When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

Hey everyone

Again with another question which actually its not really a nessecity anyways just asking la..What kind of neps actually don't really produce basals? So far i've only had basals on my mixta x fusca,ventrata,ventricosa and there are plants around they're size or taller than it which has not produce and basals or even a hint on it...:sweating: I really like basals cause they grow fast and produce the lowers again...My miranda looks ugly right now cos all the lowers already dry up and now only has intermediates an uppers..Raff nah not complaning but it would be nice if it produce a basal too..And as for bical i heard they don't produce much basals or hardly right?

Ken

Re: When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

Just about all neps will produce basals with enough time. Don't worry, your miranda will produce a lot of basals. The basals are produced when a hormone from the top of the plant cannot reach the roots. When this happens the root area sends up a basal. To speed this process up a bit you can try to bent the vines of your neps so that the growth point is below or near the soil surface.

Re: When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

Turn your plants sideways somehow, perhaps on top of another pot so that the active growing stems are below or level with the root ball. This will cause the plant's hormones to travel backwards on the stem and force basal growth production! Just make sure the plants are in an active growing form, and not is some transplant shock. This is an old trick some us have learned over the years to force basal growth. ;) - Rich

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My crazy plants just produced basal. My sibu produced them before it even grew pitchers. My ventrata, miranda, hookeriana, ampullaria and sanguineas are producing basal too. Only rajah(too small), albomarginata, rafflesiana, bicalcarata and campanulata are not producing basals.

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Introduce some stress (dryness in media) to the plant might also help speed up basal production. Pls don't overstress the plant until it died... *biggrin2*

Re: When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

If you're going to dry them out a little, make sure the relative humidity stays very high! Many Nepenthes do very well if allowed to dry out just a little while growing in nearly 100% RH, and will produce massive root growth at this time. - Rich

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Hi guys

I see there are couple of ways as you mentioned....Just thinking for a small plant like my amp around 7cm stem has established root system leaf tip around 5" and pitchers around 1" you think if i tilt the stem of the plant like you guys said you think it will produce basal? lol

Ken

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Hi

Just a pic i quickly snap of my amp

http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...0032009748.jpg

The 1" pitcher
http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/m...0032009747.jpg

You think this guy can actually produce basals lol

Ken

Re: When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

Ken,
Be patient, something just can't be rush. As the saying goes, good things will come to those who wait... *biggrin2*

Re: When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

I think that a basal produced by a mature plant grows fast because it is using energy that has been stored and energy that is being produced by the rest of the plant. If a small plant produces a basal, it will grow slowly because there's not much energy available to it. So a small plant should be grown larger before initiating a basal.

Re: When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!
 

I could be wrong but I feel your plant is still small, it is not even that easy to "tip it over" as usually suggested. Let it grow first, heck it might even produce basals while you are waiting for it to grow bigger so you can tip it over.

I have a 1 foot long Ampularia that I tipped over already but still no basal after 3 months, but I'll just keep waiting :) I am just not used to seeing Amps with long vines without basals.

TTFN
Arvin

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Hi...Since we're talking about basals here....I was thinking since my bical has only now 2 pitchers and its making its third one...I wonder if i can bend it....I saw a thread in terra forums where Cindy bends her bical and the dormany node grows...How long do i wait till it appears normally?? And does it harm the plant in any ways? In my experience main vines which are not doing well i cut the growing tip together with a few leaves and make a cutting (like my ventrata) Then on the stem i cut of the dormant node seems to take off and grows much better than it used to be..So just thinking if the dormant node of the bical if it appears will do better..

And also will a dormant node grow on the woodry browned stem??

Ken