r/Nepenthes

Some photos from Genting highlands summit, about an hour from Kuala Lumpur. Previously called macfarlanei, still actually a super impressive species to see in person and probably one of the easiest species to see. Most of the photos are the RSC 9 road which is often hiked by locals in the afternoon, ulukaliana being the most predominant species in the area. It often grows semi buried in the ferns and is often overlooked but is very common, pitchers get more colorful in higher altitude.

Ramispina grows more in the actual forest trails in other areas with some very dark black pitchered specimens (and hybrids) growing on the exposed retaining wall sides early in the RSC road along with sanguinea which is very uncommon the further you go up the trail.

Vireya are very prolific at Genting with several species but flowering season is sporadic.

I bought 2 pretty common and easy to care for Nepenthes, at least that's what I'm learning as I read about them. I rinsed them of their peat in distilled water and repotted in perlite and sphagnum moss. One had pitchers and graced me and kept them and today one opened. I fed it a freeze dried soldier ant larva and was ridiculously excited about it 😂
The other didn't have pitchers. The leaves of the second are slightly darker and wider. I'm wondering if they are the same variety. They didn't have specific labeling at the nursery.

Both are in south/southwest facing windows, but I live in the woods so they also get supplemental light from sansi grow lights.

All of my plants happily grow and produce abundant pitchers, except for that one pesky bugger (sibuyanensis x ampullaria BE4584) that refuses to eat. It is producing leaves, just not pitchering (apart from this 1 basal pitcher I once had underneath all the growth). They are all held in a cabinet with plenty of grow light and humidity (as my other plants prove). I'm beginning to consider that my lack of temperature control might be the origin of my frustrations. I don't keep actual track, but I estimate daytime temp is around 22°C and nighttime is around 17/18°C (which ought to be within tolerance). Thoughts? Suggestions? Experiences?

This is my first pitcher plant. I know it's Nepenthes but have no idea which variety. Hopefully the care regimine is similar across species? If anyone has in idea what it is please let me know.

I have had it a few months and this is the first pitcher it has grown in my possession. Many others tried, but they dried up. I think because the soil drains too quickly.

I am currently watering with distilled water. The pot it came in drains very fast and dries out quickly. It looks like it's planted peat moss. Today I had an idea so I placed the plastic pot inside the ceramic planter (pictured). The planter is tall and there is a gap, my idea is that it will hopefully stay humid underneath the pot. Should I leave it in that or is there something better I should do?

I fed it a fly yesterday. How often should I put bugs in? What if I can't find bugs? Can I feed it isopods? (I breed them)

Please let me know if it looks healthy, or if there are things I need to watch for.

Sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance for any advice!

Help me to identify a gender of my plants

Hi I have had a Nepenthes for 2 years but for a few months it has been quite strange I cut "cramed" leaves and others with white spots (picture 1), I first thought of a parasite so I cleaned my plant several times in recent weeks but no improvement, here are photos of the plant.

It is watered in abundance 1 to 2 times a week it depends. I use tap water which is surely full of limescale especially in my region in France, is this a cause? Maybe the substrate is devoid of resources? Should I repot it? Thank you for all those who will take time to help me and apologise for my shaky English.

Do these look like Mac seedlings - two years of growth.

Sold for a whopping $4,500 at the NC2026 Carnivorous Plant Expo.

It's so fat i love it

Hi everyone,
It’s been a little over a week now and my Nepenthes have basically stopped producing new leaves, or at least they’ve become extremely slow.

From left to right: Bloody Mary, Burkei, and I think a Ventrata… I say think because while I got the first two from a nursery, the last one came from a garden center.

The Bloody Mary started off incredibly well. At first, I kept it in a very, very bright veranda and as soon as it arrived from the nursery it immediately took off, producing leaves very quickly and even a pitcher that recently opened. Later, I moved it indoors into this terrarium with two 10W SANSI grow lights. Same story for the Ventrata.

The Burkei, on the other hand, was placed directly inside the terrarium under the grow lights, and since I got it (almost a month ago) it hasn’t produced a single new leaf, let alone a pitcher.

The substrate is basically the same for all of them: 50/50 sphagnum peat and perlite, with a bit of bark added.

I water them all the same way. Every evening I use a sprayer to keep the sphagnum nice and humid, and every 3–4 days I take them out and water them thoroughly, letting the water drain completely until nothing more comes out from the bottom. So the saucers are always empty.

The only one currently producing new leaves is the Ventrata, which basically never stopped growing. It may have slowed down a bit over the last two weeks, but I can see it picking up speed again.

They were all repotted together a few weeks ago, and I added Osmocote to the substrate: 4 pellets for the Burkei and 3 pellets each for the Bloody Mary and the Ventrata.

Does anyone have any idea why the Bloody Mary isn’t producing leaves even though it recently made a pitcher, and why the Burkei isn’t producing leaves at all?

Any advise is appreciated!

AW-ISC
BCP N375-03

I can’t seem to keep this plant happy, lol.

I got it about 2.5 months ago, within three days of having it the pitchers started to rot.

I moved it to my humidity cabinet where it seemed to stabilize, and after watering it for the first time I threw a bit of a fit, and the bigger pitchers started to rot…

I had used a miracle grow indoor plant fertilizer, and filtered water.

I repotted it in sphagnum moss and coco coir, yesterday after reading that keeping it in compacted soil was not ideal.

I have moved it today to a hanging location near a south facing window, supported with a T1 barrina grow light approximately 5’ away- for the other plants and a humidifier directly below it to try to keep it relatively humid.

I live in NWFL, and I’m half tempted to make this an outdoor plant if this doesn’t work…

Admittedly, I did no research upon getting this plant but it was gorgeous and I was enthralled. I’m extremely behind the power curve at the point but will take any pointers I can get.

TIA!

Totally worth it! My only regret is not making it for Day 2.. if I had, I would've bought more. You can never have too many Nepenthes!

...some of my nepenthes...

Mojito

Gentle

SparhulataXCampanulata

Albomarginata

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