Fixed up my Cephalotus a little

[Wolfn]

My Cephalotus was growing some slime mold on the surface so I scooped out some of the top 1/4'' and replaced it with fresh sand.

 

[mass]

very nice.

 

[ellisonk001]

Lookin good!!

 

[James H]

Great looking plant, do you find that they grow better with sand as the upper layer of the pot over moss being the upper layer.

 

[SEELE1]

Um... Hello... Sorry, new in the hobby...
A quick question... I went on vacation and when I came back more than half of my Ceph's traps had dried... The plant is still alive anyway... To date a normal leaf is growing from the center... Pic HERE
Is this (the mass driying) normal?

 

[Wolfn]

Great looking plant, do you find that they grow better with sand as the upper layer of the pot over moss being the upper layer.

I don't think so. I think they grow equally well.

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Um... Hello... Sorry, new in the hobby...
A quick question... I went on vacation and when I came back more than half of my Ceph's traps had dried... The plant is still alive anyway... To date a normal leaf is growing from the center... Pic HERE
Is this (the mass driying) normal?

That soil is way too wet. It also doesn't look like it's getting enough light.

I would recommend letting the soil dry out a little (not bone dry, but the soil is moist). I would also increase light alot.

The traps dying may be a sign of root rot.

 

[Monkey]

I agree with wolfn. Is that pure peat it's in?

 

[SEELE1]

That soil is way too wet. It also doesn't look like it's getting enough light.

I would recommend letting the soil dry out a little (not bone dry, but the soil is moist). I would also increase light alot.

The traps dying may be a sign of root rot.

Yeah... Out of ignorance left it about a week on the water tray with my Dews... I corected humidity already...

Now, it gets about 6 hour of direct sunlight...

It's still growing BTW (the pic is about a week old... the leaf on the center has grown lot and a new trap is forming....