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Apr 23, 2015 9:56 PM CST
Name: Donald
Eastland county, Texas (Zone 8a)
Raises cows Enjoys or suffers hot summers Region: Texas Plant Identifier
Yes. I usually end up with little pots with Eucodonia and Achimenes where pieces get broken off somehow. I just poke them in a bit of potting soil and keep them damp. Most of the time they start growing and in late fall when they go into hibernation they have made anywhere from one to five rhizomes. That's down in among the roots, not like this one. This noid Eucodonia is easy to root and makes rhizomes readily, but this is the first time it made them above the soil. I wonder if it didn't convert what would have been blooms to rhizomes as a result of being broken off. This ended up making five little rhizomes, but I let them dry up I think. I'm used to them being in the soil, not exposed to air. I've found it hard to give them away, so generally nowadays I don't bring them in and just let them freeze. I think I must be just a bit compulsive about salvaging the broken pieces. On the other hand, they do bloom and keep making new buds as they grow. Some varieties seem easier to root than others, but I don't take cuttings deliberately and the accidental pieces are in various stages of stress, different sizes and in different stages of growth before I see them so that may be a cause of the difference. Don't know, really.
Donald

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