they can be quite easily grown from seeds. you get a lot of them quite cheaply and it’s not super bad when some of them die.

still have four of them!

thanks a lot for the detailed description.

i really like how they sell relatively small plants which makes it easier to ship.

Can you describe the package, or how they were padded? They look quite fragile and i also package plants from time to time, but i’m not fully satisfied with my technique…

If anyone is German based and interested in a Ceropegia woodii (lower left in start picture) send me a PM, you can get a offspring for postage, or free. They are quite easy to propagate and to care for.

do you use anything to activate root building? i read about yeast or potatoes being helpful to start the root growth…

how do you identify the correct branches for cutting? has it any use to use a branch older than a year?

houseplants and especially ferns: It all started with a gift: a bird’s-nest fern and a blue-star fern. i was already into cultivating offshoots, but the bird’s-nest fern does not generate those, and the internet said you can not divide a single plant into multiples. but how do they propagate then? the use spores and the internet said it is not easy to get new plants this way, but i gave it a try. and it was not that difficult…

currently i have about 12 nest-ferns of all sizes and fear the winter when i have to bring all plants into the small flat.

funny enough: the blue-star fern is easy to propagate via offshoots, but its even easier with spores: as soon as you have a medium moist pot near such a fern you get fresh ferns for free. they grow quite slow, but still look beautiful.

if your interested and German based, write me a PM and i can send you a letter with some spores to bootstrap your new hobby!