This was my first thought - that this was a calculated stunt. Talent builds intrigue, but rage gets clicks. This is sad to see as it is, but if this is a genuine reaction, it’s even sadder.

I would never want anything to do with this artist, whether this was a genuine bad reaction or malicious. Just sad.

Here you go! “Nepenthes like being kept moist, not wet. Think of a moist sponge. They appreciate a well draining potting mix and dislike standing in water constantly. They should never be allowed to completely dry out. You can keep them in saucers of water indoors, but they must be allowed to evaporate in between waterings.” - https://redleafexotics.com/pages/nepenthes-care-guide. I think it was mentioned further up the thread as well with some other good tips from @AlecStewart1st@lemmy.world

I don’t run a heat lamp, but I keep mine inside, nearish a window, and it never gets below 60F in my house (so about 15.5C). I water mine from the top, when I see water start to form in the rocks under it, I stop. I do that twice a week based on that “sponge” rule.

I’m so thankful @AlecStewart1st@lemmy.world got hold of this to help answer questions for you. Everything you were told is 100% the perfect advice.

If you want to know more of my setup, and maybe help plan some of your own - I have a single 10w SANSI bulb about a foot away and on for 8 hours a day, also the plant is in an East facing window. I have the nursery-style pot on top of some glass “rocks” in a drainage tray, and water twice a week using the “sponge” rule. The tray of glass “rocks” keeps the Nep from sitting in water (and avoids possible minerals getting to it). My apartment ranges from 30% humidity in the winter to about 70%+ in summer. I live in the Northeastern US near the coast, so that helps a bit. You can see my setup here:

https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/364/330/298/164/709/original/c86c271ebee68023.png

Post a picture! Also there is a pretty great Discord for John’s Carnivorous Plants that can usually ID a Nepenthes in minutes here: https://discord.gg/bn4wNpwj (but post here first because I’m greedy and I want a first crack at it)

Some definitely don’t mind a little chill at night. Other hybrids are hearty in either. Do you know which one you have?

It is! Nepenthes Sanguinea Orange

Hola! 1 10 year account, 3 accounts at 3+ years.

Are you bottom watering that Nepenthes with that pot? I only ask because I had a bad experience doing bottom/tray watering, and was wondering your results (I also had to swap to LFSM for my Neps).

I also had a huge cluster of D. Spatulata like that and they were super cranky, ended up having to separate all of them - it’s like your plants are 100% opposite mine!

Yup. Both of mine were on my carnosa. Maybe later this year (once the fans are off).

Lucky duck. I had two hoya blooms starting this year… and both fell off before they bloomed. They appear to be super fragile, ceiling fan blew one of them off, the other got knocked off when I was spraying it for fungus gnats.

Absolutely! I need to know more about my own local stuff (I’m in New England. We have trees and poison ivy, so that’s all I usually identify).

The Pine Barrens have a bunch of cool stuff! at least two different Drosera - Intermedia and Rotundifolia. Also Sarracenia (North American Pitcher Plants) and Utricularia (Bladderworts) - one of Charles Darwin’s favorite carnivores - those little dudes live around most of the world except Antarctica. That seems like a super hiking spot, I’ll have to visit there with the wife and go on a carnivore expedition.

Edit - wife is super excited to go, and we’re going to try to get there this year! Thank you so much! This is the kind of stuff I found on reddit, and I’m glad to find it here on Lemmy ;)

Working from home helps, you can notice stuff right away. Once you get it zeroed in, a lot of it is just water and make sure the timer ticks on for the light.

Yup! Drosera is a sundew! It sounds pretentious AF, but a lot of plant nerds stick to Latin names because some plant common names get thrown around to plants that aren’t part of that genus or species, and that causes some problems researching care and needs of the plant. After a while you just stop thinking about it.

If I had a nickel for everything named a cactus that isn’t…

If you want to know more, just ask! I’ll talk about carnivorous stuff all damn day.

I deleted one 11 year account and 3 three year accounts. The amount of absolute repeat garbage bots on all my homepage, and throughout popular was so bad, it just became Facebook, but angrier.

Ducks and witches are the same weight.

Weirdest plant I own, Drosera Binata (which is carnivorous), I have two and a half Nepenthes (tropical pitcher plants, wife has one I take care of), some common “Spoon Sundew” Drosera Spatulata, a couple of Pinguiculas, and a Utricularia, those are my carnivorous ones. They are definitely the weirder ones, the rest are commonplace collector basics (begonia, orchid, calatheas, pothos, etc.).

I have a shot of my U. Reniformis and D. Binata, https://lemmy.world/post/79348 I don’t know if that will work - first week here.

Thanks for the heads up! Kbin was still wonky when I tried to get on it earlier, so I’ve been letting it be until the reddit exodus.

Currently babying the crap out of a small pile of carnivorous plants, watching over a random array of succulents, pothos, and other household favorites. I also am the “caretaker” of the wife’s small pile of plants, which are more cactus and spices.

I’m terrified of getting into orchids, and heavier into begonias because of how hard I got into carnivores. I have one of each that are doing well.

I’ve also got a maranta and calathea that are doing pretty well (today), and a begonia that is now on speaking terms with me after I didn’t make its days any easier. We’re learning together. I’m learning how to take care of her, and she’s learning that I’m an idiot.

Niche stuff. I mostly came to reddit for discovering interesting/weird/rare plants and the best way to care for them. Googling has become absolute dogshit with obviously generated articles that are just parroting the same information (which for niche plants, can be false, speculation, and even harmful).

I’m in a couple of Discord communities (which have jumped up in activity in the last couple of days), but those communities are a bit harder to find that four year old post about “what does this type of growth mean”, or something similar.

I also used reddit for tracking technology issues in much the same way - very specific, hard to locate issues that only a few people might be experiencing and talking about in a searchable way. Everything from video games, to work related technologies.