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cephalotus rooting

uphwiz

jimmy
Anyone have any progress pictures of their cephalotus cuttings/seedlings . im going to give it a try , and will take a few shots when and if they take.
 
i have a leaf pulling i took of a hummers giant before i sold it, it just now sent out 2 little white roots...not really wanting to pull it back up again to get a photo lol.....just stick em in some moist media and give em alot of light and wait....
 
Keep the pitcher full of (RO/rain/distilled) water, it will increase the chance it stays alive. That, or keep it at 100% humidity. Otherwise it has a tendency to shrivel/dry up.
 
I've had better luck in live LFS than in peat mixes for Ceph leaf propagation. However, live LFS isn't my preferred growing media. I used to repot at some point when I saw growth - however, the early disturbance caused me to lose some plants. Now I place some media in a pot then place a bunch of live LFS around the end of the leaf & stick it in the media. I've also switched to small clear pots so I can see the developing roots w/o disturbing them. I've had some ceph strikes actually go many months and send roots out the bottom of the pot before they bothered to send up any above-ground growth. This approach seems to meld the best of all worlds ... :-O
 
I have near 100% strike rate in perlite in a terrrarium. The perlite is approx 8cm deep and I maintain a water level of approx 1.5cm at the base. There's a layer of live sphagnum moss on the surface but I clear this out of the way of the cutting, so that it's just in the perlite. It's a small terrarium, lit with four 8W T5 fluorescent tubes (two 2700K and two 6500K), so the light intensity is not very high. There is a small circulating PC fan.
 
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@jim: hahaha. those were cuttings? i thought there were some sort of utric!
 
Here's my current Cephalotus leaf rootings. The first ones are in perlite:

'Big Boy':

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Group of 'Big Boy':

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Hummer's Giant:

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Typical:

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Group of Hummer's Giant in live Sphagnum moss:

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Here's my current Cephalotus leaf rootings. The first ones are in perlite:

So the substrate is just a sphagnum/perlite mix..? I'm still really new to all of this, so I'm trying to pick up as much info as I can. Learn as you go type of thing..
 
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So the substrate is just a sphagnum/perlite mix..? I'm still really new to all of this, so I'm trying to pick up as much info as I can. Learn as you go type of thing..

Jim is using this as a propagation mix. You'll find that there are some mixes that are more conducive for propagating cuttings or seedlings. For an adult plant, a mix more similar to its natural environment would be used, e.g., a 1:1:1 mix of peat, sand, and perlite. Cephs prefer sandy soils that are fast draining. They do not like sitting in water.

-Hermes.
 
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So the substrate is just a sphagnum/perlite mix..? I'm still really new to all of this, so I'm trying to pick up as much info as I can. Learn as you go type of thing..
No, all but the last picture are leaf rootings in just perlite, the Sphagnum is removed from where I 'plant' the leaf.

For an adult plant, a mix more similar to its natural environment would be used, e.g., a 1:1:1 mix of peat, sand, and perlite. Cephs prefer sandy soils that are fast draining. They do not like sitting in water.
I find a mix of dried NZ Sphagnum moss, perlite, lime-free sand and peat to be a good mix for adult plants.
 
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:hail:... good thing I ordered a potted plant. lol Guess I should run out and score some sand. That's the one thing I'm missing at this point. Thanks for the advice guys..
 
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