After the repotting and new environment stress, it initially lost all pitchers, but has formed new ones half a year ago. Now, it is thriving and still has the problem, that every pitcher has no digestive liquid inside, even when still closed.

From what I've read, they are about 1/3 filled when the lid is still on and that's where the juices are the most concentrated. But they should also be able to both form or suck up new liquid/ water, so even when some of it is lost somehow, it should be able to produce enough to digest prey, or if it "rains", they aren't diluted too much.

Well... mine are even "born" empty. The plant has a rough time catching flies on its own. They don't dry up and die or anything, they just are empty and unattractive for insects.

Conditions:

• Very high air humidity, most of the time about 70-80%. Again, I don't see any pitchers drying up all at once or any other issues. The plant is happy.
• Relatively high light. For houseplants very high. SW-facing huge window (northern hemisphere), but behind a curtain. Diffused. On sunny days, I get ~400 ppfd
• Substrate: LECA, semi-hydro
• Fertilizer in substrate: 1x every month or two 1 mS EC hydro nutrient solution, refilled with RO water. The EC is sitting at about 0,3-0,7 mS most of the time. I noticed much faster growth rates when fertilizing a bit, because in nature they are also getting some nutrients from the soil. But I keep it pretty low to encourage pitcher formation. I've seen a few yellowing bottom leafes (nitrogen deficiency) already, but they are relatively rare.
• Feeding: most of the pitchers are ignored from my side. I filled them up with said nutrient solution a while back from time to time, but I don't do that anymore, because there's enough active growth. One pitcher tho is filled with bugs I gave the plant, and when I see this pitcher dried up, I drop a bit of water in there to aid digestion. Just a bit, because in nature it probably rains in them too?

Pictures

The plant itself

New pitchers

The oldest pitchers are getting consumed, but a lot of new ones are forming

Active pitchers, that have caught a few fungus gnats, and one that I used a while for active insect feeding

I just adore this plant

Yes, I lost the original power supply and no, I don't want to talk about it.

Thought you all might appreciate a follow-up now that a bunch of leaves have come in. Here's hoping they remain for at least 6 months, that last dormancy took forever!

I've been taking my plants to the kitchen to water/drain 1-2 pots at a time but....I may or may not have purchased 10 more plants yesterday and that's a lot of back and forth. They're mostly in my foyer which is a half level down.

I've been thinking about getting something I can keep in the garage (next to the foyer) and quickly set up/disassemble like this:

Anyone have any other suggestions or ideas?

Most people struggle with too low RH, leading to stunted growth, burnt tips, and dehydrated leaves. We all know that.

But I may have quite the opposite problem: my hygrometers never display a value of <50%, even during winter.

In summer, it often stays at about 60% (40-70%, depending on weather), and right now, due to the autumn weather conditions, I'm quite struggling to get it lower than 70%, even after opening the windows/ doors and letting the air flow through the apartment (we Germans call that Querlüften) a few times daily.

Right now it sits at constant 80%.

I live in a very modern apartment with great insulation, so mold isn't going to be a problem. During very cold winters, there's some condensation on the windows, but no moist walls or whatever.

Still, even though my Calatheas, ferns, and Nepenthes love it and thrive, I don't identify as a gecko and think I shouldn't be living in a fucking terrarium...

Here are a few pics attached.

There are some moldy stocks (especially on Calatheas), leaf damage (airflow?) and many of my orchids struggle, in particular my Phalaenopsis, where half of them thrive, and the other half is already in the trash because they rotted away in a blink of an eye. Oncidium type orchids are also molding a bit on leaf stumps, but I think that might be normal, because the new roots look great.
Crown rot is also a thing, especially with my Pinguiculas.

Is that due to the humidity, or because of my semi-hydro (passive LECA hydroculture) cultivation?

The leaves are definitely the show-stopper, but the flowers are pretty too :)

Another one in bloom in the bromeliad terrarium. The flowers in the center take turns extending in the evening. So far they never actually open, just one sticks out above the rest and then goes back with the rest by morning. Equally facinating and frustrating is wondering what the hell the intended pollinator is for these plants.

Pretty little things. Very stinky.

A bit late to the party but she still made it!

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This handsome little guy came as a free bonus from Holm's orchid shop. I think they're doing their own hybrids since there's a bunch of Holm-named hybrids in their web shop.

New to this community. What do you think of this plant? Blooms almost year round. I've had it for almost a year.

New to this community. What do you think of this plant?

The plant is a Dioscorea elephantipes. Been raising this cute little one since he was a seed in July 2023 :)

I need more soil. And to clean up my 3D printed pot when I’ve finished adding soil lol.

Everything is semi hydro. Except the Cordyline Ti Plant which does have an air stone because I wanted to and I have so much extra aquarium stuff.

The other three are alocasias: azlanii, variegated frydek, and a mystery maybe frydek.

Using hydroponic fertilizers and dosing rates suggested by the brilliant @Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net in a post here on Lemmy.

My friend and I like to swap cuttings, I made out like a bandit this time :P

I only had about 5 cuttings for her this time, going to have to step up my game! (I'm running out of plants she doesn't already have 😰)