H.lividum Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 I'm also trying a vertical growing from almost an year, but a little more "radical"... Here's the result for now... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmatil Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm planning to buy tree fern (Cyathea contaminans). It's sold as background material for terrariums. Is your tree fern the same species? And, how fast will it start to grow? These are sold as panels: http://www.luckyreptile.com/products/145/en/pid1,0$pid2,7772743/products.html. Nice job on the cephalotus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 I'm planning to buy tree fern (Cyathea contaminans). It's sold as background material for terrariums. Is your tree fern the same species? And, how fast will it start to grow? These are sold as panels: http://www.luckyreptile.com/products/145/en/pid1,0$pid2,7772743/products.html. Nice job on the cephalotus! Different species, but most likely close enough. I mainly use the local ones that are the other genus (we have both genera locally). What I use is the dead parts cut off the bases of the trunk. They are cut back to the live tissue before planting in gardens. The species that you are referrign to is foreign to Austalia, but is apparently about the fastest growing. It might get a bit big for a tank if the tree-fern itself grows. It may just support the growth of other ferns as our local slabs do. Spores of other ferns lodge in the stems of many tree-ferns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) Update - The biggest pitchers are now a bit over 50 mm. This is a "Typical" which normally only has pitchers up to a little over 40 mm. More proof that growing conditions can result in bigger pitchers on "Typical" plants. It is also growing much faster than the plants that were bigger than it, from the same batch, which are still in small pots. Edited April 30, 2012 by Marcus B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Genius setup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel G Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Very good results. Maybe time for me to update my setup :) Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewoud Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 Nicely done! Looks very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bag1234 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Would this work well? http://www.blackjungleterrariumsupply.com/Tree-Fern-Sqare-Pot--9_p_1529.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Would this work well? http://www.blackjungleterrariumsupply.com/Tree-Fern-Sqare-Pot--9_p_1529.html Let put it this way, it is a cleaned up version of what I used. It calls it a tree-fern root, but it is more likely all stem anyway. The hollowed out section is the hard core, which I removed to insert the Ceph. It is well worth trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted April 29, 2013 Report Share Posted April 29, 2013 I have found one drawback of growing Cephs on Treefern. In consistently warm weather the plants die off more readily than pots that can be immersed in water. I have had my two well established plants die right back and lost one that I was trying to establish on Tree fern. The survivors are starting to re-grow now the heat is over, but I was starting to think the Treefern was killing the Ceph until I realised that the other airy set ups were suffering the same problem. As the heat persisted, the problem spread through my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_P Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) I was recently looking at this website, http://www.dartfrog.co.uk/epiweb/ and having just read this thread, was wondering if this would perhaps be more suitable, as it includes a spray bar watering system (Integrated Irrigation System) which may help to keep the plants cooler on hot days. Really like the idea and the plant looks great in the photo's. Best regards, Ian. Edited May 2, 2013 by Ian_P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I bought a solar powered pump for that purpose but it has not proved to be very reliable. The issue is that during the recent summer we had a long period of warm weather without cool breaks. So pots stayed warm and the water I had around plants warmed up. I did not get the water changed as often I should have. Those open to the air also warmed up and stayed warm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Update on my Cephs growing on Tree-fern slabs. It would seem that after a year of doing well on the Tree-fern that this experiment has failed. The moss started to die off and the cephs had to be removed (although I have left one to see if it survives). It would appear that the fern stem breaks down over time, making it unsuitable for Cephs in the long term. At a guess, I would say the nutient levels got too high for the Cephs to cope with. I am currently trialing a basket pot on top of an ordinary pot as I have issue with growth coming out of the sides of baskets dying off when I have to raise water levels to keep them cool in summer. Not raising the water level seemed to result in the airy pots getting too warm on hot days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 That's a shame Marcus, especially as it looked like it was enjoying the conditions last year with some nice growth. Good luck with your new method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luc Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 This is beautiful congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luc Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Hi, this is someone who will belong to this photo? :http://upload.wikime...s_Hennern_3.jpg thank's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luc Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Hi, this is someone who will belong to this photo? :http://upload.wikime...s_Hennern_3.jpg thank's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prized Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Hi, this is someone who will belong to this photo? :http://upload.wikime...s_Hennern_3.jpg thank's I guess it belongs to Hennern Holger, a man that goes around the world to take some amazing pictures for work. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 I guess it belongs to Hennern Holger, a man that goes around the world to take some amazing pictures for work. ;) That is correct. Here's the page with the authors name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cephalotus_follicularis_Hennern_3.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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