When traps go black

[Brails]

when nepenthes traps go black do you cut them off like a VF?

 

[arie]

when they completly black I use to cut them down
make the plants look better and no harm to the plant
Arie

 

[GEORGE-CP]

acctually the pitchers turn brown. i also cut them off to keep the plant looking nice and healthy but i keep them to the side in a basket. later on when the leaves turn brown or black i cut them off also but i put them into the trash

 

[Brails]

thx for the info

 

[carnivorous23]

Leaving them on won't hurt the plant at all either. It's kind of cool looking at them once the plant gets big, and they've got little, shriveled brown/black pitchers, next to much larger, fresh pitchers.

 

[swords]

Older literature I've read siad to cut the dead/shriveled pitchers off because they could potentially lead to fungal infections, probably only a big concern in an enclosed terrarium with no air circulation. But after reading that I've always cleaned them up but cutting the shriveled ones off, "just in case"!