First flower

Last February I noticed a poor dying streptocarpus at my brother-in-law's house so I stole a leaf and made leaf cuttings.

I have 10 plants now, and the first one flowered today.

 

Thats lovely, Rich. I have a few and Dendrobium sent me a Black Panther which I cant wait to see flower Trouble is, they take up all my windowsill space with their big leaves :rolleyes:

 

Yes, I have one that is two feet across.

 

My dad used to grow these- I'd forgotten how pretty they are. What is the Black panther like?
Are leaf cuttings hard, Rich?

 

Very dark purple

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Blimey, thats a long one :eek:

 

Liz. I can do it so it can't be hard.

Just cut out the spine of the leaf and plant the two halves in the well drained compost with most of the leaf sticking out. The babies form in a short while.