Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 21:40:17 -0400 From: Richard Brown <esoft@ix.netcom.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4038$foo@default> Subject: Re: Pitcher That Nepenthes!!
Rand,
You certainly have gotten lots of advice on how to pitcher your N.
alata! Avoid using hammers, saws, pickaxes, or steamed, baked, or
served with tomato sauce (after all, tomato sauce is acidic).
Try giving it bright , humid condition. If it has dark green leaves and
a lanky vine habit, then it is being grown to soft. This will result in
no pitchers. Too much fertilizer will also give this result. I don't
know where you purchased the plant, but many of these so called alatas
are actually alata x ventrata, as mentioned in a previous posting. I
have found this plant will stop producing pitchers if it "vines out" too
far. Increase the light gradually and wait for a ground shoot.
Good luck,
Trent Meeks
Pompano Beach, Florida
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