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cindy: TC Cephalotus
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Global Moderator  member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore  TC Cephalotus« Thread Started on Jan 18, 2008, 10:49am » It was repotted in November and looked like this. This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Two months later, it seems very happy with the change.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Link to Post - Back to Top  Logged tarenceGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Apr 2007 Gender: Male  Posts: 1,523 Location: Bandar Kinrara , Puchong Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #1 on Jan 18, 2008, 11:19am » Must learn some deep breathing exercises......aiyo, so pretty & cute the clump of ceph pitchers. most if not all of us here are struggling with cephs ( those who own cephs but just keep quiet dunno lah ) so pics like this are an inspiration to me. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged agustinfrancoJunior Member  member is offline Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 59 Location: Sydney Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #2 on Jan 18, 2008, 5:17pm » Dear Cindy: Your intuition to grow these ****es will help many more growers as cephalotus is not an easy plant to find. Thanks for your sharing your knowledge.  Gus Link to Post - Back to Top Logged lishamSenior Member  member is offline  Joined: Jun 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 393 Location: Langkawi Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #3 on Jan 18, 2008, 7:40pm » Starting from now... I'll practise extra-caution when clicking on any posting by Cindy.... hehehhe.... Link to Post - Back to Top Logged cindyGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #4 on Jan 18, 2008, 8:42pm » Lisham, how much caution was that when you clicked on this post? Top views This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline  Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female  Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #5 on Jan 19, 2008, 8:14am » my eyes! my eyes!  DARN! you got me  Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist lisham Senior Member member is offline Joined: Jun 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 393 Location: Langkawi Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #6 on Jan 19, 2008, 8:40am » Quote:Lisham, how much caution was that when you clicked on this post? I accidentally clicked! Anyway... When I'm tempted by the pix of your posting... I'll remind myself on the pix in tarences' posting about his 6 cephs... The remedy.... Link to Post - Back to Top Logged cindyGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #7 on Jan 19, 2008, 4:21pm » Lisham, That remedy only works for a while. A couple of years ago, I was worse than Tarence, killing every Ceph I bought. Now at least I have a few plants to show.  Link to Post - Back to Top Logged tarenceGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Apr 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 1,523 Location: Bandar Kinrara , Puchong Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #8 on Jan 21, 2008, 12:41pm » i think tiny but hundreds of ceph pitchers also hold their own fascinating qualities as opposed to large but few pitchets. Very the gorgeous. cindy : wei, worse than Tarence ? heheh....compliment or what ? « Last Edit: Jan 21, 2008, 3:38pm by tarence »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged jonathanSenior Member member is offline   Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 357 Location: sg buloh Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #9 on Jan 21, 2008, 1:33pm » Hi cindy... The Albany pitcher plant is really the crown jewels of carnivorous plant world but this plant is still relatively rare in cultivation for carnivorous plant collectors in malaysia... A well-grown Cephalotus with multiple pitchers is a sight to behold and cindy's Cephalotus picture is surely something we will be looking forward for... Cindy thank you very much for sharing all those beautiful Cephalotus picture  Regards Jonathan « Last Edit: Jan 21, 2008, 1:38pm by jonathan »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged A dangerous plant and yet so unique and extraordinary... carnivorous plants..... cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #10 on Jan 23, 2008, 9:35am » Jonathan, The plant is rare because of its renowned difficulty. But in Singapore, we got a chance to buy them in bulk when Phill Mann of Southern Carnivores came over in December last year. I think we might have the largest number of Cephs now in collection than the whole of SE Asia itself! LOL This plant is still expensive because of the shipping and phyto certs. The plant itself is not that costly. But the demand is still there so I am bringing in more of them this month. But hopefully as more and more growers have experiences with them, this species will be considered from difficult to moderately easy to grow. In my experience, it is true that once established, all it needs is sunlight and watering. