fish_4_all
Aquarium Advice Addict
I don't think that even a minority of our plants, even stem plants would live forever even in the best conditions. My Wisteria main stalk when it was going really good was almost to the point where the plant was getting woody and looked like it would get to a point where it would not support much new growth and eventually become "dead". Stem plants like my cabomba should grow well for a while and it could be a long time with good trimming and ideal conditions but eventually the main stem is going to either become too thich and woody to support new growth or it will lose the integrity of the plant all together and die.
I don't know if that answers the question or not but with a strict reference to the original stem or mother plant, I think that eventually it will not be a viable plant.
It will be intersting to see how my Anubius Nana does over the next couple years and how well the original rhizome is doing in 3 years or less. Will it support and grow new leaves or will it focus on dividing into smaller rhizomes and the "mother" rhizome will eventually become unviable and basically lifeless. If an anubias does this then I would think that most other plants will eventually have the same problem.
I don't know if that answers the question or not but with a strict reference to the original stem or mother plant, I think that eventually it will not be a viable plant.
It will be intersting to see how my Anubius Nana does over the next couple years and how well the original rhizome is doing in 3 years or less. Will it support and grow new leaves or will it focus on dividing into smaller rhizomes and the "mother" rhizome will eventually become unviable and basically lifeless. If an anubias does this then I would think that most other plants will eventually have the same problem.