Heli flowering too much?

Heli flowering too much?#331738

By Nepenthes0260 -  Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:33 am
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- Tue Apr 02, 2019 1:33 am #331738

Recently one of my Heliamphora started flowering with six seprate flower stalks. My question is, if I cut these flowers, will it promote new growth or harm the plant? I don’t want my heli wasting all its energy on flowers.

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Re: Heli flowering too much?#331907

By Copper2 - Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:13 am

- Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:13 am #331907

Send me some seed! Beyond that I cannot help

Re: Heli flowering too much?#331919

By TheTrapper -  Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:07 pm
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- Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:07 pm #331919

Depends on how far along stalks are if they are already quite developed then cutting them will not be advantageous as the plant has already expended the energy on the stalks. If the stalks are still pretty small cutting them would make the plant focus its energy on new growth rather than reproduction. So it's really your choice seeds vs more growth.

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Re: Heli flowering too much?#331961

By Nepenthes0260 -  Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:08 am
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- Sun Apr 07, 2019 3:08 am #331961

TheTrapper wrote:Depends on how far along stalks are if they are already quite developed then cutting them will not be advantageous as the plant has already expended the energy on the stalks. If the stalks are still pretty small cutting them would make the plant focus its energy on new growth rather than reproduction. So it's really your choice seeds vs more growth.

Thanks! Two of them are far along, while the other ones are just starting. I'll cut the small ones since another Heli is already flowering.

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