I think that the methods you use will depend on the weather conditions
where you live and so what works well for you may not for others.
> 1. Use a relatively large pot, because the plant will reproduce vegetatively with longish
>stolons.
I totally agree! My largest clump is in a 10-11" pot and it now needs
dividing.
> 2. Use an open mix and don't sit the plant in a tray of water. The plant will rot if the media is
>anaerobic and waterlogged.
My plants grow in 50:50 sand:peat, and sit in the water tray all year
round. In Adelaide (southern Australia) the humidity is normally non
existant and so the tray helps keep the humidity up. I assume that
plants will rot if the temperature drops very low. Our temperatuers
during winter are only mild.
>3. Cover the pot with a clear dome if humidity is low.
I don't do this because during summer, when the hummidity is lowest, the
temperature is in the mid 30'sC and so under a propagating dome I'm sure
my plants will cook.
>4. Refill the pitchers with distilled water after repotting
I tried this, and it didn't seem to have much effect. The pitchers
still shrivelled and eventually died. This doesn't bother me much as
most of the divisions tend to reshoot from the rhizome.
>Does that sound about right? I'm thinking of using a 4 or 4 1/2 inch
>pot filled with dried sphagnum (and maybe a little perlite). Any other
>hints that I missed in the archives?
I don't think Sphagnum is very open, but Cephalotus will grow in
Sphagnum and this is my media of choice for striking both leaf and
stolon cuttings.
Cheers
Terry