S. purpurea

[nepenthes_ak]

Im curious As do i cut off all the dead parts of the pitchers?

Hear is a Photo

I dont feel like taking another few photos, but yea, So IF the Top of it is dead should I cut it off? (That is a burn from last year On that little wing)

Cheers

 

[CopcarFC]

I would leave it. It's not gonna hurt anything.

 

[Alvin Meister]

There's only a tiny bit of dead material on that pitcher. When the whole hood's gone brown, you can cut that off if you want.

 

[nepenthes_ak]

Thanks... Its like that all over my purps pitchers.

Cheers

 

[Terminus]

I'm conservative when it comes to cutting living tissue, especially if your plant only has a few leaves. While it may not be pretty, I find that my plants do better (especially when coming out of dormancy) if I keep the pitchers until they're about 65%+ dried out. I believe the portion of the dying leaf continues to photosynthesize, even if it can't catch insects. This seems to make a difference.