non carnivorous leaves

[adams]

does any1 else have a nepenthes with non carnivorous hairy leaves. it has 1 leaf at the bottom of the stem with a hairy stub.

(its a tuncata)

[venusflytrapman]

Is the plant young or old? Such deformities often happen in small plants.

[Stefan P]

Often happens when humidity is not high enough, or conditions aren't right. It happened to my ventrata when the humidity was low, but now its fine.

[adams]

it is a small young plant but the humitity is high.

[wasted]

I suppose a pictures out of the question?

[Dicon]

Most leaves should produce a pitcher and it is usually an environmental issue that prevents this happening.

However, this is only a general rule and for something like truncata, it would usually develop a pitcher.

Before everyone shoots me down, I would like to add that many climbing leaves may not produce pitchers at every leaf.

An example of this is N.gymnamphora that rarely produces pitchers above the rosette.

In your case I would not worry unduly, as long as your conditions are somewhat like they need to be, it will start to pitcher eventually (but not necessarily on that leaf!)

[jimothy]

Very few of my neps pitcher during the winter, despite high humidity and getting plenty of light, so I put it down to the low temps we tend to keep the house at.

Last year, however, I noticed that as the weather got warmer, some of the non-pitchers started to develop, just much later in the life of the leaf than they normally would have done.

[adams]

OK thanks everybody and I cannot put a picture because i don't have a camera.

[Romulo]

Maybe it has not enough light...or it's in a very cold place..

[wasted]

I understand what u mean by non- carnivorous leaves now, as everyone says its Probably light, where do u grow it?

Edited March 14, 2008 by wasted

[adams]

i grow it in a terrarium with lots of light humidity and air circulation. the leaf is at the bottom of the plant. it is in a warm place

[wasted]

I'm trying to visualise what's you mean, has it pitchered for you before?

[adams]

yes alot actually it has the most pitchered and the largest out of all my plants.

[wasted]

Its not a new stem growing from an internode is it?

[adams]

no its just a leaf with a stub at the end.