When will neps produce BASAL!!!!!

[kentosaurs]

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... 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

[alcran]

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.

[rsivertsen]

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

[plantlover]

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.

[NepNut]

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...

[rsivertsen]

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