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Clint

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It's a new (although not the newest) pitcher on my Cephalotus "Hummer's Giant". I'm not satisfied with the color, so I lowered the metal halide about 5 inches. I hope it doesn't burn it: I don't think it will. I wish there weren't so many growth points overlapping each other, but there's no way I'm going to try to separate them. Cephalotus does what it wants in my house!

I inoculated it with Trichoderma , but I can't see if it's alive and doing anything under the media or not. I used to have pebbles on top to make it look nice, but top watering mixed it all up anyway. It's in a like... 6 inch wide, maybe 8 inch tall clay pot, I guess. I do top water, because I don't have it on a tray system, and I think top water plus a porous clay pot makes Cephalotus a happy camper in my conditions. I'm sure having the terrarium only 50% closed and having a fan helps, too. Lots of air movement for this fuzzy guy. I fertilize regularly, foliarly and directly in the pitchers.


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B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. Cephalotus is my absolute FAVORITE! You really can grow 'em! Haha, if you hadn't mistaken me that one time I'd have a Hummers Giant... but then I wouldn't have my fabulous S. 'Bugscoop' outside... hmm.

Cephalotus is good in any color, red, green, black, blue (that'd be AWESOME! Then again, a blue CP doesn't exist to my knowledge, yes some have blue flowers but blue pitchers? Blue traps? Hmm...), yellow etc.

You fertilize in the pitchers? Hmm, interesting. I was trying to dribble a little fertilizer on the pitcher leaves and the non carnivorous leaves on mine and only got a little on haha, next time I might try doing it in the pitchers. A fine specimen, Clint!

~Sam
 
Looking good, Clint. I'm looking forward to some adult pitchers in, well, some years.

You say you lowered the lights 5 inches. How far away are the lights away now?

xvart.
 
Just measured and it's 19 inches now. Used to be 24.

That is an adult pitcher, but I know what you mean :-O I can't wait for it to become "giant" either.
 
I read about that long ago but now that it's dead...!
 
fantastic dude. man! I hope my ceph comes back and starts growing again. :(
 
Nice plant! I see a few winter leaves in there. I would attempt leaf cuttings, in totally different pots, as a backup.
 
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Nice looking Ceph JLAP. I need to get my lazy duff in gear and take a few pictes of mine. I second Jim on the cuttings. I did a leaf cutting from mine last year and it took without a problem. The plant's not very big, but if the momma plant bites the dust, it's better than nothing at all.
 
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Ta-da!Added mylar and lowered the light 5 inches and not it looks like I wanted it.


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  • #12
Wow! Well worth the effort, JLAP.
 
  • #13
They look just about as red as me after a day at the beach!

They are definitely looking very happy. 8)

-Nate
 
  • #14
Your Cephalotus is very beautiful Clint, as I said.

~NeciFiX
 
  • #15
Extremely impressive! I'm suprised it got red just like you wanted. Keep it up!
 
  • #16
That happened fast!

xvart.
 
  • #17
Glad to see it is doing very well for you!
Looks well adjusted and quite happy.
JMatt
 
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