Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Many of the excellent reviews here are people who just got their plant and are excited about how it looks - I imagine many die off in a month's time without proper care. Mine did come very healthy with about 12 pitchers, but be aware that the pitchers did undergo stress during shipment and refilling the pitchers with water will not prevent most (if not all) of the pitchers that it came with from dying over the course of a couple weeks. However, continue to water the soil with distilled/rain water (NO tap water and keep the soil moist but not in standing water), constant indirect sunlight throughout the day with a couple hours of direct sunlight, humidity levels of 50%+, and finally temps of 65 - 80 degrees F and it will soon replace the old pitchers with plenty of new, larger pitchers. As long as the leaves are healthy and new pitchers are coming in, it just takes time to adapt to its new environment. Keep it in one location under the right conditions - do NOT move it around so it doesn't have to readjust all over again. I'd give it several months before attempting to move it to a bigger pot, as that is stressful for the plant (update: after 6 months, I repotted it using 100% long-fiber spaghnum moss and it’s doing great!). For research purposes - I believe this species is Nepenthes ventrata. I only took off one star bc the sellers were unhelpful on care info and couldn’t even provide the species it is. Overall an easy plant to grow, given that you have some patience and give it the proper conditions mentioned earlier. P.S. I found misting to be a total waste of time and energy - invest in a humidifier if you are growing it in an indoor location with rather dry conditions. Good luck! (Picture is few months after purchase. Update: a couple years out and it’s still doing great!)