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Those are some pretty pitcher pictures! (say that 3 times fast lol)
Those are probobaly my two favorite genuses of pitcher, heliamphora and cephalotus.

Caleboy 123 wrote:Those are some pretty pitcher pictures! (say that 3 times fast lol)
Those are probobaly my two favorite genuses of pitcher, heliamphora and cephalotus.

Me too.But I can't grow them succesfully.....Except for ceph.Is it a non-carnivorous leaf on the ceph?When do they produce them?

marvin1997 wrote:Is it a non-carnivorous leaf on the ceph?When do they produce them?

Hi Marvin,

Some say that the non-carnivorous leaves of cephs aid the plants if they are not getting enough food from their pitchers. Makes sense to help the plant process photosynthesis.

hb

That ceph thing is so cute!!! I want to climb in there, and no... I will not die!!!

lemonlily wrote:That ceph thing is so cute!!! I want to climb in there, and no... I will not die!!!

yes....they are VERY CUTE!!!!Like pearls if you see it from the top.

I want to climb inside every carnivorous plant trap. or get stuck on a sundew. And I will not die!!!

Wow, sweet looking plants. I have a lot of respect for everyone that can grow helis and cephs.

Well Thank you bpullin! Respect to all who grows plants in general too! This is a weird yet exciting hobby.

Cheers!

hb

Nice, you got a Heli and a ceph!!

Carolyn

Yey, yup. Love this guys. I just got 3 strikes from the ceph leaf pulling. I hope my TC'd ones strikes too! The Helis are forming clumps like crazy. Around 4 division on 1 plant. I have to re-do my set up. Want to try on LED lighting to minimize the heat. I am currently running 2 T5s on a 30 gallong terrarium.

hb

hackerberry wrote:Yey, yup. Love this guys. I just got 3 strikes from the ceph leaf pulling. I hope my TC'd ones strikes too! The Helis are forming clumps like crazy. Around 4 division on 1 plant. I have to re-do my set up. Want to try on LED lighting to minimize the heat. I am currently running 2 T5s on a 30 gallong terrarium.

hb

Hey HB, how's it going? Congrats on the leaf pulling strikes! How's the TC leaf (Ceph) doing?

Thanks PM, everything is doing great. Just growing the VFTs ex-vitro now. Also got a strike on the Shark's teeth. The ceph did not do anything, wrong media but it was too late when I realized. I will try again when I get some leaves. Right now, my cephs are just making pitchers.

hb

nice plants HB! look good!