NeciFiX
Kung Fu Fighting!
My Cephalotus recently lost 2-3 pitchers, and has put 3 in their place, it's starting to clump. Amongst this clump I'm noticing a lot of things I haven't seen before, smaller mature pitchers sort of hidden, a few non-carnivorous green leaves below it all, and, something else.
I noticed a very, very fuzzy knob poking out amongst the clump, 150% more fuzzier than the most fuzzy thing my plant has produced, and, it has 3 very, very, very tiny non-carnivorous looking leaves going around it in a circle. Does this sound like a flower stalk? Or a deformation? Or a unusually furry pitcher? Honestly, waiting a week or two more would yield somewhat better results but I'd like to know what you think. I hear flower stalks on Cephalotus are rare? So, I don't know why my Cephalotus I've had for almost 1.5 years decided to suddenly form a flower stalk. It had just switched to mature pitchers when I got it and it had only 5. Now it's a clump, in a 5 inch pot as I got it (I plan to re-pot it at the "2 year mark", just to give the roots more space I guess, or, should I wait till year 3?), on a slight mound, with peat and perlite mix. I let it get airy-dry before giving the soil a small flood in order to get all the soil a good bit damp, the plant doesn't seem to mind this cycle, in fact, it seems to like it? (I do that mainly to help prevent root-rot, I'm no techno-genius but I always thought things need to be quite wet, and for a long while for things to rot) Nothing special. Normal room humidity (which, it's very happy with) and in a very well lit window and it has red pitchers (in the summer, the pitchers are flushed in pink/light red, but, in the winter they're more fiery red, probably the reflection of the snow on the roof?). Should I be proud my plant is doing this? Or concerned as I may have to cut it off? Or should I be both? Hmm. Re-reading what I put on it's conditions would surprise even me if I heard that from someone! But, it's doing very good, so...
I really hope it isn't flowering... I guess. Taking care of these things can be so tedious, and, I heard that flowering makes the slow plant grow even slower (mine grows faster than people say Cephalotus say, or, so it seems, I check on it every 2 days or so). And I'm absolutely no good with seed. It's a German Giant clone, It has 1.5 inch pitchers (well, the biggest is about 1.5 inch, from the tip of the hood to the toe of the pitcher, the average pitcher is 1-1.3 inches. The bigger pitchers seem to come in the summer, but, they're not as colorful, and the more colorful, vibrant pitchers are usually a bit smaller than the summer ones)
I'd take a picture, not now though, I'm about to hit the sack. Perhaps tomorrow.
NeciFiX
Any ideas?
I noticed a very, very fuzzy knob poking out amongst the clump, 150% more fuzzier than the most fuzzy thing my plant has produced, and, it has 3 very, very, very tiny non-carnivorous looking leaves going around it in a circle. Does this sound like a flower stalk? Or a deformation? Or a unusually furry pitcher? Honestly, waiting a week or two more would yield somewhat better results but I'd like to know what you think. I hear flower stalks on Cephalotus are rare? So, I don't know why my Cephalotus I've had for almost 1.5 years decided to suddenly form a flower stalk. It had just switched to mature pitchers when I got it and it had only 5. Now it's a clump, in a 5 inch pot as I got it (I plan to re-pot it at the "2 year mark", just to give the roots more space I guess, or, should I wait till year 3?), on a slight mound, with peat and perlite mix. I let it get airy-dry before giving the soil a small flood in order to get all the soil a good bit damp, the plant doesn't seem to mind this cycle, in fact, it seems to like it? (I do that mainly to help prevent root-rot, I'm no techno-genius but I always thought things need to be quite wet, and for a long while for things to rot) Nothing special. Normal room humidity (which, it's very happy with) and in a very well lit window and it has red pitchers (in the summer, the pitchers are flushed in pink/light red, but, in the winter they're more fiery red, probably the reflection of the snow on the roof?). Should I be proud my plant is doing this? Or concerned as I may have to cut it off? Or should I be both? Hmm. Re-reading what I put on it's conditions would surprise even me if I heard that from someone! But, it's doing very good, so...
I really hope it isn't flowering... I guess. Taking care of these things can be so tedious, and, I heard that flowering makes the slow plant grow even slower (mine grows faster than people say Cephalotus say, or, so it seems, I check on it every 2 days or so). And I'm absolutely no good with seed. It's a German Giant clone, It has 1.5 inch pitchers (well, the biggest is about 1.5 inch, from the tip of the hood to the toe of the pitcher, the average pitcher is 1-1.3 inches. The bigger pitchers seem to come in the summer, but, they're not as colorful, and the more colorful, vibrant pitchers are usually a bit smaller than the summer ones)
I'd take a picture, not now though, I'm about to hit the sack. Perhaps tomorrow.
NeciFiX
Any ideas?
