FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Sponsored by FlytrapStore.com

Discuss Sarracenia, Heliamphora, Darlingtonia, Cephalotus plant care here

Moderator: Matt

User avatar
By andynorth
Location: 
Posts:  2144
Joined:  Fri May 12, 2023 9:08 pm
#457292
I was cleaning my indoor greenhouse today and decided to also transplant my Ceph for the very first time. I had soil for it that I bought some time ago, just never got around to it.
It was much easier than I thought it would be. I dug around the outside, deep enough to avoid the roots. I pulled the entire thing out and set it in its new home, filled it all in and watered it. My Heli is next, never done one of them either!!
The top 2 on the left and the bottom 1 on the left were taken today. The other 2 were taken in May, 2024. Not a bad progress. If you zoom on the pics they look way better.
Attachments:
20241024_214935.jpg
20241024_214935.jpg (3.27 MiB) Viewed 491 times
20241024_205803.jpg
20241024_205803.jpg (2.73 MiB) Viewed 491 times
20241024_214945.jpg
20241024_214945.jpg (3.1 MiB) Viewed 491 times
20240524_102432.jpg
20240524_102432.jpg (441.74 KiB) Viewed 491 times
20240524_102353.jpg
20240524_102353.jpg (441.29 KiB) Viewed 491 times
Jedikinigit, Sundews69, MikeB and 1 others liked this
By Jade
Location: 
Posts:  526
Joined:  Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:57 pm
#457515
Ooh they’re so freakin cute! Cephs are on my list of plants in the higher difficulty category that I want to try. How hard do you find them to be compared to the other plants?

I want to try these, cobra lilies, and helia, but I wanted to try and get enough experience with other plants so I hopefully won’t kill them lol.
User avatar
By andynorth
Location: 
Posts:  2144
Joined:  Fri May 12, 2023 9:08 pm
#457525
I have found thus far that my one heli and one ceph have faired pretty well and have not been too difficult as they do not require much attention. High humidity, out of direct light. Cobra lily's are a bit more difficult but if you give them cold water every few days they are fine. I have some of my seedlings that are in my old aqua bowl my first had frozen in.
Jade liked this
By Jade
Location: 
Posts:  526
Joined:  Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:57 pm
#457558
Like refrigated water or is that too cold? I’m always looking at my lovelies, so I could definitely give them that kind of attention. I think I read somewhere people putting ice cubes in the tray or something like that. I think I could probably do that in the little refrigerator with distilled water. I wasn’t sure though if that was a legit thing people did.

And that’s really cool. I think I might start looking for a baby one of those 3. Not sure if any of them don’t have dormancy though. If not I’ll probably just wait for spring.
By hollyhock
Posts:  5881
Joined:  Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:56 am
#457572
We seem to baby these plants like they are so fragile. I have seen people rip cephalotus apart when dividing larger plants. And yes they pout for a while. But they are way more resilient than we give credit. :D
I have had a tiny stalk that was all that was left. I thought I killed it. Yet here it is today :D And pop an osmocote pellet into open pitchers once in a while. They will explode :lol:
20241101_151923.jpg
20241101_151923.jpg (5.83 MiB) Viewed 305 times
madrone, JenCooper, Jade liked this
Nuking LFSM

Due to increased grass in my Sun-Gro LFSM I have d[…]

Help identifying D. Capensis

This guy appeared pretty much out of no where. The[…]

andynorth's Grow/want list

My newest additions, courtesy of my Secret Santa 2[…]

I've also propagated VFTs this way – I cut t[…]

Seeds received – thank you!

Algae in the water isn't a problem.

Secret Santa 2024!

Wow, that is exceptional! Your Santa really went a[…]

Support the community - Shop at FlytrapStore.com!