OK, all you long-time growers are going to respond to this by muttering "Well, duh!" but I wanted to pass this on for the benefit of any who don't already know.

Over the past year my Mexican pings (not sure of species, probably moranensis or agnata or a hybrid) have been growing quite well, often producing offsets or divisions.

A couple weeks ago I was separating some of the offsets to put them in their own pots. One thing about these pings: The oldest leaves fall off with barely a nudge when you handle them. So after I was done repotting, I had a bunch of leaves littering my work area.

Rather than throw them away, I dropped them into a terrarium that I use as kind of a sick bay or nursery for my carnivores. It has a nice gritty CP soil mix in it.

What amazed me is that nearly all the leaves have already produced little plantlets. I've been growing various plants for a long time, and I've never seen leaf cuttings sprout so fast. Some cactus pads or succulent leaves will do the same thing, but in my experience I usually have to wait at least a month to see any roots. Faster than African violet leaves as well.

Anyway, I just had to blurt that out. Considering how difficult some carnivores can be, it's nice to know one thing that's so easy to accomplish.