Sunny or shady
 

Can i please know wher does these plant leave.
In a shady or sunny area.:2thumbup:

Re: Sunny or shady
 

They like bright light, but not intense sunlight. The more light, the more colourfull the pitchers, but the smaller the pitchers will be. If you grow them in shady areas, the pitchers will be green and bigger.

Try providing cool and humid conditions for the best growth.

Cheers

Re: Sunny or shady
 

Well if you can provide cool temps plus with as much sunlight as possible which they normally have in the wild i think they should grow nicely for u....Also its roots must not be overheated.

As you can see in this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ce..._Hennern_4.jpg
They are i guess exposed to some amount of sunlight...Can't really see how much due to the picture...

Ken

Re: Sunny or shady
 

Yeah, those cephalotus are exposed to sunlight quite a lot. Very beautiful pictures!

Cheers

Re: Sunny or shady
 

In the wild, Cephs can be found growing in extreme conditions; exposed to full sun for the entire day as well as in deep shade amongst grasses. The main factor is that the roots are cool during their growing season. During summer when the heat hits the media and water level drops, the plants loses most of their growth above the ground.

Now, we can grow our plants out in full sun. But during the dry and hot season in June-August, keep the plants in bright shade to prevent the plants from losing too much of their growth.