Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
I root passies all the time .. I just cut off a stem about an inch below a leaf node and stick it in some dirt with the leaf node about a quarter inch under the rooting medium - the first 2 days I keep the soil pretty wet then let it start to dry out eventually keeping it just moist - more dry than wet and spritz the cuttings with water every time I happen to be around them .. I get about 75% success.
I do not use the rooting hormone ... I did an experiment a few years ago and found in my experience that plants root just as well without it as with and in some cases faster without it.
I also use a Forsythe Pot on some of the more stubborn ones which is all vermiculite (see picture) and I have had some passies take up to 6 months to root.
For the really, REALLY stubborn ones I've found that putting the cutting next to the donor plant also increases the odds. I think this works because the chemistry of the soil is what the plant is used to - kinda like the Coke/Pepsi thing.
The first picture is of all the passies I rooted last fall. The 2nd is the Forsythe Pot.
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