Hmm, responded and when I hit "submit", it disappeared! So if the other one shows up, I didn't mean to duplicate! LOL!

No, it won't likely grow unless it got a bit of the main vine, and the single leaf won't live forever. But when I pop a leaf off accidentally, I always root it and put it back in with the mom plant to hide the soil, make it look fuller at the soil line. There's nothing quite like a pot full of those succulent hearts, so save your little leaf for when you get a whole plant!

@denise, Thanks. Where should my friend cut on the stem to give to me if I wanted to root? Top or bottom?

I took a photo of a kerrii leaf and made marks where you would want to cut if you were trying to make a single leaf cutting that would eventually produce a plant... Hope you can see the marks...

Denise in Omaha

She could just cut the growing tip off hers with 2-3 mature leaves. Then you'll have a plant long before waiting for a leaf bud to pop.

Sure - I always take multi-node cuttings. But if someone wanted a cute little single leaf cutting like they sell at Valentine's Day, but one that would actually grow, this is how you would take it. People snatch them up so quick... I've always thought, if someone was out there actually taking the cuttings RIGHT, they would have the cute little heart leaf coming out of a pot for that special plant-loving someone, AND it would eventually grow!

Denise in Omaha

Do you think you could make two out of one node?

(When they sell them:) Maybe you have a 50/50 chance of getting the stemmed leaf instead of the one that's just twisted off and planted.

Another question is: Will a stem cutting of the variegated Hoya Kerrii throw out all green or variegated leaves? Sorry might be a dumb question but I'm a newbie lol! THANKS!

It will make either all green or all white vines but if it makes an all white, it'll die and you should disrupt that growth point to try to trigger a green cell to spawn a new vine.

I have a peperomia that's variegated. I rooted its leaf and the first set of leaves that came up got damaged on accident when I went digging looking for signs of life because I was ready to throw them away. It's a good thing I did that because (I didn't realize it at the time) the part that was growing was completely yellow (the non-green variegation) and it ultimately would have died but since I caused some physical damage, I still have an offshoot with yellow leaves, but attached is the plain green so hopefully, it will be enough to support the part that doesn't really make food.

did that answer your question?

@laticauda: thanks so much. Ok so how do you propagate to get the variegated to throw up var. leaves? Or it's not possible?

Oops, my bad.

you said stem cutting, not leaf! Sorry about that. I've also been talking about leaf cuttings of sansevieria and variegation problems with Chlorophytum, so please forgive me for the confusion!

A stem cutting with leaf nodes intact will produce variegated leaves, more likely than not with kerrii. I think it's a pretty stable variegate, am I wrong, oh great Hoya senseis?

How long did it take the leaf to root?

Yeah, those look great, you may even get two vines out of each leaf.

@tlbean - I can't remember but I think around 1-2 weeks?

@denise - cross fingers, hopefully they both root and produce new leaves. I potted and watered it. do you usually water your cuttings right after potting and when the soil is dry? I'm still trying to figure out the best way. thanks.

How can I join the "hoya" ?

Hello, i hope someone may still be active here, i just recently found out about these beautiful little plants, and was wondering if someone who had a large enough and strong enough plant to allow for a cutting would be willing to send a cutting or two to me. Thank you all for your time and i apologize for bothering.

Did you try ebay? It is too cold in many places to ship right now, but if you live in a warm climate, you could order off ebay.