I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata!

I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata! #289974

By BonBon047 -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:07 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:07 pm #289974

Hi,
I was moving my nepenthes to change the water and I accidentally broke the top side of a leaf! I am not pretty sure about it but I heard a crack sound and it moves easier than other traps (first time that I touch them). Did I break it? Is there a way to fix it? Thanks. I'll post some pics!

Re: I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata! #289981

By Raistlarn -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:25 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:25 pm #289981

Did you break the leaf or the vine attaching to the pitcher. If it's the pitcher I would just cut the pitcher off.

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Re: I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata!#289982

By BonBon047 -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:28 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:28 pm #289982

Raistlarn wrote:Did you break the leaf or the vine attaching to the pitcher. If it's the pitcher I would just cut the pitcher off.

No, it's the top of the trap...

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Re: I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata! #289983

By Raistlarn -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:32 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:32 pm #289983

If you heard a cracking noise you most likely broke something. If it is the lid of the trap then I would leave it, but if it is the vine/tendril between the leaf and pitcher, which usually breaks at the base of the pitcher, I would just cut the pitcher off.

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Re: I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata!#289984

By Aozora -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:33 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 3:33 pm #289984

the traps will do fine without a lid

Re: I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata!#289993

By Salute flytraps234 -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:46 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 4:46 pm #289993

Yeah he right the trap will do alright without the lid, it will eventually turn black and need to cut it off

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Re: I accidentally hurted my nepenthes alata!#290011

By BonBon047 -  Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:36 pm
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- Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:36 pm #290011

Salute flytraps234 wrote:Yeah he right the trap will do alright without the lid, it will eventually turn black and need to cut it off

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Oh, ok, thank you

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