Depends.

Most likely they are just getting used to your area. That's normal, and they should recover in a few weeks/months. Mine took about 6 months to recover, and since my move in October my single Nep hasn't done anything, I anticipate it will recover in March in April.

However, it can be a symptom of something else. Have you grown other Neps before? Are you using pure distilled water? Are they getting enough light? Are they warm enough?

What are the ideal conditions then? I use pure distilled water. what should the plant plant look like while their getting used to my conditions? Will a compact floresent bulb give enough light? THe N. Copeneii has made a new picher so it is allready growing while the other one isn't. Is that a bad sign? even the new leaves are turning yellow on the Kohala.

I am not sure what kinda lighting setup you have. Do you have a camera?

More light is better, of course. :)

Without knowing very well the growing condition in your house, its hard to know. I visited twice California Carnivore & got to know Mr. DÂAmato in person.

He keeps his plants in a controlled constant environment; pull them out from that environment. The plants, especially the neps will go into shock. I bought from him a N. ventricosa, alata, & truncata. Did my best to keep them from going into shock, it was futile & the plants ceased growth & dropped all their urns.

They do take about 4 to 6 months to recover, unfortunatelyÂ

Currently my plants are doing fine, but every winter they go into shock and drop most of their urns except the new ones & slow down their growth. Sure I go "a-aw shucks!" but I know expect them to do that every winter.

So if you bought your plants this late of the year & took them to a drier & colder environment, its not surprising they went into shock.

N. x ÂKohala is a good beginner plant, easy to grow & highlands are more easier to grow then lowlands.

But N. Copenii IÂm not familiar with, a new cultivar? Or did you mean N. copellandi?

Anyways, when a neps in shock, growing urns will stop developing but once it recovers, it will grow out new leaves with developing urns but the previous ones will die. Nothing you can do about that, but if it's growing new ones that's a good sign. Light, make sure the bulb is at least over 2000 lumens, I use 2 and light them up for 12 hours.

But we need where you keep your plant, how much light, & did you repot it.

Good luck.

I keep them in a terrarium in front of a window. What lightbulb brands can I use. Will the compact Flourisent bulbs work. I don't think it's going into shock because all the leaves are turning yellow at the edges, Including the new ones. the oldest leaf is going brown. How do I save it?

if the leaf is completley bbrown, cut it off. It is probably getting used to your area(someone already said that) I put an N. Ventricosa in a moist, humid terrarium. It had pitchers and leaves turning brown, it kept doing this for a month off and on with no new leaves. But one day I saw two new leaves coming out....a month later they are still green and it caught a silverfish today.
Ps. Soil moisture- it should always be MOIST. Remember, they grow in rainforests, so they get rain everyday and stay damp-moist all the time

My N. Ventricosa (at least, I think that's what it is -- ) took something like 6 months to recover when I first bought it from Lowes. I moved it in October to my new apartment and it's STILL recovering.

They do take a long time to recover from any major changes in environment. I'm personally not looking forward to repotting him in the spring, he's currently in a 11" pot full of half peat half perlite, I am probably going to go with pure LFS or something similar (50/50 LFS and Perlite?) in spring.

You said.. "I keep them in a terrarium in front of a window."

How many hours of direct light does it get? 3-4 hours of direct light should be enough light with indirect the rest of the day. I would ditch the terrarium if it is indeed ventricosa. I have a few neps and the only one I currently grow in a terrarium is N. Tentaculata and the only reason I am doing that is because it was an unrooted cutting which is now rooted (finally). I am slowly acclaimating it to lower humitity now. Oddly enought most neps can grow in lower humitity. There are a few that do need more stringent conditions, but ventricosa is not one of them.

I just put this in a previous post, but I thought it might help. Below is a link of my ventricosa and a few others. I keep it under shop lights (2 40W flourescent tubes) for about 12-16 hours. And never a terrarium.

http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=user&user=4230&op=view_album&album=179

Hope this helps...

"iluvneps" NOT suggesting that you try this...

Just curious, does anyone know if a little Vitamin B-1 would help iluvneps out any???
Just wondering...

I give my cuttings a quick soak in a little Superthrive & a few drops of B-1 (in distilled water) prior to dipping them in rooting powder / planting them & it doesn't seem to hurt them at all...

~Lighting~
This is what I use for my cuttings / It'll run you about $120 / But it works great "In My opinion>
A Bat Wing Reflector / I use a "Bright Wing" High Wattage Fluorescent Grow Lamp Fixture By Sun Systems
A 125 Watt 2700K Full Spectrum Warm Compact Fluorescent Grow Light

The bulb runs fairly cool & depending on the size of the aquarium, the reflector should fit it nicely
Even thought they don't put out much heat, I would still recommend using a fan if you have them in a tank
Because it can/will heat up a small aquarium fast / Watch the temp closely till you know for sure / Don't want to cook your plants

Best Of Luck With Them & Hope They Pull Through For You,
Eric

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