Cephalotus with Nectar loaded on peristome- pics from May

[CPlantaholic]

Hey everyone,
Here are some recent pics of my Cephalotus, which really seem to love the cooler conditions in my basement in the spring. At this time each year, I've had at least 1 or 2 pitchers produce nice amounts of nectar on the peristome. I've neglected the plant over the past 3 years, feeding it only three times a year since I've been away from home quite a bit...so unfortunately they haven't grown very much, but I'm very happy with how they look.
I took a ton of pics so it took quite a while to whittle them down to the good ones- so finally, here they are (no photo editing was done and this nectar was produced entirely by the plant):

large: http://www.growsundews.com/carnivor.../nectar_rim_Cephalotus_follicularis_front.JPG
larger: http://www.growsundews.com/carnivor...r_rim_Cephalotus_follicularis_front_large.JPG
full size: http://www.growsundews.com/carnivor...ar_rim_Cephalotus_follicularis_front_FULL.JPG

large: http://www.growsundews.com/carnivorous_plants/Cephalotus/wow_cephalotus_follicularis_wider_angle.JPG
larger: http://www.growsundews.com/carnivor...cephalotus_follicularis_wider_angle_large.JPG
full size: http://www.growsundews.com/carnivor..._cephalotus_follicularis_wider_angle_FULL.JPG

Hope you like them

 

[amphirion]

holy crap, that looks amazing....neglected for 3 months? surely you jest! what are your specs?

 

[Dexenthes]

Holy crap.... The color on that is just so gorgeous!! Is that a typical?

 

[BigBella]

Very nice. I have seen young plants exhibit that characteristic from time to time, especially in highly-humid, cool conditions . . .

 

[Rokosauros]

ACK....I think I just choked. Man, I wish I could grow my cephalotus the way you do! Maybe I could just ste-ACKK!!

 

[DavyJones]

Is it growing amongst a forest of D. Adelae?? Show us a panned out shot!

 

[mass]

Gorgeous.. love those dews! I've also got a clone here with an over drippy lip.. not as colorful as yours, but some day soon I hope it'll get there.
Is the D. prolifera I see in there as well?

 

[lizasaur]

I've never been so excited for my cephs to grow up

Gorgeous!!!

 

[thez_yo]

Wow that's so nice and red

 

[Adam]

Woah... so beautiful!

 

[mass]

oh hey.. your the growsundews.com guy! I love your site..
I've got a lot of droseras to hunt down now that my nepenthes collection is complete-ish. You'll probably be hearing from me quite a bit.

 

[CPlantaholic]

Thanks everyone!
Here are the specs for this plant:

Lighting: Growing 3” away from a single 4-foot T-8 fixture with a mix of one cool and one warm Eco-Lux T-8 bulbs. 16-hour photoperiod

Temperature: in late winter/spring when it produces the most nectar, the temps are ~70-75 in the day and ~58-65 at night in the basement.

Humidity: 40-50%

Pot height: Growing in about 6 inches of media (using a clear cover from a rack of 100 writeable CDs with a hole in it for drainage)

Media: Growing in Charles Brewer mix with a topdressing of living sphagnum.

Amph: lol well I actually can’t take too much credit for them since my parents have been the ones keeping my plants alive while I’ve been away at school for the past 3 years…They are incredibly amazing parents and somehow always remember to fill up the trays once a week! For example, I’m in San Diego this summer for an internship so once again, my parents are stuck watering my plants again :/

Dex: Yeah, it’s just a typical ceph

BigBella: Interesting. So it usually loses this with maturity? If so that’s too bad…

Davy and mass, yeah there’s a huge clump of D. adelae which resulted when I pulled out the fewer larger plants that were dying off a few years ago and haven’t fed them. There are several D. prolifera that have spread throughout there as well. Below is a panned out shot from last year…

Mass, really nice plant! I really love seeing the nectar on the lids like that.

I didn’t get a full panned shot this year, but here’s one from last spring.
(Unfortunately the coloration is a bit off cuz I lifted up the fixtures for the shot… and I've since pulled out that larger Adelae since it was starting to take over)

Prolifera next to a ceph pitcher:

http://www.growsundews.com/sundews/prolifera/summer_Drosera_prolifera_flowering.JPG

...and here’s the adelae and prolifera in the clump, If you’re interested

http://www.growsundews.com/sundews/prolifera/clump_Drosera_Adelae_Prolifera_in_Ceph_pot.JPG

 

[mass]

That's insane.. nicest adelae I've ever seen.