I'm not sure what variety it is. I bought it at B&Q a year ago - I'd never
seen one for sale up till that point. I don't expect it was being given
rainwater or any other good conditions there but I was so surprised to see
one I bought it right away - the exact type wasn't indicated (Is there any
way to tell). I've since seen loads of different ones for sale, some with
more interesting pitchers. My pitchers are failrly plain, go reddish and
quite often don't grow with lids. Biggest pitcher is about 4 inch long.

I'll have a go and tidy it up soon. Maybe I'll try and take cuttings the way
you describe, though I'm not sure who will want one...!

Thanks,
Matthew

"Ford Prefect " wrote in message
...
Matthew,
You can do either, if the leaves are ok but the pitchers are brown,
shrived and unsightly cut them off or if the lower part of the vine is
brown and unsightly but the upper part is green and growing well I cut
mine right back and use the upper portions as cuttings (1-3 node
depending on species) to get new plants. I've done this with a small
hybrid and a Mixta x maxima with good results
You didn't say what variety of nepenthes it was.

Ford.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 14:22:02 GMT, "Matthew Durkin"
wrote:

Hi All,
I have a Nepanthes (pitcher plant) growing happily on my bathroom
windowsill. The original 2 vines haven't made any new growth this year
and
most of the pitchers on these vines have gone brown. The leaves are still
OK
though.
I have 4 other vines which apeared from the base of the old ones which
are
very happy and have many new leaves and pitchers.

My question is - what should I do with the 2 old vines? Can I cut them
back
a bit, fully, to the root etc? Or can I remove just the dead / dying
pitchers and leave...

Thanks,
Matthew