I think that's a fantastic looking plant! PG's idea of gently wedging a rock against the base would probably be all it needs to be upright. I probably wouldn't take many cuttings from that now since hopefully it will make some flower buds soon. Since it's not yet, I wonder if it's in a room where you have bright lights on after sunset? "...prefer to be root bound." No plant prefers that. What is happening is root rot in pots of stuff that has no air pockets in it, and takes forever to dry out. As long as one has a chunky, porous, airy mix, and doesn't constantly pour water in there (or allow it to sit in a drip saucer,) the pot size is irrelevant. It can take some doing to figure out what kind of soil goes well with the kind of plant person you are. It sounds like you love to water them often? "Do I need rooting hormone?" I agree with J, no hormone needed. In the case of wanting a more full pot like this, I would stick any cuttings in the pot with the mama plant, aimed in the other direction slightly. Just use a knife to make a slit & slip the end that was attached to the mama plant in there, doesn't seem to matter how far, as long as at least most of the lowest section is under the surface. "Perhaps last time I used too much water." Probably. A *succulent* cutting with no roots can't absorb water, it can only rot. When taking the cuttings, let them sit in the air overnight for the cut part to heal/seal. This should prevent fungus/bacteria from being able to 'get in,' prevents further loss of moisture, and definitely notifies that piece of plant that it needs to grow some roots "in search of moisture, not because it is adjacently present." When placed within the roots of an already-growing plant, I have much better luck with propagating (outside of the realm of the glass of water you mentioned, which does work well for many non-succulent, leafy plants.) The mama plant prevents the soil from staying too moist around the cutting even while watering as usual. This is the only way I've had luck with Begonia cuttings in particular. I can't NOT hover over a pot with nothing but cuttings either. That usually results in loving them to death as you described. I successfully forget about those tucked under mama plants and haven't had any TC cuttings fail this way, in pots with other TC's and completely different plants that 'need' something leaning out at the bottom in my strange plan to make every pot a mini tropical jungle. Knowing whether cuttings require drying (callousing) and which should go immediately in water/moist soil is the 1st step to success, glad you asked. The one pot of TC cuttings I tried without any existing-roots plants in the pot was this one. Having seen pics of people doing them this way, and knowing how I hover over a pot of cuttings, I chose to lay them mostly flat on the surface. This worked well & is a blooming plant around here somewhere. I lost track of which was...

Hi bada... I'm a newbie, and I have to admid I don't really have much luck with my 1 oncidium that I have, it is healthy but refuse to bloom again. But if yours is an easy grower, and if Carolyn changes her mind, I would love to "adopt" it. Now, I really don't have much to trade, but here's something! When I had question about how to grow CISCHWEINFIA dasyandra, you were "making fun" of me, because I was a newbie and try to take on something difficult to grow! But guess what? I got it to bloom, and it's still doing very well! Cut to the chase, I don't have much that is precious to offer you, but I have the CISCHWEINFIA dasyandra if you are interested! lol... cat80

Happy Thanksgiving..I hope everyone has a fine day, and a finer dinner..Don't eat too much, though. :) Josh, I'll have to decide which to do first..prune or repot. Think I'll repot. Last night I checked sunsets roots. It's so rootbound, I was able to lift the rootball from its pot in one piece. lol. Josh, I don't use Peat w/succulents...'no Peat no black soil'..Remember I mentioned that before? Josh, you don't fertilize in summer? Ever? Why only in winter, if you don't mind me asking??? Does fertilizing in winter include all plants? Succulents, tropicals and veggies? Snow in June!! That's amazing. Even flurries is IL in the month of June is rare. What's going on? Has this happened before? Is Foliage Pro the same as Dyna Gro? Do you add to soil or foliar spray? Howdy Whip. I mix mediums, keep in plastic containers and label. Succulent blends have different ingredients than tropical blends. The succulent mix is very gritty, even though Turface isn't included. If my mixes dried any faster, I'd be watering 24/7..lol. Jeff. It's true, I asked why my C. Jade Sunset isn't growing, well, rather, growing slow. But, other succulents are. 98% of my plants were started as babies, cuttings and sown seeds. When I got them, I didn't think ahead..Now, some are so large I don't know where to set and get sun, too..Especially Pachypodiums, E. Crown of Thorns and Agaves. Who'd have 'thunk?' Hello Lady. Yep, don't have time to work on plants today..going to my sister's for Thanksgiving dinner. Perhaps tomorrow I'll repot the sunset. Since it's so rootbound, locating from pot A to pot B won't cause problems. Thanks Hey Mike..As you know, we both have more plants than a small nursery, lol. Remember me telling you how fast my soil dries? If another soil method was used, particularly if it dried quicker than my mix, I'd be doing nothing but watering, lol. I mean, I have to sleep. lol. One large shelf is deep..too deep for me to reach. All are succulents and a couple cacti. They're watered 2-3 times, from Nov-Feb. The mix is bone dry, but since they're succulent they survive..in fact, a couple Aloes and Haworthias are in bud. To those who have luck using Turface, or whatever this type of gritty mix consist of, it's great you found it. Especially those who lost succulents in the past. Anyway, thanks for everyone's help. I enjoy hearing/reading how ppl care for their plants, respect views, even if I don't use one ingredient. :) Again, HAPPY THANKSGIVING.. Have a Wonderful Day..hugs, Toni

COOOOL!! Very beautiful colours and I bet it was a surprise to see!! Nice Capture. Kt