Not in water, but they are easy to make from leaf cuttings. Randy On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:12 PM, The Silent Seed <santoury@aol.com> wrote: > Are you saying that you cut off an Eucomis flower spike, put it in water, > and it rooted ? Has anyone tried this with its leaves? > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Do you want to receive my plant newsletters via email? > santoury@aol.com > The Silent Seed - Rare and Unusual Plants > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Withers <maxwithers@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 10:09 am > Subject: Re: [pbs] Question about harvesting seed > > > last year I put a blooming Eucomis reichenbachii inflorescence in a bud > vase. It did not set seed, but it rooted. > On Jan 5, 2012 12:04 PM, "Fred Biasella" <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> > wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > For the past 3 years or so I have been cutting off the scapes of Eucomis > > after they flower but before the seed ripen and threw them on the > > "composting" pile in the garden. Not only did they finish ripening but > they > > also sprouted the following spring, despite our rather brutal winter. So > > you can add Eucomis to this list of harvesting seeds after the scape is > > removed. > > > > Regards, > > Fred Biasella > > Cambridge (Boston) MA > > USDA Zone 6b > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- * * A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine --- * *