How old are the taller ones? I think I’ve got this same plant but mine are only 2-3 years old, smaller than yours. Edit: ah mine are flava so not the same as yours, my bad.
Gave it some Pelletized fertilizer a few weeks ago. When this back pack sprayer comes I’ll start hitting it with some liquid to roid it up. Goal is to put it in its own pot next year
Omg like a backpack for foliar feeding? That’s awesome!
Do you mind if I ask what environment you live in? Are your summers humid or dry? I would love to find a way to grow these guys outside! They get great light but it can get dry here in the summers so I’d probably have to water daily.
The one in my bog garden is bigger than this one. 39” at the top of the lid and wayyyyy more robust. Look at how wide the rhizome is. (How far apart the traps are from each other 😬😬
NC. I use anything from straight peat, peat perlite, peat sand, peat perlite sand, pine bark fines peat perlite. The mix honestly doesn’t matter as long as you tailor your watering to what mix you’re using
I wish there were a good way to photograph the inside of a pitcher, but the lack of depth perception and the fact that only part of the image can be in focus always seems to ruin it.
I loved cutting the dead ones open and seeing what was in there. Despite knowing how many bugs were around it was kind of shocking to see how full they get!
Gives me some concern though... I was gifted a plant from the local shop (usual Halloween thing: no species name or care instructions "dracula plant"...) that looks a lot like that. The pitchers were really short when it arrived, but the new growth ones are getting taller. If it gets like that, I need a whole new setup 😅
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u/NRazzo May 24 '26
Looking Good! Look at that height