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged jonathanSenior Member member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 357 Location: sg buloh Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #11 on Jan 23, 2008, 12:52pm » Yeah i agree with you cindy... singapore really does have the larges collection of cephalotus as far as i know... I have read a whole bunch of web site about cephalotus and most of them consider them easy after they are established, it's also have problem with shipment shock and the new invoirement plus people without experience that does wrong handling lead them to sudden death.... Hopefully one day i'll be experience enough to take care of those baby... Thank you cindy for the explanation... wish to know more of them.... Regards Jonathan « Last Edit: Jan 23, 2008, 12:54pm by jonathan »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged A dangerous plant and yet so unique and extraordinary... carnivorous plants..... cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #12 on Jan 23, 2008, 6:33pm » Hi Jonathan, I am now establishing some Cephs so that the next batch for sale will be the hardened ones in pots. Actually, they were the runts of the lot which Phill brought over for sale. He packed them a little too wet so all the pitchers and leaves turned black, making them not suitable for sale. Phill freaked all of us out by plucking off nearly all the green parts! I brought the little ginger bits home and potted them up. It is an excellent experience because they are rather like rhizome cuttings. Now they have started growing and some even produced pitchers. Considering that they were potted up around 15th December last year, these rhizomes are doing very well. Hopefully, they would be ready by the end of February. I already have people who wants to pre-book these plants. But I don't dare to promise anyone yet because I still need to repot them and that in itself is another challenge. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged jonathanSenior Member member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 357 Location: sg buloh Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #13 on Jan 23, 2008, 11:04pm » Hi Cindy, I read if the rhizome is matured enough it will revive and most of the ceph that die off after shipment is because of the same reason...when people ship a young ceph in a package where the humidity is hight and when they reach the destination the owner expose them to lower humidity for hardening process all the leaves turn black eventually the rhizome will turn black together with it and the young ceph dies off... But in other case when you send out an older ceph all that dies off is only the leaves and pitcher and eventually the rhizome will still make it... then within month you will see new growth and this is also a ceph that don't need to go trough hardening process they will adapt to the current condition they are in... Cindy, from your experience in handling cephalotus do you think it's true? i'm really happy that we have this discussion and it help me understand this baby batter... thank you very much cindy... Regards Jonathan Link to Post - Back to Top Logged A dangerous plant and yet so unique and extraordinary... carnivorous plants..... cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #14 on Jan 24, 2008, 1:55pm » Hi Jonathan, I have learnt from Cephs gurus that small cephs generally ship better. I tend to agree, given the number of cephs I potted last month. Small cephs come back faster and are less prone to rot and, they lose less leaves and pitchers compared to large cephs. But like you said, large cephs have larger rhizomes. So when they come back after a while, although slower, they will produce large pitchers more readily. I read somewhere that how you plant the rhizome makes a difference to the type of plant you get. Plant it horizontally and you get multiple growth points and smaller pitchers. Vertically and you get larger pitchers on the few growth points. I didn't try it out so I am not sure. All of the bits I got last were planted vertically because that took up less space in a pot. Cephs, I noticed, react rather differently when they are placed in lower humidity. They tend to lose their leaves and pitchers very quickly rather than becoming limp like the leaves of Neps. The species tends to withdraw water and nutrients from the existing leaves and pitchers, turning them yellow. So the best thing you can do to save them is to top them up with water and keep the media well-watered. I was told to remove about 50% of the oldest growth on a bareroot plant before potting it up. It helps to minimise water loss and the recover time for the plant is faster. It was hard to do because imagine, you have this new plant with many pitchers and you need to cut them off! But I have done it and the pot can be left without being bagged up. I don't think low humidity is an issue unless we are talking about RH 10-20%. Cindy Link to Post - Back to Top Logged jonathanSenior Member member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 357 Location: sg buloh Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #15 on Jan 25, 2008, 12:32am » Hi Cindy... Thank you very much for the info...It's always good to learn from those with experience then to read and guess... hehe... Cindy, if i have more question may i pm you or post in this tread in the future? Regards Jonathan Link to Post - Back to Top Logged A dangerous plant and yet so unique and extraordinary... carnivorous plants..... cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #16 on Jan 25, 2008, 8:43am » Hi Jonathan, I am still learning myself so please post in this thread so that the actual gurus can help me out. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged jonathanSenior Member member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 357 Location: sg buloh Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #17 on Jan 26, 2008, 2:52am » Cindy... Thanks.. then we can learn together.... Regards Jonathan Link to Post - Back to Top Logged A dangerous plant and yet so unique and extraordinary... carnivorous plants..... cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #18 on Jan 26, 2008, 10:49pm » Here is what became of that large pitcher... This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  « Last Edit: Jan 26, 2008, 10:50pm by cindy »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged tarenceGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Apr 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 1,523 Location: Bandar Kinrara , Puchong Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #19 on Jan 31, 2008, 12:19pm » Cindy : hope you`ll get more pitchers of similiar size. it`s easily 5 times larger than the rest yah ? 
