P. esseriana

[nepenthes gracilis]

My only Ping! lol Will have another flower up soon. Can I pollinate this relatively easy or are the offspring around the base easier to start than pollination and collection of seed?

Cheers!

 

[elgecko]

My plant has not flowered in the 2 1/2 years I've had it.
I started with 1 in the pot and now I probably have 15 or so. They are extremely easy to propagate from left cuttings.

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

So use the little plantlets and try leaf cuttings is what you'd recommend correct? Also, does this plant have like a dormant stage where it produces non-carnivorous leafes for a short time?

 

[zac]

This is a mexican ping so it may, but does not need to, produce the tight non-carnivorous rosette of leaves in the "winter". Leaf cuttings work wonders with this plant use pinguicula man's method: Method

 

[Rubra]

P. esseriana does make winter leaves and they are very easy to propagate. That being said, seed is always the better option as you end up with more genetic diversity. I haven't been overwhelmingly successfull in pollinating pinguicula, but if you should fail, that doesn't prevent you from vegetative propagation.

Peter

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Thanks guys! Much appreaciated!!!