Ceph Splitting

[elgecko]

Before

After

This is my first time doing something this radical to my ceph.
There is not much of a root system on many CP's and the ceph is no exception. Many divisions did not have any roots, just a rhizome. I have had sarr and VFT rhizomes which did not have any roots, take root. I hope cephs are the same way.

 

[Est]

Cool, those're some nice looking plantlets. I hope they all fill out well for ya. Keep us posted and let us know!

 

[kahnli]

yes, please keep us up to date

 

[Goofzilla]

Beautiful plants!

 

[PhreekinSundewMan]

and there ladys and gentlemen is why i want this lovely little pitcher type plant

 

[Cindy]

You are so brave!!! Steve, sometimes I wonder why only you can grow N. hamata and cephalotus so excellently...your conditions must be ideal for both of them!

I see lots of perlite. What's your mix for your cephs?

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

That's amazing how many individual plants came from the clump! So where are you going to grow them all?

 

[elgecko]

Thanks for the comments.

Quote[/b] (Cindy @ May 13 2006,1:57)]You are so brave!!! Steve, sometimes I wonder why only you can grow N. hamata and cephalotus so excellently...your conditions must be ideal for both of them!

I see lots of perlite. What's your mix for your cephs?

Cindy,
I know I've read where cephs can be very picky about root disturbance. I figure at least one of the plants will end up living out of all of them if it was a bad thing to do.
I guess I'm very lucky with my plants.
My latest attempt I'm trying nep wise is a N. rajah right beside the N. hamata.
My soil mix for most all my CP's is equal parts perlite, peat moss, and LFS.

Quote[/b] (LLeopardGGecko @ May 13 2006,4:34)]That's amazing how many individual plants came from the clump! So where are you going to grow them all?

LLeopardGGecko,
I kept 4 or 5 growing points on my plant. Then as you can see in the picture I have 8 more individual plants.
I do not have room for them all. I may keep 1 or 2 to do some experimenting on. Such as growing outside in full sun, letting one go into dormancy, and see how they react to it. The others will find new homes.

 

[chloroplast]

My God! You're braver than I ever could be!

I'm sure your ceph divisions will survive--you grow your plants very well.

 

[DerbyCityNeps]

lol are you using jiffy pots?

. they look great regaurdless! what conditions is it in?
alex

 

[Drosera36]

Neat! How many inches is that pot?

-Ben

 

[elgecko]

Quote[/b] (glider14 @ May 14 2006,6:31)]lol are you using jiffy pots?

. they look great regaurdless! what conditions is it in?
alex

They sure are jiffy pots.
I decided to try these pots out. Once the plant gets established, think how easy it will be to repot into a nice pot. Just drop the whole jiffy pot / plant into the new pot without disturbing the plant at all. No repotting stress.
I set up a small terrarium to place the division into.

Drosera36,
The pot my plant is growing in is only a 4" pot.

 

[LLeopardGGecko]

I've never heard of these "Jiffy Pots". Can plant roots just poke right through them into the soil?

 

[Drosera36]

Yeah, they're made of peat. People often use them for germinating seeds.

-Ben

 

[RL7836]

Hi Steve,
I suspect if you keep them in moderate humidity and out of strong sun, you'll be fine w/ your divisions. Since you drastically altered the root support system for each piece, you will probably see a number of the pitchers/leaves wilt away (before new smaller ones show up). To help this 'equalization' process, you might want to reduce/trim some of the top growth to reduce the stress on the plant...

Good luck with all of your babies ...

 

[JB_OrchidGuy]

<<--- Raises hand to become a foster parent to a plant if needed!!!

Nice plant BTW Steve.  Good luck with the experimenting!

 

[elgecko]

Ron,
When I take cuttings of my neps, I cut any leaf in half that is on the stem to reduce the amount of water evaporation out of the leaf. I was wondering if I should do the same with the ceph.
Since many pitchers where drying from the lack of being able to pull water from the soil, I trimmed most of them off.
I will see how this works.
I'm still asking myself if it was the right thing to have done. Wish I would have had room to place the plant into a larger pot.

 

[Cindy]

Hi Steve, how are the babies doing for you now? Mostly fostered out?

 

[elgecko]

All but one found new homes.
This is the one I kept.

 

[Cindy]

Thanks!