FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hi,
I’m new to this and these are the first pitcher plants I’ve kept. I’ve had them about two weeks but some are looking strange and I’m not sure if they’re acclimating or if there is some kind of infection or if something else is wrong. Here are some Photos: Some seem like dried dead traps. On one of the others it almost looks bruised. Not sure what’s going on any help would be appreciated. They are under a grow light ~16 hours a day, misted with rain water twice daily, humidity ~70%. Thanks!

They look fine. They're probably just adjusting to their new environment. Keep an eye on them though and report back here if you have any other concerns!

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Ok thanks. Why does it cause the black spots in the last photo though, and the pink 'bruising' patches? They really concerned me when I saw them. Some of them are putting out healthy new traps though which is reassuring. For the completely brown (dead?) traps should I cut them off? and what about the semi damaged ones?

The black spots might be due to burn or possibly over watering. If you're growing them indoors, keep them moist, not wet. As for the bruising, that might also be burn but I'm not entirely sure.
You can cut the dead parts off if you want to but it isn't necessarily. It won't harm the plant. The damaged leaves are still helping to provide energy for the plant so I would leave those on.

Just make sure they get enough light and they should do well! Also, don't forget that sarracenia need a dormancy period during the winter.

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For the watering I just leave the pots in a tray which i top up now and again, this seems to be keeping the soil very damp, I'm not sure if its too much though i thought this was the standard way for watering it.
I'm assuming burn would come from too much light, its currently under a jungle dawn LED for 16 hours a day, would you recommend dropping it a bit, or maybe moving the light further away, currently the tops of the pitchers are about 30cm away which according to the light instructions gives 15,000 lux and 226 PAR.
Alternatively I could just wait and see if it adapts

Yes, I would just let them adapt to the light, which I'm sure they will. With the watering, it might not be necessary to use the tray method indoors. You could probably get away with just top watering. You could also simply try using less water in the tays.
Whatever works for you though.

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Ok thank you for all your help, I'll leave it for a while and come back on here if anything gets worse. I might try letting the water trays evaporate out a bit so they are less full and hopefully the soil will dry a little. Thanks again!

No problem.

Good growing!

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The pink is anthocyanin generated y the plant around damage that is most often caused by sap sucking insects, maybe before you got them. The crispy brown is normal pitcher death, looks like they may be trying to go dormant , again perhaps before you got them, your conditions may alter this. The black is a mould on the dead stuff cut it iff and give more ventilation.

Cheers
Steve