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Old 9th December 2008, 12:42 AM
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Hi all,

I recently bought a nepenthes collection at czplants which included a small Nepenthes Mira. The Mira seemed to have insufficient humidity in the beginning so i placed it in a terrarium. I sprayed it with water every 3 days or so.
Today when i was going to water it i noticed that the newest leaves were hanging flacid and that the stem of the plant and part of the leaves had turned black. I guess the humidity must have been too high and that it has root rot or stem rot or something like that.
I received the plant somewhere in august and it has been doing ok till now. Since winter it wasnt growing as fast as it used to and it didnt pitcher but the leaves looked good so i thought it would pull thru next spring.
Can i still save this plant? What is the best way of treating it?

Here are a couple of photo's of the plant :
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Old 9th December 2008, 01:08 AM
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Default Re: Small N. Mira in trouble

Oh! It's completely dead becuase fungi attack.In future you can treat with fungicide when you recieve plant for protect fist.

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Old 9th December 2008, 01:11 AM
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Default Re: Small N. Mira in trouble

So if it's infected i should probably best dispose of it and make sure none of my other neps get infected or isnt the fungus contagious?
I guess i know why it has happened. The terrarium used to stand in a somewhat colder place that wasnt well lit. Hoping to give the plant some more light i switched it to the windowsill above a radiator. The increase in temperature in combination with the humidity must have triggered the fungi. Another lesson learned i guess.
I just hope my other plants arent infected. The only plant that it shared the terrarium with was a very small N. Madagascariensis which was already struggeling (one of the main reasons i replaced the terrarium).
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Old 9th December 2008, 10:35 AM
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Default Re: Small N. Mira in trouble

Ghansh,
Madagascariensis is a lowland plant so you can grow it on the windowsill.
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Old 10th December 2008, 07:21 AM
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Maybe but the madagascariensis is really really small. When i received the plant it were actually 4 small plants together. I planted them individually and the biggest one of the 4 is the only one currently surviving. The plants were all smaller than 1" in diameter and the leaves looked very pale so after i lost the first three i put the last one in the terrarium hoping the extra humidity would do it some good.
Currently its still surviving but im not sure it will make it to spring. Im trying the best i can but im still new at neps so sometimes it's a miss. So far i lost three madagascariensis and the mira.
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Old 10th December 2008, 09:28 AM
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Oh very sorry for your lost.I advice you to read their cultivation first before you buy the plant.
That's what i do before buying one and i won't be having any problem and will manage to solve the problem too.
If you can't provide the plants what they need,then they'll die for sure.
Hope you get more plants soon.
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