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[Frank Blum]

We have a Christmas cactus that is about fifty or sixty years old.  (It was given to us thirty eight years ago by an old German couple that had twenty green thumbs between the two of them.)   It spans just under 36 inches in diameter.  In our most recent move, branches or stems of about 3/4 inches in diameter broke off.
 
Can I place these stems in a packaged potting mix for succulent plants, and hope that they will root?  
I'd hate to have to wait another 10 or 20 years to get the plant up to a decent size by propagating "leaf" cuttings.
 
Thank you in advance, 
 
blum_frank at hotmail.com   
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