little fishy Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 My plant should look like this above but instead it looks like this below its got no traps how do i get it to produce trap's??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwano Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 The principal problem is hygrometry. Your plant needs a high hygrometry to produce pitchers. That's why Nepenthes are kept in greenhouse or terrarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) The plant in the first photo is an nepenthes alata, whereas what you will most likely have is a Nepenthes ventrata, a hybrid between ventricosa and alata. Where did you purchase it from ? But either way, that's got nothing to do with why yours ain't pitchering, which is probably due to stress of some kind, which could be down to any number of issues, such as poor light, poor humidity and/or temperature. Remember, highland nepenthes like a 10 degree temp drop at night, which also goes to aid pitchering. Your plant seems healthy enough growth wise, which it will do as a hardy highlander, but if conditions ain't right, then it won't pitcher even if it grows happily. What mix is in the pot ? From your photo it looks like it still may be in some kind of garden centre mix, i.e. black and peaty. It would be recommended now to repot into something a little larger with a better soil mix, eg a combination of orchid bark, sphagnum moss, charcoal, and perlite for example, it needs to be very open, airy, and well drained. Edited June 17, 2014 by Welshy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fishy Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) on eBay they sell this compost http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARNIVOROUS-PLANT-COMPOST-2-5-LTS-CARNIVOROUS-SOIL-FOR-POTTING-REPOTTING-/261493220759?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3ce235e597 Edited June 17, 2014 by little fishy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) If you're going to go with E-coco, go for their dedicated Nepenthes mix instead http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEPENTHES-CARNIVOROUS-PLANT-COMPOST-SOIL-2-5-LTRS-PITCHER-PLANTS-MONKEY-CUPS-/261364175875?pt=UK_HomeGarden_Garden_PlantsSeedsBulbs_JN&hash=item3cda84d403 I've experimented with it and my neps perked up no end, even before i had the greenhouse and they were still sitting on my bathroom windowsill. I now prefer to buy the individual ingredients in bulk from different sources and make up my own mixes based loosely on the E-coco nep mix, it works out loads cheaper if you have a lot of nepenthes. If and when you do decide to repot, first wash the root ball clean under the tap to remove any of the previous mix. Edited June 17, 2014 by Welshy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Light, they need a lot of light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFLguy Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 I've heard that watering the plants in the evening also helps increase humidity for the plant overall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted June 17, 2014 Report Share Posted June 17, 2014 Well it sort of happens in the wild that way as that's when dew point occurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 BTW Welshy, I'm pretty sure that "alata" isn't, but rather a backcrossed N. ventrata. I can't really tell for sure, but the peristomes seem are bit too rolled, the pitchers too robust and the leaves don't have enough petiole... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koen C. Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 As Richard Bunn said, your plant will probably pitcher if you put it in the sun more. For the easier Nepenthes like the hybrid 'ventrata' should low humidity not be a problem, the plants can adjust to that and they certainly don't need a terrarium in order to pitcher well. Also your plant will grow more compactly in the sun, now the basal shoots look like their stems are too long due to low light. That makes pitchering more difficult because the rosette stage pitchers easier then the vine. Best luck with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fishy Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I will put it in the garden with my hanging baskets somwhere sunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North West Neps Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 BTW Welshy, I'm pretty sure that "alata" isn't, but rather a backcrossed N. ventrata. I can't really tell for sure, but the peristomes seem are bit too rolled, the pitchers too robust and the leaves don't have enough petiole... Dave, i was only saying the first photo is alata, simply because if you zoom into the image far enough you can easily read alata on what looks like a typical Borneo Exotics exhibition label. Fishy only put this photo there as a reference to show what their plant is supposed to look like, because he was probably told that he has an alata in the first place. The first photo is not Fishy's plant. However, Fishy's actual plant in the second photo is more than likely a ventrata, as the UK gets flooded with vents each summer, even in certain non specialist garden centres and DIY stores. It's still difficult to tell for sure because you can only see the bottom half of one pitcher, but my money's on it being ventrata. So therefore are you talking about the peristomes, pitchers, and leaves of the first photo ? If so, I think you may have misread the thread dude. We're trying to identify photo 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCurrell Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Keep it on a sunny windowsill and mist it once a day, that should give it ample conditions to pitcher. This is all the attention my Ventrata's get and they are currently taking over my windowsill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fishy Posted August 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 Its currently sitting on kitchen windowsill should i cut the leggy growth off if so how much and should i feed it with anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NepXGorgicus Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 It either needs more water or more light. That hybrid SHOULD be able to acclimate to household humidity levels all day long unless it's astoundingly low in your area. Trimming it back will encourage offshoots from the roots, overdoing it can be counterproductive though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyr Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 (edited) Mix up a 1/4 solution of Orchid fertilzer and spray the leaves LIGHTLY with it every 2 weeks. Also increase lighting. The fertilzer never fails to help induce pitchering for me. Edited August 24, 2014 by Tommyr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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