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Post by wdhaines on Jul 15, 2010 5:06:44 GMT
I have a smallish Ceph, which looks pretty good, all green and red, no rot. However, about a month ago it began to flower. Since it's small, I cut the stalk off so as not to wear out the plant. Since then I haven't seen any new growth. Some pitchers got bigger and opened, but no new pitchers are developing nor any non-carnivorous leaves. Is this normal? Should I have left the stalk?
Thanks for your expertise.
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Post by dimitar on Jul 16, 2010 16:26:09 GMT
Basically Ceph is slow grower plant but it depends on what conditions you offer. I have slow grower Ceph and quick grower one. However, If your plant is strong, even it is small you can leave the stalk. It is better to leave it. It concentrates all its energy in the stalk. It is normal then to delay its growth. How old is it?
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Post by petesredtraps on Jul 17, 2010 0:26:01 GMT
Your plant will be fine,just stick to the rules of not getting the roots too wet. Regarding flower stalks and what and how they might influence a plant I honestly can't say.I must have about 15 Cephs of various types some with flower stalks, and they're all doing different things regarding new leaves and pitchers. I've said this before, Cephs do what they want, no two plants seem to do the same thing,bizzarely they behave like individuals. That's why there's always some debate on how to get the best from these plants. Just before the start of the growing season I decided to repot a couple of my plants, Eden black and Phil Mann clone. I went against the grain in as much as I removed all substrate from the root sytem,thus a total and thorough repot. Both plants are doing well and seemed to have enjoyed the nice fresh media, contradicting the theory that they hate being repotted. By the way if you remove the flower stalk cut them into segments and then put them in live sphagnum, you've a chance of some new plantlets.
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Post by wdhaines on Jul 17, 2010 4:36:44 GMT
It's less than a year old--your responses are encouraging. I keep mine in a tray. About twice a week I fill it with about .25 in of water and let it sit in water for an hour or so. Then, I dump the tray into something that likes to stay wet. I think it's doing pretty well, so I'll just wait patiently for more growth.
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Post by picrophyll on Jul 29, 2010 1:21:29 GMT
As with these plants in nature, the flowering usually signifies the end of that shoots mission in reproduction (seed). Normally this shoot may die and under the soil new rhizobial shoots are forming. Don't worry if it appears to stop growing, keep the water flowing through the pot, never standing in it. In some weeks new shoots should appear around the plant.
Cheers
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