I fixed the list everyone should I make a location data list in this thread as well or start a new thread
Anyone want to take a guess at what cultivar or clone is in my avatar?
The variety is too great and the unique features of Cephalotus is dependent on external factors.
All too often, people pay great deals of money for certain features only to find out their growing conditions will shift those desired results.
Once I was the same. Bought clones because they were a look I was after. Soon after arriving they all end up looking similar to others in your growing space. With a few exceptions.... There are a few clones that hold true.
paul i would still expect the plant to have larger pitchers than a typical clone grown in the same conditions.
If the conditions aren't ideal, there is no reason to assume that. The plant would only have the potential to have bigger pitchers, if conditions however aren't the best, whatever mutation causes bigger pitchers might not even be activated.
so why would it grow smaller onesIf the conditions aren't ideal, there is no reason to assume that. The plant would only have the potential to have bigger pitchers, if conditions however aren't the best, whatever mutation causes bigger pitchers might not even be activated.
so why would it grow smaller ones
The conditions provided for my Cephalotus plants are as close to "ideal" as anyone could hope to achieve. This particular plant may need many years to start exhibiting this particular trait (large size) or it simply responds to full, direct sunlight by making a much more compact plant with smaller pitchers - a known response by some clones in high light conditions. Its far too simplistic a stance to assume the behavior of the plant is the result of less-than-optimal growing conditions, given that in my case, thats not the issue.
could be i dunno,but i would of thought that cephalotus be it typical or giant would like the same conditions to get optimum pitcher size for that particular clone,i would find it unlikely that a typical plant would grow larger pitchers when grown in identical conditions than a giant cloneQuirk of genes, perhaps what allows it to grow large pitchers in ideal conditions makes it flexible in the other direction in less than ideal conditions (makes the plant more nit picky)
could be i dunno,but i would of thought that cephalotus be it typical or giant would like the same conditions to get optimum pitcher size for that particular clone,i would find it unlikely that a typical plant would grow larger pitchers when grown in identical conditions than a giant clone
could be i dunno,but i would of thought that cephalotus be it typical or giant would like the same conditions to get optimum pitcher size for that particular clone,i would find it unlikely that a typical plant would grow larger pitchers when grown in identical conditions than a giant clone
As for the cultivars, IF controls are being conducted correctly (I personally believe they are not) then all you need to do is match the original growers conditions and you get the proper plant, IF controls are not being conducted correctly a cultivar is just a named clone they registered.
What controls? There are no controls to apply incorrectly.
Someone publishes a description in a hard copy publication, this is occasionally done accidentally.
The only thing registered is the name to check that it is not already in use and once registered cannot be used again.
Nothing else is guaranteed.