New Cephalotus grower

[peterhewitt]

It is acceptable to mention where you bought your plants, and what kind of service and quality you received.
It's outright sales, trades and advertising that are discouraged on the forum.

[marcel]

Peter, you are right, perfect synopsis with 2 additions.

1. If you post every week what great service mr X provided we get a bit paranoid.

2. If you want to sell something to raise money for a "good cause", you can ask a moderator if it will qualify for the approved sales section

see also the forumrules, number 6 I think ;D

icps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rules&action=display&thread=1

[coldcoffee]

Ok thanks. That is what I suspected, I just wanted to make sure first. I have read other threads where some question arose.

The typical form was purchased from petflytrap.com
the Hummer's giant was purchased from an independant grower, his homepage is: thecephalotus.info

In case people wonder about shipping, petflytrap.com took about a week to arrive- I was told part of that was due to some incidental issues which caused them to fall a couple of days behind on their orders. The Hummer's giant arrived in about 3 days. Both were packaged very well. I could easily recommend either vendor if one were to ask.

[paulbarden]

coldcoffee,
I have purchased a plant from thecephalotus.info and it is on its way. Thank you for the recommendation. I will report back on my experience with this seller and the plant when I have something to report.

Paul

[coldcoffee]

Nice! What variety did you end up getting? Can't wait to see pictures!

I think my regular form (The one from Petflytrap) is just about acclimated now. I have not noticed any die off or anything in a little bit. I have a feeling that environment plays a big role. Now, if only my 'Red Piranha' VFTs could get past the transport shock- I'll be in good shape

[paulbarden]

Hi,
I selected the "vigorous" clone to start out with. I am expecting arrival this morning and have a terrarium ready to house it. I will likely select some appropriate Drosera to share the space with it. Very excited to start with my first Cephalotus!

Paul

[coldcoffee]

That is such a great feeling!

I actually just ordered my first Pygme sundew (as well as a few more sundews). I never saw the appeal in Pygme sundews because of their size, but after seeing some of the pictures in Barry Rice's book- I began to see the appeal and decided to try them out (Threw in a VFT B-52 for fun too...).

[paulbarden]

Cold coffee, the Pygmy Sundews are really very charming. I have four species and one hybrid. They are best viewed with a magnifying glass or such, but they are really fascinating. Have you checked out the huge gallery of photos at droseragemmae.com? I posted a photo of am germinating gemmae on the Drosera section of the forum if you want to see what a week old Drosera gemmae looks like.

Paul

[coldcoffee]

paulbarden:
No, I don't think I have checked out that gallery- but I definitely will. I am really excited about the pygmy- can't wait till it gets here. I generally have not been a big Drosera guy (I only have one right now- until the 7 I just ordered get here), but thought it might be fun to build up a little collection- I do think they have a strong appeal (but they can't compete with pitchers!).

I have a bunch of larger varieties that I am trying to grow from seed (D. Spatulata, D. Tokensis, D. Capensis off the top of my head) but they are being very stubborn (I even stratified them for 4 weeks). I have read that some sundews take months to germinate.

Thanks for the reference- eye candy for later

[paulbarden]

My first Cephalotus arrived today (from thecephalotus.info) and I am very pleased with this little plant. Quite a lot of plant, actually, for a reasonable price, IMO. There are about 25 pitchers, no more than about 1/3" tall, in a 3" pot. Quite exciting, really, to have this fellow join the group!

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[coldcoffee]

Very nice! How do you plan to grow it?

[paulbarden]

@coldcoffee: I have a ten gallon aquarium a neighbor recently gave me, so I will set that up as its home. (With supplemental lighting and some mechanism to aid air movement) I can populate the tank with D. capensis and D. spatulata as companions, I figure.

[coldcoffee]

My set up is very similar. I have my terrarium (also 10 gal for now) in my closet (to keep the humidity up- ironically, despite living 30 minutes from the pacific ocean, we have horribly low humidity here).

Part of why I put it in the closet was so that I could leave the lid off (sounds weird, I know). I have it under a 4-bulb T5 grow light fixture. I also have a fan running in the room which circulates the ambient air. So far my Cephs seem to really like it. The hummer's is growing like crazy. The typical I bought suffered some transport shock but seems to be coming around now. For tank mates, I have a young Nepenthes Ventricosa which is growing beautifully (talk about leaf color! Pitchers died off after I got it but they are starting to come back a little), a Mimosa Puica, and young Sarracenia Purpurea which I am trying to acclimate to outdoor life, and two Byblis Liniflora seedlings. When those Droseras come in, I will probably put some in there are well- I have a second terrarium on deck for those.

[paulbarden]

@coldcoffee
How about photos to update your Cephalotus's? Would love to see how they are doing. Mine is still getting settled; a few pitchers are expanding, but otherwise little evidence of activity. I expected a month or more of "settling in".

[coldcoffee]

Absolutely! How rude of me! I will post them tonight.