Some Cephalotus pics to share

[Cindy]

Nothing spectacular but just wanted to show the rate of growth over 4 months.

November 2008
I imported some Cephs with one-inch rhizomes for sale. Here is one example in a thumbpot.

March 2008
I kept several plants in the thumbpots for myself. These now need to be further repotted into 5" pots from their 3" pots.

Plant 1

Roots are appearing from the base of the 3" pots.

The plants are forming adult pithers.

Plant 2

Plant 3

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This cutting had a rhizome about 1.5" long last November.

How it looks like now. The largest pitcher is 4cm (>1.5") tall.

A pic of a potential prey.

 

[rco911]

Beautiful plants Cindy!!!

 

[BigBella]

Yes, very nice. From where were they imported?

 

[Delwin]

 

[droseraguy]

You're a pro at these guys !

 

[Indigo]

=o abusolutely no aglae on the pot how you do that !!!??

 

[jimscott]

And only a hint of Perlite!

 

[Cindy]

Yes, very nice. From where were they imported?

Bigbella, the plants were imported from Australia.

=o abusolutely no aglae on the pot how you do that !!!??

Indigo, why would Ceph pots have algae?

 

[Jefforever]

Indigo probably means slime mold.... its very common in almost all cp pots for me.

Excellent plants Cindy!

 

[Nep Lover]

very nice plants your tempting me to get one now

 

[CN]

Those are very Nice Cephs Cindy .
if i may ask what is you media mix an ratio ?
i need to repot mine as well

Thanks Daren

 

[Cindy]

Indigo probably means slime mold.... its very common in almost all cp pots for me. Excellent plants Cindy!

Hi Jeff, thanks for explaining. I keep the media very quick draining so perhaps that is the reason why there is no slime mould. Also, the humidity at my balcony can fluctuate between 40%-90% within the same day this season.

Those are very Nice Cephs Cindy .
if i may ask what is you media mix an ratio ?
i need to repot mine as well

Thanks Daren

Hi Daren, I use mostly sand and peat (1:1) with some pine bark pieces.

 

[CN]

Hi Cindy,
do you find a course sand type to work better than a finer sand type . i mean a finer sand would compact more possiably damaging the roots an would retain more moisture. i ask this because i had had my first Ceph's die due to root rot, an your media appears to be very wet .

Thanks Daren

 

[Cindy]

Hi Daren,

The sand I use is actually aquarium gravel. Each grain is about 3mm. I use this grade because it is readily available. I have not tried using others though.

From what I observed, the sand that the wild Cephs grow in is the finer white type and the peat is rather soggy.

 

[CN]

Ok thank so very much .
you do grow very nice Ceph's nicely done

Daren