This started out strickly an experiment for me, having just only had mature pitcher plants, I wanted to see if I could do this.
I took two cutting from my mature pitcher plant last winter and placed it in a small container with vermiculite , sat that container in a butter bowl 1/3 filled with distilled water , so the vermiculite would soak up the water, after which I kept moist( like a squeezed out wet sponge). After about 3 weeks one of the cuttings turned black so I removed it. The other cutting remained green, then I waited and waited with crossed fingers for it to root!
This spring I took it outside where it drank up plenty of rain water,,
This week it has now developed a pitcher off one leaf and another one forming on another leaf!!!!!!!!
Yipeeeeeeee Now I know it can be done!!!!! I have no idea what went wrong with the cutting that turned black, matter of fact so did the leave stock I cut it from in the mother plant.
But time and patients paid off with the other cutting!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Diane - that is FANTASTIC! You have the MAGIC touch!
I'm still waiting for my plant to grow new pitchers, though it does have about 5 leaves that look like they are growing microscopic ones! I would think with the very high humidity we've been having it would grow like gangbusters...
Yep Lynne it does Love humidity perferrable atleast 77%. Just make sure the soil is always moist never let it dry out. I read somewhere that if you take diluted orchid fertilizer and mist the leaves with it everyday for a week , it will be encouraged to put off pitchers.,, IF there are any browned leaves or shriveled Pitchers Go ahead and cut those off.
Here's hoping you see pitchers soon!!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
I'm just doing an update on the starter pitcher plant,, It will be staying in this pot until spring,,, In another week or two I will be bringing in for the winter,, Unless it warms up, we have been having temps in the low 40's at night,,, No telling here in Tx we may warm up again,, crazy weather,,
This is pitching off almost every leave!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Diane, how is your pitcher cutting doing, I'm sure a full grown plant at this point what with your green thumb huh? I'd love to start a cutting. Suggestions on that from you would be great. Should I cut off any portion of my pitcher? BTW - it did make it through this winter, particularly since I was running back and forth with the plant to my shed.
I've since given them away and started another little one Stephanie,,
Find a place with at least 3-5 really good leaves,, don't start with a stock that has already pitcher 'ed tho because it wont pitcher until new growth starts from the root, At least it didn't with mine, Any way, after you cut it at an angle dip in root medium and put in vermiculite only and distilled or rain water, again keep it moist like a rung out sponge it will take about 3 months to root really well then it will start pitch'ing!
"Grace without perfection is more to be desired than perfection without grace."
Wow!! helo girl it has been a long time how are you doing? Your pitcher plant is awesome you must have a green thumb? Sorry have not been on here to much but have soem personel problems and health issues going on so hope to be able to be on here more? How is your dog doing?
Ok Ladies--I was given a small pitcher plant for my birthday was it.. ....well anyway it has sopent all summer on a few bricks in the tub my water lily is in, so it is sitting in about an inch of water.
It is not doing much, but is alive at least. I need to know what to do with it for the winter..... BTW: It is apparently in regular potting soil--I left it in whatever it was in when Valarie gave it to me.
Last edited by JunieGirl; Sep 22nd, 2010 at 09:01 AM.
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