Question
pitcher plant
Last week I put my tropical pitcher plants outside since the temps went up and the sun is shining.
One day a huge gust of wind came and knocked some of them over. I re-potted the ones that needed it after their dirt fell out. On some of the plants some of the pitchers got damaged, but nothing too major.
Today I went outside to water them and noticed that a lot of the plants now have brown spots on the leafs and some of the pitchers. I know it is normal for pitchers to turn brown and die off, but the new leafs too??
I am attaching some photos for your reference.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
AnswerHello Renee,
The plant still looks fine for now. If the browning progresses all over the plant I would be concerned. So long as just a few brown spots occur and they do not become widespread over the entire plant, it should be fine. What probably occurred is that the fall bruised the leaves and pitchers and caused some browning in the affected spots. If the plant is still growing new leaves it should be just fine. Nepenthes are really quite tough plants that can take quite a bit of punishment and keep right on going. You can clip off a section of vine and just stick it in the soil straight away and it will often enough root in a few months after drooping and sulking for a while.
Christopher
