A verified family tree for every plant.

PropBoxd is the first plant collection app that lets you link every cutting, division, and propagation to its parent — with owner-approved lineage across the whole community.

Link Cuttings to Their Parent

When you add a plant, you can tag it as propagated from another plant — either one already in your collection or one from another collector. The link is stored on the listing itself, so provenance travels with the plant forever.

Cross-Collector, With Consent

Linking to another collector's plant sends the owner an approval request with a push notification. They approve or decline in one tap, and the lineage only records once they've said yes. No hijacked provenance, ever.

See the Whole Family Tree

Open any plant and tap View Lineage to see a generation-by-generation tree — ancestors above, descendants below, up to 25 generations in each direction. Tap any node to jump to that plant's page.

Built for Rare and Variegated Plants

For Monstera Albo, Philodendron Spiritus Sancti, Anthurium Warocqueanum, and every other rare cultivar where source matters, lineage is the difference between a $50 cutting and a $500 one. PropBoxd makes it verifiable.

Why Lineage Matters

Rare plant collecting runs on trust. A cutting is only as valuable as the mother it came from, and buyers pay premiums for plants with documented provenance. Traditional collection apps treat every plant as an island — you log it, and that's it. PropBoxd tracks the whole chain, so a collector two owners later can still open a listing and see exactly where it came from, who grew it, and how many other plants share the same lineage. That's real provenance, backed by the owner of every plant in the chain.

How Approval Works

When you request a link to another collector's plant, they get a notification with Approve and Decline buttons. Approval writes the link into the database and posts confirmations both ways. Declining leaves your plant unattached — you can still list it, just without the parent tag. Either outcome fires a push notification (which you can toggle in Settings). The owner is always the source of truth for their own plant's lineage.

Frequently asked questions

Can I link a plant to someone else's listing?

Yes. When you're adding a plant, toggle Search all users in the propagation picker to find a parent from another collector. Their owner will get a push notification to approve or decline your link — the lineage only records once they approve.

What happens if the parent plant is deleted?

The lineage entry on your plant is set to null and your listing stays intact. Any descendants downstream of your plant keep their link to you — the chain simply skips the deleted node.

How many generations deep does the family tree go?

PropBoxd walks up to 25 generations in each direction — 25 ancestors and 25 levels of descendants — which is more than enough for any real collector chain. The recursive query is capped for performance, so trees always render fast.

Do I need PropBoxd Premium to use lineage tracking?

No. Propagation lineage is free for every account. There is no per-plant limit and no paywall on approvals, tree views, or notifications.

Can a plant have more than one parent?

Not today. Each plant has a single parent link to keep the tree unambiguous. Hybrid crosses with two parent plants are on the roadmap for a future update.

Start Tracking Your Lineage

Create a free PropBoxd account, add your first plant, and link it to its parent in seconds.