Thank you! so just to double check here, in the winter, the VFT and pitcher plant can stand the outside cold? I am in zone 8 fort worth. just want to make sure I know what to do when winter comes. and you said your pitcher plants only made pitchers in fall? did it make any in spring? If it only made in fall, then maybe that makes sense.....maybe its just not the right time yet for my plant. would distilled water help it? because I currently used distilled for the venus but just regular for the pitcher. Thanks again!!

The worst thing for these plants is if one plant is a vegetarian. Carnivorous plants should be okay to house together.

Speaking of my carnivorous plants, I have a picture here of my pitcher plant. A couple of questions for someone with experience with these. Does this think look healthy or not? Is the red leaf sunburn, or normal? Right now it is in slight shade most of the day (because I originally THOUGHT the read leaf was sunburn, but I dont know for sure), but I have a spot I can move it back out into the full sun. should i give it distilled water? Oh and does anyone know what type of nepenthes it is? I only know that it IS a nepenthes. But its just not making any pitchers right now so I was curious if anyone had any thoughts on this. my house is set at an angle, so the plant is actually facing a northeast direction, being slightly more north than east.

It's leaves remind me of the Nepenthes miranda, but we'd need a picture of the pitcher to be certain. If it is, some of them do have a reddish tint on the leaves and that is normal. Sunburned leaves (or parts of leaves) will begin to dry up and die.

You should keep the growing medium moist, so water as needed for that. If you want to try to get more, you can also take some cuttings and try to root them. However, I would recommend that only if you have other specimens or the growing stem is getting longer than you want. Otherwise, imo, seeing a large Nepenthese wrapping its way up some kind of support, with leaves full of pitchers, is an amazing site that I'm looking forward to see on my plants.

I've read that Nepenthes and Saracennias can take a little bit more TDS in the water source (such as tap water). However, since I get distilled water for my VFTs, I just use that to water the two kinds of pitcher plants also.

Yes, my Nepenthes only made pitchers in the fall last year. They were bare all spring and summer, and then suddenly in the fall, pretty much all the Nepenthes that I had, made pitchers with no additional support from me. It could just be that conditions were right for them at that time. (You can also try to have more pitchers by creating the right environment for them, but that should be another topic as this post is getting long already)

For your area, the Saracennias can stay out during winter, but the Nepenthese should be brought in.

You later clarification of what you meant by "pitcher plant" was important. I thought you had a Sarracenia. Many neps will want to be shaded during the midday heat in an area like yours. Nep pitchering is often affected by the amount of light and humidity. A lack of one or the other will often inhibit pitchering. The type of nep makes a difference as well.

In your area, I would expect that the vft should be able to handle it outside year round. You do need to keep it moist/wet throughout the summer. If you plant it in an unglazed terra cotta pot the porous nature of the pot will help keep the roots cool via evaporative cooling. Use a 6-8" pot as vets tend to have deep roots. The pot can stand in an inch or two of water during the summer.

A greenhouse like that shown would not be good for the age succ/cactus as the air within can remain too humid. Tiger jaws (Faucaria) are late fall, winter, to early spring growers. During the heat of summer they rest. Morning and evening sun are fine but it will want to be shaded during the hottest part of the day.