Thought I would post this since I have had a fairly hard time finding much on the subject (with exception to Joseph C's D. Regia 'Big Easy' ). Please do add to this thread if anyone else has had some success with this. I would love to read about other people's experience on this.
About a month ago, I received some D. Regia (typical) leaf cuttings from mass. Thanks to our great postal service, I received quite the lovely squashed mess. Luckily, Travis had sent enough cuttings that 1 pulled through unscathed (well, for the most part).
I had done a lot of reading on the matter, realized it was probably a long shot that it would make it. Given the small bit of living leaf I had left, I was a bit less optimistic as well, but I gave it a shot and hoped for the best. This isn't the typical way I root cuttings, but for D. Regia, it seemed appropriate and has shown some success.
My optimism grew after I realized that the living portions were not rotting away after a few days. After a few weeks, I pretty much had it set in my mind that I had made it over the hump and that my chances of success would be much higher than I ever imagined.
The following pictures show the cutting as it was and as it currently is. Since the last picture was taken, the cuttings have formed many more plantlets. Onto the next challenge... growing it to maturity. Here's hoping some of them will make it at least.
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Taken last week:
About a month ago, I received some D. Regia (typical) leaf cuttings from mass. Thanks to our great postal service, I received quite the lovely squashed mess. Luckily, Travis had sent enough cuttings that 1 pulled through unscathed (well, for the most part).
I had done a lot of reading on the matter, realized it was probably a long shot that it would make it. Given the small bit of living leaf I had left, I was a bit less optimistic as well, but I gave it a shot and hoped for the best. This isn't the typical way I root cuttings, but for D. Regia, it seemed appropriate and has shown some success.
My optimism grew after I realized that the living portions were not rotting away after a few days. After a few weeks, I pretty much had it set in my mind that I had made it over the hump and that my chances of success would be much higher than I ever imagined.
The following pictures show the cutting as it was and as it currently is. Since the last picture was taken, the cuttings have formed many more plantlets. Onto the next challenge... growing it to maturity. Here's hoping some of them will make it at least.
Taken near the start:
Taken last week:
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