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Veeery small ones, I put them in the soil, but the roots were so small, I don't know will they continue to grow normal... Any tips?

aaaaaaw they're sooo cute it might be a idea to cut a bottle in half and put it over the top to keep humidity high and give em lots of light

I read somwhere on forums that after repotting it is in not recommended too keep high humidity...

prpl_trtl wrote:I read somwhere on forums that after repotting it is in not recommended too keep high humidity...

Just the opposite! High humidity helps rapid conditioning plants and to easily overcome the stress after repoting. So I would recommend you high humidity, but a reasonable levels 70 - 80%. After air-conditioning plant humidity can be reduced, but I always prefer and grow my plants in high humidity.

Great then. How much time did pass as they grown this big?

About 6 weeks ago Matt sent me some baby Cephalotus fresh from his tissue culture program. They were healthy masses of Cephalotus tissue but they had no roots. I separated the plant masses into pieces and potted them several to each 2.5 inch (about 6 centimeter) pot.

Because Cephalotus is sometimes prone to rot I didn't want to keep the plants or their medium too wet, despite the fact that they had not yet produced roots. So I misted them frequently with a handheld spray bottle containing rain water for about 2 weeks, and fully watering the medium only occasionally, from the bottom. I placed a plastic covering over them only at night to help conserve humidity for those 2 weeks, but then removed the covering and just misted them several times per day for the next several weeks. Here is a photo of several of them today, 6 weeks later.

Steve:
your baby Cephalotus look great. Two years ago I germinated some Cephalotus seeds in vitro. I have been dividing and replating them since then. I just took my first batch out of the flask in Sept. and I was worried that the would be difficult it acclimate, but they were actually easier than Dionaea. After 2 weeks in the greenhouse I started putting them out in the sun for a few hours occasionally. The are slow growers but a lot of fun.

Here is what mine look like:



Brad

Those little Ceph plantlets look great, Brad. Thanks for posting the photo and sharing their "back story."

heres my first ceph.

john was kind enough to give me one about 2 mth ago. it had 3 leaves, 2 tiny pitchers and a 3rd just starting to grow.

its since grown out and finally opened. the size is huge compared to the older 2 pitchers which have now died off.

however i dont see any new growth anywhere. no new shoots or leaves at all. im sure in time i'll see new growth as it oly just opened the pitcher today.

Hi Glenn
It will start to grow soon the weather is holding it back a bit being cooler than usual,, get it a bit warmer and it will take off

hey glenn that ceph looks amazing

They all look great,but mine now are smaller then any of these.
This is the starting of winter period in my location,so I will leave them on windowsill till spring. Hope they'll do fine...

Some purple coloration to share... Pics are taken with D70 so focus on Ceph's is better.

Wow, those are very purpleish red! Very nice!