Muluensis x Lowii slow death...

[carnivoure12]

Hey everyone, my Muluensis x lowii was doing beautiful, even pitchering up until june, ever since then its been downhill, here are pics, any ideas whats happening?

 

[Clue]

He was a brave, brave soul.

 

[petmantis]

Slow growing plants also die slowly, it seems

 

[SirKristoff]

sorry to hear this...
Mine is finally picking up and growing o.o

 

[vraev]

hmmm!! I would associate it either with heat or fungus or perhaps both.

 

[Grey Moss]

Yeah, it looks like your plant is rotting.

 

[SirKristoff]

i see someone deleted my photo, but what i was trying to say is mine looked like that after a mite attack, but it came back....maybe not quite that bad, but for awhile it did nothing and looked almost completely dead...hope it produces a basal or something for you...

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

thats exactly what mine did. newest and oldest leaves are dead and the middle leaves are at least semi ok. i dont know what killed mine but it went the way yours did =[

Alex

 

[xvart]

i see someone deleted my photo

That was me; and sorry I didn't get a chance to pm you about it; my dog started chewing up the world and I totally forgot.

but what i was trying to say is mine looked like that after a mite attack, but it came back....maybe not quite that bad, but for awhile it did nothing and looked almost completely dead...hope it produces a basal or something for you...

The reason I deleted the post was because it did not contribute to the discussion on helping carnivore diagnose his problem and was just a "here is my plant" picture post.

Carnivore - it's pretty serious, I would certainly isolate the plant from the others. I can't remember exactly, but I think something similar was diagnosed as a fungus a while back. I think I remember Tony talking in depth about it a while back on someone else's plant.

xvart.

 

[SirKristoff]

It has happened to me before on the same plant xvart, sorry i wasnt more detailed on that....
I dont think his plant is past the point of recovery, but its definitely getting there.
Basal production anyway, i think the growth tip is toast....or a node further down the vine, looks like the black death....
Edit:
looking at the tip some more, it looks like it could pull back, id definitely ask Tony P about this one.

 

[carnivoure12]

Oh noooo!! Is it the dreaded black death it doesn't look like it to me... hmmm I remember I diagnosed DrWurms plant with Black death, i should look at mine again.

Also this nep is the only one in Live sphagnum.

 

[SirKristoff]

i wouldnt say its black death, just looks kinda like it, i guess after looking at it it, not all of the leaves have blackened off up to the growth tip
but i do think you have some sort of root rot issue. what is your media

 

[carnivoure12]

The Basals also died, its pure live sphagnum... I think you're right too much water...

 

[SirKristoff]

pure live sphagnum works great for some people
how is your air circulation
and i would try something a little more airy and better draining...