Whenever I get an opportunity to get a cutting from a plant I don't have, I take it and try to root it. I have success with some and some plants can't be propagated that way. This past winter I was babysitting with one of my grandchildren. I am the grandma available when the kids are not feeling well and their parents have to go to work.
On this occasion, I noticed my daughter had a beautiful Christmas cactus. Apparently her husband had it long before they were married. I found an obscure place in the back and pinched off a couple sections. I took it home and stuck it in water. After a couple months, I checked and there were plenty of roots. I just planted them this week. I'll update you in a few months.
A lot of my houseplants were started this way. I cut a piece off this cactus and didn't even root it, I just stuck it into the dirt and it grew. It's still a little skinny but it will fill out.
I did the same with this yucca plant. When it reaches the ceiling, I just cut if off and stick it in dirt. I finally had to throw some away because they grow so fast.
This mother in law tongue grows a little differently. From the roots, new plants come up. Each of these spikes can be dug up and replanted. There are a lot of plants in this one pot.
Sometimes plants just need to be resurrected. Last summer we went on vacation during 100 degree temperatures.
I did everything I could to keep my plants alive. I put them together and set them in pots of water. Almost everything survived, but some of the plants pretty much burned up.
My fern which I had growing on the porch burned. I cut it down completely and started watering. Gradually the plant began coming back and this is what it looks like today.
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