Well, this isn't a very fortuitous first post to the Pitcher Plants section. But, I'd like to learn from the mistakes I've made, so am welcoming any ideas. Not sure a rescue is still an option here, but maybe what I hear from the community can help me have more success in the future.
I received this H. pulchella in January. I keep it in a terrarium, where I grow cool, high-humidity plants. Winter temps were probably mid-low 60s with lows in the mid-low fifties, humidity is 85% or higher. There is a fan to provide air circulation. More recently, temps have risen a bit (and I've geekified my tracking):
Pitchers are probably 9" from two led lights (I don't have specs as the retailer no longer offers them, but they are JungleDawn-esque). There is a mister in the tank, so they get some water that way, and humidity stays high. I've used maxsea in the pitchers, but they are probably not *always* topped up. I've tried both top and bottom watering, but recently felt that the mister might have been resulting in water sitting in a reservoir under the pot, so removed the reservoir.
This has been its downhill trajectory...
January - on arrival - I'm not sure, but I think the lower-rightmost pitcher visible in the photo might have a desiccated spoon:
A few weeks later - note, the additional spoon/pitcher desiccating on the central-top pitcher, which was written off as "new-environment-adjustment or shipping funk":
And this week:
With a view of the back of the pitchers (which are in bad shape) and a peek at the only pitcher that looks semi-viable, but which has not changed much in the last 4-5months:
I have not had the guts to pull it out of the pot, but suspect that's next. Ideas welcome!
I received this H. pulchella in January. I keep it in a terrarium, where I grow cool, high-humidity plants. Winter temps were probably mid-low 60s with lows in the mid-low fifties, humidity is 85% or higher. There is a fan to provide air circulation. More recently, temps have risen a bit (and I've geekified my tracking):
Pitchers are probably 9" from two led lights (I don't have specs as the retailer no longer offers them, but they are JungleDawn-esque). There is a mister in the tank, so they get some water that way, and humidity stays high. I've used maxsea in the pitchers, but they are probably not *always* topped up. I've tried both top and bottom watering, but recently felt that the mister might have been resulting in water sitting in a reservoir under the pot, so removed the reservoir.
This has been its downhill trajectory...
January - on arrival - I'm not sure, but I think the lower-rightmost pitcher visible in the photo might have a desiccated spoon:
A few weeks later - note, the additional spoon/pitcher desiccating on the central-top pitcher, which was written off as "new-environment-adjustment or shipping funk":
And this week:
With a view of the back of the pitchers (which are in bad shape) and a peek at the only pitcher that looks semi-viable, but which has not changed much in the last 4-5months:
I have not had the guts to pull it out of the pot, but suspect that's next. Ideas welcome!
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