Dudleya cuttings possible?

[echinoderminator]

First post here - lots of good information here - thx
I’ve read Echeverias can do it (leaf cuttings from inflorescence), and Dudleya was in the past called Echeveria- so it begs the question.
Thank you,
JB

[bbarv]

Welcome to the forum!
Yes, you can do leaf cutting.
https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/h ... sequence=1

[echinoderminator]

Neat - thank you!
In photos are:
D. brittonii seedlings
D. brittonii with a double crown
D. pulverulenta

[keith]

Dudelya root from stems easy. From leaves ?

[Spikylover]

It looks like a beautiful garden. Can you please post more photos?

[echinoderminator]

Thanks Spike - I will soon!
Yeah Keith - I’ve spoken to a botanist friend about it and he wasn’t so sure but pointed to the fact that Echeveria do so
bbarv’s link was pretty straightforward
So I’m giving it a shot - outside of the parameters of bbarv’s link in that it’s still cool here in the Central Valley of California
I took three inflorescences and cut them up
Most contain some stem material from the flowering stem
I’ll let them dry a bit - like a week or maybe more and then try to get these pups to root

[bbarv]

Looks like an interesting experiment. Please post results, especially which leaves root better with the peace of the inflorescence, broken off or cut off.
Nice plants by the way.

[keith]

I know that Dudleyas only root in Winter in my yard. I can plant dry stems from broken plants in the late Summer and right about now after the rains they are rooted and about 2X bigger.

I also get seeds sprouting from the local Dudleya lanceolata which goes very dormant in Summer. I don't think they live long but if I keep the flower stalks on the ground I get new plants after the rains.

[echinoderminator]

Will nurse these pups
Skeptical