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A few days ago, i notice that two mold-like spots on the pichter's liquid of my brother's Nepenthes Miranda. is a a case of indigestion or jsut the insect's body dissloving? In the evening, alot of ants around the nepenthes' peristome (a daily party maybe), through I don't know if they ended up falling in or escaped drunked. Right now it's hanging on a hawaiian flower tree getting full sun outside, tap water, and a soil mix of peat moss,perlite, and Orchid bark. We live in oahu and had it for about 1 year.
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Hi Edmund,
What you're seeing is pretty normal. When a pitcher gets lots of insects at once, you will sometimes see a little mold on the bugs like that since they can't digest them fast enough. Given more time they do catch-up on the digestion. That looks like a beautiful N. x miranda.
Ants tend to be the most common thing Nepenthes capture, and you'll probably see it do in a few cockroaches and even geckos occasionally.
Looking forward to being on your beautiful island soon.
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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