I just got this bad boy for Christmas, I've been trying to figure out on my own but, I can't. Is this normal for this plant or should I be concerned.
1. Is the day it came home
2. Is when this started happening 😵💫
Pitchers are apart of a modified leaf. Leaves die, as do pitchers. You should be fine as long as you don’t have a mass die off of most or all of the leaves/pitchers.
EngineFace
It’s totally normal for a nepenthes to abort all of its pitchers when it changes environment or gets brought from a greenhouse to your home. I got a gaya a month and a half ago and within days all of its pitchers shriveled up and died.
Just keep it in a warm sunny area with as much humidity as you can give and leave it there. They like consistency.
Dwayne_Hicks_LV-426
My Rebecca Soper did the same thing when I moved it from my room to my college dorm. They’re sensitive plants that don’t like large moves, but if you treat them right, they bounce back well. Mine took roughly a month of settling in before new tendrils came in. As long as you provide adequate light and water, pitchers will be back in no time.
makkerker
Usually, a loss of pitchers for these species means either a change of environment or a lack of light
wshbrn6strng
I put mine under a better stronger grow light a couple of months ago and they dropped most of their pitchers. They are now rebounding well. I always tell people they are divas.
AaaaNinja
It needs to be closer to that window. If it doesn’t get enough light it won’t have enough energy to support pitchers.
pegasuspish
It’s normal to blast pitchers when it has a change in environment- they’re sensitive creatures.
However the current location is wayyyyyyy too dark. It will die there. It needs to be blasted with sunlight, all day every day if at all possible. And make sure to give distilled water instead of tap, the minerals hurt the plant and can make them stop producing pitchers or even kill them over time. It’s a beautiful plant! Just needs some tweaks in care to stay that way.
panrestrial
Not sure if it’s true for hanging pitcher plants, but sometimes when other carnivorous plants (fly traps and sarracenias, at least) have a particularly large meal the trap in question will brown or blacken and die. They grow new ones.
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Pitchers are apart of a modified leaf. Leaves die, as do pitchers. You should be fine as long as you don’t have a mass die off of most or all of the leaves/pitchers.
It’s totally normal for a nepenthes to abort all of its pitchers when it changes environment or gets brought from a greenhouse to your home. I got a gaya a month and a half ago and within days all of its pitchers shriveled up and died.
Just keep it in a warm sunny area with as much humidity as you can give and leave it there. They like consistency.
My Rebecca Soper did the same thing when I moved it from my room to my college dorm. They’re sensitive plants that don’t like large moves, but if you treat them right, they bounce back well. Mine took roughly a month of settling in before new tendrils came in. As long as you provide adequate light and water, pitchers will be back in no time.
Usually, a loss of pitchers for these species means either a change of environment or a lack of light
I put mine under a better stronger grow light a couple of months ago and they dropped most of their pitchers. They are now rebounding well. I always tell people they are divas.
It needs to be closer to that window. If it doesn’t get enough light it won’t have enough energy to support pitchers.
It’s normal to blast pitchers when it has a change in environment- they’re sensitive creatures.
However the current location is wayyyyyyy too dark. It will die there. It needs to be blasted with sunlight, all day every day if at all possible. And make sure to give distilled water instead of tap, the minerals hurt the plant and can make them stop producing pitchers or even kill them over time. It’s a beautiful plant! Just needs some tweaks in care to stay that way.
Not sure if it’s true for hanging pitcher plants, but sometimes when other carnivorous plants (fly traps and sarracenias, at least) have a particularly large meal the trap in question will brown or blacken and die. They grow new ones.