Thanks for the excellent description - like some Sinningias, Begonias, Amorphophallus, etc. I don't recall the previous discussion but wasn't paying much attention for several years. My follow-up question would have been whether it worked for Ledebouria too, so thanks again for making that unnecessary. I have a few large L. zebrina imported in 2006 from Penroc which have never produced an offset that I'd also like to propagate. And thanks David for the link to the photo of the Lachenalia leaves in the Wiki. Steve On 5/18/2021 5:55 PM, Rimmer de Vries via pbs wrote: > In later summer or when the leaves are mature and fully grown but not withering like July (when the leaves overlap) i cut some to give the other plants room. > > Cut large healthy leaves at mid section or so across the grain to give a long cut surface (not at petiole), treat wound with a propagating compound like cloneX or roottone and put in a bag or clamshell box of barely damp peat moss. Keep warm but not hot. 90 degree is too hot. Check peat does dry out, in a few weeks to months you should have dozens of clones of small bulblets forming with roots as the leaf withers. In time in a lettuce box you can remove the lid and water it a bit as the bulbs develop. You don't gain much time over seeds but you do get lots of clones of your favourite plant quickly. Should work for all hyacinth types, lachenalias, ledebouria, pineapple lily etc. This topic has been discussed on this forum before. > > Don't use a withering leaf, it wont work. Small leaves or leaves from small plants probably wont work, not enough cells. > > Rimmer > >> On May 18, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Steve Marak via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Rimmer, >> >> Would you elaborate on your technique for propagating Resnova from leaf cuttings please? >> >> I like this species and have accumulated a few clones. Some are "better" in having more, and more distinct, leaf markings and I've been trying to propagate and distribute those, but despite a lot of careful hand pollination seed set is only so-so for me, especially with selfings. >> >> Steve >> >>> On 5/18/2021 8:04 AM, Rimmer de Vries via pbs wrote: >>> They have shallow roots so why use a deep pot. Plantlets from 2018 leaf cuttings. Lines are 1” spacing. >>> >>> >>> Rimmer >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >>> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>