I'll second that. Tom Hayes just pulled off two non-carnivorous leaves from
my young Cephalotus (3 inches in diameter) and stuck them at roughly a
forty-five degree angle, right into the soil of the cephalotus pot. An
inveterate meddler, I've checked them periodically, and found now (about 2
months later) the beginnings of shoots, at the very end of the petiole, where
it was separated from the plant. I've since moved them to their own pot, and
they seem to be progressing nicely. This was not even in the most humid part
of my basement greenhouse (under grow lights) probably 50-60 percent
humidity, max)
As a plug for this kind of "walk-on-the-wild side" propagation, the drosera
leaf and root cuttings that he plucked all seem to be working well (except
for D. aliciae ... there, only the root cuttings took). And to think, I've
always been afraid to disturb my plants <grin>.
In another interesting (and successful experiment) Tom pulled out a D. adelae
root and left it hanging outside the pot (so that its tip reached into the
water tray below). That root now has four shoots popping off of it, after the
same 2 month period, ready for transplanting).
Jay Lechtman
L235@aol.com