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Hi people,

This is my new aquisition, a adult Cephalotus follicularis, it’s a old dream.

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Marcos Ono send me a big plant, and I repotting in last year (27/12/08).

The original substrate is 70% xaxim fiber, 20% vermiculite and 10% sphagnum.

I added (new substrate) 30% dried sphagnum moss, 10% live sphagnum moss, 20% quartz sand, 20% peat and 20% perlite.

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This is a ceph in new 'home' :thank_you2:

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Regards.

Carlos.

Edited by Carlos Rohrbacher
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  • 4 weeks later...

Hello Carlos,

"Xaxim" is called fern fiber in English. It's not commonly used for CPs outside of Brazil. Too bad it's not easily produced, since it's great stuff to grow CPs on!

Congrats on the plant,

Fernando

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