The Demise of a Heliamphora

[carnivoure12]

It was today that i checked on my heliamphora minor as i pulled on a picther it came out very easily, i soon tried another, the same and the same, the bases were all brown and mushy, it seems that it rotted away, It was in a pure LFS media. However, I have another heli, that one is doing great, its in 1 lsf:.5 peat: .5 Perlite, could the mix had made a difference? The one in the 3 compenet mix is growng vigorously, and all the pitchers are firmly attached.


Any ideas what happened?

 

[seedjar]

I'm not especially knowledgeable on Helis, but it sounds like the media. Helis like good drainage. I grow mine in lava rock, live sphagnum, sand, ceramic chips and peat. Sorry to hear about your loss.
~Joe

 

[Jimmy]

Did you have it sitting in water?

 

[Capensis]

It most likely rotted. And different soil mixes are a very important when it comes to other plants.

 

[Ant]

Sorry to hear this. It sounds like root rot.

 

[carnivoure12]

I don't have it in water, I mist it everyday, I will cut down on the misting on the healthy one, petmantis's is dying aswell, it too is in pure LFS

 

[Jefforever]

Hmm... did the soil smell? Was it all broken down?

 

[carnivoure12]

Not really, it was still green and lush.

 

[theyellowdart]

Were the pitchers brown? Or were you just pulling on them for no reason?

 

[carnivoure12]

I was pulling the pitchers because they were rotten on the base, I was getting rid of the old dried up one and the good ones started falling off.