hi john, i haven't checked the bottom part that is buried. when i broke off the bulb, i didn't separate the different layers or scales. what's amazing is that the bulb remained evergreen during the process. i find that Veltheimias tend to produce side bulbs quite prolifically. i'm happy that this bulb has rooted as i quite often break bulbs when trying to separate them. i now know not to do it until the bulbs get quite big before separating them. tsuh yang --- John Bryan <johnbryan@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > That the broken Veltheima rooted is not surprising, > as what you have > accomplished is propagated it by scaling, i.e. basal > portions of the > leaves have rooted. Did you check to see if this is > so? If it is you > might well be able to separate the 'scales' and end > up with numerous > plants. > Regarding the basal disk, which you say has not done > a thing, I doubt if > you will get new growth, but you might try giving > warmer temperatures, > bottom heat would be best, and putting the disc at > or even just above > the soil, a very sandy mix would be best. Making a > couple of notches in > the disc might promote the production of growth. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com/