mobile Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 I've seen quote a few pictures on the internet of N. ampullaria consisting of primarily basal pitchers and very little stem or leaf, such as THIS one. How is this done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 Plenty of light, too little and the basals won't develop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifurita Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 If you've got an ampullaria which is already vining but not producing too many basals, you can try chopping off the main vine(assuming you have at least one basal), it worked for me. At the same time, while rooting sections of the main vine, basals(is that the right term in this case?) started sprouting all over rooting sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted October 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 Thanks for the advice Looks like I'll need to increase the light, as currently I only have it under a 23W daylight CFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted October 11, 2010 Report Share Posted October 11, 2010 How old is the plant? Is it vining? If you have a vine, an old trick is to let the vine drop below the level of the pot, and this can sometimes trigger a new basal rosette. And the obvious question is how old is the plant? Many of the impressive plants we see in images from around the world are actually a few years old. My most impressive plants are definitely the oldest ones. Neps can take a bit of time to do what we want them to. I heard once of ampullarias being grown in laundry baskets they were so big. (OK, it was in the far East) On enquiry, I was told they were about 15+ years old. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubbtjuven Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) This is my N.ampullaria. I'v been growing it for about 2 years (i think) but it must be quite lot older. It started to produce basals a year ago i think, don't know why really. But it was quite long, and grown under 2*34 W tubes. First three pictres are quite old, I had to empty the tank to move it, so now I have all the plants in pots instead, and I had to trim the ampullaria because it was to long for the tank This is the way it looks now. I made several cuttings from the stem, will see what kind of pitchers they will make /Alfred Edited October 12, 2010 by Gubbtjuven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowwy Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Very beautiful amp by the way :) How big those pitchers are? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubbtjuven Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Very beautiful amp by the way :) How big those pitchers are? 5-6 cm in length for the biggest ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Very nice looking ampullaria Gubbtjuven... exactly what I am hoping to achieve. How old is the plant? Is it vining? I've had the plant for a couple of years but it has really not grown well at all for me. I have now changed the conditions but in the new 'terrarium' it will not be able to produce a tall vine, as there is not sufficient height to do so. What I was hoping to do is keep it low growing, preferably producing basal pitchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gubbtjuven Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Thanks snowwy and mobile Another reason for the basals might be that I was having a very high humidity, the plant always stood in water perhaps 8 cm from the plant itself. Just an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Another reason for the basals might be that I was having a very high humidity, the plant always stood in water perhaps 8 cm from the plant itself.Just an idea. I have read that they like being wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 I've seen quote a few pictures on the internet of N. ampullaria consisting of primarily basal pitchers and very little stem or leaf, such as THIS one. How is this done? That is a trick photo. It shows a basal rosette that has just finished rooting and is starting to vine. Most of those pitchers will drop and about 16 months later the stem might be long enough for basal rosette to start developing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmatil Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 This is interesting as I'd like my Ampullaria to develop basals as well. Currently the only stem is about 30 cm high making pitchers on every leaf. Where are you basals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amori Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 My recently acquired 'Harlequin' is about 15cm tall and has just produced a basal. I put it down to strong light and wet roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 (edited) Try laying the stem sideways, lowering the apical growth point as low as possible, even lower than the root ball. This will prompt most plants to produce basal growth. Edited January 2, 2011 by rsivertsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manders Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 My recently acquired 'Harlequin' is about 15cm tall and has just produced a basal. I put it down to strong light and wet roots. Totally agree, some amps i've moved into less well lit places the basals have aborted. Bright light seems to encourage them. Seen it on other species but its very obvious on amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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