Dormancy and cultivation questions
 

how do u put ceph in dormancy?in the fridge?.can i give it nights around 16-25degrees celcius?

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Without dormancy since 2008. Pitchers keep growing and growing!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...m/DSCN8501.jpg

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i feel like buying one but i heard that ppl had problems on this guys and their dormancy is kinda different than other temperate CPs

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For sale, any? :)

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Lim,

can you please give us tips on how you are cultivating them? I have lost my first Ceph last summer, brought all the way from Thailand to boot :( Would be nice to know how to do it right next time :)

TTFN
Arvin

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Ceph doesn't require dormancy, though they can go through dormancy. That's what I read from the Savage Garden book.

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owh.i read b4 that they say that it needs dormancy.but the temps has to be around 45-77F.btw how much did u buy the "Savage Garden"book?

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Cephs dont need domancy, unless you are going to flower it. Even if you got the seeds, it is very hard to germinate in our asia tempreture. If your bed room is airconed, just sleep with it. High day temp is ok even with morning sun. Just make sure night time there is a drop in temp of ard 8-10 degrees. The only issue is if you want it to have bigger pitches. higher humidity gives you bigger pitches.
So, grow it in a uncovered tank with the pot on some pebbles. Have water in the tank without touching the pot. This ensure there is sufficient humidity and it is cooling for the cephs. Without cover will let it have air movement, so no mildew will set in. If your bed room dont have any nature light, then maybe add in a set of diy PL 2 x 36watts. Let the lights be ard 1 feet away from the cephs. This way you will get large colourful pitches. The media is another issue. Try to grow it in a more airy mix, pls avoid perlite, as we are growing it in asia.

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media - 1 part peat or sphagnum moss : 1 part perlite
water tray - 1 cm
lighting - 2 x Phillips T8, 865, 36 W. 14 hours a day.
6 inch from the plant.
temperature- 26-36 °C

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...m/DSCN7522.jpg

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thats big!well..thanks delwin for info.i will try to have one

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I read that cephalotus matured plant is sensitive with temperature. So, for those grow outdoor, be caution

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Delwin,why avoid pelite in Asia?

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When you water, the perlite will flow to the top and all the peat will move into the bottom. In long term, the bottom will be too compact and wet. So the risk of rotting will increase. Our humidity in Malaysia is higher then alot of other country outside asia. So the rot will set in more faster. There are already a few case. One of my friend in Singapore have a Hummer giant that grow for alot of years. Then suddenly it just collaped. So we dig into the giant pot of ceph and found out it is the perlite problem. The best to use will be lapis sand found in fish shop. It does not go to the top, it does not break down. When we dig up my giant pot of hummer giant, the midia is still loose after so many years.

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I bought it from YG last time, but just can last around 2 mths only.

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The media from YG is too wet, so it rot. You have to change the media.

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what is the differences between 'pitchers' and 'traps'?:unsure:

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for pitcher plants like Cephalotus,Sarracenia,Nepenthes,Darlingtonia,Helia mphora etc etc,they have pitchers.their pitchers are used as a trap.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...m/DSCN7522.jpgthats a pitcher.the pitcher can also be called trap bcoz it can trap small vertebrates like insects.

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ooohhh..
i thought the word 'pitcher' is just for softball player..
for a type of plant, is also called pitcher..*biggrin2*

so both of them are not the same, but i still can call a pitcher, as a 'trap', but i can't call a trap, as a pitcher, right?:smile:

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yes u can call pitchers as traps but u cant call traps of Venus FLytraps as pitcher.

pitcher is kinda like a jug filled with water.thats what u call pitcher

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yeah..now i understand..
can't wait to see my seeds grow..
hmm..
about nephentes, is it have seeds too?

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yes.but if u wanna have the best germination of it,get a fresh one from NepNut.he always supply fresh nepenthes seeds from time to time.he'll be posting it at the trading board if he just harvested them.

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the seeds of nephentes...hmmm..the time of growing is the same as vft or not?
yeah...you know..vfts growing form seeds grow sooo slow...

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i germinated VFT seeds last 2months,they take 10days to germinate if keep warm.

Nepenthes...so far only 1germination but grow kinda slow.germinated 1month after sow...so..not interested so much on germinating nepenthes except newly fresh onces

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if that what you say, then i will keep my interest fully on vfts only..*biggrin2*

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Ceph doesn't require dormancy, though they can go through dormancy. That's what I read from the Savage Garden book.
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