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Post by hal on Jul 27, 2009 19:12:20 GMT -5
So my struggling ceph has now lost all of its leaves. It never had any pitchers, just 4 leaves when I bought it. I dug it up and checked out the roots. There's a chunk of rhizome about 1/4" in diameter and 3" long or so. There are no fine roots coming off this rhizome. Any hope for this guy? Here's a photo. Maybe I should chop up the rhizome, treat it with rooting hormone and try to propagate a few more from it?
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Post by hackerberry on Jul 27, 2009 19:57:55 GMT -5
Ouch man, where did you get the ceph from?
hb
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Post by tom on Jul 27, 2009 20:05:22 GMT -5
From what i see, there isnt much thing to save (all i see is moist peat and branches, nothing like a Ceph 'residue')... are you able to dig out anything which look viable? If so, i would put it in a moist (not wet) LFS/perlite mix (1:1) or a similar airy mix, under a dome, and pamper it hoping for a growth to take back.
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Post by hal on Jul 27, 2009 20:06:43 GMT -5
HB - I'll take it that's bad? I'd rather not mention where I got it because I'd like to give the seller a chance to make good on it.
Tom - that bent stick is the ceph.
Thanks,
Hal
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Post by tom on Jul 27, 2009 20:11:06 GMT -5
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Post by carnivoure12 on Jul 27, 2009 21:42:26 GMT -5
are you keeping the media too wet? they actually prefer drer media than most CP's
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Post by hal on Jul 27, 2009 21:46:03 GMT -5
It wasn't in a saucer or tray and I watered it lightly around every 3 days. Treated it like a highland nep but with a bit more light.
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Post by Rick Hillier on Jul 28, 2009 6:24:29 GMT -5
My last typical ceph crashed on me suddenly a few weeks ago. We had gone to Montreal for a week and it looked okay when I left, but when I got back, it was toast. It was in a 50/50 mix of peat/perlite and wasn't kept overly wet.
It's a bummer. Once my daughter's ball season is over, I'll probably buy a few from out west and try something different.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by hackerberry on Jul 28, 2009 7:09:26 GMT -5
Yeah Hal, try contacting the seller. They might replace or credit you.
hb
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Post by lenynero on Jul 28, 2009 10:06:10 GMT -5
The media looks slimy... wash that root off real good. and repot in fresh wet sphagnum.
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Post by vraev on Jul 28, 2009 11:21:13 GMT -5
as long as the root is not mushy.....I am 100% sure it can grow back. Heck...thats how two of the biggest cephs I have are growing. THey were started from root cuttings and root cutting cephs are very strong in vigor for obvious reasons. What you are doing is right...place the root extremely close to the surface...perhaps ensure that a bit of it i.e., ends etc. is "submurged" in the media. It should never ever dry out. It should be damp and in a humid environment. NO WET.
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Post by ellsie on Jul 28, 2009 11:25:21 GMT -5
I can vouch for Vreav's ceph plants!! They grow beautifully from leaf/root cuttings!!
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Post by hal on Jul 28, 2009 17:48:42 GMT -5
Thanks everyone.
The root was healthy. I cut it in half and it was solid and white inside. I gave it a dilute treatment of Benomyl, sprinkled on a little rooting hormone and I've put it in about 60/40 perlite/peat in a drained container with a plastic dome on top, just below the surface of the media.
It's in my cool basement. Would a heat mat help?
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Post by vraev on Jul 28, 2009 21:43:25 GMT -5
no dude! From my experience...cephs hate heat. Reason is "hot temps/high humidity (when domed) " almost always leads to fungus. The way I propogated them....I put them on the surface...I had two...one i inserted vertically such that the top white part is at the surface.....this made a big ceph with a good central growth point. THis is the ceph from the root cutting placed vertically Horizontal placement causes budding at various points and I got a ceph that is connected at the corm to 6 growth points. Although one is very weak and still makes only immature pitchers. except the ceph with big pitcher on the top right, everything else is from that root cutting growth points: My flickr has been downgraded to basic...but I had all those pics in my account. I just put the root cutting as needed on the soil...sprinkled just a bit of media on it....like dust. Then I covered it with a transparent bag and put it in my tray of plants. Thats it! it took like 3 months....but I did get growth.
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Post by hal on Jul 28, 2009 22:14:02 GMT -5
Thanks vraev. What was the soil mix for rooting the rhizome, and what mix do you use for the adult plants?
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