Re: Nepen. root cuttings?

Email Mujahideen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Tue, 26 Nov 91 14:18:38 PST

Nepenthes "roots" are stringy, black things, and
threadlike. Anything else is the stem. It's not
uncommon for a, uh, help me someone, dormant leaf
node to sprout forth with a new stem, giving the
plant a bushy appearance. Whether you can seperate
these and root them as standard stem cuttings is
the real question here.

Barry: it looks like the U. calcifida Spotted Flower has
indeed bitten the big one. I removed the pot from my
terrarium today and found nothing left alive in there.
Don't worry about sending another one this year, it's
getting a bit late in the season to do planting or mailing.

Robert