Neps in black soil...

[Yamanaka]

HI,i am currently having issues with my Red speckled amp,grew in black soil.It won't pitcher but it produces wide and long leaves,....but no pitchers

Help is needed!!!

[SirKristoff]

Originally Posted by Yamanaka

HI,i am currently having issues with my Red speckled amp,grew in black soil.It won't pitcher but it produces wide and long leaves,....but no pitchers

Help is needed!!!

specify on the black soil....if you mean like typical garden soil, get it the heck out of there and pot it up in something better...
peat/lfs/orchid bark or something of the sorts.

[bactrus]

Black soil in Malaysia could mean, soil mixture with manure and other organic material. Sometime can be fortified with inorganic fertiliser. Or a matter of description: soil that is black in colour.

Yamanaka, maybe the plant receives enough mineral it needs through its roots then see no point to grow pitcher. This has been mooted before.

[plantlover]

Why grow it in black soil when you can buy spahgnum and peat? Black soil if you mean garden soil has unwanted minerals which harms carnivorous plants.

[TS]

Hi Yamanaka, in the wild, neps (other CPs too) grow in poor nutrient content soil, that's why they evolve to grow pitcher to "catch" insects/bugs for their nutrient supplement. If nutrient is easily obtainable from the soil, the plant would not waste so much energy to grow pitcher.
Repot the plant quickly, the minerals in the soil may harm your plant, use what SirKristoff suggested, or you may also use a mixture of burnt soil, coarse sand/perlite, charcoal (break into small pieces), sphagnum moss. Make sure the mixture is airy. My rafflesianas & amps love it.

[paphioboy]

Or is he referring to black peat..? Like the ones some CPs are potted in.. It is black after all..