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Nothing spectacular but just wanted to show the rate of growth over 4 months. *biggrin2*

November 2008
I imported some Cephs with one-inch rhizomes for sale. Here is one example in a thumbpot. http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...ephs_sale1.jpg

March 2008
I kept several plants in the thumbpots for myself. These now need to be further repotted into 5" pots from their 3" pots.

Plant 1
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot1.jpg

Roots are appearing from the base of the 3" pots.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot2.jpg

The plants are forming adult pithers.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot3.jpg

Plant 2
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot5.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot4.jpg

Plant 3
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot6.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...eph_repot7.jpg

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This cutting had a rhizome about 1.5" long last November.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...ting_oct08.jpg

How it looks like now. The largest pitcher is 4cm (>1.5") tall.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...ing_oct081.jpg

A pic of a potential prey.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...9/ceph_fly.jpg

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Wow!! Nice cephs!! BTW whats the best treatment to revive dead cephs. My ceph is producing an offshoot from its root after getting murdered by some stupid mealybugs. I want that offshoot to stay alive.

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Beautiful plants!:wub: How you managed to grow them so big, Cindy? Did you grow them outdoor or in aircond room?

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:tt1::tt1::tt1::sweating:*biggrin2*

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Wah Cindy So beautiful......And soo huge......Its amazing..Seems like they grow preety vigorously for you....

Ken

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Aaron,
It depends on how your media is like. Try not to keep it too wet because the remaining rhizome tends to rot off soon after the application of insecticide.

TS,
The plants (1-3) are under T5 lights. The one with all large pitchers are at my balcony which faces North-west. From November till now, there is only bright but indirect sunlight. That is also the reason why the pitchers are not showing very much colour. Temperature ranges from 25C to 34C. Airconditioning will easily bring this particular clone's pitchers to at least 2".

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hey cindy, how do you keep the live sphagnum moss so alive and vigorous? its grows so well and produces 'branch' like structures.. mine doesnt do that..:sweating::sweating:

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nickjamie,

LSM can be grown easily under full sun in marsh/wet conditions. The ones you see in the photo is grown at the balcony in a covered pot. I also have them growing in covered disposble plastic containers.

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Cindy, so, it's still the temperature doing the trick :crying:
After tried growing mine under full sun for a year with very slow in growth, I decided to changed it's growing condition (after getting some advice from you).
I can't put it in my room with aircond as my window don't get good sun light. Now I put it in my garden for 2 to 3 hours morning sun, bright for the rest of the day, the biggest pitchers recorded 1 cm in length. The temperature is 24-25°C average at night. I'll see how big the pitcher will go.
Jamie, live sphagnum moss grow well under direct sun if provided wet / humid condition. Try growing it with long fibre sphagnum in an undrained container (without any holes at the bottom), but drill a hole or two at the side (about 2/3 the height of the container from the bottom) to allow access water to flow out, so the live sphagnum moss on top will be always just d-a-m-p. Mine growing very well with this method, I have two pots growing vigorously in higher pots (with holes at the bottom), but I water twice a day. Don't place your pot in very windy spot, the moss will dry very quickly, especially under full sun.

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TS,

Temperature does affect pitcher size but it is only one of the factors.

It also depends on what you want to achieve.

Like I told another grower yesterday, if my Cephs at the balcony reach 2" I already consider myself a winner. That is the size most mature pitchers are at in cultivation, even overseas. But if my plants are grown in lower temperature, they might just give me 2.5"-3" pitchers. However, I am not interested in showing to the world that my Cephs have got large pitchers while they are grown in an air-con room. That is no different from setting up a highland chamber and growing N. hamata in it. Of course, N. hamata can do well inside. But what if I have N. hamata growing at my balcony? ;)

Every grower has their own individual goal. My personal agenda for growing Cephs is to have mature plants thriving for years in true lowland conditions at my balcony, bearing well-coloured relatively large pitchers and flowering.

Insider tip: Buy Cephs with a decent rhizome of mature age. These plants give large pitchers with little effort! (Now you know why my Cephs have got large pitchers despite the heat.)

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That's exactly what I want Cindy :laugh: :1thumbup:

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so does that mean that i cant use malathion so my ceph? will the rhizome rot off after i use insecticide?

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nickjamie,

I have not tried using malathion so I am not sure of its effect on Cephalotus. But with any application of insecticide on this species, it is advisable to keep the media from becoming too soggy to prevent the rhizome from rotting.

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so, if the rhizome rots, the whole plant will die i suppose?

so far i've tried dishwashing liquid to clear out aphids. it works wonderfully. but i'm not sure if the rhizome has rot!

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nickjamie,

If the whole rhizome rots, the plant is gone. But if only part of it rots, that part can be cut off and the rest of the rhizome saved.

However, if your plant is from tissue culture and does not have much of a rhizome to begin with...when rots in the center, the chances of it surviving is low.

Dishwashing liquid is a good choice because it is easily washed off the plant once it has done its job of killing the aphids. The problem with some insecticide is that it stays on for much too long.

Another alternative for killing such pests (e.g. scale insects too) that tend to stay around one spot on the plant is rubbing alcohol used for cuts and wounds.

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Hello,
Nice pictures!
I like it.