>there is a paper reporting success with alstroemeria stem cuttings >published by Halevy and someone else in Scientiaq Horticulturae (I >think that was the journal). Using Google to try and find the exact reference to propagating alstroemeria from stem cuttings, the closest I've come is the following, Ziv M, Kanterovitz R, Halevy AH (1973) Vegetative propagation of Alstroemeria in vitro . Sci Hortic ... I'll attempt to find the paper and report the data. Roy