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Today in the morning my Nepenthes Veitchii arrived, and when I opened the box up, I noticed that the Nep have another Nep growing from the side of stalk/trunk . Can I propagate it? And why is it growing another Nep?

Hello,

Looks like a basal shoot. Could be an effect of pgr if it has been tissue cultured or the plant is just matured enough. Have the shoot grow a bit more and then you can cut it for propagation. Congrats on the Veitchii, I love this plant.

hb

Looks like a basal shoot. Could be an effect of pgr if it has been tissue cultured or the plant is just matured enough. Have the shoot grow a bit more and then you can cut it for propagation.

The basal shoot has already has 3 normal sized pitchers, and it's about the same size of the parent plant, do you think It's ready to cut it?

put a pic up so we can make a better judgement call please a bit hard to make a critical decision on a written description thanks
j

put a pic up so we can make a better judgement call please a bit hard to make a critical decision on a written description thanks
j

Sorry but I can't because I lost my USB cable for my camera , its kinda like 2 heads in one body....That's the best I could explain, sorry

ok yer its not so good when you loose them parts been there dont that
ok still hard to make a call on this , as some times they appear to be one plants when in fact there are 2 plants in the same pot juts all the roots are tangled up !! or it can also split into 2 stems from the one plant or root system , which also happens a lot , you may need to remove from potting mix and take a look at the stem from the root ball to see if infact its either of what i have suggested so we can still make a proper call on it need more info still !!

as some times they appear to be one plants when in fact there are 2 plants in the same pot juts all the roots are tangled up !! or it can also split into 2 stems from the one plant or root system , which also happens a lot , you may need to remove from potting mix and take a look at the stem from the root ball to see if infact its either of what i have suggested so we can still make a proper call on it need more info still !!

The "basal shoot" is growing right on the stem, so it's not a second individual plant

ok seems like you have the right terminology now a Basel shoot ok , well all neps produce these at some stage in there grow life some early like yours, some later like lowii , , at this stage or your PC growing i would just let it grow until you have a great knowledge of what to do and when and how , , there will be no harm to your plant at all and having 2 growth points means more pitchers for you to look at , some of mine have up to 6 or 7 Basel shoots on a lot of plant so I just let them grow till there are to big, and old enough and then make cuttings from the older stems , my advice is to gain some grow experience for a year or more then do some cuttings as the plant get larger hope that helps
J

Thank you very much