If your plant looks similar to this or this then yea then that’s an entirely different plant genus than nepenthes and it’ll do fine wetter conditions. I would still like the water in the tray get soaked up before filling it again, just make sure the medium doesn’t get dry.
Are you growing this indoors or outdoors?
Also, if it’s winter then keep in mind sarracenia are perennial, meaning they go dormant starting in the mid-late fall and all through winter.
Unfortunately looks like neither of those. Really annoying you can’t send photos. It’s a nepenthes Diana.
It was winter and I assumed it would drop all it’s pitchers and go dormant. However its leaves are also a bit brown.
I’ve had it inside the whole time. I got it to try kill of some flies. Thought it would be a nice non toxic alternative. So I was hoping to propagate it and leave it in all the rooms to drop the fly population.
I’m New Zealand so just coming into spring now.
It’s a nepenthes Diana.
Ah yes! That’s a great little hybrid. This plant, no?
It was winter and I assumed it would drop all it’s pitchers and go dormant. However its leaves are also a bit brown.
In cooler times in nature they don’t go dormant, they just make less pitchers.
Here’s my suggestions
- Let the medium get almost dry between waterings
When it does, fill up the tray and let the water be absorbed or evaporated.
- Move it to an east facing window, or outside during spring
Maybe it needs more light. New Zealand has a fairly tropical climate IIRC so outdoors in the spring might be a great idea. Here’s an interesting read about light.
- If you tap water has a PPM above 50, repot
I don’t think you’ll have to do this as looking at your governments legislation the water is a lot better than some parts of America.
Here’s another guide to repotting from a reputable grower. They even have suggestions of when to repot.
Other than that Nepenthes ‘Diana’ is a pretty vigorous and hardy hybrid.
Yes that’s the very one. Didn’t know it was a hybrid,
It’s not happy. Pitchers have all shriveled up. It’s pretty cold below freezing over night. So I was expecting if it was a bog plant to drop it’s pitchers but its leaves have been damaged. Bits of brown and discoloration.
It floats currently. My set up is it’s still in it’s original container and I float it in another tub. But I’ll take it out and try drying it a bit.
I’ll sit it outside and see if it gets happier. It probably needs more light. So I’ll give it some more.
Yeah we use well water so I might try to deionize it.
