Cephalotus from YG
 

Got this amazing plant today after waiting for 3 years or more...
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/002-17.jpg

Another angle
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/001-17.jpg

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

looks really nice!
hope it goes well for you :)
hw much was it?

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

C Way, that is really nice plant!!!! And good buy!!!

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good buy rely.... ^^

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Well, the 3 years of waiting I know you made enuff research rite? I shldve bot more than 1 frm YG that day..But I did choose the best pot 4 u. Heheh. Happy growing !

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haha, thanks a lot, reading articles after articles, I'm hand itchy to do some "experiment" soon

after all, thanks you so much for that amazing plant:2thumbup:

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Thanks for the wish, hope you get your hand on one soon :)

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Thanks to both of you :)

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Hey!Hey! That's cool and nice,:wub: I feel like want to go into Ceph now.

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Great Cephalotus, good luck with it.

Mine is still miniscule :tongue:

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Since the last post:

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/004-22.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/003-20.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/002-23.jpg

Out of hand itchiness, leaf pulling is done as well as pitcher pulling:

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/012-16.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/013-13.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/014-12.jpg

Revealing the potting medium mix when I got the time to do so

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

Nice, I'm going to try this technic too*biggrin2*

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

the pulling looks very healthy to me!
hope it strikes!

one Q,hw much sun u givin' it?
and what sand and where did u get the sand in your ceph pulling pot?


Thanks ;)
Harris

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now

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...rgod/029-5.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/004-23.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/002-24.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...god/001-25.jpg

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

cool and thanks for the idea on such setup!creative ha you :)

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trial and error has no guarantee of return...

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I think it can work. Been using this method for my N.sibu to increase humidity and so far no problem yet

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good luck!
i believe it'll work for you :)

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Make sure you protect the polyfoam box from rain. Else, make sure there is overflow hole to avoid those ceph pot soap in water

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

thanks for all the wish,

there are holes around the styrofoam boxes that provide outflow, about 1cm lower than the brick I place them on:smile:

Re: Cephalotus from YG
 

any update on the main ceph?

do u get any strike on the pulled leaf?


Thanks
Harris

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Hows your cephalotus now?

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Been busy for the past few months and still busying now, repot the whole pot, photo taken months back, now left 1 clump, another died...
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...d/DSC01558.jpg

Decided to do some experiment after seeing how master N. Lau keep his ceph, the container is covered up, open for photo taking only, again, photo taken months ago:
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...d/DSC01561.jpg

Photo taken few days ago, notice some growth sprout from 1 clump of them with no death
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...d/DSC01740.jpg

And Harris, is it necessary to spam around the forum...

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sorry..i wont post anything from now one ,i try :)

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Just curious, how did N.Lau keep his ceph? He has farm on highland right? Did he grow it there?

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he grow it in his house actually(hiding some where as usual), from observation, he cover the pot with transparent container for humidity with no watering, and most importantly the pot is tall in shape, lot of sprout in his setup

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Sooxiwei, if I may suggest, try covering the top layer of the media with something that dries fast to keep the crown of the plant dryer. Last time when I grew my ceph, I think it was the wet media that caused the crown of my ceph to just rot and eventually die. Great growing though. Looks like it will grow beautifully for you.

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Interesting, does tall pot affects the number of sprout?

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no, the whole idea of tall pot is more towards the water, usually water stagnant near the bottom before drying up, so, by covering the top, original potting wetness will slowly go down but no water enter, then most of water accumulate at the bottom and slowly dry off while the heat helps some to evaporate and trap in the covered area...whole idea was interesting actually and it works greatly:smile:

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thanks :), the whole layering formula I use from top to bottom:

top 1/2 cm was fully sphagnum peat moss
4 cm of 30 sphagnum peat moss, 50 perlite and 20 aquarium sand
4 cm of aquarium sand
bottom was a tear off layer of aquarium filter fibre to stop medium from flowing off

I'm using the 1/2cm of full sphagnum peat moss to indicate when to water it, I plan to cover it but still looking for transparent cover, kinda busy up to date

One of the ceph in the orange pot died after I left them out under the rain few months back, another recovered and start growing, but overall, slooooowwww :)

btw, may I know what is recommended for the top layering?

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from experience in growing leaf pulling outdoors, they will grow very slowly & they won`t mature to a size which is justifiable to our effort. Usually the heat will get to them before they can grow 'large'. i`m not a detailed grower tho so i stand corrected. but sigh.....love cephs but they are not happy growers in our weather.

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agree on that, but looking at what you have the last time I paid you a visit, still drooling, especially your sarrs, poisoning XD

btw, is it ok to grow them under shades? I hide then among my nep collection where the temperature were more cooling

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Well, I'm planning to use about 1/2 cm of aquarium sand as top layer. Rest of the media is peat moss + aquarium sand, water everyday.

I read somewhere in the web saying that a good way of growing big and colourf pitchers is by first putting the ceph under shade until pitchers are big and green, then slowly exposing to light until full sunlight to get redder pitchers. Going to try this when I get my ceph this weekend.

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well, from my experiment with aquarium sand, it's something that keeps water and keep the medium soggy, pretty suprise by that, go for other stuff like perlite since it's proven to be airy

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Heh, I seriously hate perlite now. Stick to your hand and stuff like that and it holds a lot of water too. The aquarium sand I bought is about 1mm in diameter, not the fine sand like in children playground :smile: is yours the same as mine?

Reading around, some sources say that sand is very helpful to keep the soil from breaking down and compacting the roots too much. And I'll say that aquarium sand looks nice too :laugh:

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Soo : i don`t know enuff to advice you as the heat levels in your house are different from mine. In my house, the cephs get angled a`noon sun for like less than 1 hour from about 2-4 pm ( time fluctuates )
Sarras ? heheh, those grow quite well in our weather. The dormancy resistant clones are even more interesting. Trial by experiment.

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yes, the 1mm diameter type, if you use it, the surface might looks dry, but when you dig in, inside is wet(after 5 days without watering, a small pot), you can imagine using that now, I use it because I read some online information too, look nice as well, but too bad, don't work out well for me

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icic, mine expose to morning sun before 10am only, found that my backyard is quite cooling(temperature never exceed 28 Celcius) as compared to the front of my house(goes over 30 Celcius in the afternoon), trying out to grow them in both front and back of my house after splitting the original pot into many plantlets

Got any extra baby sarrs to let go? Want to play pure species, not into hybrid :)

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Sara Species : x ada extra....sorry.

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since you are growing cephs outdoor...do you have luck on the plantlets? out of topic...how's the fusca doing in your "backyard"?

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yup, so far, only casualty after repotting was one of the big one, apart from that, all leaf pulling still remain fresh, dump them all in front of my house under balcony, quite warm but some of those small divisions are growing, left the big one in my backyard styrofoam box, growing now, Fusca just settled and just have a new leaf growing out of it :)