Trumpet Pitcher 'Fiona'

Fiona is a compact hybrid Trumpet Pitcher with thick, upright pitchers that have pale green to creamy-white heads covered in red veining. 

Trumpet Pitchers require different care than typical houseplants. They are native to Eastern and Southern North America, where they grow naturally in nutrient-poor, acidic wetlands, bogs, fens, and swampy areas. Their wild populations have declined due to habitat loss and poaching, but they are not considered extinct throughout most of their native range. Because the soil provides very few nutrients, they have adapted to supplement their nutritional needs by trapping and digesting prey, including flies, ants, beetles, and wasps. They prefer strong light and require a cool winter dormancy period.

Dormancy is triggered by shorter days and cooler temperatures. When grown indoors, you may need to mimic these seasonal changes to encourage your Trumpet Pitcher to enter dormancy. There are several ways to provide a winter dormancy period, so choose the method that works best for your growing conditions. They can sometimes skip a year or two of dormancy, but over time the plant may weaken without a regular period of winter rest.

Trumpet Pitchers grow best in bright, indirect to direct light with consistently moist, but never soggy, growing conditions. Water only with distilled, rain, or reverse osmosis water, as they are sensitive to minerals found in tap water. Plant them in a nutrient-poor medium such as sphagnum moss or a mix of peat moss and perlite, and avoid standard potting soils or added fertilizers.