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[Paul O'Keeffe]

I'm about to split two pots of Darlingtonia but for a while now they seem to have these purple spots over them. Are they diseased or something else maybe?



Thanks.

[jimscott]

I have a healthy, thriving plant and I get the same on mine.

[Paul O'Keeffe]

Mine do seem fine but it just looks rather unslightly.

Thanks.

[jimscott]

It correlates with an older pitcher / leaf. The new ones don't have that.

[BobZ]

In the wild, most older pitchers develop these spots. I have often thought they might be the result of insect bites. Just a guess.

[Paul O'Keeffe]

Someone else has said the same Bob. I'll put it down to that :)

[wadave]

Mine did that too and I also thought it was insects. I did spray them with a systemic insecticide and it appeard the spots did stop appearing even as the traps aged.

Sadly they curled up their toes on a very unseasonally warm day last autumn (30 degC) and I'd turned the evap cooler down to low speed.

Does anyone manage to grow them without the spots?

Dave.

[austin]

paul.

did you get that plant from me? (lancashire) i cant remember now.

mine have the same (im living outside uk so only get to see the plants once a year or so) , they have variable seasons but always produce lots of pitchers. maybe insects, possibly some virus??

I will get a shot of my plants and see how last years pitcher slook at the moment.

austin.

[Clue]

I have these on my Darlingtonia as well. It is only unsightly, and does not seem to do harm.

[Alexis]

A few on mine too, but they only really appear in late summer.

[vraev]

I used to grow my cobra indoors. It had those spots when I got the plant from a friend who grows it outdoors, but once it started growing new leaves, as you can see, even 1 yr old leaves on the plant inside didn't have any of those spots.



Sadly...my dormancy attempt was a total failure and the plant dessicated in the dry freezing wind.

[calek]

I think your plant is totally healthy. By the way...It looks quite nice with the spots!