S.Purpurea is freaking out :(

[LeafKirby]

Why is it making all these deformed pitchers!

Ignore the dormancy ones from last year.

Could it have something to do with a current fungus attack?

 

[UnstuckinTime]

In my experience, which for sarracenia needs to be taken with a grain of salt, the first few pitchers of the season are almost always a bit wonky, and aren't anything to be concerned over. I would advise to just wait, and see if they even out. If you're really concerned, you could try a preliminary treatment of Neem Oil, and see if that does anything.

 

[lance]

Yeah, I have to agree and just wait and see what happens... my sarracenias make small pitchers from time to time especially in the beginning of the year.

 

[hcarlton]

A sudden change from one growing condition to another will cause the plant to freak out and not produce proper pitchers for a while. This may be from dormant to growing conditions, humidity changes, or lighting changes. Mine go through something like this every year, for about 2 months, then start growing more and more normal pitchers.

 

[Alexis]

What am I looking at here?

 

[LeafKirby]

All the random small pitchers.

 

[F R e N c H 3 z]

If I understand what you are asking us to look at it looks like you're talking a whole separate growth point off of your mother plant. Nothing wrong with the plant, it's just growing.

 

[LeafKirby]

oh alright.
I thought it was having some kind of negative response to something.

 

[LeafKirby]

Anyway, its put out this many pitchers since...

 

[LeafKirby]

This doesn't look good.

 

[LeafKirby]

If these are new growth points, how do I separate them?

 

[petmantis]

Don't separate them. Leave them be; and if you really must, do it next spring before the plants awake from dormancy.

 

[LeafKirby]

Okay, thanks.

 

[Tony C]

It looks fine, I concur with the others who have mentioned environmental causes. If I get some time I'll shoot pics of the pitchers I have from the early season, our weird weather produced some really goofy growth.

 

[Wire Man]

That's normal, it's just making new growth points. Leave them attached, as a dense clump of pitchers is an awesome sight.

 

[hcarlton]

Plus with purpurea, the new points will stay close to each other, and are not easily separated. And yes, a massive clump is a sight to behold, especially when it gets a couple hundred pitchers!

 

[LeafKirby]

Plus with purpurea, the new points will stay close to each other, and are not easily separated. And yes, a massive clump is a sight to behold, especially when it gets a couple hundred pitchers!

That doesn't sound good at all D: