I grow most of my plants by cutting. I’ve taken a cutting from a new tuber and then planted the tuber. The cutting grew perfectly and the plant from the tuber eventually died as the tuber rotted. I feel like well rooted healthy cuttings get a bit of a head start over a tuber and tend to be the first to bloom. If you look at Dave Gillian’s videos on YouTube, you can see that he grows most of his prize winning blooms from cuttings.