Sarrs and dars by leaf cuttings?

[pond boy]

hi, i borowed the book "cultivating carnivorous plants" by alan a swenson from the library (that i volunteer at&#33

and he mentions growing sarrs and dars from leaf cuttings and getting 35-50% success is this posible (any body tried it)

 

[NickHubbell]

I have tried a S. purpurea leaf cutting and did get the cutting to root. After about 4 months, those roots died and the leaf is now dead. Sarracenia does not seem to want to reporduce by leaf cuttings. A better method would be to divide the rhizome, making sure each section has a root system.

 

[gardenofeden]

I have grown from leaf, but it had the tiniest sliver of rhizome attached which seems essential for success.

 

[Pyro]

psittacina and purps are supposed to be the most likely to take to this treatment but I have never tried it. I have heard that many of the hybrids with psittacina also have a good chance of aquirint this trait so...

 

[sarracenia]

I've had success with it. I've never purposely have tried it. I've been pulling weeds out, and once in a great while, I'll pull a pitcher out with the weeds. If it still has even the smallest bit of rhizome attached and at least 1 root, I've just stuck them back in the soil and they never died. I've done it with some hybrids and, most recently, an alata.

 

[pond boy]

so it needs to be a leaf\bud cutting then? (alan should have mentioned that) .

 

[Spectabilis73]

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just make sure there is a bit of the whitish base on the leaf

 

[mat_man444]

can you make a darlingtonia cutting though?