Am. titanum cutting experience II

From: Anne Olivier <a.j.olivier at pl.hanze.nl> on 1998.02.04 at 15:31:16(1899) Hello Carlo, I used a branch of the leaf, the branch is 3 cm and the leafpart is 10 cm, I removed most of the leaf with cissors so the cutting is no more then 3 cm's wide. I inserted the base in a standard rooting powder bought at my local gardencentrum an then put it in a standard potting mixture with some coarse sand added. Ground heating kept the temperature at 27 degrees celsius. I haven't tried this with other species , since they're all dormant at this moment. One of my other Am. titanums is going to lose its leaves and I will be making cuttings from them as well, I also think I will try the petiole to see what happens. anne. +More --------------------------- your email ---------------------------- >I used only one cutting taken from a leaf that was turning yellow >anyway. Now after 3 months I have a thickening of the stem of approx. 5 >mm and 2 roots growing out of it. At this time there is still no sign of >any leafs forming, but I am patient. I hope I can comment on any >developments in that direction in the following weeks ( months? ). Anne, Please give us specifics here. Did you take the entire petiole? Or did you take one "branch" of the the leaf at the top of the petiole? How did you treat the cutting? Needless to say, this it encouraging news for the propagation of non-bulbil forming species. Have you tried it with any other species? Carlo Carlo A. Balistrieri, J.D. mailto:CABalist@facstaff.wisc.edu P.O. Box 327 Ashippun, WI 53003-0327 U.S.A. Voice: 414.569.1902 Telefax: same number, please call ahead.

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