I spent several days observing and taking close pictures of a new large pitcher opening. I placed diluted orchid fertilizer into a couple of pitchers in each of three plants three weeks ago and this pitcher just exploded in size reaching 1.5 inches so far. The plant itself is the smaller of the three with the largest pitchers being about 1/2 inch in length. Yesterday I was surprised to see so much nectar covering the peristome so I took this picture. Now I am documenting the coloring up of the peristome ribs, I found the perfect distance from the lights that would produce green pitchers with crimson peristome ribs leaving the rest of the peristome green. Looks like a happy plant to me.
