P. Paraiso verde regained its variegation
Just wanted to share because I'd been under the impression the variegation was lost.
Got this as a pretty, mature clipping maybe 3 years ago? It lived in my childhood bedroom in my first Ikea greenhouse cabinet (a converted fabrikor) and established as a proper plant but it's colour gradually reverted to green.
~2 years ago I moved and placed it in my updated milsbo greenhouse with updated Barrina lights and fan. Got a CRAZY scale infestation (which was a Terribad time for my entire cabinet). It had grown top heavy and the bottom leaves were a lost cause - so I chopped heavily and propped. These (now 2) plants were neglected and I'd lost interest in them but I still kept it in my cabinet during my scale-infestation battle which I eventually won thanks to OnGuard Pro-Perm insect killer spray and keeping the humidity high consistently.
Start of this year I had the mother plant ( was literally a stick with roots) and a cutting with 2 fully green leaves no variegation on the stem.
Became more of a curiosity if the leaves would stay reverted green or regain the speckled variegation so I kept them at the bottom of my other milsbo greenhouse.
Mother plant (first pic) came back starting with green small leaves and is starting to put out variegation again.
Propagated part (second pic) is SO much bigger and putting out lots of variegation. Propagated via sphagnum moss.
Greenhouse lights are on ~10-12 hours a day and I water 1x weekly. I should keep better eye on humidity but I'm not consistent, will spray sometimes. Temp usually ~25-28 due to the lights in the enclosed space.
It's definitely a nice reminder that life can bounce back beautifully :) I'm glad I didn't throw them away!