Question
My Pinguicula emarginata is behaving a bit odd lately, it is flowering prolifically but the leaves it has are no longer sticky at all. The newer leaves seem to be getting smaller and lacking stickiness as well. I know that some other Mexican butterworts like laueana will produce a significant amount of blooms when transitioning to dry season mode like my emarginata is doing, but I don't know if this is what emarginata does during transition since I've had the plant for less than a year. I also have a Pinguicula cyclosecta that is producing smaller leaves suggesting its transitioning to dry season mode, however the leaves it currently has and are producing are still sticky. My butterworts get ample light and have great color in there leaves, but the total light they get daily is falling rapidly due to the change in the seasons. I suspect this may be triggering some of my butterworts to think the dry season is on the way. The only other thing I can think of as a problem relating to the lack of stickiness is that I've been spraying my sundews and butterworts with the weak solution foliar feed (urea free 20-10-20 orchid fertilizer). All the rest of my butterwort seem to like it but my emarginata seemed to start lacking stickiness after I started spraying them. Based on this information I'm wondering what your diagnosis is for my plant.

Answer
I'm a bit confused about the timing of when you noticed the change in behavior in your plant.  Early on, you indicated that the behavior started recently.  Later on, you mentioned that it started when you began spraying your plants with a foliar feed.  Does this mean you recently started the foliar feed?

If you take the foliar feed out of the picture, the behavior you're seeing in your emarginata is very typical for this time of the year with dropping light levels and cooler temperatures.  The plant doesn't form a tight cluster like you would see in cyclosecta or laueana.  Instead, it behaves more similarly to primuliflora.  You'll see it form slightly thicker, shorter leaves starting in fall, typically right after a burst of flower.  

If you add in the foliar feed, then it could be both a combination of dormancy and the feeding.  Emarginata has thinner leaves than other types of Mexican butterworts.  It's possible that the concentration of the foliar feed is too strong for this particular species or the spraying technique washes off the nectar.  At our nursery, we don't foliar feed this species at all.  

Nectar secretion is also affected by lighting and temperature.  This species occurs about 4000-5000 feet, so they like bright, cool weather.  If the temperature is too high, such as in summer, then the plant may decrease its nectar secretion to prevent exhaustion.  Even for us, we see it decrease nectar secretion in the peak of summer weather.

As long as the new growth and center of the plant look green, your plant is healthy.  If you need further assistance, please write back as a follow up and upload a clear photo of your plant.  

Good growing!
Jacob Farin