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Beginner Houseplants: Unknown plant; can I split it up to make more?

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Lynn_K
Halethorpe, MD

September 13, 2007
11:25 PM

Post #3973221

I'm trying to figure out what this plant is, any help would be greatly appreciated! The leaves are soft, and the plant smells strange, but fresh (if that makes any sense at all).

I'd like to split the plant up to make new ones, but I'm afraid to try that until I can look up how to do so.

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ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)

September 14, 2007
12:43 AM

Post #3973412

Looks like a Plectranthus of some sort. My guess would be taking cuttings is the best way to go, but I'm not very good at doing cuttings so I can't really give you too much advice beyond that.
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)

September 14, 2007
07:59 PM

Post #3976236

Looks like a Plectranthus to me too. Check out all of these in Plant Files and see if you can find a match! There are a couple there that look like yours:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/adv_search.php?searcher[com...

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