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I have a tiny ceph. It had some death from transport, I repotted it. After it seemed to recover. It had 1 tiny trap that was healthy and a few small leaves. I noticed a few days ago the trap and some leaves were turning brownish. I initially thought it was turning red as it is a brewers clone. Now the trap is clearly dead. I'm wondering what I can do to save it. Here are some pics but it's so small it's hard to see what's going on so do your best and I can try better lighting later.

Note: my furnace died last week so I'm using my wood burning stove to keep the house warm until the repair guy can get out here. We have had nearly everyday with subzero temps so the temp in my house has been fluctuating wildly. Is that the likely culprit? Or I was also thinking I've overwatered it because I've heard they like less water when its cold.

Anytime Cephalotus are repotted they usually sulk for quite a while. Keeping the humidity elevated will help lessen their down time but they still usually need a couple of months to recover.

I reported over a month ago, so I gues a delayed reaction. Thanks

Do you have a pic of when you first got it?

Cephs do not like tons of water, that is true. Though I've personally never overdone my plants with watering (they're more resilient than they're portrayed) one of the first things I would do would be bag the plant and keep the humidity high as Matt suggested. The more stable conditions you can give the plant, the better. Try to keep it above freezing temperatures and give it decent lighting. As Matt mentioned, they take a particularly long time to get acclimated to new environments and begin resuming growth though once it does, it is easier to tweak the other variables like humidity with less consequence.

If you bag the plant, you won't need to water it until the condensation on the inside of the bag begins to evaporate. It'll likely be a week or more if it's cold outside. On the plus side, if you get it figured out it'll be very rewarding when the plant starts really growing. Once they do start, they grow pretty quick.