Hi Mark: Definitely would be interested in the results from your Galanthus leaf propagation experiment. We have very limited numbers of some Galanthus that were wild collected in the Caucasus and would appreciate any insight you or others on the list could share with regards to vegetative propagation. The CITES permits/paperwork was incredible. Boyce Tankersley Chicago Botanic Garden. On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:37 AM, Mark BROWN <brown.mark@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Experiments are underway for another amaryllid: Galanthus, for leaf > cuttings. > Mark > > > > > > > Message du 21/04/13 00:10 > > De : "Matt Mattus" > > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > > Copie à : > > Objet : [pbs] Clivia Leaf Cutting > > > > In the greenhouse today, I found a short piece of a Clivia leaf with a > > plantlet on it. It was a piece of a leaf, about 4 inches long, that some > how > > became buried in the soil that was kept on my potting bench. It's a > piece of > > leaf, from near the base, but the plant is growing on the long edge of > the > > green part- very odd- sorry for not being too scientific, here). This > which > > surprised me. After a little snooping on-line, it seems there has been > some > > chatter about Clivia from leaf cuttings, but I had no idea. I have a > great > > photo of it, but not sure where I can post it. I have propagated many > > bulblets on Lachenalia, but never on an Amaryllid. > > > > I was going to post this to the PBS Facebook page, but it appears that I > > cannot. > > > > Matt Mattus > > Worcester, MA > > USDA Zone 5b > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/