Looking around here, in the yard and window box, I notice there's a vining succulent called Ceropegia that roots easy. Epidendrum orchids send aerial roots from their stems, and they root easy. And there are some tallish, woody stemmed begonias that root very easy. Yup.

Awesome! Thanks for the name of the plant, the guys at the plant store didn't seem to know. Are both varieties called Tradescantia? Or do you know if they have different names?

~smile~
Meredith

P.S. do you have a suggestion of a good book for the nomenclature of plants, as opposed to just a basic book on indoor plants ?

i dont know much more. what i watched was cuttings of tree and large plant branches being planted. they were cut on both ends and were like 1 foot long by 1 inch in diameter.

this is it: get some big pieces of Aloe Vera (Savila). cut the skin off with a sharp knife. put pieces of inside goo inside a small pot and crush to a nice workable goo.

now, dip the bottom of the cutting in the goo, swirl around, and twist the cutting, the goo will be sort of stringy, if you twirl the cutting this way, you will get tons of goo on the cutting, this is important.

stick this bottom part of cutting with goo into dirt and water and wait for results.

wish i know more, but if anyone else does, please tell
hope this helps

I have an Epiphyllum oxypetalum ( students.washington.edu/wallyw/plants/ ) that could use some trimming.