Propagating a house plant - root in water? Or soil?

I have a plant, I think it's a type of Elephant Ear. It didn't get watered enough all last year and so it kept dropping its bottom leaves. Now the thing is 2 feet tall, all stem with two little leaves on top. I can see that it really wants to survive but the stalk is dangerously close to breaking and it does look pretty strange. I thought maybe I could take a cutting soon and replant the baby.





I think I know where to cut it, but I'm not sure whether to stick it in a glass of water, OR use root hormone and THEN stick it in a glass of water, OR use root hormone and plant directly in soil, OR avoid the root hormone and just plant in soil.





Any clues?

Propagating a house plant - root in water? Or soil?
I get the best results with root hormone and following the directions on the bottle. Remember to not dip the stem into the bottle b/c you might spread bacteria, fungus, nasty stuff into the bottle and spread it to other plants. Learned that from Martha Stewart....
Reply:EE's like wet feet. You can't clone from a leaf. You can separate the rhisomes. EEs will send out runners that will grow happily in water for months or can be planted in soil. They can be quite invasive.