r/Nepenthes

I'm getting sucked down the rabbit hole! Purchased my first carnivorous plant a few weeks ago. Been sweating where to put it for good sun but not too much sun, good humidity, etc..

FEEDING: It is feast or famine around here. Seems like all the flies saw the plant and decided to go away, other than the one in the picture which I eventually had to just go whack myself and toss it into the pitcher (lazy thing).

Can I overfeed? I ask because today I picked up a small bottle of Osmocote pellets while I was getting Rhody fertilizer, since I've been seeing where some of you all out there feed your Nepenthes with Osmocote. I got home and, what do you know but I swatted two flies and popped them in to the pitcher. So now wondering about whether I can overfeed them or starve them.

Seems to be a never-ending debate here as to whether or not one can feed them too much, whether they can starve if you don't feed them, if you can feed them plant fertilizer, if you should fertilize via the planting medium vs right into their pitchers or both, whether or not Osmocote pellets are safe, if you need to make sure the Osmocote pellet isn't "broken open"(? since they are slow release), etc..

I just got these I don't know a lot but I'm doing some research please give me tips I feel like they look a little sad and the one with the hanging pitcher got nocked over and spilled the eymzmes I'm not sure what to do. The first one is labeled as nepenthes spp. the second picture is sarracenia purpurea and the third is sarracenia purpurea spp. Venosa

the one in the golden pot was already there but the for other small ones were shoots from the two "big ones" in the large pot.

Here's an exciting update! My rajah top cutting made roots! And Nepenthes Attenboroughii made a basal!! Very excited as I have heard of rajah being notoriously difficult to get to root and Attenboroughii absolutely hates making Basals

I’ve had this nepenthes for quite a while now, its been putting out a new pitcher once every two or so months, I’ve had it in this tray along with my drosera and Venus flytrap, I’ve had it for probably more than 6 months and it’s put out two larger pitchers with one about to grow and a new one coming, I feed it bugs that trespass into my room as they have entered a danger zone for all bugs, either my tarantulas or my plants are getting fed but they are fed every other day if I don’t find any bugs I will feed it a cricket from my feeders but I just wanted to see if I could get an idea of what type of nepenthes this is?!

I got this in North Carolina at a local nursery, this was the only one that was different out of the bunch, there were multiple small st. Gaya and some sarracenia but this one was dark and had a colorful peristome.

This Gaya has a healthy side shoot off the base I'd like to cut off to propagate into its own plant. I'm nervous I'll screw it up

Recently got this pitcher plant. It’s supposed to be the kind that turns a bit red when it’s mature. Don’t really remember the name.
I’ve been watering it with distilled water and it’s near a grow light.
Currently the pitchers are drying up and I’m unsure if this plant as a whole can be saved. Any advice to help this guy would be amazing! This is my first time taking care of a pitcher plant.

Hi!

I got these nepenthes a while back but im unsure about their ID. Id love to have "professional" names on them written so I dont forget :D. Any help is appreciated. I know (i think) one, which is Mojito, but its like 70-30 of me being sure.

Thank you in advance!

I'm struggling to take pictures that do these justice. I've had a few nepenthes over the years and have tried so hard to keep them alive, I got another two this year and finally they are ✨thriving✨ I'm so pleased 🥰

I'm anxious however what the next move is. There appear to be two plants in each pot, and one in particular is growing wildly high/off too one side. Are they still good with sharing their pots or do I need to re-pot them? I keep lowering the height I'm hanging them at, so that all the leaves can get light through the window, but how tall/long might it get? I am just so proud they haven't died or lost all their pitchers and are in fact growing new pitchers, that I don't want to do anything at all to risk upsetting them 🙈

Any advice will be super appreciated 🙏💕

Now that the daytime temps are over 95F and up, the plants are back in the house for a while.

N. hamata X tenuis, from a cross I made in 2015. These are this season's new upper pitchers.

My ventricosa posing with its food. The nepenthes equivalent of men holding fish photos.

This was about a month ago, and the ventricosa has enjoyed its meal. The cockroach is now but a mere husk inside the pitcher, and the ventricosa is shooting out its biggest pitcher yet.

Anyone with this Carnivero hybrid? CAR-0866.
I would love to see him (or her) grown up!!!
Posting some pics of the baby. (Same plant, different pictures since may 2026-July 2026).

This is an N. truncata ‘Giant’ x lowii ‘Mt. Murud’ that was just released here in Australia by Exotica Plants. It was purchased from Flora Quest and is still in stock as I post this.

We’re expecting it to be a bit different than the famous lowii x truncata, less Lowii influence and probably a bit more size. The Mt. Murud locality has near-black pitchers with massive lid bristles, so this should be an interesting hybrid.