Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Rooting leaves?, 0 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Just break off a piece like any cane/shrub; discard the bottom leaves; and put it in a cup of water. Once rooted, pot it up. Again keep the water in a somewhat sterile environment and you won't have to monitor the water for souring (just total evaporation).

I've had my serratipetala in a 29 gallon fish tank for five years. Thought I about lost it due to maidenhair ferns taking over the entire tank. I chopped those back to the ground and also pulled out or cut back to the ground the weedy begonias that sprout easily from seed (parent of wax begonias?). Anyway the serratipetalas have made a great comeback but so have the maidenhair ferns (time for a haircut again).

Here is a serratipetala I started for one of our club members after I potted it up.