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You can take a basal cutting with no roots. There are different opinions as to how many leaves the basal growth should have before you make a cut. I tend to take a basal cutting after the basal growth has made at least three leaves.
I read in the Savage Garden that some varieties of Nepenthes can roots themselves in just water. Which varieties are those? It is not listed in the Savage Garden.
i did...but it took nearly twice as long for that cutting to root than it did for another cutting at the same time of the same hybrid. it hasnt worked for me ever again though..
Alex
I've tried it before when possible and had an atrocious success rate. With "normal" cuttings, I've lost 1 ever. With the stem part, a whole 0 have struck.
I am currently attempting a ventrata cutting in a vase of water. I "notched" the bottom of the stem. It has been about a month I don't see any roots, but the leaves are still green and new nodes are slowly be produced. It takes time...
First, checking for root growth means digging the cutting up, which I do not recommend. If it still has any green, it still has potential. I've had cuttings start leaf growth anywhere from a few weeks to 6 months after planting a cutting, the latter being an extreme example involving an N. albomarginata cutting put in highland conditions.
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