The cost to the host plant for this protection is considerable, since the resident ants subject the tree to increased leaf cutting.

P. gigantea can be propagated by seed or by leaf cutting.

Propagating by leaf cuttings has the advantage of a shorter time to the adult plant.

Healthy new leaves make ideal material for leaf cuttings.

Aeoniums can be reproduced from seeds and leaf cuttings.

If you plan to make leaf cuttings, do it while the plants are young and vigorous.

The easiest methods of propagation are leaf cuttings and division of older plants.

Therefore, vegetative propagation by division or by leaf cutting is the preferred method.

Step one: Bring leaf cuttings back to the colony, along well-worn forest roads and paths.

Step Three: Munch the leaf cuttings down into a fine mulch.