Pitchers getting smaller

[funkychips]

Hi cpnut!
Thank you for the advice and encouragement . I think I will try another plant again but not anytime soon, as I want to try my hands on other CPs. I seem to have wasted alot of money trying so many times to grow amps. Also, it is not only ampullarias, but also bicals and for a good 3 years now, a hirsuta that is growing but failing to pitcher. As for mirabilis, I am quite astounded as it has not been repotted for almost 6 years already and yet new shoot after shoot has been growing out of the plant. Gracilis and Miranda as well. Rafflesiana is pitchering annually, meaning it only pitchers in flushes at certain time of the year, while rest of the time all I see are only tendrils and leaves. The strange thing I notice (you may think I'm crazy ) are that those plants not doing well in my garden are those with mostly hairy leaves ie: hirsuta, ampullaria, albomarginata, veitchii pink - never pitchered and leaves growing smaller. I don't know what that means but I thought it be worth mentioning to see if there is a catch there...

List of other Neps not pitchering/perishing in my garden include:
bical (8 years, still no pitcher )
reinwardtiana (died after six months)
alata (now pitcherless, I cut back the mother stem and 2 basals have sprouted, but not growing any faster)
ventrata (a good standing 5 years lifespan, offshoots and all)
sanguinea (the plant persisted over a period of 4 years all the while growing smaller and smaller - the exact case of Benjamin Button )

[kit1212]

Sry,for the late reply.I'm doubt that my nep is still acclimatizing to the environment as i got this nep which is N.Miranda few months back.After reading few threads concerning pitchers gradually becoming smaller i may guess humidity is the main cause.On the other hand my nep is flowering profusely.Any idea?

[Aliamyz]

Originally Posted by kit1212

Sry,for the late reply.I'm doubt that my nep is still acclimatizing to the environment as i got this nep which is N.Miranda few months back.After reading few threads concerning pitchers gradually becoming smaller i may guess humidity is the main cause.On the other hand my nep is flowering profusely.Any idea?

Maybe your xMiranda is stressed.Neps flower when they stress.

It is flowering profusely because you might have been changing the growing spot for it too often.

Keep it one spot where it get at least 10 hours of sunlight and it will eventually produce monster size pitchers for you.

Hope this helps!

[NepNut]

Hi kit1212,
I tend to agree with Ali here, it's usually stress related when a nep flowering profusely. It might be due to environment related stress or combination of a few things. It's actually quite common to have newly acquired neps to produce flowers after just a few months growing and especially it's a plant grown from cutting.

[kentosaurs]

I went to a nursery today and it actually made me laugh...I saw this miranda and it has no pitchers...At first i saw the long flower standing staight and oh well normal sight since they flower when stressed...Then i looked closer it has shoots coming out from 4-5 nodes along the stem quite new shoots and 2-3 of them were flowering haha....So many flowers..

Ken