Balcony grown Cephalotus - two different forms

[Cindy]

Recent growing conditions
Temperature range: 25C to 35C
Humidity range: 35% to 80%
Light range: Bright shade to several hours of direct sunlight in the afternoon

Clone A, March'09

Clone A, May'09 (with camera flash)

Clone A, May'09 (under FL for comparison of the actual colour under different lighting)

Leaf stalks are also colouring up.

 

[Cindy]

Another form, grown under similar conditions. It does not colour up as readily but gives larger pitchers.

Clone B, March'09

Clone B, May'09 (with camera flash)

 

[BigBella]

Beautiful plants!

 

[Jefforever]

Wow.

You've really had some luck w/ cephalotus!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[raimeiken]

what's your substrate recipe and how much watering do you do?

 

[Delwin]

Stunning
This is one hard marathon i to chase

 

[Capensis]

Incredible Cephs as always! Great camera, too.

 

[Cindy]

Thanks everyone. I have not been looking at them much lately and was truely amazed at the rate of growth since March when I compared the photos. Apparently, they are really happy with the recent weather - rain storm in the morning followed with scorching sun in the late afternoon.

what's your substrate recipe and how much watering do you do?

Raimeiken, the substrate is mostly a mixture of peat and sand, with some pine bark to increase aeration. They are top watered every 1-2 days.