Hi, Karyn1,
Yes, you can plant the scales, although I never have very many of them come up. I do better with the rhizome itself. But you have them, so plant them.
Carol

Thanks for the info. I planted all the rhizomes but a few of the scales from the biggest one dropped off. I'll pot them up. The worst that will happen is that they do nothing. You've got to admit that the rhizomes are kind of freaky looking. They remind me of big white grubs.

Karyn -

I put rhizomes and scales in a zip baggie with a small amount of barely damp sphagnum moss and check every so often - to add a drop of water and see when they start sprouting. When they actually start growing - I plant them, usually I fill the pot halfway, spread 3-5 rhizomes, and barely cover with soil. I add more soil when the stems are getting out of the pot. I started adding New Zealand sphagnum milled moss and coarse perlite to the usual 1:1:1 violet mix - and they love it.

Th size, color, shape of the rhizomes depends on the variety - but large rhizomes mean tall plant, and compact varieties have smaller size.

The plants you start from scales usually stay compact this cycle.

I love Kohlerias ;-))

Irina

Thanks for the info. I already potted them and am out of town for the next couple weeks. Hopefully they'll be alright. I doubt that DH or the kids will water them while I'm gone at least I hope they don't. This was a fairly tall plant, probably about 20".