Re: nepenthes stem browning

From: Paul Burkhardt (burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 10 1997 - 10:28:35 PST

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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:28:35 -0600 (CST)
From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: nepenthes stem browning

Hi Mark,

> I too have found that nepenthes leaves last much better if dead pitchers are
> removed. I do it purely for asthetic reasons and after two years the leaves
> are still alive and healthy, and the stem nodes are green.
> Maybe it something worth trying if you do't like brown stems.
> Regards

This is great to hear. I've been clipping dead pitchers off for about six
months or so and have found that it really helps. However, the longest
lasting leaves and corresponding stem nodes are from leaves which never
pitchered.

Paul Burkhardt

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