My Special Nepenthes × Ventrata

[Beasty_Artemis]

So I bought a few carnivorous plants specifically for my self contained tortoise set up a while back. But I have been suffering from some severe health problems, and now all of them have been killed off except for my beloved Nepenthes × Ventrata . I have recently been giving it some serious attention and trying to help him bounce back after so much neglect....Well I just noticed yesterday that he is finally pitchering, and has 2 new male leaves opening at the bottom. One is officially opened, and I tucked some crushed up bits of fish food flakes in to get that pitcher started ! At the leaf tips at the upper parts of the plant, tiny male pitchers can be seen forming!
Is it the temps? Light? Humidity?
Hmmmm....something is hitting perfect levels.
I marked its position hanging above Artemis's tortoise table for an ideal position..... its hanging just above one of the fake plants, so mabey that one is regulating its humidity......

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

After everything this plant has been capable of putting up with over the course of a year and servived, I would highly recommend this hybrid. Extremely tough! I'm still surprised "Alphred" is capable of still thriving in the Tortoise Cave at all....!

 

[KarenSoCal]

I admire you! You're able to keep them alive! I've never tried one of these, but I've managed to kill multiple Venus Fly Traps.
But as I remember they like humidity, and often that's hard to find here.

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

I'm able to keep this specific species alive because it's the toughest ( easiest!!!) Nepenthes that tortoise hobbyist can keep alive! Not some expert gardener, which I am definitely, definitely not. Carnivorous plant lovers probably would hate me.

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Also, this nepenthes is hanging over my tortoises table, not sitting down inside it where Artemis can chew on it!

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

I personally am having to rededicate myself on nepenthes husbandry. I got it in 2019. I have not even thought about this plant in forever, but it's still holding on! I kind of assumed it was just about as dead as the other 2 that used to be next to it....
Feeding tip:
make a tiny pile of a crushed up fish food flake. Then use a moistened paint brush to put the food in the pitchers mouth!

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Would a small LED plant light be bad to position over my torts table???? I have bbn one of these sitting around, but maybe I'll have to just except what it's getting from the red foots lighting....

 

[Beasty_Artemis]

Here is what it would look like:


Would that be bad for my tortoises eyes?