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Post by lloyd on Sept 24, 2006 22:58:51 GMT -5
I've noticed how many people really want Cephalotus. I'm going to make an effort this winter to try and get some cuttings going. I find the non-pitcher leaves are best. I'll see how many I can have by the coming spring. By the way, I spent some time yesterday and today gathering tons of smallish black ants to feed my plants. I catch them with a small forceps along their trails. It's the first time I've fed the cephs so I hope they don't get indigestion.
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Post by purpman on Sept 25, 2006 11:20:52 GMT -5
Folks try using fish food pellets to feed cephs. It works very very well. A lot less messy than collecting ants! Purpman. I've noticed how many people really want Cephalotus. I'm going to make an effort this winter to try and get some cuttings going. I find the non-pitcher leaves are best. I'll see how many I can have by the coming spring. By the way, I spent some time yesterday and today gathering tons of smallish black ants to feed my plants. I catch them with a small forceps along their trails. It's the first time I've fed the cephs so I hope they don't get indigestion.
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Post by mabudon on Sept 25, 2006 11:48:24 GMT -5
Indubitably, Jay was kinda insistent on feeding them those Betta pellets- and considering one single cannister seems to outlast a Betta by about 20 years or something, they are a good solution- I have started crushing them up and putting little bits on my Pings, too, and they go NUTS, all drooling, and I am not joking- within a week the little guys had grown what seemed to be two times larger And good idea, Lloyd, I wish you the best success as there are not enough of the fuzzy little fellows in our midst- my little clump of TINY Cephs is still too little to do any pullings, I think, but I do aim to make more when they get a tad larger
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Post by Flytrap on Sept 25, 2006 12:43:59 GMT -5
Lloyd, where do you house / grow your cephalotus? under the artificial light set up you showed on the other thread? or in a terrarium? what is your daylengths, temperatures, ambient humidity, water methods...
I'd be interested to learn how you've succeeded so well with these little gems. Thanks!
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Post by lloyd on Sept 25, 2006 19:09:29 GMT -5
I don't have betta pellets but I have freeze dried mosquito larvae and ordinary flake fish food. Has anybody tried these? I grow my ceph's in 4" plastic pots with whatever soil mix the Savage Garden recommends. I use 15 gallon terrariums with glass tops. The tops can be adjusted to adjust temperature and humidity. My terrariums are in the front of a sunroom that gets lots of direct sun through a wall of windows. The sun is really hot in the summer so I leave the top ajar about 3-4" to keep the temperature down. Sometimes I'm at work and forget and it can get pretty hot and misty. In the winter, the room is fairly dry and I keep the gap in the top to just a half inch or so to keep the humidity up. Also the window gets cold so keeping the top almost closed keeps the temperature up. Everything seems to like the damp cool conditions except the little Mexican pings which didn't do so well last winter in the terrarium. Maybe this winter I'll leave them in the sunroom outside the terrarium where it's cooler and drier. Anways my ceph's seem to like it, maybe they'll get even bigger with the ants! I hope to have some little guys by next year.
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Post by Syble on Sept 25, 2006 19:47:59 GMT -5
the problem with freeze dried blood worms and flakes is that they float. when you give any pitcher something that dosen't sink it just makes for lots of mould and a very high chance that the pitcher will die. The granuals or pellets are a better choice. Thanks, Sib
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Post by lloyd on Sept 25, 2006 21:10:22 GMT -5
Also the freeze dried blood worms are incredibly allergenic. The slightest touch to your eye and it swells right up. I'll buy some betta pellets. How about flakes or bloodworms for pings and sundews? Or I could just keep catching ants. However it's getting a bit cold out.
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Post by Syble on Sept 25, 2006 22:38:31 GMT -5
I'm not impressed by flakes for anything, but blood worms do wonders for pings and dews! Sib
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Post by z on Sept 25, 2006 23:04:48 GMT -5
Why not try some wet frozen bloodworms? Although I do see that useing pellets would be much easier and much cheaper, but I do usually end up with some leftover worm "juice" in my melted packets of frozen worms after I feed it to my fish. The juice should be filled with nutritious goodness suited for neps, but I havn't tried yet. It might go bad with the amount of bacteria in such juices, but a liquid form seems much more...absorbable. I'll give it a try when I get a nep.
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Post by Flytrap on Jan 31, 2007 12:15:27 GMT -5
Cephalotus in Canada
I just got off the phone with an old friend and CP collector, and he claims he has 12 pots of mature cephalotus. I'm going to check it out in late February and drive up to his place ...after most of the snow here clears.
I'll keep you all updated.
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Post by PingKing on Jan 31, 2007 12:35:43 GMT -5
nice flytrap
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Post by vraev on Jan 31, 2007 13:03:01 GMT -5
Flytrap....count me in for one.....lol! cephs are rare to find. .
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Post by insectivore on Jan 31, 2007 21:08:02 GMT -5
Vraev... You said you did want more new plants your not aloud!!!! Just kidding, but if they are at good prices I might want one! Cya
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Post by sdeering on Jan 31, 2007 21:19:15 GMT -5
Me to or theree ;D
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Post by insectivore on Jan 31, 2007 21:23:14 GMT -5
Hey Stephen.. If you get some you should In-Vitro them... I'm sure you would get a fair amout of buys... On Ebay also! Cya
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