I might have to buy some off’n you then.
Mine is vining right now also, but is finally sending out a pitcher or two. I need to get rid of the dead pitchers-- the one thing Amato doesn’t mention is whether or not this is a good idea. But right now they are so dried out, as is their stem, that they aren’t doing the plant much good nutritionally.
BTW, I won’t mention my fully loaded lemon tree. Nope.
I went crazy today and cut about three vines off the nepenthes alata (green-pink version) plants. I’m pretty sure about the IDs now. There are still a few more big vines, but I don’t want to overstress the plants. I planted about 20 cuttings in various unused pots and hanging baskets. The other version (red-yellow alata huge pitchers) I’ve only made about 6 cuttings of as they had not been vining to the degree of the other plants. It’s already August, I figured it’s really now or never. Well, I could have waited a few weeks. But, I’d already read about a dozen different internet descriptions of the cutting process.
One thing I’m learning, nobody does anything exactly alike. Don’t get me started on soil. Orchid growers that grow carnivorous plants come up with some weird ideas. Bark this, bark that.
I use the stringy dry peat on the bottom to hold moisture, the regular peat in bunches, more perlite near the bottom of the terrarium or basket, and sometimes silica sand. That’s about it. I’m not saying I’m right, but at least I can find everything at any garden store. Sundews, butterworts, VFTs, nepenthes, sarracina, and darlintonia californica are doing at least OK in it. Those darn cobra lilies are sensitive. Whoever said they don’t need humidity must live in a rain forest.
If you would like mojave66 e-mail me in about a month and I should have some idea how the experiment is turning out.
Congrats on the lemon tree. You should try grafting on orange, lime, and tangerine branchs. That can freak people out. 
Heh. I’d try that if I wasn’t afraid of killing the poor thing.
Your planting mixture sounds pretty good, actually. Some folks are really wary of the bark because of the tannins, although I’m not convinced. Either way, I save the bark for the ladyslippers, thanks. (They’re gorgeous and they fit in with the carnivores nicely).
Note to self: Email Beagle in about a month.