African Violets and Gesneriads: strep babies not doing well. please help!, 1 by donnerville

donnerville wrote:
Hi Kim, thank you for asking. The baby plants are doing very well. Two of them have got flower stalks, although they still don't have many leaves ;o)

I read some posts a while back about propagating streps after I had made all the mistakes with my experiment. The process described in the posts was a lot shorter than mine -- I didn't use the right potting mix and didn't provide the right condition for the leaf cutting to root and for the baby plants to grow etc. I am very glad that I even got 3 plants out of it :-) Anyway, the baby plants are finally taking off thanks to all the good advice you and other members gave me. I am hoping that the first flower bud will open within a week or so. Very excited about it!

In the mean time, I have propagated more from a leave of another plant, Strep Blue Ice. This time I used the correct potting mix and domed the cuttings. As a result, the baby plants came a lot quicker and healthier. I am hoping they will start to bloom in August or September. Soon, all my friends will receive streps as gifts :-)

Again, many thanks for your help. I will post more pictures once the flowers have opened.

Donner