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Dark typical I've got growing. Would be a challenge to one currently registered in ICPS.

Cephalotus "Nauz Purple"

Wow they look so nice.

Matt wrote:Cephalotus "Nauz Purple"

Haha has a nice ring to it.

Nauz wrote:

Matt wrote:Cephalotus "Nauz Purple"

Haha has a nice ring to it.

how long have you been growing that guy?


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tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote:

Matt wrote:Cephalotus "Nauz Purple"

Haha has a nice ring to it.

how long have you been growing that guy?


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It's about two years old.

Nauz wrote:

tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote: Haha has a nice ring to it.

how long have you been growing that guy?


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It's about two years old.

Do you fertilize


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tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote:

tannerm wrote:how long have you been growing that guy?


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It's about two years old.

Do you fertilize


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I sure do.

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tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote: It's about two years old.

Do you fertilize


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I sure do.

I've been using a diluted max sea for foliar fertilizing and a diluted orchid fertilizer for the trap (not plural because mine only has one, but two more on the way)!!! What about you? You obviously have it down (as we've discussed before haha)


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tannerm wrote: Do you fertilize


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I sure do.

I've been using a diluted max sea for foliar fertilizing and a diluted orchid fertilizer for the trap (not plural because mine only has one, but two more on the way)!!! What about you? You obviously have it down (as we've discussed before haha)


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Well for awhile I did maxsea in the pitchers one or twice a month. Now I'm diluting it in a spray bottle and spraying the plants. They get saturated vary well all over foliage, in pitchers and a bit on the dressing. The next day I will top flood with distilled water. I do this once a month but I skipped September. I might do it soon or just start again next month. Still kinda feeling it not trying to over do fertilizer and stuff.

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tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote: I sure do.

I've been using a diluted max sea for foliar fertilizing and a diluted orchid fertilizer for the trap (not plural because mine only has one, but two more on the way)!!! What about you? You obviously have it down (as we've discussed before haha)


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Well for awhile I did maxsea in the pitchers one or twice a month. Now I'm diluting it in a spray bottle and spraying the plants. They get saturated vary well all over foliage, in pitchers and a bit on the dressing. The next day I will top flood with distilled water. I do this once a month but I skipped September. I might do it soon or just start again next month. Still kinda feeling it not trying to over do fertilizer and stuff.

Same here basically, except I avoid maxsea in the pitchers and do a few drops of the orchid fertilizer in the pitcher. I think it's working well. You remember what it looks like before, right?


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I sure do the coloration is looking vary nice, are you using urea free orchid fertilizer? I really like that plant and now your seeing a new pitcher can't wait for it to have a full set of pitchers. Don't be alarmed if you don't see it produce any non carnivorous leaves. All my plants will do that and only put them out if lighting is vary low in specific locations like when a new crown develops and try's to protrude out of the ground from roots.

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tannerm wrote:.

I sure do the coloration is looking vary nice, are you using urea free orchid fertilizer? I really like that plant and now your seeing a new pitcher can't wait for it to have a full set of pitchers. Don't be alarmed if you don't see it produce any non carnivorous leaves. All my plants will do that and only put them out if lighting is vary low in specific locations like when a new crown develops and try's to protrude out of the ground from roots.

It colored up really well - thanks for all the great advice! I know, I hope it goes crazy like yours! Also, I was wondering why I could never see any regular leaves with yours (I kind of like them to be honest).

Not sure about that; what's urea? If it's normally in orchid food, probably not. Just for a generic 20-20-20. Works well for nepenthes and the helis love it too!
(I basically have a lifetime supply - HAHAH)


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tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote:

tannerm wrote:.

I sure do the coloration is looking vary nice, are ..........e a lifetime supply - HAHAH)


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Quoted from an article out of ICPS "Urea is not directly usable by plants and needs to be broken down by bacteria to be effective." Here is the article "http://www.carnivorousplants.org/howto/ ... mphora.php". Not sure if more research has been done on it at all though. So basically if you fertilizer has urea nitrogen, unless your pitcher has bacteria in it then it won't absorb the nitrogen at all and will be wasted.

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tannerm wrote:

Nauz wrote: I sure do the coloration is looking vary nice, are ..........e a lifetime supply - HAHAH)


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Quoted from an article out of ICPS "Urea is not directly usable by plants and needs to be broken down by bacteria to be effective." Here is the article "http://www.carnivorousplants.org/howto/ ... mphora.php". Not sure if more research has been done on it at all though. So basically if you fertilizer has urea nitrogen, unless your pitcher has bacteria in it then it won't absorb the nitrogen at all and will be wasted.

Interesting. How do I tell, would it be listed on the label?


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