is referred to as tri-color while this one right here is called red margin. One of the easiest pepperonias to care for you can just absolutely forget about them. You don't need to wire them anymore than once a week. This one right here is a rather new one on the market although it looks a little bit more plain to us. It's still very fun. This one is called pepperonia de la bella. You can see all the brown telling the fluorescence popping up. You either love it or you hate it. Those are the flowers right? Those are reptiles. They are. It's not really something that people appreciate as much as they should because they are just so lovely. This one right here is one of my favorites. It is a type of pepperonia caperata. It's a rather new one on the market. This one is referred to as pepperonia pearl as you can see from a bit of a pearl like fluorescence. Yeah, it's almost kind of like the watermelon pepperoni. Similar. Yeah, very, very similar in the way that it grows too. And then this one. This one right here is actually one of my favorites. This one is much more of a botanical garden version. So this one's called pepperonia trinervis. You can see those crazy things. Yeah, it almost looks like a nerve plant. Yes, very, very similar. Yeah, very, very similar. This one is one that wants to be a little bit more light. It's going to get some beautiful red on the back if you give it some really nice light. That is something that some of these pepperonia will do. Get some red when you give them some more light. So let's just succulent. This one right here is the same as the glubella that we had up here. Just a little baby version for you guys to kind of get some perspective from how small pepperonia can be to how large they can be. Yeah, and just the variety of their leaves. I know. It's shaped. Yeah, it's crazy. When there's over a thousand plants of a species you're bound to get some variety and that's why we love pepperonia. These two right here are probably the most two popular pepperonia in the market. This one is commonly referred to as tear drop pepperonia. It's known as pepperonia polyvactria. Well, this one is pepperonia argeria and it's commonly called watermelon pepperonia. If you can see it gets these beautiful watermelon venetians and they are actually known to be one of the ones to get variegated rather easily. So you can see on this one right here it does have a very small amount of white variegation. Yeah, that is a little freak thing that happens with these plants. I absolutely love it. Oh, they're so cute and I love the tear drop guys too. They kind of look like pylea pepperonia. Yes, yes, actually that's something we will talk about in the pot. In the pot. I'm going to put a lookout for it. This one right here is a rather rare form of pepperonia that you don't see very often. This one is called pepperonia rugosa because it's this gorgeous bronze color and it has this lovely red on the back of the leaf. Wow. And so this plant has one that's been very cultivated by collectors lately. So you might find some more rare versions of pepperonia rugosa. The one I'm thinking specifically of is called pepperonia pumpkin. So that's when to look out for a brand new pepperonia collectors out there. And what about the guy next to it? This form right here is a more succulent version. Yeah, it is referred to. I'm not sure if this is the true name, but I know it as pepperonia axelaris. Okay. There is a similar pepperonia that looks a little bit more thicker and patacoi if you will. Okay. This one is called pepperonia dollar performance. A little bit more common, but this one's a little bit more of a new sport. So it could be a cultivar, but I know it is pepperonia axelaris. This is one of the pepperonias that can take some of the most light. It's gorgeous. Back here is another one of the more common pepperonias. This one is known as pepperonia caperata or the ripple pepperonia from that rippled foliage of the cat. You can see some more of that rat telekin florescence like there. This one is known as green bronze. So it's just got a nice green and strong touch. So this is a rather newer one of caperata. You would more typically see a more standard green one that they prefer to as emerald ripple. Okay. Then these three right here are another one of the more common types of pepperonia. They are pepperonia of tucifolia. This is your standard of tucifolia right here. Well this one is your more standard barrigated version and this is the one or one more sought after or rare versions. It's called golden gate. So this is a much more like beautiful type of of tucifolia and it's definitely a plant that got me more into pepperonia of tucifolia because that's I need to that was my first pepperonia. Yes. Yes. So we see if these pepperonias vary often at the garden center, but when they start to get some nice variation and barrigation going to them it really has a place in my apartment. Oh yeah. And this beautiful one right here. This is probably one of the more popular pepperonias on the market as well. This one is called pepperonia hope. This one's been a trail all over the place and it's one of the pepperonias that you can totally blast with full sun. We'll talk about it in the podcast, but most pepperonias don't like as much light, but this is one that you can totally and