mobile Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 One of my small Cephalotus looked like it had died. A closer inspection of the sub-soil portion looked like there was hardly any roots either. I suspect that the growing medium was unsuitable, so rather than just give up on it I decided to repot it in a straight mix of Moorland Gold and perlite. I repotted it a couple of weeks ago and this is how the plant looks now, with the adult pitchers shrivelled: but on closer inspection, there's life : 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottleroc Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I am glad he lives I have a sick Ceph to. What strikes me as strange is at the beginning of each season my Ceph gets unhappy. During the winter it is really happy... how weird is that? Strange plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice save! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel G Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice! I'm surprised to see yet more Ceph pictures with plants in normal medium. I was expecting to see some sort of experiment somewhere! Either way, well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 Nice! I'm surprised to see yet more Ceph pictures with plants in normal medium. I was expecting to see some sort of experiment somewhere! Why do you think it started to die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodaciousbonsai Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 warmer temps would be my guess. I put out my hummer,big boy,vigoruous, and germen giant, this summer here in new york, they took a crap real fast. I have them in a south facing east to west window now under air conditioning. there is a hell of improvement in both growth and coluration. Real warm temps and cephalotus do not get along at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 warmer temps would be my guess. I put out my hummer,big boy,vigoruous, and germen giant, this summer here in new york, they took a crap real fast. I have them in a south facing east to west window now under air conditioning. there is a hell of improvement in both growth and coluration. Real warm temps and cephalotus do not get along at all. What do you call "Real warm temps"? Mine have to cope with over 40oC days, and even survived over 50oC when I left the polyhouse closed on a warm day. All lost was a couple of pitchers, but then I use big pots that don't heat up as quickly and sit them in water during summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodaciousbonsai Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 we had a few days that were close to 100 degrees. that did them in. but like I said they are making a nice rebound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 we had a few days that were close to 100 degrees. that did them in. but like I said they are making a nice rebound When it gets over 30oC, I move my Cephs into deep water trays. I use foam boxes and put upsided down seed trays in as shelves so I can have more water depth without the pots being too deep in it. Keeping the roots cool that way over summer prevents problems in my experience. I have just found that one plant that seems to have been too damp over winter and rotted is sending up new leaves, just when I thought the last signs of life were fading as the last pitcher is withering from the base of the stem up. There is a tiny crown of leaves coming up from another growth point. I had taken another growth point off as a cutting but it has since died without doing putting out leaves so I was sure I had lost it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 In my limited experience, it isn't just a matter of high temperatures killing off Cephs, though I suppose some clones might be more susceptible than others. I've had a Ceph for a few years now, and while it's true that it grows best in winter and spring, it's done okay in summer too. Ambient summer air temperatures here are usually in the mid-30s (meaning mid to high-40s under partial shade), dropping to a minimum of high-20s just before dawn. The plant did fine for two summers, but then shrivelled and vanished at the start of this summer. As others have pointed out, it's probably not so much the hot conditions that kill Cephalotus as its susceptibility to certain pathogens that live in the soil and thrive in those conditions. Sudden heat shock could also knock it back, but then that would go for other plants too. Oh, and to emphasise Mobile's point, the "dead" Ceph has recently reappeared as a new, tiny growth point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've lost count how many times I've had that sinking feeling when a ceph. looks dead but in a few weeks they always start again - thank goodness !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 I know im late but nice recovery :-) How is this plant today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannahraptor Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Well saved. :) I just had a miracle resurrection too. One of my puppies took a fancy to one of my cephalotus! All that was left was a couple of soggy leaves and a tiny bit of root (plus a very guilty looking puppy). I potted the remains back up and after a few weeks there's new growth. Tough little blighters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapperhead51 Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Absolutely agree , ,quite a few times , have just left the pot there and sure enough up comes some green after a while . I sold a ceph to a guy ,he complained it was dead, so he bough it back for a replacement , when i dug up the old plant , the rhizome was in -fact was re sprouting 2 new shoots . John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Nah its dead. Went on holiday and left my daughter to water CP's , when I came back my one and only beloved Ceph was doing the breast stroke, drowned, dead as a dodo. Have left it, cuddled it, replanted in dry compost but no just brown, floppy and definitely dead, just proving they can be murdered. Sob! Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'd still wait a good few months Trish. No harm in doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 I'd still wait a good few months Trish. No harm in doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Do you really think so Richard, How long do you think especially as winter is coming, if it hasn't sprouted by November would you give it a decent burial or wait until spring? Its just that space is at a premium in my small g/house. Trish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Wait until Spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 OK Richard, will do Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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