C. Hummer's Giant-baby pics!

[Brian Barnes]

Here's a few pics of my baby Hummer's Giant. It's finally starting to kick in and produce some nice pitchers...



Thanks for looking and Happy Growing!
Brian.

[vraev]

wow! looks fantastic. Man! I need one of these babies badly.

[jwdunn5]

from seed? i am thinking of trying some next time i sow seeds.

[Brian Barnes]

Hi! Actually, it's from a leaf cutting. Seed seems to take forever, but the plants seem to adapt better to your conditions that way.
Happy Growing,
Brian.

[vraev]

yeah! HUmmer's giants and other varities of cephs are mostly propogated by leaf cuttings. its a lot easier (apparently) and has a high strike rate when done correctly and plants are bigger.

[pinglover]

Congratulations to the new Daddy.

Your bouncing babies look great!

[Aidan]

vraev said:

yeah! HUmmer's giants and other varities of cephs are mostly propogated by leaf cuttings. its a lot easier (apparently) and has a high strike rate when done correctly and plants are bigger.

With 'Hummer's Giant', vegetative means are the only acceptable methods of propagation as stated in the cultivar description.

I guess it's probably fine perlite, but it looks like there is a fine clutch of slug eggs under the centre of the plant in the first and third photos. ;D

[Brian Barnes]

Good eye, Aidan. But they are very fine perlite
Thanks for the congrats, Pinglover.
Brian.

[Fred P]

Brian - Nice pics.
What kind of light do you have them under and for how long each day?

[Brian Barnes]

Hi! I have them in a grow chamber on a 14 hr. photoperiod, 4 inches from the lights. The bulbs are 4-40 watt Ott-lites, laying on top of the glass with the aquarium being on it's side. Strong light, plus less heat. Heliamphora love it this way too and have great nectar spoon formation and color...
Happy Growing,
Brian.

[wadave]

Well done on your little addition.

It's exciting to watch you plants grow and change over the years until they finally flower and produce seed of their own.

Adian, they do look remarkably like slugs eggs don't they!

I saw some quite a few months ago at the base of one of my sarras but I didn't know what they were as I'd never come across them before.

I did dig them out of the pot but missed a few and to my chargrin I now have an ongoing battle with the buggers. Happily they are good food for the neps and I am winning as the numbers are dropping and I find them less and less now.

Still, I will put some bait out come winter as I'm sure they will want to breed again.

Dave.

[PlantAKiss]

My two babies from leaf pulls are about that size.

Oddly, I took two leaf pulls, each from separate parent plants. They were put into the same grow chamber and so have had identical growing conditions. One pull struck pretty quickly--within a month or so. It has been steadily, albeit slowly, growing. The other pull just sat there for months and months and months doing nothing. Then one day I was shocked to noticed a little tiny plant. It subsquently threw a "huge" pitcher (for its miniscule size).

So the two leaf pulls growing under indentical conditions behaved quite differently: one striking fairly quickly and producing numerous small pitchers and leaves while the other took about 5 months to produce anything at all but threw a much larger pitcher to start. Looking at them in the container, you'd never know they were started at the same time and same conditions.

[Thaiteek]

Hey! So beautiful baby plants!
I would like an one like this.

[Thaiteek]

Hey! So beautiful baby plants!
I would like an one like this.