N. gracilis nigropurpurea cutting flowering

[dking]

Hi all
Has anyone had this happen to them? I took a couple of cuttings from my N. gracilis nigropurpurea 6 months ago. Ive been really busy and just had the cuttings sitting in water in my lowland terrarium. Well I was finally replacing the fan in the terrarium and I noticed that one of the cuttings that has grown to about a foot and a half is flowering. It looks crappy because the fan has been broken for a couple of months so I was wondering if the less than ideal conditions could of caused it to flower.

I’m also wondering if I should pot it up or just leave it alone?

 

[petmantis]

Nice flower! show us pics as it develops.

 

[Grey Moss]

You could probably pot that up right now, the roots seem to have developed enough.

 

[Jefforever]

You should pot it up.

 

[obregon562]

usually when cuttings flower its because they were stressed and thats a last dich effort to continue its lineage. Those roots look rather healthy though! And is that a female?!

 

[srduggins]

Don't bother potting it up, just send it to me bareroot, lol.

Seriously, pot it up, it looks fine.

 

[dking]

thanks everyone.

alright i potted it up.

And is that a female?!

Its to small i cant tell yet.
i hope so. ive got 4 rooted cuttings to trade away soon. it will be nice to be able to tell people what they are getting. ill post more pics when it starts to open.
thanks
d

 

[dking]

Its a boy!

hi all
its a boy. i was so hoping for a girl and the chance to make some seed. sorry it took me so long to get a pic.

Ive also got a red alata cutting doing the same thing(also a boy) but that one has no roots yet. im thinking i should cut that one.
It would be really nice to figure out a way to force this to happen. come up with a way to identify the sex of a plant from a cutting as soon as it starts to vine.
what time of year do n.alata and n.gracilis normally flower? is this there natural time of year?
thanks
d

 

[xvart]

Those are gorgeous flowers! Beautiful coloration.

xvart.

 

[Capensis]

I second that. Those are really nice nepenthes flowers. Some of the best I´ve seen.