Nepenthes pitcher plant sitting on water?

Nepenthes pitcher plant sitting on water?#371034

By Dini -  Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:01 am
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- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:01 am #371034

Ive had my pitcher plant for about a month now and since then I've been doing research and one particular website said to let it sit on water so it wouldn't get dry like other venus fly traps outdoors? is this correct?

Re: Nepenthes pitcher plant sitting on water?#371035

By That one plant boi -  Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:05 am
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- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:05 am #371035

Dini wrote:Ive had my pitcher plant for about a month now and since then I've been doing research and one particular website said to let it sit on water so it wouldn't get dry like other venus fly traps outdoors? is this correct?

Most nepenthes shouldn't be sitting in water indefinitely, except for a few lowlanders such as rafflesiana and bicalcarata. Watering it from the top and letting the water drain out through the bottom of the pot does just fine for these plants.

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Re: Nepenthes pitcher plant sitting on water?#371037

By Nepenthes0260 -  Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:40 am
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- Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:40 am #371037

Most neps don't like to be sitting in water. Like TOPB said there are a few exceptions, such as lowland species like some mirabilis, rafflesiana, bical, and some amps. Keep it moist, never letting fully dry, but don't keep it soaking like a sarr or capensis.

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Re: Nepenthes pitcher plant sitting on water?#371043

By hungry carnivores - Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:54 am

- Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:54 am #371043

Adding on to nep0260 you can keep the sphag for those in the water. I fill the bottom inch of my pots with large grain perlite and orchid bark so they are constantly sitting in water about a cm high. Just make sure the sphag is above the water if you do this.

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