12/28/01-- I'm going to have to suspend trading for awhile because it's too cold where I am to receive plant cuttings. See you when it warms up a bit!
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Looking for Var. African Violet Leaves, unrooted named Christmas Cactus cuttings
i didnt think you could get var av's from just the leaves...i thought you had to wait for the suckers or do it from seed.....i could be wrong...sorry i cant trade any of mine for seed.....i have seeds right now and am doing a lot of research on how and when to start them....sorry
cindy
i was just told that YES you can get var av's from the leaves.....good luck....im off to cut me some leaves.....:)
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midwestsnowbird
Dec 13, 2001
I have 2 christmas cactus. Can't tell you what color one of them is as I can't get it to bloom. One I have is a Salmon color very pretty. My gramma gave both to me. Hers both bloom at X-mas. But the salmon one I had bloom last spring??? This is the first time I have tried to get them to bloom. So maybe i messed something up??? Mine are quiet big now, So if you tell me how to take cutting's off them I will gladly send you some. :)
I have never seen variegated African Violet leaves. Are you talking about the variegated blooms? Or, are the leaves actually variegated?
the leaves themselves are actually variagated...i have 2 plants, leaves are pink, green, and cream..im gonna try my hand at propogating the leaves.......i sure hope i can do it......the foliage itself is pretty......i dont know the color of the blooms yet i got them and they had already bloomed once and they werent named...so ill have to wait and see...cindy
African violet leaves are the among the easiest plants to propagate from leaf cuttings. Simply placing them in peat pellets works wonders. Of course one can drape some clear plastic over some coat hangers and a tray and this will heat things up a bit this time of year. I find that method works exceedingly well to root leaves.
Sincerely,
Brugmansia