Question
About 4 months ago, I purchased a nepenthes ventricosa from petflytrap.com. It was smaller than expected and I assume had all of its adult pitchers cut off for shipping. I had to cut the top section that had been damaged off, leaving it with no growing point. It grew back with  smaller pitchers and now the largest is only half an inch tall. In Oklahoma, they get about three hours of sunlight a day in a west window. None of these pitchers are very red at all, just sporting the occasional small red dots. Is this normal? Thanks for any help you can give.

Answer
Hi Jonathan,

Seems like your plant could use more sunlight.  This species will develop red pitchers when grown in very bright sunlight.  Since we're heading into the fall and winter seasons, move your plant to a sunny south window instead.  The sun will be lower in the horizon, so your plant will receive lots of direct sun.  I grow a Nepenthes ventricosa in a south window, and it's producing lots of red pitchers.

For more information about growing Nepenthes, read our care sheet on our main website:
http://www.cobraplant.com/caresheets

We're also releasing our Nepenthes DVD in February, so stay tuned!

Good growing!
Jacob Farin