FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

I would definitely call myself a newbie to growing carnivorous plants. I have been growing a sarracenia, two dionaea, utricularia, and drosera binata for a few months now, and would love to expand my collection sometime soon. And when I mean soon, I mean after summer is almost over (I'll be away from home for most of summer).

I have been interested in cephalotus, and I have done a good amount of research on how to care for them and grow them, but is cephalotus a good "beginner" plant? Would any cephalotus veterans be able to tell me their experience with growing them?



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Im no expert on cephs, but I'm pretty sure they're one of the harder plants to care for based on what I've read about them.

Cephalotus have a reputation for being difficult that I'm pretty sure is undeserved. I think the main issue is that most people want to treat them like tropical plants when they really do need a bit of a winter dormancy to stay healthy.

I totally ignore mine and it does fine.

Agreed, I ignore kine as well. One of those things that don't care to be pampered.

The thing that makes me reluctant to buy cephs are that they are slow growers.