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Re: cindy: TC Cephalotus
cindy
Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #20 on Jan 31, 2008, 1:17pm » About that. There is another such pitcher forming on the other side of the "mountain". I'll take some pics to post tonight. That one I showed above has red teeth now! Link to Post - Back to Top Logged cindyGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #21 on Jan 31, 2008, 8:25pm » What became of that single larger-than-the-rest pitcher... This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Turn the pot around and there is another large pitcher! This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #22 on Jan 31, 2008, 10:01pm » the xl pitcher somehow reminds me of "Stripe" of the Gremlin movie fame cindy, sorry Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #23 on Feb 1, 2008, 10:35am » Hi Athene, Cephalotus pitchers are hideous...but I think they are beautiful in their own special way. I can't wait for an entire circumference of "Stripe"!! Muhahaha.... Link to Post - Back to Top Logged cindyGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #24 on Feb 5, 2008, 4:42pm » The second large pitcher, five days later... This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Another mature pitcher. The lid pattern is different from the rest. This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Link to Post - Back to Top Logged milossulaNew Member member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Czech republic Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #25 on Feb 5, 2008, 5:07pm » Hi Cindy, nice plant !. I had one before 2 years, but when was adult it died (rot)  Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedMilos Sula ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #26 on Feb 5, 2008, 5:19pm » hmm... now I'm questioning my decision not to get cephalotus the other day!  « Last Edit: Feb 5, 2008, 6:53pm by ameliepoulain »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #27 on Feb 7, 2008, 2:02pm » Milossula, How did it die? I read that adults tend to suffer from root rot if their pots are not kept cool during summer.Athene, You will have the chance to buy one...if you want to. « Last Edit: Feb 7, 2008, 2:04pm by cindy »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged cindyGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #28 on Feb 14, 2008, 7:21pm » I thought I should take photos of the pitchers in natural light. This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  This image is reduced by 13%, click it to view full size.  Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #29 on Feb 14, 2008, 7:47pm » ah... my old friend 'Stripe' Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist tarence Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Apr 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 1,523 Location: Bandar Kinrara , Puchong Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #30 on Feb 15, 2008, 8:51am » Athene : from Gremlins ah ? Cindy : nice colouration of the pitchers. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #31 on Feb 15, 2008, 10:31am » tarence: yup!... doesn't it remind you of 'Stripe'? Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist tarence Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Apr 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 1,523 Location: Bandar Kinrara , Puchong Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #32 on Feb 15, 2008, 11:05am » heheh, yes it does Athene. when are you getting one ? i just got 2 more pots from Cindy last week. hopefully, in a few months or years, they`ll look a bit like these gorgeous ones. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #33 on Feb 15, 2008, 11:28am » not now, I'm too busy to attend to any new 'special need' plant. Maybe after summer. Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #34 on Feb 15, 2008, 7:43pm » Athene, the third photo is Stripe No. 2! It was a green jelly bean on the 31 Jan. Yesterday, it has developed its full colour. From the rate they are going, I'll have a dozen Stripes in 6 months! No...I can't...I'll have to repot soon if I get another six Stripes. Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #35 on Feb 15, 2008, 9:56pm » cindy, if you have a dozen Stripes in 6 months, you are in trouble. Be extra careful you don't feed them after midnite! I don't want to open the newspaper & read all about the 1st human casualty to a mutated Ceph. ! Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist lisham Senior Member member is offline Joined: Jun 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 393 Location: Langkawi Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #36 on Feb 16, 2008, 5:58pm » If cephs are gremlins... Quick! Water them... They'll pop ****es when they get wet! No sun for them or they'll turn into mush... Me oso Gremlins freak lo... The first movie was funny... The second one even funnier.. Spider gremlin, bat-gremlin, they even have a he/she/male/female gremlin in the movie... So funny... Link to Post - Back to Top Logged ameliepoulainGlobal Moderator member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 442 Location: Ara River, 11900 Penang Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #37 on Feb 16, 2008, 7:59pm » Quote:If cephs are gremlins... Quick! Water them... They'll pop ****es when they get wet! No sun for them or they'll turn into mush... Me oso Gremlins freak lo... The first movie was funny... The second one even funnier.. Spider gremlin, bat-gremlin, they even have a he/she/male/female gremlin in the movie... So funny...my favorite would be the 'flasher' gremlin Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedAthene's CP GrowlistAthene's Wishlist cindy Global Moderator member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #38 on Feb 16, 2008, 8:09pm » You all are right, this pot of Ceph is watered daily for the production of the little gremlins. But this breed of Gremlins have mutated to do well in sunlight! Be afraid, be very afraid... Link to Post - Back to Top Logged jonathanSenior Member member is offline Joined: May 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 357 Location: sg buloh Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #39 on Feb 16, 2008, 9:46pm » Omg cindy.. they are dangerous... very very gorgeous... would really wanna get one soon... hopefully.... Regards Jonathan
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Re: cindy: TC Cephalotus
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Global Moderator  member is offline Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: Singapore  Re: TC Cephalotus« Reply #40 on Feb 19, 2008, 2:57pm » I counted the number of "Stripe"s last night....five!  That is reaching half a dozen! Muhahaha...<dreams of watering the plant later for more gremlims>
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