Recently got a vetricosa online. This is my first nep and im giving it all the requirements and the plant is really healthy looking and its pitchering well. However my largest pitcher which is no more than 2 inches long, out of no where appears to be dying.
http://carnivorousplantman.webs.com/myplants.htm
Ack!!!
I took a look at the link, and if that is a community terrarium you WILL have problems. You've got a highland nepenthes, a cobra plant, a VFT, two varieties of sarracenia, and an adalae all sharing the same soil and conditions.
Depending on how you care for your terrarium, something has to die. The only question is what.
First off, the cobra plant is toast. They like cold conditions. A terrarium is much too warm for them.
Second, the sarracenia are going to outgrow that 10 gal tank. Also, you have mixed plants that require dormancy with those that do not, and you do not appear to have a contingency plant to accommodate dormancy requirements.
Third, you've planted sarracenia on the same strata as the nepenthes. Sarracenia like the wet, nepenthes not so much. One will thrive, the other will not. While a 70% peat moss soil mix may suit the Sarracenia, it will not suite the nepenthes (not enough drainage).
Fourth, reptile lighting is totally inadequate for growing CPs. They have very little of the photosynthetic radiation that plants need. And you have some plants that require high light, e.g., VFT.
Okay, if you want to save your plants, institute the following plan without delay. (1) Discard the grow instructions that came with those plastic death cubes you bought the plants in. (2) Get a basic book on how to grow CPs, e.g.
Savage Garden or
Growing Carnivorous Plants. (3) Replant the doomed plants into individual pots with (a) the proper soil mix, (b) the proper amount of water and humidity--the tray method works well, and (c) the proper kind of lighting--I can't stress this last one enough. (4) Continue to ask lots of questions. We are here to help.
-Hermes.