My single bulb of Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy' suffered somewhat from one of our many summer storms this year, and some leaves were badly bent or partially detached. Rather than throw the unrecoverable leaves away I chopped them up into 2" sections and pushed them into a seed tray of 1:1:1 peat:///perlite:sharp/ sand. I only used the more rigid sections, not the soft last 6" or so. No special treatment was given, no rooting hormone, just watered with rain water and left on the floor of a shaded greenhouse. About half rotted and the rest (8?) eventually rooted, after maybe 6 weeks or so. I cut them "arrow head" shape to know which way was up, i.e. straight across the top, V angled bottom. I potted them singly only a few days ago, and photographed them for reference. If you want a photo(s) or someone has the time to put it on the wiki for me I will forward a couple. Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England First ground frosts on winter testing out our defences. > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On > Behalf Of Dpescadera@aol.com > Sent: 17 October 2007 12:49 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] propagating Eucomis by leaf cuttings > > Has anyone had experience propagating Eucomis species from leaf cuttings? > > I received the following directions to do this in spring during the plant's > active growth: Remove a clean, healthy leaf and cut in 2 or 3 horizontal > sections, but do not use the tip. Insert each cutting into regular potting soil > mixed with perlite (no hormones). The directions said to tent it with plastic > and wait several weeks for rooting to occur. (Another person said just to keep > the soil moistened and keep the cuttings out of direct sunlight). > > Are these instructions correct for Eucomis and do you have any other advice > to give on this? > > Thank you for your help. > Best regards, Diana Fish, Carmel-by-the-Sea, USDA Zone 9 where it is > sprinkling right now > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/