I have a pretty good sized Nepenthes alata-- It has 2 growing points and at least 10 "pitchers". We have a love hate relationship-- I love it--it hates me. My environment is not humid enough for it, despite my misting it several times a day. It is growing and forming new pitchers, but they turn brown fairly quickly. This will only get worse this winter since we heat with wood. I would love to swap this off for unusual houseplants I CAN grow, or interesting perennials. Here is a link to the plant files:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/987/
CLOSED: Nepenthes alata (aka winged pitcher plant)
Hi
I certainly have the humidity here. You can check my list but I have to warn you I do mostly tropicals.
Jan...
Gran, I love my alata! Just out of curiosity, are you keeping the soil wet all the time? My house is pretty dry in the winter, but still continues to grow in bright light - no pitchers in the winter though.
Yes, I am keeping it wet and also have the pot inside a larger pot that is filled with constantly damp sphagnum, as I read somewhere that they like that. Lots and lots of new growth with potential pithers on it. It hates me. In my mind it is taking up space something else could enjoy.
Maybe it's just hungry and you keep tempting it. :) I'll bet you just won't climb into one of the pitchers for it. Seriously though, I frequently forget to water mine for a week at a time or more in the winter, but my room temps are stable and stay around 70 degrees. Sorry you have to give it up. My neighbor's kids like to come over during the summer and look in the pitchers for bugs. It gets a lot of mosquitos.
If it ate me it wouldn't have to eat again for oh say...the next 50 years^_^