5n.maxima x mixta slowing down!

[fly-catchers]

Hi
I got a reasonable sized N. maxima x mixta in 1997. It had two growing points which developed very quickly. The pitchers were about 6 inches in size and one of the stems eventually grew to about 5 foot! At that point I trimmed both stems back. It now has four growing points and is in a larger pot.
But since 1999 when I did this, growth has slowed right down. None of the stems are more than a few inches in length and typical pitcher size is now about 3-4 inches

Could this slow down be caused by the extra growing points do you think? None of the growing conditions have changed, and it still looks healthy.
At the time I trimmed it back I did use them as cuttings, but they didn't take

Any suggestions?

cheers

bill

 

[Tony Paroubek]

Hows the potting mix condition? What kind of water etc does it get? Do you suppliment it with insects or other food periodically?

It could be that it now has 4 growing points living off the same root system that previously only had a couple.
Tony

 

[fly-catchers]

Hi
When I repotted I used a mix of live Sphagnum moss mixed with orchid bark and perlite. This was similar to the mix it had arrived with. I use rain water. And my plants in the greenhouse catch their own food

Mainly flying insects.

The extra growing points might be stretching its resources perhaps?

bill

 

[Kim]

Are the basal shoots also having smaller pitchers. Certain nepenthes have smaller "upper pitchers" than lower pitchers. Good luck.

Kim