Cyclamen rohlfsianum has unusual finger-like projections from the bottom of the tuber. When repotting at summer's end this year I broke one of the projections off. Perusing some literature the unanimous advice was that, like dahlias, the broken piece has no capability of producing shoots. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Dusted with powdered sulfur (my go-to fungicide for this sort of thing) potted it up in a clay pot using a gritty mix and put in the sand plunge bed in my greenhouse. Clearly, plants don't read the books because it slowly came to life and made excellent leaf growth. And I swapped with a friend in the local rock garden society chapter. She now has a C. rohlfsianum to add to her collection, and I now have a C. africanum. C. rohlfsianum has such big leaves that I don't think I could accommodate two of them. Happy solstice everyone. Remember, every day is another day closer to spring (in this hemisphere) and the days will now be getting longer, but not very noticeably. Judy in New Jersey where the weather has reversed itself to quite mild and the snow is condensing. Tomorrow is supposed to reach the high 60s Fahrenheit, then plunge again next week. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com/