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Post by seansmart on Jan 30, 2018 21:33:05 GMT
I recently bought a N. Miranda from an online seller. When it arrived the main growth point was dead from the cold (a completely separate issue) and the leaves were all cut off from a few inches from the stem, just lopped right off flat. Has anybody ever heard of this as a common (or even an uncommon) practice for shipping neps? I have received several neps in the mail, all in tact with healthy pitchers. This is the first time that I have received anything like this in the mail. I am wondering what your thoughts are on this. Would you ship a plant this way? Have you received plants shipped this way? What would be the reason for cutting the leaves off? The only thing I can think of is that the seller was trying to use the clippings to propagate new plants, but I was under the impression that you would utilize most of the leaf. Help from sellers and experts would be appreciated.
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Post by seansmart on Jan 30, 2018 21:34:24 GMT
By the way, my profile photo is what the plant looks like.
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Post by nimbulan on Jan 31, 2018 16:31:36 GMT
I wouldn't expect that as a shipping method, but maybe it's a freshly-rooted cutting? Are there any more growth points starting down the stem?
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Post by seansmart on Jan 31, 2018 17:17:20 GMT
No. I cut the growth point down below the dead spot about a week ago. We will see what happens. I'm more interested though in why somebody would clip all of the leaves and claim that it's for shipping purposes.
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Post by marcel on Jan 31, 2018 20:47:00 GMT
Only reason to cut of leaves is when you would try to root a stem cutting.
Essentially when you take such a cutting you take of all the leaves except 1 or two and you trim those down to like 1/3. The idea is to reduce evaporation during the rooting proces.
I have never seen this used for shipping purposes.
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Post by seansmart on Feb 1, 2018 0:04:57 GMT
Thank you for confirming my suspicions Marcel!
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Post by kovacev85 on Mar 28, 2018 5:20:11 GMT
I personally think that it was a shipping method but personally I have never faced such issue. Well, for my business needs I have hired courier delivery and Warehousing service Dallas and they never do such inappropriate things while delivering the products. I am glad that I hired their service! |
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