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Hello everyone I noticed my pitcher plants are starting to get red splotches on them and I was wondering if this is a healthy thing or a symptom of something more sinister. I saw online that it could be lacking phosphorus and I need to feed it. I thought I would ask the experts here and see what y’all thought.

How much light are they getting?

They should be getting a good amount of light. I know they like a lot of light so I tried to give them a lot but It might not be sufficient. I can’t grow them outside since I can in a condo but the room they are in get some sun light through the large windows and I have a 4000k led light fixture above and 6500k led bulb on their side that I think they still get a good bit of light from.

The red is anthocyanin that the plant produces around any damage, certainly on the purp you can see damage on the leaves. It looks a perfectly normal reaction to me, I cant see anything particularly wrong with the other plants, if you have pinhead size red spots, thats normally due to sucking pests such as aphids piercing the plant and the anthocyanin surrounding the wound.
The plants do look a bit ‘green’ indicating that more light would be of benefit and would increase thier colouration.
Cheers
Steve

Good to know! I never would have guessed that the plants produce anthocyanin around damage! These plants never cease to amaze me!