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First Cephalotus
« Thread Started on Dec 28, 2007, 12:26am »
Here is my first Cephalotus picture, any suggestion to save them?

my smallest ceph going die soon.

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second one look fine.

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The biggest one totally gone but new life turn out.

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« Reply #1 on Dec 28, 2007, 1:17am »
Don't worry! New shoots are coming out! Just cut off the dried pitcher. « Last Edit: Dec 28, 2007, 1:17am by piscesilim »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedLim cindy
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« Reply #2 on Dec 28, 2007, 7:39pm »
Eric,
They already have offshoots coming out of the rhizomes. So keep them moist, not wet with lots of light and ventilation. Don't throw out the first Ceph yet.
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« Reply #3 on Dec 28, 2007, 9:22pm »


The last pitcher was dropped today.

Cindy, I was put it on test tube with cover. After see your advise, I will relocate it to other place. Maybe I tumpang it beside my Ping pot.
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« Reply #4 on Dec 28, 2007, 10:29pm »
There is likely to be offshoots in the rhizome beneath the media. Keep it moist and not wet so that the rhizome don't rot away.

Lots of light and ventilation or else mildew will appear...like mine.
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« Reply #5 on Jan 16, 2008, 3:27pm »
The small rhizome was rotted.
The Ceph with leaf stop growing but offshoot appeared.
The large rhizome with offshoot.... the offshoots were gone! Thinking to throw it back to ziplock bag again.
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« Reply #6 on Jan 16, 2008, 5:23pm »
the rhizome rotted? could it be because you kept the media too wet? for cephs, the media should be free-draining and not be standing in water. moist, but not wet media.

i would advise against keeping it in the ziplock bag as the rapid/huge change in humidity levels is only making it more difficult for the ceph to adapt.

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« Reply #7 on Jan 16, 2008, 5:40pm »

Quote:the rhizome rotted? could it be because you kept the media too wet? for cephs, the media should be free-draining and not be standing in water. moist, but not wet media.

i would advise against keeping it in the ziplock bag as the rapid/huge change in humidity levels is only making it more difficult for the ceph to adapt.


My bad to kill the little rhizome as I keep it at Ping's pot with water tray. The large rhizome moved out from wet peat with water tray and change it to moist peat without water tray. Will water it manual way depend on peat moist level.

The middle size Ceph also removed out from water tray. Will drop it back to water tray for few minutes every 2-3days.

hongrui, Thank you for you advise.
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Re: First Cephalotus
« Reply #8 on Jan 16, 2008, 7:13pm »
you're welcome eric. do keep us updated on how the cephs are doing.
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« Reply #9 on Jan 17, 2008, 8:57pm »
Eric,

The Cephs can be potted up straight away and left in a cool and bright place with no issue with humidity. In fact, mine are placed immediately under lights since my balcony is pretty dark this time of the year.

Hongrui is right. Keep the media quick draining, like for any highland Nep. Water daily and don't leave any water in the tray. Top watering flushes excess minerals out. Tray watering is a big no-no for growing Cephs because they are very prone to root rot. For this rainy season, I don't water daily but every two days.
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Re: First Cephalotus
« Reply #10 on Apr 14, 2008, 11:57pm »
Cindy, my Cephalotus was gone. End of this year I will going to Singapore. Hopefully that time I am ready to take my second cephalotus from you again.
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Re: First Cephalotus
« Reply #11 on Apr 15, 2008, 4:41pm »
It's been 4 months since you got your cephs already?! Gosh, time flies!

Eric, all of them are gone? If you are coming over in December, I'll see if I can get some for you during the Singapore Garden Festival...and have them potted up. In that way, they will be hardened by the time you picked them up.

I was going through your previous posts and noticed that the media is quite wet. I don't water my cephs everyday, sometimes the top peat layer becomes light brown i.e. very dry. Cephs dislike their crowns to be wet so unless you have them on a mound, otherwise cut back on the watering. It is quite hard to kill a Ceph from underwatering, not unless you are like me who forgot about one pot for 2 weeks.

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My old Cephalotus had gone to no way.
Below is my new Cephalotus which now potted with Peat Moss and Perlite 1:1 and installed "WaterMe" auto watering production from Ace Hardware to keep the medium moist but not wet.

[David]

Wow! You bought auto watering system just for your cephs. Can see this is yoru prize possesion. Hope the new ceph thrive for you

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Some pitchers inside the clump was turning to yellow. Didn't really know it is nature leaf retired or others else. So I re potted it and put in the auto watering tool.

The tool was tested, it can keep most medium in moist. (Monitored for a week) Tested by using tissue paper put on the medium but didn't get wet.

Hopefully this is correct environment for the Cephalotus.

[eric_sow]

Shiao.... My Cephalotus leaf and pitchers become soft... look like dehydration. Is it normal? Because I didn't touch the plant at all even potting.

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Hi Eric,

I guess in the first place u shouldn't have repotted the ceph as i am having the same problem with one of the three pots which i bought. It was repotted and everything went flop, now it's under ICU, cover with holes for ventilation and placing it in somewhere bright. Hoprfully it will turn out well.

As for the other two pots, they are as beautiful since the initial pickup and they have been growing.

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After two days check, I lost half of the pitchers. Others going fine as Cindy said, they like water.

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Cephs like to have water flowing through their media. Top watering is best carried out everyday and allow the water to drain out completely. That is the only method that works so far for me. Although overseas growers have the pots sitting in water, their temperature is cooler than us year round or at least they have the day/night temperature difference.

Pitchers going soft is a sure sign of rot or root mealies. But sometimes the plant does it to send out out new growth. Very odd but there have been times when I think a plant is dying with all the limp growth above the media...but when I check the rhizome, a new shoot is emerging from deeper down the pot. Maybe this is what is known as the famous 'die back'. Interestingly, this new growth is usually stronger and carries larger leaves and pitchers.

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Another Cephalotus I get today.

[David]

Nice big pitchers Eric.