I love it. And that is the crazy wild world of pepperonia. How about we take a little look at how to make more of these babies by propagating them? Thank you for that tour of all of these amazing pepperonia. Now how do we make more of these babies? What are your go-to ways? They're super super easy to propagate. If you can propagate your standard poffos you can propagate a pepperonia. In fact I think it's a little bit more easier from the way I'm going to show you guys a little bit later, but just like a poffos you guys can propagate these simply from a stem cutting. All you need to do is get a cutting right below the node and we have our little cutting right here. So pepperonias are really special in the fact that they don't truly need a node to root. All right so what is a node exactly? So typically a node is where you're going to see where the leaf or the petal, which is the little stem where the leaf connects to the major stem. On most plants if you guys are more familiar with a poffos you're going to normally see a little nub there, but with these there is no nub so you're going to have to use your better judgment and see where exactly that stem needs the main stem. So it's like the knuckle kind. Yes so this little stem right here that connects it is called the pettial, which you can also root the plants from, but we're going to do this time as a stem cutting. So we're going to have the stem right here and we're simply going to place the stem in water. Pepperonias are a little bit different in the fact that you do not need a node to propagate them. So whether or not there is a node in contact with the water your pepperonia should root pretty readily. Your pepperonia should begin to root in about a week or two if does depend on the time of year and the summer your pepperonia will start to root. Probably a week or two while you cut it in the winter it's probably going to take about a full month. That makes sense because it's the growing season. Yes exactly. Now if I wanted to give it a little help could I kind of pop one off and a root will grow out of there? You absolutely could and you could even place that piece that you just would rip in the water as well and that will totally root as well, which is another way to propagate your plants with pepperonias that we'll show you right now. Cut too. So I took two leaves off and hope to maybe instigate a little bit more root root growth there. Exactly. But now I've got these little leaves hanging out. Yes. So as I mentioned earlier there is that section of the stem that we refer to as the pettial which is where the little stem where the leaf connects to the main stem. In pepperonias this pettial can root very very easily. So we have this pepperonia of Tussifolia verigada right here and there's also another similar pepperonia. This one is referred to as pepperonia caperata. This is another very easy one to propagate and your tip is simply just going to take a cutting of a leaf and leave that pettial on. And you're getting right at the bottom. Right at the bottom yet. Whatever you leave on is probably just going to fall off and rot over time so it's best to kind of get rid of any extra stem. So as long as we have that pettial we can just simply stick this leaf and the pettial in the water and it should root in roughly about two weeks to a month depending on the time of year. Oh man Nick I wish that we had an after shot since we have our before. Well isn't that coincidental Maria because I just happened to have one right here. Oh my gosh. This plant right here is another pepperonia yet to share with you guys today. This is pepperonia that's a rather new one on the market so this one is called pepperonia alba batata rana verida. It looks very very similar to your common pylea pepperonia leaves. And as you can see right here we actually have some leaves growing on this plant. These are little babies that just rooted in the water. Now these leaves can stay underwater. They're not going to rot. I know pepperonias can rot a little easily if you over water them so water roots are completely different than soil roots so you do not have to worry about the pepperonia sitting in water too long. It's not going to rot as long as it's a healthy leaf. You do need to use a healthy leaf when you take these cuttings because an unhealthy leaf will most surely rot. Okay plant friends you've got two different ways to propagate your pepperonia so if you happen to maybe do some propagation please tag me and Nick on social media. Our links are in the bio. We want to see what you're propagating and what pepperonia you're sharing with all your plant friends. And if you haven't checked out Nick's YouTube channel and his amazing Instagram account you can find him at Phillyfoliaj on Instagram and on YouTube. I'm Nick Pellejee, a PIL-IL-EGG-I. I know it's a lucky name so. Pellejee. So Tally is it? No I don't look it. All the links are in the notes. Keep blooming, keep growing. Thanks plant friends until next time. Hey plant friends if you liked this video make sure that you subscribe below. Also check out my podcast Blumengraw Radio with house plant care tips and really interesting interviews with plant people all over the world. And follow me on Instagram. All of the links are in the show description below. Keep blooming and keep growing.