Re: Nepenthes cuttings
Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Mon, 25 Oct 1993 13:38:41 +0800
>>I have a question for y'all. I need to start wacking back
>>some of my Nepenthes plants 'cause they're getting unruly
>>and I would like some more basal growth. I would like to
>>try and root the cuttings (it just seems like a waist
>>otherwise)
>>I have a few book telling me how to air-layer, ground layer,
>>cut 'em and stick 'em in sphagnum etc... But for every
>>other plant I have ever had that I wanted to propogate,
>>I just snip off enough material for a viable cutting and
>>simply drop it in water. All those other techniques just
>>seem cumbersome and bothersome.
>>I have already done this with my N.gracilis and it is still
>>alive, but I don't know if it'll root. I wanted to get some
>>opinions before I try this with my finer specimans.
Rooting the cuttings in water (some say, distilled
water) is reportedly one way to do it. The cuttings
I've rotted, er, rooted, however I just stuck in
some damp (but not soggy) live or rehydrated dead
spaghnum. People are now putting 1/4" longitudinal
cuts on the buried end of the cutting to encourage
root growth. The roots do grow from the cuts, which
should only be through the outer layer of the cutting.
I use 4 such cuts. I sometimes use Rootone and sometimes
don't. The key is to keep the cuttings in very high
humidity, and no direct sun. Warmth may help.