How to prune heliamphora pulchella

Any time a pitcher is fully dead. Use clean, sharp scissors to cut fully dead pitchers at their base, as close to the rhizome as possible without damaging surrounding growth. Never remove green or nectar-spoon-bearing pitchers — they are functional and critical to plant health.

Rarely — only when pitchers are fully dead. Heliamphora pulchella (marsh pitcher plant) needs very little pruning. Remove pitchers only when they have fully browned and collapsed — green or partially brown pitchers are still photosynthesising and should be left. This is a slow-growing highland carnivorous plant; cutting live pitchers sets it back significantly and is unnecessary.

Use clean, sharp scissors to cut fully dead pitchers at their base, as close to the rhizome as possible without damaging surrounding growth. Never remove green or nectar-spoon-bearing pitchers — they are functional and critical to plant health.