Nepenthes seedlings

Nepenthes seedlings#390582

By Joooooms1 -  Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:56 pm
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- Sun Oct 17, 2021 11:56 pm #390582

So I've grown a few Nepenthes viking seedlings for a while and they sprouted around a month ago.Ive noticed that other than the first two leaves , they only sprout pitchers as their leaves.Ntone knows when they would go back to sprouting normal leaves so that they grow in height?

Re: Nepenthes seedlings#390591

By nimbulan -  Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:00 am
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- Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:00 am #390591

Common lowland species will typically have their leaves and pitchers fused together as small plants. It's normal and they'll grow just fine (in fact they should grow rather quickly in good conditions.)

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Re: Nepenthes seedlings#390593

By Joooooms1 -  Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:28 am
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- Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:28 am #390593

Oh ok that's good to know thank you very much!
Do you know how long it'll take before they grow their normal looking leaves again?

Re: Nepenthes seedlings#390594

By CPhunter101 -  Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:37 am
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- Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:37 am #390594

Joooooms1 wrote:Do you know how long it'll take before they grow their normal looking leaves again?

That's going to take a while... Nepenthes grow really slowly. Maybe in a year or two.

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Re: Nepenthes seedlings#390599

By nimbulan -  Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:49 am
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- Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:49 am #390599

Joooooms1 wrote:Oh ok that's good to know thank you very much!
Do you know how long it'll take before they grow their normal looking leaves again?

It really depends on how fast they grow. It could be a month, or it could be a year.

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Re: Nepenthes seedlings#390600

By Apollyon -  Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:08 am
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- Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:08 am #390600

True, the species I grew took about 3 months before they grew "traditional" leaves. Honestly it grew faster than I expected

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