cindy: SGF Cephalotus - to be harden and sold this July

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SGF Cephalotus - to be harden and sold this July
« Thread Started on May 19, 2008, 2:56pm »
What do you do after a long and hard day at work? You pot up a batch of Cephalotus plants!

The plants arrive bareroot as usual. The ones shown here are the M to L size plants.
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Not much growth because it is autumn and they are just recovering from the summer heat. But look at those new offshoots...
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None the less, the pitchers are still quite a nice size.
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These are S size TC plants, hardened in the nursery.
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The plants after being potted.
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« Reply #1 on May 19, 2008, 2:56pm »
And finally, who can guess how many plants there are in the pic below?

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« Reply #2 on May 19, 2008, 6:26pm »
......10 Pots........maybe 25 Cephs?
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« Reply #3 on May 20, 2008, 1:51am »
Looks like a lot more than that. Maybe 67?
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« Reply #4 on May 20, 2008, 3:35pm »
Ya loh..... I think maybe 60?
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Re: SGF Cephalotus - to be harden and sold this J
« Reply #5 on May 21, 2008, 8:20am »
Hey, no changing your guess!

just joking, plantlover


Does anyone think the Cephalotus guessing should be made into a poll? « Last Edit: May 21, 2008, 8:31am by marigoldsfail21 »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged plantlover
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« Reply #6 on May 21, 2008, 3:16pm »
Yah, I think it should me made into a poll. Very hard to guess.
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« Reply #7 on May 21, 2008, 7:49pm »
No need for a poll. 'Cos I myself is not sure how many there are!

Well, I know how many were sent to me though...
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« Reply #8 on May 23, 2008, 8:24am »
Hey, would be very fun to have a poll, and it's easier for you to count the growing tips than us, since you have the plants.
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Re: SGF Cephalotus - to be harden and sold this J
« Reply #9 on May 24, 2008, 12:56pm »
I won't waste my time guessing around just tell us how many is there cindy!!
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Re: SGF Cephalotus - to be harden and sold this J
« Reply #10 on Jun 5, 2008, 12:41pm »
how are these doing Cindy ? It kinda reminds me of the 6 i had. heheh. you have an army of cephs here.
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« Reply #11 on Jun 5, 2008, 3:33pm »
Tarence,
Nearly all the large pitchers you see in the pics have turned brown and dried up. But the growing tips have started new growth.

The best of the lot are the medium and large size plants. IMHO, they are easier to harden compared to the small plants. And fewer losses.

Ali & Marigold,
I can't tell how many plants there are now by counting the growing tips 'cos some of the larger plants come with more than one growth points. There were exactly 50 plants that came. But now I am sure I have less than that number of growing tips which are green. Most losses are the small plants.



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« Reply #12 on Jun 5, 2008, 5:15pm »


My small ceph finally go to heaven... bless for my ceph...

would take next time again ... hehehehe
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« Reply #13 on Jun 5, 2008, 7:02pm »
Good to know Cindy....the turnaround time for loss of existing pitchers & growth of tips is quite fast yah ? just about 2 weeks.
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« Reply #14 on Jun 5, 2008, 9:43pm »
Edmund, so soon??

Tarence, Cephs acclimatise quite quickly if they are happy with the conditions. The only issue is that the large pitchers are all gone and most people think that it is a difficult species. The loss is natural as it is being sent bareroot. Just like losing the Nep pitchers after they arrive, but the Nep leaves stay intact so they don't look so botak (bare).

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Re: SGF Cephalotus - to be harden and sold this J
« Reply #15 on Jun 6, 2008, 9:59am »
So sad you lost your littlest cephs.



btw, what do cephalotus flowers look like? Just thought about how I've never seen or heard of ceph flowers before. I'm assuming it's very difficult to induce them to flower. « Last Edit: Jun 6, 2008, 10:03am by marigoldsfail21 »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged cindy
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« Reply #16 on Jun 6, 2008, 1:10pm »
Here you go.

http://icps.proboards105.com/index.cgi?b....lay&thread=1737

It is common to lose some of the smaller ones, not that many so I wouldn't worry too much.
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« Reply #17 on Jun 7, 2008, 2:37am »
Oh wow, they look just like dionaea flowers!
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« Reply #18 on Jun 7, 2008, 12:46pm »
Ya loh! Very beautiful.

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Pic taken on 1 June

Pic taken on 1 July

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Cindy .... thank for sharing

so when they will start pitcher new one?

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Hi Edmund,

If you compare the two photos, you will see that the plants are already producing new pitchers. Cephs are slow-growing so you can't expect the same speed of growth as Neps. They are for extremely patient or can't-be-bothered people who are willing not to check on them everyday. I have been trained by the plants themselves to ignore them.

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hi cindy & edmund

ignoring cephs really works for them. i just watered them everyday for like about a month w/out really looking, then *magic* saw offshoots.

just got a small `batch` from taiwan. so the challenge is now ON to harden. having killed 7 so far, i think i am up to the challenge. heheh. what will work to my advantage is the fact that the cephs are tiny so it`s easier to harden. i think.....

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hohoho.... i hard for me to train my self not looking at them ...

must patient if i getting them again