- Sat Oct 17, 2020 3:28 pm
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Several years ago I gave my mom a small Nepenthes 'Lady Luck', about 4 inches tall.
She put it in a window, gave it distilled water and left it alone.
A month or so ago, I cut off about 3 feet of bushy vining growth because she had 2 basals and wanted to downsize the vine.
I divided this into 4 cuttings, 2 leafy and 2 naked dead looking sticks.
I wrapped each in some live Sphagnum, surrounded it with lfsm and stuck in a few peat pots.
I stuck the peat pots in my high humidity Tropical-ish/ICU Tank.
A few days ago, I saw fresh growth on one of the naked sticks.
A dormant growth bud in a leaf axil has sprung to life.
This leads me to believe that it has rooted.
The leafy ones are looking great also, even though I don't see any definitive new growth.
By Spring, I'll probably get rid of at least 3 of them, maybe donate to the NASC auction.
I did promise one to a forum member here, I haven't forgotten.
Here's a few pictures.
So any time you chop up a Nepenthes, don't throw away those naked dead sticks in the viny growth.
Good growing,
Mike
Looks like a dead stick with new growth
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Closeup of new growth
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Leafy Cutting
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Another leafy cutting
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She put it in a window, gave it distilled water and left it alone.
A month or so ago, I cut off about 3 feet of bushy vining growth because she had 2 basals and wanted to downsize the vine.
I divided this into 4 cuttings, 2 leafy and 2 naked dead looking sticks.
I wrapped each in some live Sphagnum, surrounded it with lfsm and stuck in a few peat pots.
I stuck the peat pots in my high humidity Tropical-ish/ICU Tank.
A few days ago, I saw fresh growth on one of the naked sticks.
A dormant growth bud in a leaf axil has sprung to life.
This leads me to believe that it has rooted.
The leafy ones are looking great also, even though I don't see any definitive new growth.
By Spring, I'll probably get rid of at least 3 of them, maybe donate to the NASC auction.
I did promise one to a forum member here, I haven't forgotten.
Here's a few pictures.
So any time you chop up a Nepenthes, don't throw away those naked dead sticks in the viny growth.
Good growing,
Mike
N Lady Luck Cutting 001.JPG (1.38 MiB) Viewed 3183 times
N Lady Luck Cutting 002.JPG (806.82 KiB) Viewed 3183 times
N Lady Luck Cutting 003.JPG (1.08 MiB) Viewed 3183 times
N Lady Luck Cutting 004.JPG (745.78 KiB) Viewed 3183 times
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