Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 296) Zamioculcas zamiifolia

Likely this plant was rescued from a workplace, but I don’t honestly remember—I know I’ve had it about five years.  Known to be tough as nails, these plants are considered impossible to kill, but I’ve come close to doing just that.  The plant was down to one living leaf this spring.  I took leaf cuttings as an experiment, having seen someone on the web do this.  The leaf cuttings have rooted and formed tubers, but they have not yet leafed out. I have them in the greenhouse now.  The parent plant just got another healthy leaf. 

These can be attractive plants when well-grown, but I find them a bit boring.  I will likely get rid of them all except maybe one baby if the leaf cuttings ever leaf out. I’m not sure they will survive the cold temps in the greenhouse, but I’m hoping the scale that the mother plant has had off and on won’t survive the cold and that the plants will.