P. schlimii

[TheLorax]

Quick question here. A cat of mine ate a Phrag schlimii. It's in rough shape. I got to thinking about this plant and began wondering if maybe I shouldn't remove a two of the most damaged leaves. Sometimes when I want to stimulate basal growth in Nepenthes, I remove like 75% of the upper growth. The plants normally respond by shooting up new growth within a week or so. Makes the plants not look so leggy and keeps them more compact so that I can enjoy them longer. Think giving the schlimii a 50% hair cut right about now might help?

Here's what's left of the plant-

 

[Roy]

I would't hair cut it, trim it up of course but thats all.
My thoughts.

 

[TheLorax]

Just remove the two that are the most mangled?

 

[Roy]

Just remove the two that are the most mangled?

Not completely. If possible, just trim to just below he damage. Maybe a spray with a fungicide all over also.

 

[TheLorax]

I can do the partial clipping.

How about a dusting with sulfur? Would that suffice?

 

[Roy]

Should be ok. It used to be the favorite fungicide before chemical formulations of today.

 

[TheLorax]

Not comfortable with the newer chemical formulations. Glad the sulfur should be ok.

What is your avatar please?

 

[SlipperFan]

You could also dust the cuts with cinnamon. Be sure to use a sterile tool to do the cutting.

 

[TheLorax]

I've been spraying with Lysol but sometimes I take the time to soak in a 15% bleach solution.

I've heard of cinnamon being used to help with damping off of seedlings. Never tried it. No time like the present to use both.

 

[Ernie]

Cinnamon, the same dry powder used for cooking, works good on fresh cuts too. Natural antimycotic and smells festive. My cats certainly prefer Phrags to Paphs and almost never bite Phals. I think it's the grassiness of Phrags?

-Ernie

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

My cats only chew on phrags...as far as orchids go. To distract them, I let them chew on a huge pot of lemongrass, and an old ponytail palm. They love the lemon grass....and thank me by puking in my cool room......Take care, Eric

 

[TheLorax]

and thank me by puking in my cool room

The story of my life.

 

[NYEric]

I don't like to cut leaves because that's what plants use to photosynthesize. I'd just trim and dust on a topical like cin.

 

[TheLorax]

But if I leftthat many "wounds" on my plant, wouldn't I be opening the door and throwing out the welcome mat by inviting a pathogen in to attack my plant? I left the two central leaves alone but I did trim back the two with the most teeth marks in them. I sort of figured it was either trim those two back or sit shiva for the plant within a month.

The plant is ever so lightly dusted with both cinnamon and sulfur. I also watered it with H2O2. We'll see what happens.