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By kmae19
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Hi, I’m new here
I got a Butterworts recently (named her Butters), she came in the mail looking quite healthy but very shrunken. I’ve been keeping her in a glass dome with an air hole at the top in order to keep her environment humid. Recently the bottom parts of her leaves have been dying but is still growing new leaves and producing dew, but she won’t eat the fish food I put on a leaf for her. Any tips or help pls?
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By ChefDean
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Looks like a Mexi-Ping, and it's just in shock, and they have shallow roots. Get rid of the dome, keep the media slightly moist for about a week or two, keep it in a bright windowsill, and it'll likely recover just fine. Because it's in shock, it won't eat. The food will rot on the plant, causing more problems. You'll know when it's ready to eat when the surface if the leaves are dewy. Side note - They don't need to eat, they'll make all the food they need via photosynthesis.
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By jeff
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Joined:  Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:41 pm
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it looks like a P.cyclosecta

at the moment it is going dormant so it is no longer feeding (note that it is a carnivorous plant it will find its own food in the prey it catches)

keep the plant just moist in the light, temperature 12-15 °c
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