- Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:47 pm
#159078
Hi Jamie
usually the best thing is to cut the tendril at the tip of the leaf then you dont have a unsightly black stick looking tendril after a few weeks sticking out from the leaf end.and cutting them off as CPcaregiver said is purely for looks , but in high humidity conditions will prevent fungal and other diseases from occurring.
Referring to you thread post , as monkey cup , , its really not true , monkeys never sit it a nepenthe pitcher , never ever seen one in all my trips !!, usually the pitchers are just to small to do so,think way back, some one may have seen a baby money in a large pitcher playing , possibly this was where it may have come from but unsure, the best way to describe the specie is Nepenthe or Nepenthe's or shortened as Nep , rather than a obscure reference to the specie , not have a go at you , just think is good to now the best way to refer the plant , because I'm passionate about them , some my say over indulgent or worse
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john