Teachers were *selling* these things to their students? O my. Guess the profession has always been underpaid. :-) Funny you should mention this kalanchoe, because when my youngest daughter lived in the Florida panhandle, these were growing in the cracks between her tiny concrete patio and a fence. My granddaughter, 4 at the time, was thrilled when I pointed them out to her, and we transplanted several to pots and to the scrap of dirt that passed for a garden. Now they (daughter and granddaughters) live in Guam....who knows what grows there.... Ellen On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:02 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, > With all this talk about childhood gardening, oldest plants etc, I > am reminded of a childhood plant memory. > > When I was in grammar school in Chicago decades ago - maybe 4th > grade, teachers would offer 'Miracle Leaf' for sale for maybe 50ยข each. > This 'Miracle leaf' was a single leaf of a Kalanchoe in a glassine > envelope. The recipient would pin the leaf to a curtain (as suggested) and > 'amazingly' small plants would arise from the edges and could be planted > to produce whole new plants. > > You can still buy these 'Miracle Leaf' on the web, but I wonder > how many other school age memories including buying one of these -at that > time - amazing leaves. > > Of course I don't really recall actually growing any plantlets, > but I distinctly recall the excitement of getting a leaf and seeing the > progress. > > Best Jim W. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- Ellen Hornig 212 Grafton St Shrewsbury MA 01545 508-925-5147