N. ampullaria Shriveled Up Like A Prune!

[Teddscau]

Okay, so I took my N. ampullaria out of its giant jar about three hours ago to let it air out a bit. I pulled him out of his "pot" so I could get all his dead pitchers off and I may or may not have felt a slight "pop", then I put him back in his pot. I checked on him a moment ago, and his leaves are all wilted and shriveled! The lids on his pitchers even closed! I got him a few months ago, and I've never had a pitcher before. What the heck happened? You'd think I hadn't watered him in several weeks!

 

[lil hokie]

Weird! Do you have a before and after picture?

 

[Teddscau]

Sadly, I haven't taken any pictures of him yet.

Just imagine my pitcher as lettuce.

Before: http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=6782&email=yes

After (except not crispy brown):
http://www.shouragroup.com/Images/gallery/vegetables big/lettuce_fusarium_wilt2.jpg

 

[Wire Man]

They don't like being moved from high humidity to low humidity suddenly, or having their roots disturbed. It sounds like a stress response.

 

[carbonetc]

Could that "pop" have been the roots being pulled off of the plant? That'd do it. Is it a cutting or a basal meaning that roots may have only formed recently?

 

[Sundrew]

I was going to say humidity as well. How long was it out of the jar?

 

[lance]

Right now the first thing you should do is put it back in it's jar and seal it up as it normally was. It's most likely a humidity problem (the jar must have had about 100% humidity or so). If the cells are still alive they should rehydrate and the plant should return to normal.

 

[Teddscau]

It was out the jar for maybe three hours. It's not a cutting or anything. I think it has a fully formed root system and everything.

I checked on him this morning and he seems to be perking up again.