problematic baby hookeriana

okay.. this is what it looks like..





the terminal bud seems to be stunted.. is it because of some fungi or what?

please help and thanks

[NepNut]

Can't really see any fungus or insect infection on the surface of the leaves. It'll be more helpful if you can snap a pic for underside of the leaves and also stem. How long have you had this plant?

[Aliamyz]

OMG..that looks really bad.Try spraying the plant with salt solution.

[kentosaurs]

O.....That doesn't look good at all........Could be like cpnut says maybe some sort of fungal or maybe infestation of bugs? Overwatering?

Ken

[edwardyeeks]

Scary......but the colour of the pitchers still remain. I think it could be bug infection, wish you good luck in curing it.

Cheers

[Pananep]

Malowie,

Definitely looks like some sort of bug attack. I have an N. ventricosa that was heavily attacked by spider mites and ever since it has been showing almost the exact same growth behavior as you hookeriana. I sprayed mine with a CP safe insecticide and later washed it off wit distilled water. It has been putting out new leaves, however the new leaves are small and distorted. I t has been getting better, but no signs of pitchering or 100% healthy new growth. I repotted it the other day and notice that from the bottom of the stem, near the root ball there was a basal sprouting. This lead me to thinik that the plant probably realizes its main growth point has been damaged severely and is putting most of its energy into creating a new healthy basal growth point. I sure hope that repotting it did not affect it so much and hope the new basal makes it.
At this point there is not much else you can do. If it is indeed a pest attack, then you need to check the plant well and possibly spray it down with a pesticide. Afterwards just rinse it off well with good water and give it the best conditions possible. It will probably take some time, but the only thing to do is sit back and let it do it's thing. Hope all goes well with your plant, keep up posted on any news or updates.

Later!

[Amelie.Poulain]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

OMG..that looks really bad.Try spraying the plant with salt solution.

Now Ali, why on earth should he spray the plant with salt solution???

Please explain & qoute your source.

[Aliamyz]

My mom told me beofre that people spray salt solution if any plant is infected...my xVentrata did get infected and i sprayed it with salt solution.They recovered though.

[Amelie.Poulain]

Originally Posted by Aliamyz

My mom told me beofre that people spray salt solution if any plant is infected...my xVentrata did get infected and i sprayed it with salt solution.They recovered though.

Infected by what? Did you know salt & mineral deposit actually 'poison' to CP? I don't mean to put anyone down, but what works on one plant might be fatal to others.

And Ali, please don't give out advice based on only one single experience; we are on the WWW, somewhere out there, someone might actually follow this so called 'advice' to the 'T' and end up killing some plant. This will reflect badly on you, and worse it will tarnish our forum's reputation.

I've mention this to a number of you more than once, but nobody seem to be listening. You seem to find great enjoyment in just making a 'post', regardless the content.

Please, don't turn-off more people from Petpitcher!

[Aliamyz]

Well i wasn't enjoying posting in this forum.I posted it because i have experience in doing so.Please understand that i won't do that kinda thing just for fun.

My xVentrata was infected with spider mites.If my plant recovered after spraying it with salt solution,so why not Malowie's plant recover?

Yes i've seen you advicing Ken for posting the northiana cultivation.You adviced him because he did not have any personal experience in growing Northiana.

But for my case,i have experience and this forum is for sharing experiences.

Why not you experiment your plant?This way,we'll no the bad effects on the plant.

Hope you understand!