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Hi! So I’m new to this forum, but I have been growing carnivorous plants for a little over a year now. I made this topic because my sarracenia flava cuprea “Bill Hoyer” is producing oddly small pitchers. When I first got the plant(sometime this spring), it had one pitcher, and it wasn’t so big, but it looked proportional to itself. The second pitcher it made also looked normal. But the third fourth and fifth ones have all gotten taller than the original two, but they are also much skinnier and the mouths are also smaller. Also the tubes of the pitchers are curved and they are not standing straight up. I don’t see any signs of pests on the plant, does anyone know what could be wrong? It’s in a sun porch so it gets lots of sun, and it’s always sitting in a tray of distilled water.

I don’t know how it wouldn’t be getting enough sun, the porch is south facing and is all glass windows and it’s always super sunny in there, but perhaps it needs even more than that. I have a different sarracenia in the porch too and that one is thriving. Okay so I included a picture of the whole plant(I took it out of the water tray for the picture) a close up picture of one of the good pitchers, and a close up picture of one of the bad pitchers.

Panman- The weeds are bladderworts. I will thin them out. I’m glad there is nothing to worry about! Is there a reason the most recent pitchers are different than the other two?

Chefdean- I didn’t know glass was so blocking to them! I have considered putting it outside before, but I don’t want it to catch any pests while it’s out there. Would there be anyway to have it outside and avoid pests?

Thank you both for the advice so far!

This time of year, Sarracenia flava plants produce new pitchers that are thin and oddly shaped. In another 4-6 weeks, they'll start producing phyllodia (winter leaves, non-carnivorous).

I have seen aphids on some of our bushes outside so I don’t think I’ll risk putting it outside. Thank you though!

Also thank you for the information about pitcher growth mikeb!

if you know what type of bladderwort you have, I'd be interested to know.