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This is my first experience with Nepenthes, and it seems I am already killing one of them.

I bought two N. Ventricosa plants off of ebay, and they arrived last week. I planted them in separate pots with LFS and some orchid bark. I have been watering them with distilled water, and I put them on my window sill which gets a fair amount of sun.
One of the plants seems to be doing great, but the smaller one's health has been declining. I'm not sure if it's something I've done to it, or if it simply needs time to adjust. I'm scared it might be dying though. What should I do?

I'd greatly appreciate any help or advice. Thanks!

Here are a few pictures of what the plant looks like now:

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For me i think its sudden change of envirment might wanna ask the person who sold it to you what was his grownig conditions to change your conditions to his or hers conditions

Also dont buy from ebay buy from cobraplant.com they have lots of diffrent kinds of plants or buy from flytrapranch.com he has lots of Venus flytraps but he closes during winter time. Also their is the flytapcarestore.com their cheap and GOOD stuff is their to buy!

Hello and welcome to FlytrapCare!

They don't look all that bad, but as you say, the small one appears to be declining. It sounds like you're doing everything right. Perhaps trying increasing the humidity for it for a week or so and see if it perks up. You can increase the humidity by covering it with a plastic bin or bag.

As John said, I sell some Nepenthes here http://FlytrapCare.com/Store

In fact, I just sold a ventricosa last week. Here's a few shots of it when it arrived to forum member BigEasy:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/viewt ... =50#p35508

Next time you order, you should consider ordering from the FlytrapCare Store

Johns right, don't trust some people on Ebay. It seems to me like they might be drying out. Just water them pure water (distilled, Rain, R.O) another problem is that it could be going through shock from change in environment. But, since that verity of Nepenthes is very easy to grow it will bounce back once you give them the right conditions.

Ventricosa is one of the easier species. The small one looks like it is very dry with that crumpled look. Give it more water.

Thanks for all the replies everyone!

The soil was still moist around the top, but I watered it again and added some more damp LFS around the base to help it retain moisture better. It seems a little perkier since I did that, but maybe it's just my imagination.

I also contacted the ebayer, and she said to give it a little more light (which I will be doing tomorrow).

I've got a plastic bag on him tonight to help raise the humidity like Matt said.

All in all, I did not have a bad experience with this particular ebayer. The plants are small, but the price was accordingly low, and the ebayer has been very helpful. (They're not all bad.)

Although, that N. Ventricosa from the Flytrapcare.com store looks fantastic! Next time I buy I'll give Flytrapcare.com a whirl (maybe I'll try a N. Judith Finn )

Thanks again

Judith Finns can be a little temperamental and are very slow growers. I'd say try a N.Rafflesiana or a N.Sanguina .