I'm curious how common this is. I know a lot of people cut the leaves in half when rooting cuttings and won't get the chance but I thought I'd check anyway. When I received this cutting 2 months ago, the pitcher shown was about 1/3 the size. To my surprise it kept growing rather than dying back and is now opening. The new growth point on the cutting has only grown about 1/8" in that same amount of time.
I usually only cut the leaves if I see that the bagged cuttings look desiccated after several days; otherwise I try not to mess with them too much. I like to keep the tendrils on as well, because I've rarely had cuttings that made pitchers before roots, and I prefer in-pitcher feeding to foliar or media fertilization.
