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Cephalotus follicularis From Seed
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Sand/peat 50:50, sealed inside ziploc plastic bags to maintain humidity. Possibly too much continuous moisture and not enough prey for nutrition. I plan to make some environmental changes, such as peat/perlite in larger pots so I can remove from the ziplic bags and not have them dry out too quickly.
I can't help but think, "What if this species never got any larger than these tiny seedlings?". Though tiny, I'm sure those pitchers are functional. Would we humans have ever discovered this pitcher plant species if it only developed 3mm (1/8 inch) pitchers.
Even when tiny they certainly are intricately detailed little pitchers.
Even when tiny they certainly are intricately detailed little pitchers.
Exo
Tastes like chicken!
Yeah, they would probably love it....so would cobra plants if the water was cold.
Doesn't Mobile have a thread on growing Cephalotus hydroponically? (Although this may be the thread I remembered...)
I think THIS is the thread you are probably remembering.
I've been experimenting with alkaline soils for growing Cephalotus recently. I have one plant doing rather well in beach dune sand/peat mix and have started a new experiment using 2 parts beach dune sand, 1 part peat and 1 part Dorset pea gravel. Dorset pea gravel is often sold in aquatic shops, so assumed to be inert... it typically isn't! It is sea polished gravel, therefore contains quantities of marine exoskeletons and possibly dolomite, both being alkaline.
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. One of the older pitchers is dying but still have new pitchers growing. There are 2 tiny pitchers forming between the leaves.
