I've looked through previous threads, hoping to find the answer to this, but since I didn't really find anything that satisfied my question(s), I'm posting on here for a solution.
I have a young-well, actually TWO-N. mirandax hybrids that I purchased last spring at a reptile show from a guy who grows CP's. He told me that they were tissue-cultured and roughly a year old. They were in 2-inch pots at the time and now reside in a 6-inch hanging pot. I asked him about substrate, and he told me that Eco Earth, a coconut fiber based substrate often used in terrariums, would work fine, so that's what they're in. They have grown quite a bit, added new leaves, have nice coloration...but no pitchers. Not even the first sign of a pitcher, ever. They will get the little tendrils at the ends of the leaves, but those don't get more than an inch or so in length and they never develop into anything. Now, everything I've read so far on here deals with fertilizing Neps that either have pitchers or have HAD pitchers, but not about those that have never grown them. So, what is the recommendation with this particular plant-give it more time, repot in a different media, or add fertilizer to stimulate pitcher formation?
Here's a pic of it, taken a few days ago:
Now here's the ID requests-bought this bruiser a few days ago at a Publix, of all places. Has nice pitchers, healthy leaves, had not been there more than a couple of days so it had not been given tap water from the store. The pitchers are a full foot long and the leaves are HUGE...is this an adult N. miranda?
Don't worry; it doesn't stay out under that bush. I hung it there to pour distilled water on it and take the pic then moved it back inside.
While I'm at it, might as well throw in a pic of my smaller Nep, taken at school last fall, since someone said it probably was not N. alata as labeled. I like to have my plants correctly ID'd, so I'd appreciate if someone could let me know if it is or isn't N. alata.
I have a young-well, actually TWO-N. mirandax hybrids that I purchased last spring at a reptile show from a guy who grows CP's. He told me that they were tissue-cultured and roughly a year old. They were in 2-inch pots at the time and now reside in a 6-inch hanging pot. I asked him about substrate, and he told me that Eco Earth, a coconut fiber based substrate often used in terrariums, would work fine, so that's what they're in. They have grown quite a bit, added new leaves, have nice coloration...but no pitchers. Not even the first sign of a pitcher, ever. They will get the little tendrils at the ends of the leaves, but those don't get more than an inch or so in length and they never develop into anything. Now, everything I've read so far on here deals with fertilizing Neps that either have pitchers or have HAD pitchers, but not about those that have never grown them. So, what is the recommendation with this particular plant-give it more time, repot in a different media, or add fertilizer to stimulate pitcher formation?
Here's a pic of it, taken a few days ago:
Now here's the ID requests-bought this bruiser a few days ago at a Publix, of all places. Has nice pitchers, healthy leaves, had not been there more than a couple of days so it had not been given tap water from the store. The pitchers are a full foot long and the leaves are HUGE...is this an adult N. miranda?
Don't worry; it doesn't stay out under that bush. I hung it there to pour distilled water on it and take the pic then moved it back inside.
While I'm at it, might as well throw in a pic of my smaller Nep, taken at school last fall, since someone said it probably was not N. alata as labeled. I like to have my plants correctly ID'd, so I'd appreciate if someone could let me know if it is or isn't N. alata.
