Re: Observations about N. khasiana
Wayne Forrester (forrestr@mendel.Berkeley.EDU)
Wed, 12 Jul 1995 15:58:42 -0700 (PDT)
Jeff,
I only recently joined this group, so I didn't see your original
post. I grew several plants of N. khasiana over a period of several years
in a terrarium, which was quite warm (usually 80's) and moist. My main
problem was in keeping them from outgrowing the terrarium. I found them
to be fairly easy to propogate from cutting. I cut fairly mature stems
from the plant, cut these into sections with one leaf, and the node at
the base of the leaf from which the new growth would emerge, and then cut
off half the leaf (I did this because it's what the books said to do. I
assume it was to cut down on moisture loss from the cutting, but I have
no idea if it's really necessary). The cutting were then inserted into
live sphagnum (I never tried using a rooting hormone so it's not
essential although it might help) in the terrarium. The terrarium was
under fairly bright fluorescent lights, and was sealed to keep the
humidity up. Usually about 30-50% of the cuttings would take. Hope this
helps. Good luck.
Wayne Forrester