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Q/A #86 - Nepenthes Stem Is Looks Yellow

QUESTION:I received a Nepenthes Velvet from y’all just over a month ago. I noticed the cut stem was brown on the tip, but just figured that it was just part of the cutting. Today I noticed that the stem is really starting to look yellow and wanted to check with y’all to see if something could be wrong? The

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Q/A #85 - Need Help with Pitcher Plants from a Friend

QUESTION: I have two pitcher plants a friend just gave me. She felt they weren’t doing well in her care. I know next to nothing about carnivorous plants but, luckily, found your website yesterday and have downloaded The Ultimate Carnivorous Plant Guide for Beginners. What a true gem of a book! Jacob

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Q/A #83 - Nepenthes Cutting Not Cutting it

QUESTION: Why are the growing tips of my Nepenthes Deroose Alata basel cutting turning brown? I made this cutting in mid-March. It's in peat moss, and I water it with reverse-osmosis water. Is there anything wrong like a black stem rot or something else? It is on the windowsill. (Submitted in April 2021.)

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Q/A #82 - Nepenthes Pitcher Is Drying Up

QUESTION:I got my Nepenthes boschiana x veitchii about a week ago and I have it in a window that gets daylight but no direct sunlight. I bought a 15w white light non-LED and keep it on about 8 hours a day. It is also about 6-8 inches away from the plant. My question is one of the pitchers lids looks like it is

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Q/A #74 - Which Plant to Use to Control an Ant Problem?

QUESTION:I am having a major problem with the little black ants in my kitchen. My stepson said that there is a type of carnivorous plant that I could get to control my ant problem. Do you know what type of plant that would be and if so do you sell them? RESPONSE BY JEFF DALLAS: I'm sorry to be a wet bl

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Q/A #71 - Nepenthes Aren't Producing Pitchers

QUESTION: I included a few pictures of some Nepenthes that are all growing very well, but not pitchering. The first is a Nepenthes ventrata that is growing next to a Miranda. The Miranda is doing extremely well, but the ventrata isn't even producing small pitchers. They both receive a fair amount of sun durin

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Q/A #68 - No Pitchers on Nepenthes Despite Misting

QUESTION: I have a Nepenthes, but I don't know what Nepenthes it actually is. During the wintertime, all pitchers died and the plant was resting. Here in Finland we have very long, dark and cold winters so I use growing lights for my plants. Now the spring and sun is finally here, so my Nepenthes has started

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Q/A #67 - Nepenthes Stem Looks Rotted and Black

QUESTION: I am having a pitcher plant emergency. I am worried it will die please help. The plant seems okays still green but the base of the plant looks like it is rotted and black which makes it lean not having a stable stem. It hasn't grown pitchers since I bought it, and I have had it for about 6 months I

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Q/A - #59 - No Pitchers on Etiolated Nepenthes

QUESTION: I've got a Nepenthes aristolochioides x glabrata hybrid which has become etiolated -- weak elongated vine (when compared to pictures on your site) -- and not put out any new pitchers in 6 months or so that it's been in my house. It has put out a lot of growth in the time that I've had it, but each p

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