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I am trying a cutting in just plain water if that counts. I have read from others it can be successful but have never tried iit until now because I usually use 100% perlite and a humidity dome.
An aquarium pump would probably help but perhaps not necessary. I really don't know.
I've not tried the heat mat or the airstone, but I've had limited success with water rooting myself. The only one I was able to root in water was ventrata.
I have rooted quite a few highland and intermediate Nepenthes in plain water. (I'm pretty lazy -- one cutting that I set aside and forgot is now blooming with a mass of roots in the water.)
I didn't take pictures, but I rooted several sizeable Ventricosa cuttings in plain ol glasses of water in my grow area. They actually all rooted within two weeks and I let them grow for another in the glass before I transplanted.
I must be the laziest cutting-rooter ever. I just grab some nep mix, dip the cutting in rooting powder, shove it in the pot, and put it with the rest of my plants. Works about 80% of the time.
Was watching a video on cloning (Non-Carns) & they where putting the cuttings in pea gravel in mesh hydro pots, reg. pots, peat pots & had some that were just poked through holes in a floating piece of styrofoam which were all set in a tray off water with a long air stone in it and they had roots growing everywhere in like 2 weeks time
Received an Alata X Maxima in a trade that was a long somewhat rooted vine cutting that got damaged in shipping
The vine was bent/broken in two spots so I cut it
The leaves were yellowing & they looked more wilted then they should have IMO
So I pulled it, re-cut the stem, re-dipped it & potted it up as I would normally do with a cutting
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Will just hope for the best
I used hydro shale pelllets to hold my Ventricosa up, maybe ventricosa is just that much more tolerant to me essentially trying to drown it. I've had luck with Deroose Alata too.
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