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Benurmanii wrote:Lookin good! Do you plan on giving them a winter rest?

Yeah I'm a little hesitant to lower the photoperiod to that much. I guess I'll lower it to 14 hours for now (slowly). If they don't seem to start produce any gemmae I might lower it a teeeny bit more, though if no signs of gemmae show then I might keep it around 14 hours.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying I haven't found any information that indicates any photoperiod lesser than 12 hours is adequate. This is also assuming one is using either standard fluorescent tube lighting, or LED equivalent. Obviously, HID lighting such as HPS or MH is going to provide a much more "Sun" like light intensity and therefore photoperiod can be reduced beyond that which would be advisable for fluorescent systems. However that kind of lighting seems like overkill to me. It produces tons of heat for one thing, and SUCKS energy for another. Not to mention per unit costs. In any case, perhaps the information you found about reducing the photoperiod to less than 12 hours was in reference to a lighting system of greater intensity than fluorescent. Or perhaps even natural light.

Also I've read that cephalotus start to rest at about 11 to 12 hours photoperiod under lights. However, I've read people claiming that they need the rest, and some claiming that they don't.

My current understanding is that, when given a rest period Cephalotus will flower. When not given a rest, the grow year around without flowering. This information was given by Matt in another post. It's NOT a direct quote, but the general idea of his statement. Can't remember what post it was though. The flower stalks of Cephalotus are ENORMOUS in comparison to the plant itself. Check out this video

Carnivorous Plants - Cephalotus follicularis

By SarraceniaNorthwest

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3hZeVEVJ9ZQ

Hope this helps.

Happy growing,
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Benurmanii wrote:Ah, I see, thanks for clearing that up. If I get a Cephalotus, I may try to get it to flower, but like I said, I'm going to try to approach all of this cautiously.

iamjacksplants wrote: Did you watch that video?

Cheers,
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Anymal911 wrote:Yo Adam, do you know if jcal still has those seeds up for sale?