(1)cut the leaf close to the base & retain the stem (2) apply 0.1% IBA Rooting houmone to stem at base of leaf,(3) Use well drained soil... stick stem in soil so that the base of the leaf touches the soil AND the leaf is sticking up in the air & the bulk of the leaf is not touching the soil (4)heep soil damp but not wet.... mist leaf, keep out of direct sunlight, keep out of draft. (5) at some time if leaf does not dehydrate a new plant will form at point where leaf meets soil. let it grow & months (?) (6) later may seporate from leaf.

I love to share Leon. And I have shared back plants also. And thanks for offering me the Alchemy Bells! Hope we can make that work! I can't believe in this entire county there are NO people that are interested in violets! I almost have to rely on this group exclusively to "share". Otherwise I would be over run with violet children! I would be one huge violet orphanage! Sorry,,just can't toss them! Rosie

I have pictures posted in the Cacti and Succulent forum. It took a couple weeks to germinate, and I have had luck with 2 of the 3 species I attempted. I bought seed in 25 packs, have 5 seedlings of one type and 3 of the other. Not a high sucess rate I am afraid. And my Lithops have been sloooowwww. I have some more seeds to sow soon, 2 more types of Lithops and another relative called Titanopsis hugo-schkecteri that I will try in October. And some columnar cacti and agave. Soon, I will have seeds of Dischidia pectinoides and a carnivorous sundew called a Cape sundew from my own plants to try growing. I love the idea of growing fantasy African violets from seed. Though, I do not know much about them, will only some be fantasy type?

Yup - some are duds, some are the victims of genetic drift when after so many leaf of the leaf of the leaf propagation they cloned themselves out of the original splendor to a very mediocre plant. Some just do not do that well in my house. If you want to retry - get a leaf from a different source. But we want to keep only the ones that work the best for us. To select by the wow factor. You say wow - it stays - you do not - pass it on. It will probably do well at somebody's else house. Or yur AV friend will love it for something that doesn't excite you. Not everybody likes pinks for example.