CONNORS CEPHS

[MimiStew24]

Big Thank you to Willy for my Baby Ceph!
THIS will be my first attempt in growing this species ever and in my terraria!
Hoping I can nail it!

 

[Raymond Chong]

I'm still too apprehensive to try. Keep us updated!

 

[MimiStew24]

oooh yes I was so determined, They are incredibly finicky and I like to get them from when they are seedlings so I know they are use to the soil mixture they’re are in as they grow it won’t be problem re-potting. Mine ones in perlite/peat mix with LFS.

I do know they need slight temperature drop at night 4 to 5 C drop.

currently in my setup I’ve got High 79/80F 25C with 80% humidity- bring that temp up air temp to around 28C.
then night time I get 20C.

I got my baby Ceph from Willy
@WillyCKH told me he keeps his Cephs all year around in similar set up to this and his Cephs without dormancy. So I’m going to follow this protocol and see if I can get it to climatise

 

[MimiStew24]

I’m hoping my Ceph will be good, started to notice some mold on the perlite around the plant and I’m hoping this won’t affect it. So far I can’t see any signs the Ceph isn’t liking its new climate

 

[MimiStew24]

Since September i really worried wether my baby Ceph would grow well in my terria and would you look at that- new growth is coming. Which is fantastic sign!

 

[plantant]

looks amazing!

 

[MimiStew24]

Thank you! Can’t wait for it when it’s mature and got little plump pitchers on it!

 

[MimiStew24]

My baby Ceph looks healthy and growing good but biggest baby pitcher looks like he’s not doing so good? Is this normally for pitchers to die off during growth? The top lid becoming black.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Pitchers do come and go.

 

[ANTSPlantation]

My baby Ceph looks healthy and growing good but biggest baby pitcher looks like he’s not doing so good? Is this normally for pitchers to die off during growth? The top lid becoming black.

it seems like it is about to produce an adult pitcher.

 

[MimiStew24]

it seems like it is about to produce an adult pitcher.

Oooo yeah!?
that pitcher died off and new one has replaced it! I’m excited.

 

[ANTSPlantation]

Oooo yeah!?
that pitcher died off and new one has replaced it! I’m excited.

But I could be wrong because it is really hard to tell when the pitchers are not formed.

 

[PingKing]

Just my two cents into this. Watch your water. Looks way to wet. Have you tried a more open media? 60 % perlite 30% vermiculite, 10 % fluval Stratum and 10 % sand.

This is a very safe mix if you over water it will always drain. Remember carnivorous plants live in a extremely poor soil. You can always feed your plant. The good thing about this soil recipe is that, nothing will spoil, if over water it will be fine and there will be not rotting from the peat moss., and still will give the plant the necessary root humidity. One last thing your plant will grow way faster.

Cheers

Xavier

 

[MimiStew24]

Just my two cents into this. Watch your water. Looks way to wet. Have you tried a more open media? 60 % perlite 30% vermiculite, 10 % fluval Stratum and 10 % sand.

This is a very safe mix if you over water it will always drain. Remember carnivorous plants live in a extremely poor soil. You can always feed your plant. The good thing about this soil recipe is that, nothing will spoil, if over water it will be fine and there will be not rotting from the peat moss., and still will give the plant the necessary root humidity. One last thing your plant will grow way faster.

Cheers

Xavier

Cheers my Ceph doesn’t sit in water now. Waiting for soil to get dry before water. Just gets misted with water

 

[MimiStew24]

Ceph is growing well now. More pitchers growing Every so often baby pitchers die up but I guess it’s part of new growth. As one is a yellow colour.

 

[ANTSPlantation]

Ceph is growing well now. More pitchers growing Every so often baby pitchers die up but I guess it’s part of new growth. As one is a yellow colour.

looking good!

 

[PingKing]

Ceph is growing well now. More pitchers growing Every so often baby pitchers die up but I guess it’s part of new growth. As one is a yellow colour.

Hi Mimi not to make a big deal out of this but in my opinion that is crazy wet soil still. By the way you mentioned that your are watering your Ceph at the moment is, only by misting right? I am not really sure if others here had success misting the cephalotus but I would not recommend that at all. My Cephs had been with me for more than 15 years and I had never mist them once. I do grow them inside terrariums to keep humidity high though, and extremely open medium mix I will try to post pictures when I come back from holidays. Cheers and good luck.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I tend to go back to live LFS for my Cephs. I'll have to try stopping the spraying and see what happens. My Dews are better without spraying.

 

[PingKing]

I tend to go back to live LFS for my Cephs. I'll have to try stopping the spraying and see what happens. My Dews are better without spraying.

Hey Lloyd hope you are well. Hey by the way what do you mean by LFS?
Cheers

 

[ANTSPlantation]

I find spray you cephs or not spraying your cephs quite a debatable topic, generally avoid spraying my cephs but spraying it occasionally will not hurt.