without an actual ID of the plant.. it is hard to give any specific information ....

any chance you can post a picture... or track down the name????

ken

Thanks ken- :
Got it on the road in Ames Iowa this last summer. When I find the address to the great old antique, florist on the hiway into Ames.........
I know that it is a fragile tropical..? Will taking a cutting such as this.... the branches that grow out green and then harden brown. That is what fell off and we put in water.( not the leaves)

Tom

Cut it back to about 1/4" below a node (where the leaves would be attached to the stem), dip in hormone powder. Poke a hole with a pencil or a stick in some damp rooting medium, (like peat/perlite in equal parts, mixed up together). Stick your cutting in the hole, and pull the medium up around it nice and snug. Set it out of the sun, and don't let it dry out.

If you have a long piece of the plant, you could cut it into more than one piece.

Without knowing what this is, this is the best advice I can give you. You saying that the branch hardens off to brown leads me to think this will work.

Good luck, and let us know what happens.

Janie