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leaf cuttings

I hae luck with this plant by taking a leaf letting it dry out for 2 days then putting in dry potting mix only giving water once a week roots form in 3 or 4 weeks new shots in 6 or 8 weeks in a small green house hiting 35c —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.228.194.101 (talk) 09:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

The whole 'sjamans' statement is questionable. There is no reference for this information and I did not see this confirmed, or even referred to, anywhere else - all the references elsewhere are to the Wikipedia article itself. Also, Ghana is all the way across the continent on the west coast of Africa, which isn't part of the natural range of the plant. No reason why people in Ghana couldn't have brought the plant to them, one way or another. However, a more likely explanation is that the author of the 'sjamans' paragraphs was either pulling our leg or had the plant confused with something else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.102.113.116 (talk) 21:26, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ZZ Plant Variegated

Just an additional note to the ZZ plant, there is also a Variegated ZZ Plant in existence. It’s not often seen, since you can only propagate by root division. If you try to root from the leaf itself, you get either an all green plant or all white plant (white plants will die since they have no chlorophyll). You can get variegated once in a blue moon from the leaves, but overall root division is the best way top get off shoots of the variegated type. This is why growers don’t propagate them, since it would take a long time to produce many plants. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JerusalemCherry (talk • contribs) 19:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The unreferenced toxicity claim should not be checked

I'm not a plant expert.

The article includes an unreferenced claim that all parts of the plant is poisonous. Other Internet sites claims that it the plant is not poisonous, http://www.plantswap.net/forum/f3/zz-plant-zamioculcas-zamiifolia-poisonous-11283/.

The ZZ plant does not appear on a list of common toxic house hold plants, which I received from a reputable and knowledgeable nursery in Massachusetts.

/Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boston viking (talk • contribs) 03:23, 27 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Description doesn't match my plant

Even though located in the basement, my Zamioculcas zamiifolia is now 1 meter tall. That's by the longest leaf, which is one of the youngest. Not all leaves have pairs of leaflets, e.g. some leaflets are shifted and one leaf even has 11 leaflets on one and 9 on the other side. I don't know the age of the plant, but it was bought half a year ago. Maybe someone can find a reliable description. --Redeemer (talk) 20:15, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have had my ZZ for a couple of weeks. I failed to get educated on this beautiful, charming plant before I started in with care. I have done a great job over watering, and feel horrible. I am going to removed it from its current pot, get fresh, good soil and repot. Any suggestions would be much appreciated 🙃🙂

Help with care 2601:600:C67F:61F0:61B7:9E56:24A4:3155 (talk) 01:41, 12 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Up to 24 inch long leaves but the plant can get up to 4 ft high?

It can't be both, right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:F5:FF43:A57F:ECA2:43C0:7706:63DE (talk) 06:39, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]