Question
per say that i needed to boost the humidity for a recently recieved nepenthes plant witch would be healthy, i would use a humidity tray or humidifier { im asking this question because its originally very low humidity in utah} would i use tap or distilled water to fill the humifier and/or the tray. the plants get a good amount of sulight in the morning from a west window, theyre also watered well and have 2 parts perlite 2parts orchard bark and one part peat moss

Answer
Hi Long,

As long as the plants are not going to be absorbing the water into the soil directly (such as from a water tray) then you can use tap water even if it has a high mineral content.  When water evaporates it leaves minerals behind.  Also, Nepenthes are least sensitive to hard water of carnivorous plants.

Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com