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New to pitchers, I have some concerns!

Hey Everybody! I'm new to the forum, so Thanks for having me! Hoping somebody can help me out! I have a little pitcher plant a hybrid of Nepenthes MaximaXFusca. I keep it in a slightly shaded south facing window above my kitchen sink. I'm using sphagnum moss for the media in a 4"in. plastic basket. For the most part it seems to be growing well, but it is not producing pitchers!

It came to me with 3 good sized pitchers on it, fairly relative to the size of the plant. "Bout' 6"inches", 1.5" in. pitchers. I fed it small Superworms (heads removed), and each pitcher I fed turned brown and died shortly after finishing it's respective meal. It has one stunted looking pitcher left! It has grown a few really nice leaves since I got it, but no new pitchers!

What am I doing wrong?
 
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It might just be adjusting to your conditions. It is normal for pitchers to die off after a plant is moved to a new environment. As long as the new growth looks okay, the plant should be fine. It will take some time before the plant begins to make pitchers again.
 
A few months! Update! I looks like it is growing a new pitcher, the tip of the leaf sprig is starting to turn and show formation of a pitcher
 
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