Cephalotus and Humidity

[Clockerwise]

Hi guys!!
This would be my first post here, I live in quite a windy dessert area at the north of Mexico and share the same weather as Arizona, I have a few droseras, 2 spatulata and 4 pygmies that have been doing wonderfully under the low humidity and high wind speeds we sometimes get, and a venus that has acclimated as well.

I recently Got two cephalotus and I would like to know what would be the best option to keep them and how to avoid the infamous sudden death syndrome.
The cephalotus are barely a year old, and I have them with humidity dome at the moment while they adapt to their new natural light and temperature.

I have a terrarium I can keep them in that is situated in a place that has dappled sunlight all day, the highest temperatures we get here at the moment is of 30c and at night it drops to 20 c.

Due to the constant wind we barely have cloudy days and humidity is a myth. So wich method would be the best for them?
Should I put them in the terrarium or slowly acclimate them to the humidity outside their humidity domes?

 

[hcarlton]

They're not plants you're going to be able to grow outside. They cannot be acclimated to Sonoran conditions, as they expect a cool Mediterranean climate and will die without it. Summer temperatures especially with warm nights will be intolerable, so this is something that needs an indoor setup.

 

[RSS]

Hopefully they are still alive and well but just in case others are reading this, Cephs generally will not tolerate being dry for any length of time. I don’t recall low humidity ever being an issue so long as they are slowly acclimated to it. A few hours outdoors might kill them, if you catch the leaves starting to wilt they can be rescued with a quick watering. Over here in TX, I’ve tried multiple times to grow them outside and once September hits I would need to water them 4-6 times a day. Then over winter them in the garage or somewhere.

With LEDs as they are now they make wonderful houseplants, just read up on what not to do from the people with years of experience. Yes, root rot is real, yes crown rot is real, yes high humidity can kill Cephs, yes going from high humidity to low humidity overnight can kill them, but there are ways around all of these. I’ve grown a Ceph rooted IN a waterfall, the roots were only 1/2” but it grew. The crown was always wet, underwater wet, don’t try this until you have a hundred Cephs . I have one sitting next to me right now in 99% humidity I NEVER water, there are two tiny orchids that get watered every 10 days or so that gives that Ceph water. People have grown them in miracle grow potting soil with great results. I use Turface (the stuff from baseball fields they run from base to base on), 2/3rd Turface MVP, 1/3 sand type product. Turface changes color when drying so you get a warning when to water.

Over my 20+ years experience with Cephs I’ve come to the conclusion that CSDS does not exist, something happened, one of the “rules” was broken or bent. If I put even one drop on water on the 99% humidity Ceph sitting next to me it would be dead in a few days. Not CSDS, crown or root rot caused it, no wind, no where for that water to go but sit on the crown/roots. Again don’t try something like this until you have some extra Cephs.