- Thu Aug 04, 2022 8:38 pm
#417733
Hi, I'm new here! I have been keeping a VFT for exactly a year and it's really done well until this week!
I live in the southern Pacific area of Costa Rica at 5oo meters elevation. I have the plant housed in a plastic pot with an appropriate substrate, watering, etc. The plant has flowered twice, divided into several smaller plants, and has been catching plenty of small insects naturally in the Costa Rican sun for several hours of morning sun a day.
The problem is that the traps became paler pink and were emerging smaller due to the very rainy season we are having since April that will continue until December. We have had unusually cloudy skies. My plant has really deteriorated in the past couple of weeks and I do not know if it's in trouble or just going dormant.
We had some very bright sun for 2-3 hours five days ago and it's possible it became sunburned in the sun as it was not acclimated due to our weather. I don't understand why it would send up an inflorescence in July if it were going dormant in August. Here are photos showing how it looked in 5/14/22 , on 7/18/22 , and today 8/4/22 .
My urge is to cut off dead parts, cut back on water, and leave it alone, but I would appreciate any suggestions! Thanks for this forum! ¡Pura Vida! Gail
I live in the southern Pacific area of Costa Rica at 5oo meters elevation. I have the plant housed in a plastic pot with an appropriate substrate, watering, etc. The plant has flowered twice, divided into several smaller plants, and has been catching plenty of small insects naturally in the Costa Rican sun for several hours of morning sun a day.
The problem is that the traps became paler pink and were emerging smaller due to the very rainy season we are having since April that will continue until December. We have had unusually cloudy skies. My plant has really deteriorated in the past couple of weeks and I do not know if it's in trouble or just going dormant.
We had some very bright sun for 2-3 hours five days ago and it's possible it became sunburned in the sun as it was not acclimated due to our weather. I don't understand why it would send up an inflorescence in July if it were going dormant in August. Here are photos showing how it looked in 5/14/22 , on 7/18/22 , and today 8/4/22 .
My urge is to cut off dead parts, cut back on water, and leave it alone, but I would appreciate any suggestions! Thanks for this forum! ¡Pura Vida! Gail