Successful propagation of florist gloxinia

July 13th, 2006 at 23:31 · Filed Under Flowers and Plants, Gardening, Photography 

Florist gloxinia or Sinningia speciosa is tough to propagate.

4 months ago, I tried to make 4 propagation by cutting a fresh leave and inserted the leave with its tuber into a pot of moist soil. Watered to keep the soil moist. After 4 to 6 weeks, the leave turned yellow than brown and died.

Do not throw away the dead leave. Roots could have grown at the tuber in the soil. It will take quite some time to grow into a plant. Only 1 out of 4 propagation was successful.

Here is the photo of the newly propagated plant I took today.

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  • African Violet | Adrian Hoe’s WebLog on June 4th, 2007 12:25 1

    [...] Saintpaulias can be propagated by leaf cuttings or seed. I will try to propagate some this weekend if I can find some time for it. Here is the Florist Gloxinia which I propagated from leaf cuttings. This is one of the plant which I bought for my home office. Violet is my favorite flower color. [...]

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