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My first heli had been been doing great when I got it. It was growing new pitchers and staying healthy. Over the past two weeks its condition has been declining. All of the pitchers have died or are dying. I took the plant out of the pot and the roots looked healthy. Any ideas on what might be wrong?

What temps and humidity? It looks like humidity or temperature stress to me. Also what species/hybrid of heli is it?

Temps are in upper 60s and I have it bagged. It is a pulchella from Wistuba.

Did you get it directly from Wistuba? If so, how long was it in the mail for? I had the same thing happen to a couple of helis from my summer import that spent three weeks in transit. Temps are good, and if it's bagged humidity should be good.

Check for pests, I lost my favorite Heliamphora to spider mites.

I checked for pests when I had it out, only found springtails.

Nepenthes0260 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:55 pm Did you get it directly from Wistuba? If so, how long was it in the mail for? I had the same thing happen to a couple of helis from my summer import that spent three weeks in transit. Temps are good, and if it's bagged humidity should be good.

I did get it straight from wistuba. I am not sure how long it was in transit, I did a group order with a friend. It came during the fall. It was probably around three weeks. Could it be lighting? I'm using t12s but I got an led grwolught that I need to set up still (I need to build a stand).

Berrybob wrote:

Nepenthes0260 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:55 pm Did you get it directly from Wistuba? If so, how long was it in the mail for? I had the same thing happen to a couple of helis from my summer import that spent three weeks in transit. Temps are good, and if it's bagged humidity should be good.

I did get it straight from wistuba. I am not sure how long it was in transit, I did a group order with a friend. It came during the fall. It was probably around three weeks. Could it be lighting? I'm using t12s but I got an led grwolught that I need to set up still (I need to build a stand).

I see! That was probably it. It looks pretty rough now from shipping, but your conditions sound good. I'd keep on doing what you're doing. Maybe give it a trichoderma soak. But it may not come back because the growth point already looks really wilty, even though you have it bagged.