[QUOTE=kevyn chan;53014]
for me, the lanky vine and growth from the cutting poses the risk of breaking and not only from the natural elements ie water filled pitchers and strong winds but from pests such as monkeys and mischievious kids.
monkeys and mischievous kids = pests
Fortunately I'm too high in the air for monkeys. But strong wind in the landed property translate to very strong wind in this altitude. I've raff's newly formed leaf snapped close to the stem, so all the wide leaf neps need to place in 'wind shelter'.
so now i have some weak cuttings (with its original growing young leaves as i did not cut off the leaves)...and the growths from the original pot are supported with bamboos. new basal shoots are forming too.
Does the basal shoots form from the original cutting part?
usually if i receive rooted cuttings from sender, i will bend and peg the long vine into the media and i will have a nice rossette plant sitting in the centre of the pot
Can't imagine the 'bend and peg'. Did u hold the bending with just media, or with additional peg or wire? Trying to keep the roots facing gravity and rosette sitting in the center, makes the in-between very tricky. Snap... and the rooted cutting becomes cutting again.