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For questions about plants that are part of the Zamioculcas genus. Use it with questions about caring, propagating and identifying Zamioculcas Zamiifolia.

Member of the Araceae family, containing the single species Zamioculcas zamiifolia. It is an family member that is native to dry grassland and forest in Eastern Africa.

Commonly known as ZZ Plant, Zuzu Plant, Zanzibar gem, aroid plant, eternity plant and emerald plant.

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ZZ plant not growing

I took a stem with several leaves from a ZZ plant and put it in water, it put out some roots. Over two years ago I put it in a pot with soil, it died back and produced the single stem you see in the image. It has stayed this way for at least two…
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Help with struggling ZZ plants

We got a ZZ plant for my daughter last summer and it has been going well, but recently it has been struggling. We noticed a little leaf yellowing and we thought it might be cramped in the pot (the whole plant was in the small plastic pot shown in…
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Is something wrong with my ZZ plant?

This morning I looked over my ZZ plant and saw these white spots underneath some of the leaves. The best match I could find is of something called powdery mildew. Is it that or is it something else?
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ZZ plant yellowing question

I'm starting to see yellowing of some of the leaves and I've seen conflicting advice online. Here's the full story: I got it two weeks ago and put it on a saucer with water the moment I got home, it was after I took it out, after about 20 minutes,…
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Why does this zz plant have white residue and holes?

My ZZ plant has developed a thin white residue and holes on some of the leaves. We have had the ZZ plant about a month where it sits in a corner of the bedroom by a window. We have watered it once in that time. What might be the problem? And how do…
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ZZ plant help please

I'm just getting started with indoor plants and heard the ZZ plant was easy and impossible to kill. I thought it was doing alright, not overwatering etc. But there are some white spots on the leaves. They've been there since I bought it, and the…
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