#pitcherplant — Public Fediverse posts
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Nepenthes progressions 2021-2026
Nepenthes are carnivorous plants under the order of Caryophyllales, making them loosely related to cacti and carnations, but also the other common carnivorous plants like Venus fly traps and sundews. There are many other plants that have learned to eat insects that aren't related though. When this happens, we call the process convergent evolution. Two different species, with the same selective pressures, ended up evolving similar systems to overcome those pressures. Think of bats and birds […]https://garesgarden.wordpress.com/2026/09/01/nepenthes-progressions-2021-2026/
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#Nepenthes (spathulata x lowii) x [(lowii x veitchii) x boschiana] “Queens Collar”, CAR-0159
#PitcherPlant #CarnivorousPlants #CarnivorousPlantCollection #houseplants #gardening #photography
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Is this plant doing well or not? I'm not quite sure. The 2nd one (the little one that kinda is getting shaded by the big one and needs repotting) looks greener and more like how I'd expect it to look.
Is the light too much?
Set to 10h/day and intensity 7/10 (120W).
My reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/SavageGarden/comments/1s9foy1/pitcher_plant_doing_well/