Yesterday I let my mature Nepenthes outside for the day to soak
up some rays and maybe catch some bugs. While doing this I noticed
that the nectar covering the lip of a pitcher on my
N. margareta X mirabilis was so thick that the lip no longer looked
ribbed. It was quite sweet to the taste. While moving my plant outside
I spilled the contents of the one mature, open, pitcher from this
plant. Eyyyyyyyyycchhhhh!!! A giant phlegm-globber slung out from
the pitcher, BARELY missing my hand (thank god). Fortunately this
plant was in my terrarium and didn't have any dead bugs in it.
Does anyone know what causes pitcher contents to do this?
Disgusted,
rja