Carnosa Princess is rooting in water with 5 or 6 leaves on it. I have already taken 3 healthy looking leaves off near bottom of stem. It's been in water about 1, maybe 2 weeks. Now notice in last 2-3 days, a couple of the leaves nearest top are getting soft. I haven't pulled them off yet.

One You-tuber said the end of a stem cutting should be just barely in water; not a large portion of the stem submerged in water, so I used that advice & reduced level of water it was sitting in. (No leaves are in the water). The water has been changed about 2-3 times so far.

Should I put it in indoor potting soil OR put in in perlite prop box instead? If I'm to do either action, should I take it out of water & let it dry a little first before putting in either medium?

Thanks.








ADDENDUM:

Thanks for the welcome and for responding plantladylin & gina1960.

I added 2 pics to this (if it makes any difference to your response/advice). Hope you can see it on your end.

Hi and to the site!

Can you upload a photo showing the cutting that you are trying to propagate? Seeing a photo will give us a better idea of what the issue might be.

I've never rooted Hoya in water, only in soil but for roots to form, nodes on the stem (the little nubs along the stem where former leaves emerged) have to be in contact with the soil or in your case, the water. I find Hoya quite easy to propagate by planting in soil, or just laying the stem on top of the soil and weighing it down in a couple of places with small rocks to keep the nodes touching the soil. Roots will form along the stem where each node touches the soil.

Hoyas are pretty epiphytic and as Lin says root very easily in soil. You may be rotting it in water