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Well as long as the male flowers first, pollen can be saved for a while. Even if they're too far apart, I doubt it would be difficult to find some pollen considering how common male clones are.

Live sphagnum produces hydrogen ions which makes it have antifungal properties which dead lfs does not have.

I personally would recommend not using LFS for rooting cuttings as it's the method most prone to rot. It works well for some but I have not had very good luck with it. I know live sphagnum works well because of the antimicrobial properties and have personally used pure perlite with good success (though I realize this may not work well for all species.) Some people also just stick the cuttings in water, though you need to make sure to change the water regularly to prevent growth of harmful micro-organisms.

nimbulan wrote:I personally would recommend not using LFS for rooting cuttings as it's the method most prone to rot. It works well for some but I have not had very good luck with it. I know live sphagnum works well because of the antimicrobial properties and have personally used pure perlite with good success (though I realize this may not work well for all species.) Some people also just stick the cuttings in water, though you need to make sure to change the water regularly to prevent growth of harmful micro-organisms.

Yeah, see, too many methods. Haha. Which one(s) do you wanna use a rooting hormone for?

Forget about rooting hormones. There's no real evidence that it helps at all with Nepenthes and it's just as likely to prevent rooting if you use too much.

nimbulan wrote:Forget about rooting hormones. There's no real evidence that it helps at all with Nepenthes and it's just as likely to prevent rooting if you use too much.

Good to know, thanks! I think I'll go with live sphagnum

Hamatas are easy to root, I use water to root most of my Nepenthes cutting and leave them in the same conditions as the parent plants. In my experience you don't need to change the water all that often, I usually just top it off from time to time. I prefer this method as you can see the progress of the cutting. When you see the base of the cutting start to split you're usually good to go.

Greasy wrote:Hamatas are easy to root, I use water to root most of my Nepenthes cutting and leave them in the same conditions as the parent plants. In my experience you don't need to change the water all that often, I usually just top it off from time to time. I prefer this method as you can see the progress of the cutting. When you see the base of the cutting start to split you're usually good to go.

Ummmm... wanna just send that my way?

Honestly though, you just stick it in water and that's it? What about humidity and light levels? And what do you mean "when you see the base of the cutting start to split"?

Ah that's a lovely picture. I'm surprised you don't have any problems just topping the water off. Stagnant water tends to grow some nasty stuff and I've been told that cuttings will rot easily if you don't change it regularly.

Heh, that is actually an old pictures. I no longer have spare hamatas.

Yup, just water and on the windowsill out of direct sunlight. I grow all my plants on the windowsill with direct sunlight. Humidity can get pretty low and during the summer (july-sept) all my plants stop pitchering.

That water is pretty old, I think I had spaths in it before the hamata cuttings went in. I was told as cuttings root, auxins are released into the water which further helps other cuttings root.

During the rooting process, the cut will start to form a callous under the epidermis layer which will further split the stem vertically.

Greasy wrote:Heh, that is actually an old pictures. I no longer have spare hamatas.

Yup, just water and on the windowsill out of direct sunlight. I grow all my plants on the windowsill with direct sunlight. Humidity can get pretty low and during the summer (july-sept) all my plants stop pitchering.

That water is pretty old, I think I had spaths in it before the hamata cuttings went in. I was told as cuttings root, auxins are released into the water which further helps other cuttings root.

During the rooting process, the cut will start to form a callous under the epidermis layer which will further split the stem vertically.

Okay, interesting! As it turns out, they're going to root the cutting for me for $150... so that seems like a killer deal for N Hamata

I do mine in water too with ease. I as well like to see the progression. Granted i dont have any n.hamata, it still has worked many many times for me with all of my Nepenthes. Perlite works good too, just have to maintain moisture, or watch more closely. I prefer the lazy mans approach lol