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where can I find a Cephalotus grow guide

The ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) has great grow guides for alot of CP's (probably all of them) including Cephs.

icps doesn't have a ceph guide

MICKEY wrote:icps doesn't have a ceph guide

Yes they do! Here it is! http://www.carnivorousplants.org/seedba ... alotus.htm

MICKEY wrote:where can I find a Cephalotus grow guide

would be a good idea to look up a local grow guide ,as if your new to growing cephs they can be some times difficult , if you dont get the right plants at bit hard to get going , most guides if the person has good knowledge will be ok but may vary a bit from country to country because of different climate conditions , mainly weather,temps and sun so have a look for some info from some one in your home land first and see if that is achievable to you growing conditions
J

well in my personal experience ive learned in very short time (about 1 and a half or 2 years) with my cephalotus....you should make a substrate with peat moss, perlite and let it with a humidity trap which allows a short exchange of air but still keeping the humidity, put it light shade place and moist the soil until it be very very damp and let it in a dry dish ...then use that water that the substrate runoff for other plant letting the dish dry again..... water the ceph every 5 days and repeat procedure with the dish.....ive had good results with this simple care..... i don t know it it will work for you but my cephalotus was grown from seed like that and now he got 2 little plantlets more intil 2day good luck i hope it helps you... BTW cephalotus is a VERY EXTREME slow grow plant.... so be patient, i feed my plant like every 15 days with very small insects...1 or 2