Greg Seed

It can take a month or two for them to show that the conditions have improved. Choose a spot with some direct sunlight and wait to see how it does for a couple of months. If there is no improvement, try somewhere else for a couple of months. Patience is the key to success!

By the way, I would leave the offspring alone for now - they will make for a nice bushy plant that you can take cuttings of later if you feel the need.

Glad it's recovering Is the compost the carnivorous stuff from the garden centre? Peat with some sand? That's ok, but they appreciate better drainage. If you can mix in some perlite and/or orchid bark, it will thank you. I use live sphagnum moss, perlite and orchid bark - they love it so much I could never go back to anything with peat in it. No windowsill with a few hours of sun? I can recommend a good humidifier for £50 - it was so handy for me that I bought a second one!

I would keep it indoors all year in the UK. Too cold in winter and often too low humidity in the summer. Cut off any fully brown/black leaves and keep an eye out for any new growth. If it starts growing well, I would wash that compost off and repot it into something else. It looks like pure peat which makes them really easy to overwater. Good luck!

Hello. Some species like more light than others but, in general, some direct sunlight is good if the humidity is high. Try it on the windowsill for a couple of months and see how it does. A windowsill with a few hours of light in the morning or evening would be best. Good luck!

Yeah, that radiator in your photo is going to play havoc with the plants! Are you able to move them away from it when it starts coming on?

Depends on the weather. I keep all my neps in a south-facing conservatory which heats up a lot when it is sunny, but stays very cool when it is cloudy. On a hot, sunny day, both humidifiers can drain their 4 litre tanks in a day. With more typical Welsh weather, they can last a week. Incidentally, I've been using fairly hard tapwater in them for over two years with no problems. I just clean the plate with the little brush that came with them every now and then.

This is what I use: https://puremate.co.uk/product/puremate-pm-908-digital-ultrasonic-cool-mist-humidifier-with-ioniser-aroma-function-black/ You can set the humidity to anywhere between 40 and 75 and it comes on as necessary.

Definitely better to wait if they are growing well. Don't worry about them too much - they are surprisingly tough! If there hasn't been a huge jump in pot size, it should be fine to wait until they next need potting on. Just don't overwater! If it is possible, the best way to tell when to water is the weight of the pot - if you wait for it to start feeling slightly light before you water, you can't go too wrong. Good luck!

I've used that compost for sundews in a pinch, but I wouldn't use it for nepenthes unless I had to. They will be ok, but they would prefer a less heavy mix - you will need to be careful not to overwater. If you only potted them up a day or two ago and you have sphagnum, I would repot them in a sphagnum/perlite mix.

Photos 5 and 6 are definitely rafflesiana, but not sure about the others. Some look like hybrids.

Hello. Probably nothing to worry about here. That could be a mealy bug, but looks like it could be one of the predatory species that are used commercially to control mealy. Keep a close eye out for any more, but don't panic. The black stuff is probably sooty mould which feeds on nectar. Not pretty, but not a problem. The sundews will have less dew as a result of the decreased humidity and increased light intensity outdoors. Do what you can to increase local humidity - a wider water tray, perhaps - but I'll they will adjust.

By vigorous do you mean quick to produce offsets, or producing lots of pitchers in a season? Slack's flava 'Maxima' forms a good clump pretty quickly and will produce at least three or four pitchers per growing point. Brooks Hybrid gets really tall, but isn't the quickest to form a clump.

Sounds like low humidity or maybe too close to the lights.

25% humidity is extremely low. The new leaves will be better adapted to the low humidity, but the plant is unlikely to thrive. I would invest in a humidifier which can be set to turn on when the humidity is too low. Mine are set to 75%.