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I have a nephentes and a Bloody Mary I just purchased them less than a month ago it came with some green stuff at the bottom I have no idea what it is(photo attached) I also just bought a grow light, it is the one with 3 flexible lamps but I have no Idea how much time or how intense the light should be for 100% indoor growing I have sundews a Venus fly trap and a drosera capensi
I just notice spots on leaves after 1 day of grow light please help they only appeared on the nephentes and the Bloody Mary everything else looks good. is there something wrong with them? Also these two were sold to me on a terranium but I feel like it needs more spa gym Moss. The rest are on plastic pots. I am watering them with mineral free water. They told me to never open the terrarium, I don’t keep it completely closed because I’m afraid it could he fungus I don’t know what the red stuff at the bottom is

Algae

Your growing conditions will kill the plants.

They need to be in a well draining pot with a ton of air flow, preferably outside.

Exactly. You have these potted in peat and perlite with no drainage. Nepenthes are not bog plants. Pot them in pure long-fiber Sphagnum moss or Sphagnum with coarse perlite, and keep them always moist but not standing in water, things will go a lot better that way!


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Thank you for your reply, I will be putting them in a pot with pure spagnum moss ASAP where I bought them, they told me to never open the top plastic that with the tiny hole it has would be enough air circulation. They said it needed height humidity or it would die. They also told me no direct sunlight. It makes me sad that My plant is suffering for listening to the person that sold these to me. Thanks again

Wow! That is a Nepenthes death bowl. Nepenthes don't sit in water but like the water to run right through their medium. Try a mixture of lfsm and perlite in a pot with lots of drainage and water daily.

The worst part is that they sell all their CPs in bowls, I guess they do it to make them look fancier. It’s just sad that they dot it all wrong and we the customers end up paying the price, thanks to all for answering my questions

A lot of people assume that "tropical" means a bog without drainage.

I have seen so many plants and animals packaged like this.