Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 12:36:40 -0500 (EST) From: Perry Malouf <pmalouf@access.digex.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg4661$foo@default> Subject: Re: browning stems of Nepenthes
Paul Burkhardt wrote:
> One of the less aesthetic characteristics of vining Nepenthes is that the
> stem and leaves begin to brown and harden starting at the bottom. After
> about a year, you may have a ten inch or more brown stem with no leaves,
> making your plant look like a palm tree.
^^^^^^^^^
Amen, brother.
I've not taken a notice of pitcher-less leaves outlasting the leaves that
develop pitchers. Interesting.
I don't mind the stems turning brown and woody all that much, as long
as the plant keeps growing--by which I mean new basal shoots are
always being formed. The stems are supposed to turn brown and
woody anyway, as the vine gets longer (we all know that).
To encourage new basal shoots, I've been allowing the longer vines
of my plants to droop below the level of the pot. It works quite
nicely on most, though I've a N. x 'Ile de France' that's being
stubborn.
Regards,
Perry
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