Brown leaves

[glamp88]

I know that this is the time for dormancy and everything, and a few leaves on my pitcher plant are getting sort of brown. Should I be worried? Oh and I have a Nepenthes ventricosa.

 

[NickHubbell]

Welcome to the forums.

N. ventricosa does not need and should not be put into dormancy. It will kill the plant.

 

[glamp88]

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

[cchang]

Any more details? Like lighting, temp, watering method, humidity, etc.

 

[Dyflam]

Moved to Nepenthes area...

 

[GEORGE-CP]

if the leaves are on the bottom of the plant don't worry about it. it is just old leaves dieing off.

 

[glamp88]

What should I do about humidity? I have a terrarium, but I'm not sure if I should use it. If I should use it I'm not sure how to make it humid.

 

[swords]

I get as much humidity that I can without making the leaves actually wet. When I had Nepenthes  in aquariums the lids were sealed almost entirely. All you should need for an aquarium style terrarium is a piece of plexiglass that will cover the top opening. You might need to cut it a bit smaller so there is a small gap for excess humidity to escape.

I have large chambers now and set my humidistat and humidifier to retain the humidity at 85%, most of the time the tanks are full of cloud vapor.

The more the merrier as they say!