Twenty-four hours before removing the new rooted plant from the mother plant, it is strongly 
suggested to spray the leaves of the new plant with any anti-transpirant. If you do not have anti-transpirant on hand, mix 3 ozs sugar with 1 qt water, shake until dissolved and spray the leaves. 
This will prevent the new plant from losing too much water during the removal process. 
Water loss causes wilting and leaf loss. As soon as your plant shows

1. With a knife, make a small cut in the surface of a plant stem.
2. Brush some rooting hormone on the new cut.
3. Insert a flat book match or a toothpick in the cut to keep it slightly open.
4. Wrap the cut with moist sphagnum moss and cover the moss with plastic wrap. Tie the bottom and top of the plastic with twist ties. 
   (Use rubber gloves when handling the sphagnum moss.)
   
   In six to eight weeks, roots will have developed. Cut the stem below the new roots. Make a hole in a pot filled with soil, set the plant in the hole and firm the soil around the new plant.
   

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