Has anybody tried the orchid moss method of rooting Culebra cuttings? Or any other successful methods for that matter? I'm going to be replacing my Culebra this spring, & haven't had any success @ cloning them yet.

John
Sweet Home, Oregon
Zone 7-8
Heat Zone 4

Is that an air-layering technique? I think that's what I'd try if I had a brug noted for being difficult to root.

I didn't find any air-layering info in the Preissels' book, but there is info on pages 47-48 of Monika's book.

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

I have successfully rooted culebra by air layering several times.
No other method has worked as well for me, so I stick with it. I use sphagnum moss (dried, compressed, and re-moistened) and rootone. Also I completely girdle the phloem below the portion to be rooted.

I've only tried rooting two or three cuttings, but it wasn't a problem. I used regular potting soil, but kept it only barely moist. Too much moisture and the cuttings would rot, was what I was told years ago.

ChSam (Shirley Morr)
Chariton, Iowa
Zone 5