Hopefully your porcelain vine is thriving by now. I live in growing zone 5 and have 5 porcelain vines growing behind a retaining wall. They drape beautifully down to the patio and have to be trimmed or they would grow into our home and eat us alive. They will grab anything within their reach and it's very difficult to remove the strong tendrils, even after they have frozen and turn brown. I have both the solid green and the variegated varieties. The variegated ones are the prettiest with smaller leaves. The solid green ones grow more vigorously. They tolerate poor soil and are pretty much maintenance free once they are established and it gets hot and dry here in the summer. I cut them back almost to the ground every fall. The solid green ones are the first to thrive in the spring. The vines are gorgeous and the berries very interesting in the fall. We don't see lots of birds eating the berries though. The vines cascade beautifully down the wall where nothing else will grow. I sit colorful pots of bronze leafed begonias between the vines to provide color. We live in a fairly windy location with weather extremes and these have been a maintenance free staple. I appreciate this as nothing else I grow is this easy. I occasionally see a variegated vine that has seeded itself in a flower bed but they are easy to pull, not a problem. My only suggestion re: the photo would have been to plant 2 of the vines since they appear to be the smaller variegated ones.

(Not sure this posted so trying again. GW is acting up it seems.) Good question! I thought only the flowers showed a plant had sported though. It will be interesting to see what the more experienced members say on this topic. Now here are my thoughts. Is the Mother leaf by chance from a variegated plant? Because variegated plants can show a variety of color in their leaves. I've even seen pictures of pure white leaves on babies from rooted leaves and varying colors of green in between. Another thought is could the leaf that's lighter maybe be shadowed from the light source by a nearby plant? This would explain it's lightness possibly. This is if the Mom plant the leaf came from isn't variegated. I'm interested to see what others have to say!,,,Debbie PS: I also found a site that shows leaf problems and possible cures. Yours is a 'mouse ear' so probably not diseased but the site does show birthmark leaves. This might be a possibility. Here is a link that might be useful: AV Leaf Problems

Rooting bloomstalks isn't easy. I've done it with one chimera I own. You wait until the bloomstalk becomes mature so the leaves on it are as big as possible. I usually cut it off once the blooms have fully developed but haven't yet opened. I then make a diagonal cut about a half inch below the pair of leaves. I push it into a rooting mixture so that the pair of leaves is just above the soil. If everything goes well, a baby plant should start growing where the leaves meet the stem. It can take a while and has a higher rate of failure than rooting leaves. But I can't bear to destroy the crown of my chimera just to get babies. I'm too afraid I'll lose the plant. However, I have had a lot of luck with destroying the crown of baby violets or regular violets. I just put down some leaves as insurance. The crowns usually put out at least three suckers so you can make more plants much faster than by rooting leaves. Have fun trying these methods.

Well that's great Agnieszka, except it's NOT at all what Jades (Crassulas) want. Sand is particularly bad for them (compacts & impedes their take up of water & their air circulation in the roots). I'm guessing your vermiculture, while good for many things is not good for succulents as it's too rich for them (too much organics). My understanding of vermiculture is that it's for OUTDOOR plants which can interact w/ insects & other living creatures (where indoor containers really can't). Pls. read around here for almost ANY THREAD on Jade soils should offer you mix(es) less problematic than you've mentioned.