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Old 3rd February 2010, 11:11 PM
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Default How to remove flowers without damage?

My crazy campanulata had produced 2 flower stalks in a row before, and now before it even pitchered it is producing a new flower stalk. How should I remove it without hurting the plant too much? I want pitchers and not flowers.
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Old 4th February 2010, 02:26 AM
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cut it off... How come your N. campanulata keep on flowering and yet mine don't after a year of growing it, I wanted it to flower so I can collect the pollen.... Your's from BE, right?
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Yes. I bought it from Fauzi who said it was from BE. I want mine to pitcher but all it does is flower. Dumb plant!
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Default Re: How to remove flowers without damage?

Do you mine posting a pic of your whole plant? I want to see it's condition.... I've heard stress can cause a nep to flower profusely but I can't confirm this claim yet.
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I'll post one later. My dumb plant is growing like a coconut, taller with dead leaves below. Very green leaves with no pitchers and a flower stalk with 2 dead ones.(i do not cut them).
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well for me and my miranda..I just cut it off when it's 2 inches tall and sometimes it will branch...well mine did
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