To Cut or not to Cut
 

Hi CP lovers

Okays my N miranda has bravely shown "his" spike and its still very very short probally opening in about a month or so.Anyways as i have seen how much a flower can actually exhaust flower from a little unsigtly experience from my mixta x fusca which had half of its stem turn woody and loosing some of its pitchers and newer pitchers are smaller.My miranda has already 1 tendrill curling around the plant hangers and it seems to want to make another round around my mixta x fusca woddy stem and looks good:1thumbup: So if there is anyone with a female flowering i might not cut it off.Well even if i don't i'm afraid i still don't know how to collect pollen...Yes i have heard of all the ways to extract it and theorically i know put pratical wise i have no experience.So if i let it bloom and i don't know how to extract pollen then it'll be a waste of the miranda's energy.Oh yea one thing pollen can be stored in a freezer right?

Ken

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No need to cut. Collect the pollen.

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Pollen can be stored in the fridge. Don't need freezer.

Hope that your plant survives.

Cheers

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Well aaron i would love the collect pollen if it doesn't exhaust it that much............And edward i thought normally people store in freezer O.O anyways i guess i'll let it flower.

Ken

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It won't take a way a lot of energy. This is not dionaea muscipula.

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Hi Aaron

Every plant has different reaction when they are making flowers......The most obvious thing i see is smaller pitchers or maybe smaller leaves.

Ken

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My miranda has no problems after flowering. I think neps are very hardy.

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I agree with Aaron, as I noticed my Nep x Miranda continuing to grow and pitcher after flowering, although the pitchers have started to go aerial.

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My miranda pitchers has also started to go upper cos the newest tendrill was like twirling around everything it could ever hold on to.

Ken

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Mirabilis and its hybrids are even more prolific in twining. Mine has gone up to the top of my shedhouse. When they dry up they leave a tangle of tendrils and pitchers behind, just like its infamous scrambling nature in its habitat :glare: