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Propagating gibbifloras

8 years ago

Is it true you cannot propagate leaves from Echeveria gibbifloras?

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  • 8 years ago

    Most of my progagations have come off the flower stalk. Sometimes you will get little baby plants on them. I've been told the leaves that are on the flower stalk will also propagate. I don't remember if I have tried this yet.

    CCC Z6 thanked aloebot
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I've experienced what Stefan mentioned--I've tried to propagate E. agavoides from leaf cuttings many times over the years and never once had anything come from it. I just keep beheading them every couple of years. Although I'm usually trying from older leaves. I might have one tiny plant from an E. Perle von Nurnberg, but I don't know if it will grow roots. Graptopetalum propagates very well from leaves. I've gotten a few from some semi-frilly noID E.s though.

    CCC Z6 thanked Jeff (5b)
  • 8 years ago

    Thank you

  • 8 years ago

    The two best ways to propagate gibbifloras is beheading and rooting the inflorensences that have solid sturdy leaves. There is a trick to getting it to work correctly. The inflorescences have to have flowers that have opened. I try to get a inflorescence that has opened about a third of the flower buds it has produced. Cut the inflorenscence at the highest leaf that does not have a flower stem and cut the other end off fairly close to the connection on the plant.. Let it dry out a few days and then plant it in the ground or a good sized pot. After as little as a couple of weeks a new plant pup will appear between a leaf and the plant stem. If you're lucky you may get a new plant form on every leaf/stem junction. Sometimes if you don't let the plant open up enough flowers, instead of forming plants at the leaf/stem junctions it with form tiny flowers buds. If it forms flower buds instead of new pups you have removed it too soon from the plant, not enough flowers had opened. The plant turns off it's flower making process when it has successfully opened a good number of buds. If flower making hasn't been shut down and it continues to try to make flowers it's time to toss this inflorenscence and try it again on another. It is amazing the first time you get one inflorenscence producing 10 or 12 new plants. As the new plants grow on the inflorescence I remove one or two at a time at 1 1/2 to 2 inches, pot them and then repot again after they are 5 or 6 inches. This is the perfect time to see what these two methods can produce. I will take photos tomorrow of both beheading and inflorenscence planting so you can see what can be accomplished.



  • 8 years ago

    Photos of beheaded and inflorensence plantings


    Beheaded E. 'Zorro' in ground with 7 or 8 new pups


    Beheaded E. 'Harry Butterfield' new plants at the top and bottom of the stem


    Forest of rooted inflorensences in the ground, all E. 'Zorro' and 'Mt. Etna'

  • 8 years ago

    Beautiful <3 and Thank you for your description! :)