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Sorry to bug you again but I wanted to ask you about the nepenthes I purchased from you and got about 2 weeks ago. It is your ventricosa x talangensis hybrid you have on your site. I noticed about 2 days ago the lid of the pitcher and the upper 1/4 of the pitcher has browned over and looks dead. Is this just the normal progression of the plant or am I doing something wrong? It is currently sitting on a southwest windowsill. I'm using distilled or rain water and I water from the top and keep the soil wet but not saturated. The temperature fluctuates from the upper 60s to mid 70s. I also have a flytrap and a drosera capensis that are in the same location, both of which seem happy with the conditions. Can I save my pitcher and if not what do i need to change to make my nepenthes happier?
PS--It's a bummer you had that bad weather this past weekend. I was looking forward to getting my new sundew from you guys.
Thanks again
Hi Richard,
Loss of a pitcher like that is almost inevitable when a plant is shipped. They are going through a little shock with all the temperature changes, and they often drop pitchers when that happens, so your doing everything just fine. Just give it a few weeks and it should start to come back around. This time of year especially with days getting longer, growth should pick right back up.
Jacob is scrambling to get everything together to get orders out. That storm was freaky. It lasted about 15 minutes, but damage was almost like a tornado. Huge trees uprooted, power out everywhere. I'm so ready for winter to be over...
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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