In this quick propagation project, I'll give you a look at the stem sections (cladodes) of Christmas cactus (schlumbergera). They're modified to look like and do the work of leaves, but remain very capable of rooting. I'll trial with and without rooting hormone to see if that makes a difference, and give you a close-up look at the callus as it begins to form into roots. BTW, I've been corrected in the time since posting this that the schlumbergera I propagated is actually a Thanksgiving cactus instead of Christmas. The best I can do is correct myself here, as I can't go back and redub the audio. It goes to show the well-known imprecision of common names. Older relatives had collections of these schlumbergeras and probably rhipsalidopsis (Easter cactus) too, but I never heard them called anything but the general term Christmas cactus. Common name drift - I should have known!

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