Yikes!  I soaked them in a bleach solution just in case.  The I soaked them in water for a while, took that from Mai Mai in her description of her bag method.  since I had great success with Orchid Moss from Lowes and have 3 packages, I am using it.  I also have some of my own tree cuttings I am gong to root with the orchid moss. 

I don't bother with rooting hormone, a couple of weeks will not make a big difference to me.

I have 9 cuttings from 3 years ago and they are all unknowns now just like the cuttings that were sitting in cups for 3 years.

Time will tell, fingers are crossed

Were then in frigerater ? Were they fully wrapped in plastic wrap. Just curious.

3 Years? You have to be kidding. I can't even root them after they have been in the fridge for a couple months.

Had 12 in fridge from Sept 2015...7 are doing well in perlite and vermiculite ...I may have lost the other 5. We'll see how it turns out. ..
Good luck to you

If they are shrink wrapped tightly they can last a long time. They take longer to wake up and root but with heat and a little moisture.... not too much moisture they will surprise you

The way I look at it is nothing ventured nothing gained.  I have nothing to lose except some orchid moss.

They were in the fridge in ziplock bag, I trimmed the ends and they were green.  It will be interesting to see if they actually root after all of this time and neglect.

Good luck Jo-Ann!  Let us know how they do.

Wow!!! 3 years? Can't wait for the result.

Si8nce the heat is not on in the house since it has been fairly warm, I decided to put the tote with the old cuttings in it on a heating pad.  I have not done this before.  I did use the heating pad to nurse a betta fish back to health - I put him in a tote and used it as a hospital tank.  The heating pad was on low, the tote had about 4-5" of water, I put a thick dish towel over the heating pad and it kept to water at 80F which is perfect for a betta.

I never bothered checking the temp before, I just want to give these cuttings the best chance possible within my means.

Check the temp.  Water will be cooler than solids.  temps over ~80 - 82 are not helpful.

3/11  I checked the cuttings to night - 2 were molded, I tossed them.  1 was labeled Atreano, I do have one in a pot outside a member dropped off to my house about 3 years ago!

1 has a green bud on it and swelling!!

The others are stagnant at this time.

it seems to me, with the limited experience that I have, that some varieties last better than others. I'm QUITE sure some of the cuttings that I got were either older or poorly handled. The ones that were fresh and flexible seemed to have all shot out roots in the cloner, but some seemed dry and stiff from the git-go. The dry ones have been consistently doing poorly across varieties, but some varieties do seem to come around despite looking a bit haggard (RdB and VfB as examples). 3 years? Wow! I guess if they were very fresh, and waxed, ans sealed very good in plastic, and kept cold... they would certainly have a better chance at least! I'm interested in a couple of things. How were the cutting packaged (was the bag really tight? was it also wrapped in cellophane?), and how were they stored (temperature)?