Propagating Butterworts: words for beginners
Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Thu, 13 May 93 14:24:24 PDT
A while back I got some Pinguiculas in the mail. On a couple
some leaves had broken off the rosette, down low, right next
to the stalk, leaving most of the plate white, underground,
portion of the leaf attached. Rather than just discard these
I buried them upto 2/3 deep in the planting media of the parent
plant, a mixture of finegrain vermiculite, perlite, & peat.
This was April 10th. Today, a month later, I have 2 small new
leaves coming up from one of the leaf cuttings. It's easy!
It's fun! It gives you more plants! Try it. The key is to
peel a leaf off rather than snap it off. Don't let it get
water logged either, but keep it damp. Some people put the
leaf in a baggie filled with the medium, but a pot seems to
work just fine.
R.