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Apr 19, 2014 11:35 PM CST
Name: tarev
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So this is the full image of my ZZ plant as of 15Apr2014:

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Yesterday, 18Apr2014, my hubby has requested if he can possibly get one of the offshoots. I said, I have never done that, but with much prodding, we went ahead and repotted the plant to get some of the offshoots.

So here is the rootball, after I have pried it from the pot: had to tie the leaf stalks to make it easier to move the plant.

Thumb of 2014-04-20/tarev/908ae1

Such a big rootball, so have removed the soil a little more..and it revealed the rhizomes and the roots. seems like we can separate 3 plants from this mass:
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With careful prying, we were able to separate the rhizomes, not much resistance, for awhile I thought I may have to chop them off from the other. Just a little careful disentangling them, pulling them apart.
Here is one of them, and a close-up, really looks like a potato:
Thumb of 2014-04-20/tarev/2769e9 Thumb of 2014-04-20/tarev/3aaa97

So got the pots and repotted them away..
And so here are the three new ZZ plants!
Thumb of 2014-04-20/tarev/a30ce4 Thumb of 2014-04-20/tarev/467413 Thumb of 2014-04-20/tarev/071388

Just so happy to be able to repot and separate the plants! Big Grin

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