Got a new ceph!

[marvin1997]

Hi guys went to Subang Parade got this little one for Rm30.I'm a newbie and.......Should I repot it?How to water it?How much light?Do they like water tray?They look like teeny-weeny pearls.


Compared to my thumb,they look sooo tiny.

[TranMinh]

Hi,
I think you should repot it with good drain media or the plants will die because hot and water !

[marvin1997]

With sand , shpagnum moss and perlite ,right?I still don't understand....they need to be hot or cold?

[TranMinh]

Hi,
you should ask Cindy for this ! as I know is cephalotus root are hate water flooder ! and they need good drain media ! if cephalotus root take care good they can survire up to 40 degree !

[funkychips]

Marvin, here's how I pot my plants.

I use the Ikea terracotta pot, which is very cooling for the plants. I use a small handful of LFS as base, a mix of perlite, peat moss and vermiculite for the main media with perlite dressing on top. I reckon Cindy also has excellent results with her mix. Hope that helps.

Alvin

[marvin1997]

I have that pot too.The white one,right?but isn't that very big?

[marvin1997]

Is this a sign of root rot?HELP!!!I don't want it to die!!!Can anyone tell me where to get silica sand??!!Off-topic question:funkychips,where to get the pot?The garden corner of Ikea?

[funkychips]

Marvin, the pot you can find in the garden section. Also repot your ceph ASAP coz the LFS looks a bit too wet. Did you put it indoors or outdoors? The black silica sand you can find in aquarium shops. Just ask for black sand. Your media can be peat/perlite or peat/sand.

[nickjamie]

yes you can find it in the ikea garden section. well, if you take care not to water too much while it is still growing in sphagnum moss, it will survive. the key is to allow it to take as much sun as possible without heating the roots, and to allow the media to be moist and not wet.

i have two pots of ceph in sphagnum for 2 years. i water them once every two weeks when the weather is dry and once every three weeks when it's raining season. you have to control if you grow in sphagnum.

but if you grow in peat moss/perlite, you need not worry so much. just water once every 2-3 days.

[marvin1997]

I'm so DEAD!!(more specificly,my Ceph is so DEAD!!!)I think I broke it's root when I repotted it.I thought the root were small so I just pulled out the sm because sm sticks together ,right?Until I found out the root were 2 cm across,I knew I pulled its roots.Can anyone help.After repotting picture(next day):