African Violets and Gesneriads: Strep leaves...so far, so good..., 1 by gessiegail

gessiegail wrote:
I have to admit that anything I know I learned on this AV forum.....this is a new passion that started about 4 months ago with a Walmart AV because I had seen this forum.
I asked two really good growers of the gessie family and they both told me the same thing about potting medium. Everything I grow (except for leaves) I use 1/2 AV soil from Selective Gardener and 1/2 perlite (I think I use a little more than half perlite).
I use Rachel's Reflection on growing leaves of any kind....so far, so good.....don't think I have ever lost more than one or 2 leaves in straight vermiculite.....and then put them in these mini greenhouses from http://www.violetshowcase.com
They are less than a dollar apiece and last forever....snap the top shut and ignore the leaves until they need my help getting out. (actually I start a wee bit of fertilizer once I see new growth of any kind)
I am trying strep leaves for the first time this way in this way.....straight vermiculite....only I have to use a bio dome to cover as I am using 3/4 of the leaf (cut the top part off)
I will report the progress

***This first picture shows 3/4 of the leaf in vermiculite in a bio dome