While repotting the red Ampullaria, I noticed a tiny white pitcher protruding from underneath the moss.
I carefully dug out the the rest of the stem to reveal a nice batch of albino pitchers! The most easiest way to inhibit node growth is to bury the stem in a couple of inches of moss. Not the fastest but it has worked on a couple of my nepenthes. Unfortunately these pitchers will soon turn to shades of red with the exposure of sun. Interesting way to uncover albino pitchers!
Carnivorous Plants can grow in different mixtures of live or dead sphagnum moss, peat moss, pumice, sand, vermiculite or perlite. Nepenthes seem to favor a mix of long-fiber sphagnum moss, perlite and orchid bark.
Drosera like peat moss and perlite. Pinguiculas have grown great in sand, vermiculite, perlite, peat and pumice. Cobra plants and Sun Pitchers do well in long-fiber sphagnum moss and perlite. I have both Flytraps and Sarracenias growing in a mix of sphagnum moss and perlite.
Todays will be repotting a Nepenthes Khasiana into a bigger pot. I use a 50/50 Mix of sphagnum moss and perlite, with a topping of orchid bark to keep in moisture. Make sure pots have a way to drain excess water.
One of my favorite nepenthes is the ventricosa x inermis hybrid. Pitchers start out green and mature into a beautiful yellow / orange shade. Tubby shaped characteristics from the ventricosa side with thin peristome look from its inermis half.
Three year old plant from tissue culture. This hybrid has really thrived in the warm shaded temperatures. Lower pitchers have more of a cylinder looking shape. Their wide open pitchers are fantastic wasp and bee catchers.
Purchased from California Carnivores, this is a great nepenthes to grow in the garden.
Small fangs have appeared on the small tubby green pitchers. These fangs are built from the last back peristome ribs. Nectar is used to lure ants above the pitcher opening. Ants lose grip and fall victim to drowning in the digestive fluids.
Another plant that almost died on me during this years cold snap. Not tolerant to cold temperatures below 50 degrees. Purchased from Pet Fly Trap, these pitcher thrive in the hot humid shade.
Green coloration of the Nepenthes Khasiana’s lower pitcher. Happy to report it has been thriving since the last post. Nice formation of multiple elongated tube pitchers and masters of attracting beetles and wasps. They can’t seem to get enough of them, until they venture too far inside the pitcher!
Purchased from Pet Fly Trap a species has so far been relatively easy to care for.
These two year old, medium, lowland pitchers plants have bright red coloration. Tubby shaped lower pitchers, thin peristome, small spurs and medium sized wings. Moderately slow grower, this species enjoys a couple ants now and again.
This particular plant almost died a couple times, but has been thriving since moving into a bigger planter. Purchased from < ahref="http://hirts-gardens.amazonwebstore.com/search.htm?keyword=nepenthes">Hirts Gardens another interesting nepenthes.
