Hi all,

I wanted to share these pictures with you!

Here are some pictures of the flowers from my Cephalotus :
The flowers are really small, around 4 too 5 mm in diameter, but amazing to see!










Up close:


Some days earlier:


Thanks for watching!!

There are more flowers comming on another Cephalotus, I will post pictures of those flowers also over here
The following plant that will flower, yes it's growing diagonal :



Regards,

Laurens

very impressionant thanks for share

Wow!
Absolutely stunning macros!

Regards,
Stefan

Hello,

oh, it´s NOW flowering! Very unusual at this time of the year!

Nice photos of course!


Andreas

Very unusual that they are flowering at this time of year in the northern hemisphere. Mine are at their peak at the moment.

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the kind words,

I forgot to tell you that I grow them 50 cm underneath a 80 watt growing light to get them thru winter.
My light burns at 16 hours a day, so they think it's summer...

Regards,

Laurens

...and in summer you reduce photo period to 10 hrs per day and put the plants into a fridge???? Sorry, couldn´t resist!

No, seriously, you keep your Cephs growing all year round? I just wonder if that could be exhausting for the plants after a while.

My plants don´t get a strict dormancy and I grow them for 12 years now. But in winter they only receive 10 hrs of light and cooler temperatures (8 - 15°C). They are still growing pitchers but only a few and only rather slowly.


Regards,

Andreas

Very nice Laurens!

Beautiful shots . . .

I agree that it's unusual in this hemisphere; mine will not be showing up for two or three months at least. Like clockwork, they once produced flowers in either late August or September -- not in the Spring . . .

Ceph flowers are great, in macro is more!

Thanks for sharing.

Well grown Laurens. You'll soon have plenty of seeds

i book for some

Nice shots Laurens! Which camera do you use? reflex or compact?

@ Andreas: Yes, I grow my Ceps all year round at the highest gear they can go. The only "dormancy" they get is when they are in the greenhouse in automn and temperatures are dropping, then they slow down for about 2 too 3 weeks, but then they go onder the lights and go outdore again in spring.

@ Prized: If there are viable seeds I will swap them I think with some Sarracenia, since there is my main interest and I already have some Cephalotus seedlings about 2 weeks old.

@M.A.X.: I use a Canon EOS 400D, this in combination with a Sigma 150mm macro lens.

You have no idea how happy these plants can make a 16 year old, and all these nice words make me even happier

Thanks all!

I wonder if you can imagine how happy such a cute, cheeky, teethy, greedy miniature "dustbin" can make a 40 year old sucker! Ceph is my sweetheart!


Regards,

Andreas

beautiful shots!

Here are some new shots from my other cephalotus flowering:


You can see the 6 seeds inside already



Enjoy!

Perfect combination!! Stunning macro shots!!

Well done Maverick.

Iggy

Thanks :)
I will get a Canon EOS 7D in a few weeks, so I will have even more fun

Then send me the older one

Wow Lauren.
Awesome Pics.
Thanks for showing them :) Can you show a better pic of your diagonal growing Ceph?

Jens

Thanks Jens!
Here are some pictures of my diagonally grown Cephlalotus.



Btw: This is a picture of the 'Hummers Giant' I got from you last year in Ghent, It's doing great! It only had 3 pitchers then.

Wow, very interesting, does it grow better or it is just interesting?

Laurens thanks for showing the Pics.
Yesterday i thought about to grow a Cephalotus diagonal in a cutted pot or bucket , and today i have seen your pics....

Thanks for the inspiration :)