They do not replace them, no. Just pickup them up and toss them back on top the soil and most will propagate into new plants

Good luck!

Calzoner, thanks for your reply. I do just throw them back into the pot, but by heavens it's such a fragile plant eh?

Yes, the plant is delicate, and the lil pods (that's what I call them) will grow if dropped in proper soil/conditions, so you have to pick them up, and place them back in the pot as others have said, and they will just make more!

I love my plants, and have given so many of them away!

Nice one lizzynola!!! It's beautiful!! This is my FAVORITE kind of plant!!

Hi Averil...yes you only have to touch the sections and they fall off, but as mentioned will root easily when pushed into the mix. Did you know that when they get large enough they will flower with pale pinkish starrry flowers that drip nectar? So be careful where you place your plant. They can be mealy bug magnets and ridding them from the plant is not easy...as I found to my plants demise :(

Gill UK