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Maybe I should feed my ceph too to make it grow faster . Are cephs the kind of cp that you have to feed or it dies/stops growing? I am getting very disappointing growth from mine for the last 6 months. Maybe I should consider ...

Nice plant though SEWinans . Has it flowered yet?

Snap Traps wrote:Are cephs the kind of cp that you have to feed or it dies/stops growing?

I really don't know about this. I've just found that mine grows much faster when I feed it.

It hasn't flowered yet. Maybe someday

Has yours changed much since your last picture? I really wish mine was the same color as yours.

SEWinans wrote:Has yours changed much since your last picture?

No, the only thing that grew are a couple of small leaves from the crown and a tiny, developing pitcher. It will be sometime next year (if my ceph manage to survive while I'm away) before I can see a decent pitcher .

SEWinans wrote:I really wish mine was the same color as yours.

Maybe the reason mine grows so dark is because I don't feed it. How much light are you giving yours and what's your temperature?

How much does one of these little guys cost? It's so cute!

Not sure about the US but in England they cost around £10 for a medium plant.

Snap Traps wrote:No, the only thing that grew are a couple of small leaves from the crown and a tiny, developing pitcher. It will be sometime next year (if my ceph manage to survive while I'm away) before I can see a decent pitcher .

Aw man, that is really slow! I wonder why. I am certainly no expert on cephs. Each individual plant is different, I'm sure.

Maybe the reason mine grows so dark is because I don't feed it.

Good point. Flytraps develop more color when they're hungry too

How much light are you giving yours and what's your temperature?

Mine is grown in a terrarium under six 6500K high output T5's. The lights are on roughly from 8AM to 11PM. The plant is about 5 inches from the lights. Humidity varies... 40%-60% during the day and 90% at night. During the day the temperature never exceeds 85F, and at night I put ice packs in there to drop the temp as much as possible. Normally it ends up at about 60F. I use a wick watering system. I have a nylon rope sticking in the bottom of the pot and it hangs into a container containing distilled water. I simply drilled a hole in the top of a plastic container (meant for food storage) and I set my ceph pot on the lid. The wick hangs through the hole into the container which is filled with water. This way the soil always stays damp and all I have to do is be sure that the reservoir remains full and clean. I occasionally top water (soil only) with refrigerated distilled water. All of my plants seem to like this, especially if they get a little warmer than I'd like during the day.

SEWinans wrote: Mine is grown in a terrarium under six 6500K high output T5's. The lights are on roughly from 8AM to 11PM. The plant is about 5 inches from the lights. Humidity varies... 40%-60% during the day and 90% at night. During the day the temperature never exceeds 85F, and at night I put ice packs in there to drop the temp as much as possible. Normally it ends up at about 60F. I use a wick watering system. I have a nylon rope sticking in the bottom of the pot and it hangs into a container containing distilled water. I simply drilled a hole in the top of a plastic container (meant for food storage) and I set my ceph pot on the lid. The wick hangs through the hole into the container which is filled with water. This way the soil always stays damp and all I have to do is be sure that the reservoir remains full and clean. I occasionally top water (soil only) with refrigerated distilled water. All of my plants seem to like this, especially if they get a little warmer than I'd like during the day.

Sound like a spoiled little plant . I leave mine outside, exposing it to the wrath of the British weather.

Time for another update!