Hello trying to find a start of a clivia! I will pay for the postage and more or I have some donkey tails,night blooming cactus and some hardy pear cactus for trade.Hope someone out there will share a clivia with me thank you all!

Cool is right! I never knew that they bloom!. I just bought one. I've been hoping to find someone who had one and would share a cutting, but I've been hoping that for a long, long time now so I broke down and bought one from Lowes. Any advice on how to grow it as gorgeous as yours??

Tiffany I remember reading those threads. Few ppl use root hormone/stimulator; I don't so don't have any recommendations. Over all, I find leaves of most succulents will root and grow quite easily. I leave them just sitting on top of mix, don't water or spritz until I see the roots. In my case, less attention I give them - better they grow :) I guess they don't want 'helicopter mom' :) Some echeverias are very finicky, and I take advice from Howard (bikerdoc) that had tried many without success - and he grows and propagates many plants. For callousing, I don't use anything either unless I am cutting quite a thick branch. Few times I did (jades), I used powdered cinnamon (considered a good fungicide) and sprinkled some on the cut, but I do that only for thick branches. All others (leaves, cuttings) just without anything. Burro's/donkey tail is best hanging and it sounds like you have a good spot for it. Just acclimatize it to natural sun in spring, and I think you'll have happy plant. Rina

Maybe you can save it. Take it out of that water retaining soil and pot that looks like it doesn't have drainage hole (or does it?) ASAP. Let it dry up, take off any dead leaves and trim off any dead branches (or parts of), and repot into better mix. Long (etiolated) branches should be pruned off. Succulents are not suitable to keep in bathrooms or any humid rooms either. Do not put any moss for decoration on top of soil of any succulents. It may look ok for a while, but keeps soil too wet for too long. Pls. try to remember basic 'rules' for growing succulents successfully: 1. drainage - fast draining mix with little or no organic matter 2. pot with drainage hoe(s). If using cachepot, make sure plant is taken out of it for watering. It could be put back after all water drains out. 3. lots of light. Number of hours of sunlight every day is necessary for most succulents. It is usually more difficult to supply sunlight in colder regions, so many of us use supplemental lights to help. If impossible to supply enough light, different plants could be grown under those conditions. 4. good air flow, low humidity. Indoors, do not keep succulents in humid rooms. There are plants that love humidity, and those should be grown in those conditions - no succulents. Sedum morganianum is extremely easy succulent to grow, if you do not keep it too wet in darker conditions. Pruning it helps and plant will grow very fast. But you need to follow 'rules' for growing succulents...