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Ventricosa help

JB in Utah

Come To The Light. . .
Well, I'm stumped so far. One of my ventricosas' leaves have started to droop, they used to be very firm and healthy, now they seem weak and floppy/ by comparison - my cultivation techniques haven't changed, except the extremely cold air coming off my ac 24/7 This is clearly not normal. I know for sure that it not any pests, I already checked. Any advice would be helpful.
 
Maybe you're keeping it too dry . . .
 
It's not that dry right now, if anything I've been watering it every day.
 
I almost killed a nep about a year ago from over watering and the roots rotted. Symptoms were the same as your describing. I re-potted in a more open mix and it came back around before I gave it away.

Same thing happens with orchids if over watered.
 
Root rot.....caused by cold damp conditions.
 
sounds like it's time to repot then.

---------- Post added at 11:16 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 AM ----------

Just finished repotting, I added some bark to the mix to open it up. The root mass looked pretty good, there wasn't too much damage and there's a basal that's getting ready to break the soil surface, if nothing else, it got new soil. I put it in the windowsill to warm it up, I should see the leaves perk up once the temps are up. I'll let everyone know how it turned out.
 
Maybe that A/C was too close or something, making it unreasonably cold for the Nepenthes.

Good luck!
 
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