Bend it like Bical!

[Cindy]

I listened to Trent and bent my N. bicalcarata on 4 December '05. Here's what it is putting out.  

It stays here. Squashed at a corner of my balcony.

This is as far as it would bend.  

 An idea for its size...that's a 8" pot.

Basal? Or lateral? Shoot!

 

[Jason Wong]

Cool! Cindy is that the normal type? I see a tinge of orange...

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

I need to repot and bend mine then!

Mines getting waaay too tall.

 

[Trent]

Cindy,
That's probably just the first. Typically, you'll get several more along that part of the vine.

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

How is this process done?

 

[Clint]

wish i lived in Singapore

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

Wow, what a great Bical! I can't wait until I get my first one

Do you have pretty high humidity on that balcony or does your plant just adapt to lower humidity?

 

[Cindy]

LLGG:
The temperatures lately are in the 80s. RH is from 65-84%.  

 

JLAP:
I understand what you mean when you say you want to live in Singapore. That's how I felt when D. capensis die despite all our efforts in growing it and it is like a weed to most growers. I wanted to live in the States then! lol

Trent:
You mean that's only the beginning?! Wow! How come I don't see photos of vining N. bicalcarata with many lateral shoots online? You people must be hiding your plants from public eye!  

glider14:
Umm...I just forcefully push it towards one side.  

 Here's the plant when it was upright. It tended to fall over anyway.

Jason:
That's the same one you saw at my balcony. Sri Aman, MT.

 

[fc3srx713b]

Quote[/b] (Cindy @ Jan. 03 2006,2:32)]You people must be hiding your plants from public eye!  

i think so too!

 

[Trent]

New pics are forthcoming in about a month. Big Mama has eight basal shoots that are approaching a foot across each. It looks like bical jungle.

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

Quote[/b] (Trent @ Jan. 03 2006,8:55)]New pics are forthcoming in about a month. Big Mama has eight basal shoots that are approaching a foot across each. It looks like bical jungle.

I can't wait to see that!

 

[Jason Wong]

Quote[/b] (JustLikeAPill @ Jan. 02 2006,5:54)]wish i lived in Singapore

Haven't heard that before, heh.

Quote[/b] ]New pics are forthcoming in about a month. Big Mama has eight basal shoots that are approaching a foot across each. It looks like bical jungle.

Now its really a 'Big Mama'!

I love the 'canopy of pitchers' thing that bical does, with the pitchers hanging down onto a bench. We in singapore live so close to its place of native origin and yet can't wait to see a huge bical in Florida...

 

[Trent]

Jason,
That's exactly what she's doing. Some of the pitchers aren't visible because they're up under the canopy. Only the few hanging over the edge of the pot can be seen.