You  are excited to see the delivery vehicle  pull up as you
already know  what he has.  It  is your  carnivorous  plant  that
you have  been waiting for.  You open the box, undo the packaging
and all you see is a horrible  looking plant.  Nothing  like what
you  seen in the  picture. Your plant looks  horrible.  It is all
shriveled up, dry, pitchers are dead or have been  completely cut
off......you are disappointed!

     Don't  worry.....be patient and  give it some time. Your new
plant is  simply in  shock from  being  boxed,  handled, probably
dropped and has been without light and deliscious bugs to eat for
a few days and nights while being shipped to you.

     Take the plant out of the packaging as carefully as you can.
Place it in a warm area of your home, but not in direct sunlight. 
Thoroughly water  the plant with rain water (distilled  water  if
you don't have rain water).  You should now spray  the plant with
a mist bottle filled with distilled  water to soak the leaves and
pitchers.

     Every   hour   or  so,  spray  the  plant  again.  Remember,
your carnivorous plant  loves  high humidity and  is  not feeling
very  good.  It  is going to take it  several days to a couple of
weeks to  come out of  its shock,  but  eventually  it  will be a
beautiful plant that will make you happy.

     The following picture  shows  a  plant in shock.  This plant
just  arrived  about 10  hours ago  and is  in pretty  bad shock.
Notice the drooping leaves and pay special attention to the "ONE"
pitcher that  was left  on the  plant  for  shipping.  It  is  in
horrible condition and all sunken in.  This pitcher will probably
not  survive and would have been best removed prior  to shipping.
I'll add a pic of it later when it comes out  of shock so you can
see the rewards of patience and  waiting.



Nepenthes In Shock








  


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