It's not advisable to try to root the majority of plants in water. They can grow what are termed water roots, but they then have a difficult job to transition into soil mixtures. Far better to take a section with two or three segments, let it dry in the air for a couple of days, then place into a moist, not wet mix. Don't water till there's signs of growth at the tips, sparingly mist the segments if they start to shrivel, keep shaded till rooted. They prefer a humus rich soil with bark and leaf mould for later on, but you need to get them rooted first. I use a gritty mix to root mine in first.

Please post a pic as often ppl think they have Christmas cacti, but often they're one of the other jungle types.

Never, ever heard of an Aspen CC. so have no idea what that is at all about, where have you come across that name? Aspen is a variety of rather large deciduous tree here in the UK, so I can't even see a vague connection with the name. There are Easter/schlumbergera truncata, Christmas/schlumbergera bridgesii, and what US growers call Thanksgiving/rhipsalidopsis gaetnerii and another one with small pink flowers whose common name escapes me at the moment, botanical name is rhipsalidopsis rosea...but there's NOT an Aspen CC, I think that's most likely a made up name!

Gill

may have spelt the gaetnerii wrong as I've seen it spelt many ways, someone will clarify, please!

Schlumbergera hybrid Aspen they only ship in the US

Ah-ha! Thanks Nomen! Makes a bit more sense when explained that it's a hybrid name....but what a strange one to chose IMHO. It certainly hasn't got the CC type segments, they are toothed as in the EC's....what is its parentage I wonder? It does look nice whatever it is.

I apologise for saying there wasn't an Aspen CC. This however, is slightly different as it is as Nomen says, a CC hybrids name :-)

Gill - probably developed by someone in Aspen, Colorado. LOL

Thank you for your reply. I root in water only because I tried to root the other way and got poor results. The cuttings just died and shriveled up. Is there a WAY to TRANSITION the water roots to soil? I have some starting to root in water and those are the very last cuttings I can get. I am using the right soil. I got soil at garden center specially mixed for CC. My cuttings are either Christmas or Thanksgiving Cactus. They are from my Mom's plants. The reason why I have been trying to root her cuttings is that last year NO STORE in my area sold TC or CC. I am near White Plains, New York. The ones sold on line I have had bad experiences with. ("Aspen" CC is just one with a fancier ruffled flower.) Thanks again! Lynn

It's 'cause you're buying them at the wrong time of year. Am in NYC & Brooklyn, around Xmas time they'll be all over the place, tho' they're all really all Thanksgiving Cactus.

Rooting in mix needs at least 3 or 4 segments (leaves) per cutting & TIME, like several weeks, not watering more than once a week.

"Is there a WAY to TRANSITION the water roots to soil?"

I haven't had any experience with rooting succulent cuttings yet, but with other kinds of plants (like aglaonemas, etc.) I root them in water, wait for the roots to reach around one inch, then plant them in soil. So far that has worked for all the plants I've tried. Don't let the roots get too long before transitioning.

Water roots are brittle, they need careful handling.

@Crenda, that could well be, I'd not heard of Aspen COL.

Gill

In other words, it's far easier to root them in 'soil' as would happen naturally! :-)

Gill

What happens in nature doesn't mean that it always has to happen the same way in cultivated pots.

As the second question asked from OP is about transitioning a hydroponically rooted plant to ' soil ' growing some suggested support is all I can offer.

H. procumbis hydroponically rooted

Thanks to all for the very helpful comments. I very much appreciate the assistance. If you know of a site that shows the different types of thanksgiving cactus I would appreciate you posting it. My Mom's TCs have different leaves! But I know they are all TCs because leaves are forked and about 5 to 6 prongs.

Don't really think there are multiple types of Thanksgiving cactus.

Why not try the other way & take a pic of your Mom's plant & come back & post it here to show us. Maybe it's not a TC as you seem to think.

The easier way to root your TC will be in mix, not water. I didn't really understand the pix sequence above, but seems too complicated & rot prone.

Just take a cutting of 3 segments at least, push down into moistened AV mix w/ 50% added perlite & give it a bit of time.

Here are the four types of different leaves for the TCs that I am trying to root. They were taken from different TC plants. If anyone can identify them I would appreciate. The plant in the first pic is doing well and is starting to sprout new leaves.That is the only one. The others are not doing well. The cutting in the fourth pic is very hard to root and grow.

Those are all Thanksgiving cactus, Schlumbergera truncata.

Your cuttings look lovely! To me, they look very green and healthy and should take root soon. The soil looks a bit heavy though-make sure not to water too much until new growth begins showing up (confirms cutting has rooted). Until then, keep the soil barely moist by misting the soil. Too much moisture will rot the cuttings. That may have been why your earlier attempts to root cuttings failed. While they show no signs of having rooted-mist only. Water normally only when the cutting begins pushing new growth, which is proof that it rooted. And as others have said-have patience. Patience is crucial when it comes to gardening-plants run on plant time, not people time. "A month is like a blink of an eye to a plant."-from a YouTube video on orchids

"The cutting in the fourth pic is very hard to root and grow."

Have you tried rooting it in soil?

Edit in response to Imonstestella-I meant moist when the soil goes completely dry just so that any new roots beginning to form can have a bit of moisture to help their growth.

I would not keep misting them, that's like to rot them (they have no roots w/ which to take up the water).

Once potted up in moistened mix one needs to pls. leave them alone & wait.

Agreed, they're ALL TCs, not different types of them.

Schulmbergera are a good sized species with in a bigger tribe it's tribe has a few different families with in it's tribe( IIRC Thor and Zyco cacti are two of the families that are part of even more families with in the even bigger tribe.) Also with some hybrids on the market as well they would be a wide selection to choose from.

All Schulmbergera leaves have distinct crab claw shape foliage depending on it's family the crab claw leaves may have a different size(s) of it's crab claw( foliage). Some could be wider others could be longer but they all have a crab claw shape.

There are also several flowering colors an ID of Op's without flowering each one of yours in pic would be difficult to determine by Cv. or it's family or hybrid name. The link has pics of 72 different Cv.( variations) of Schlums. that may be of help click here.

About the Aspen it is a Schulm. ( TC) hybrid. Am told it's an exclusive hybrid that was /is produced exclusively for the shop in prior link provided. Creators of hybrids and finders of new plants also get the honor of naming them. No info was shared as to how Aspen got it's Cv. name but would suspect that if it where hybridized in Aspen Co. would be easy to understand.

Thanks again for the comments and advice. The cuttings in the fourth picture did not root in soil. They slowly root in water. But once transplanted , they do nothing. The cuttings in the fourth pic come from a very old plant so I am wondering if that is an issue. The first Pic shows the type of TC that did the best, rooted in water and then shortly after planted in soil it showed new growth. The others look the same as they did 2 months ago when they were planted, even though they had water roots.