My grocery store Nepenthes (which only had "bug eating plant" on the label with zero mention of species) will be telling me who it is, soon. I've never owned this family before, I don't even know if the color might fade a little like a Sarracenia does as it swells, so it still could be a spotty type, or if it will continue to deepen. No spoilers please! I am enjoying the suspense and won't even try to identify it until the pitchers open.
@fernfren That wasn't me, but I believe you. I was wondering about that, and have been watching for signs of struggle.That makes sense about the light, the few specimens I saw in the store that still had traps that hadn't withered completely (this was not one of them) were mottled, but the flytraps were all completely green. I've had it since late October, already several flytraps are starting to blush.
@tippitiwichet ok so see this redness in the topmost leaf here that i circled-- I didn't notice it at first, but that is a sign it's too bright for nepenthes. VFTs love that light tho. So if you can't separate them I'd at least turn the pot so the VFT gets more light and the N is shadier. You may want to pull the moss up higher to elevate the N. side too. VFTs can sit in standing water and love it, but Ns grow in trees, and like me, they do not appreciate the wet feets.
@fernfren Thank you, this is excellent. I've been debating uprooting a Venus flytrap or two for days, so I could sketch it from tip to root tip, and this is just the excuse I needed.
@tippitiwichet oooooh yes, i want to see that, so pls post!
@fernfren Looks like they handled the moisture issue by packing sphagnum moss in around the roots of just the flytraps. Nice trick, but doesn't handle the light issue. I want these puppies to get as red as they can :).
@tippitiwichet happy little plant! she's gorgeous. mine's putting out thumb-sized pitchers now & i was able to get an ID-- it's St Gaya!
keep me posted-- when you start getting mature pitchers, I know a girl who knows a guy, we can get yours ID'd too!
@fernfren How pretty! I love how it looks like two types of spotted fabric stitched together, and the hood fabric matches the part between the seams. Not sure I ever really want to identify mine, I think I decided I like the mystery of it, I'm going to just watch it in wonder, lol.
@tippitiwichet ha! the mystery! i have a plant I bought in the 90s and have always called "weird tree" --I tried in vain to ID it for many years. I finally got a plant ID app called Picture This and let me tell you, I actually cried. It's a rock fig-- Ficus petiolaris.
i especially love the ridgey lips and the tiny teeth/frayed edges on the seams. it does lend itself to a fabric sculpture, doesn't it? i might have to do that...
@tippitiwichet oooooooh yours is definitely different than mine. mine isn't nearly that red. keep us posted.
also, it looks like you've got nepenthes in the same pot with VFT? have we talked about this? i just read something recently & can't remember where. but if one of them starts to... thrive less, it may be bc N. prefers to dry out a tad more & prefers less light. if you have VFT-level lighting, redness could be a reaction to that. might be mottled in darker conditions. Both look healthy!