Ron Posted July 9, 2014 Report Share Posted July 9, 2014 One of my new plants is a Cephalotus, it came with two large pitchers and about ten small ones, on delivery the pitchers were open but after a couple of days they closed, now I have read that this can be caused by the stress etc of transport and a different climate, but I have also read that you should add some rain water to the traps, how do you manage to do this when they are closed without damaging the pitchers. It was on a west facing window in the kitchen but have now moved it to the conservatory but in an area that does not get the sun until tea time. Oh I have it standing in about 1cm of rain water. Sorry if this has been asked before but I could not find it. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus B Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Gently lift the lid and spray water into it. Increase humidity by partly enclosing the pot in a plastic bag, but be warned that over doing the humidity can be a problem too if fungus attacks it. As it starts to recover open the bag more to harden it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 10, 2014 Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 I've never added water to the traps on mine, I just let them take care of themselves. I keep mine drier than most of my other CP genera and like you I also keep mine in about 1cm water which I top up only when it's disappeared. I keep them in fairly tall pots so the roots shouldn't get soggy and I never water from above these days (when I first got them I had mildew problems). I'm not sure what humidity you'll have in Melbourne Marcus but assuming Ron is in Ruabon in Wales I doubt if he'd need to enclose his Cephs in a plastic bag. I'd guess it may be stressed due to the move and will settle down in time. You said you think it may be affected by the different climate, where did you buy it from Ron? Any chance of posting a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Thanks for the info guys, some how I now seem to have two posts going on the same subject, don't know how this has happened, any chance the could be combined by one of the team. @Gary, I bought the plant in the uk when I referred to climate I was referring to the fact that possibly the plant had been raised in a greenhouse hence more humidity. I will try and sort some photo's shortly. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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