Your nepenthes should do well in a fishtank with flourescent
lights. Adding reflecting mylar or tin foil on the back of
the tank can increase useable light. Done properly, you can
end up with a nice piece of decorative furniture, using a
Nepenthes plant in a nice clean tank with good lighting.
Lately I've been trying to concentrate on growing fewer plants
well than lots of plants adequately. Picking nice plant pots
is part of that. At the ICPS meeting I got a tall hex tank
which I hope to convert to a display Nepenthes growth chamber.
Making things look nice isn't cheap unfortuntely, particularly
when dealing with acquarium supplies, which seem extremely
over-priced.
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>> I recently transplanted my D. multifida, and (inadvertently) acquired
>>a few root cuttings, which I am trying to propagate. Any tips would be
>>appreciated - I have put some of them in distilled water, and the others in
>>a wet peat/sand mixture about 1/2" below the surface. I would also like to
>>try propagating the Drosera from leaf cuttings - any suggestions/warnings?
Root cuttings, for the thick rooted species it works on,
seem to work better for me than leaf cuttings. If you
want to try leaf cuttings however, D. capensis works
very well. Just cut the leaf off and place it, tentacle
side up, on a damp substrate. Ideally you'd have a bit
of life spaghnum to sprinke over the top of the leaf to
keep it moist, but failing that you can just cover it with
a plastic cup to get 100% humidity.