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My Pinguicula “Tina” (Mexican Butterwort) is currently in its winter non-carnivorous stage (second pic) and I decided to try and propagate some of its leaves. The last couple of years I had big problems with fruit flies and gnats, so I’m going to place a Ping or two in every window. These things are savage when it comes to catching little bugs! The first pic is my Ping a couple of years ago during a bad fruit fly infestation.

You can propagate these just like succulents, but the leaves like to be kept in a humid environment. I picked a few leaves during the plant’s non-carnivorous stage, placed them on top of some moist soil (osmosis/rain water works best) without fertilizer, bagged them and placed them under my grow lights. 
A week later I saw the first root poke out and now, 2 months in, most of the leaves have grown cute little clones of the mother plant!

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Conophytum minutum, 5 months

I’ve been struggling with these. When I bought them I didn’t realize that they needed near constant care for ~15 months until they grow out of their cotyledons after their first dormancy. 

I’ve got a batch of C. minutum, C. triebneri and C. vanherdiae under grow lights at the moment. They loved it outside on my balcony when it was a few degrees above freezing, but I had to play it safe when outdoor temps hit -4°C (just barely above freezing on my balcony) last night.

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Last night I repotted my Ceropegia Woodii because the leaves were getting smaller and a bit elongated, meaning that my soil was probably too rich. When I got it two years ago I didn’t know it was a succulent. After removing all dirt from the pot, I realized that Ceropegia aren’t just succulents, but also caudiciforms – and 17 fairly big bulbs were filling out the entire 10 cm pot. Oops.

Had to prune off the vines while repotting, but hopefully they will be back soon, stronger than ever.