I would echo the sentiment that Ceph. isn't a super wet
grower. Peter D'Amato keeps them standing in a bit of water,
but he lets the trays dry out completely before refilling them,
and in winter he keeps the soil just damp.
I've also heard numerous people assert that Ceph. hates
root disturbance, and may responde by dieing back to the
rhizome in extreme cases.
Ceph. is called a "slow grower", but I think it depends partially
on the growing conditions and season.
I recommend the species. It's very neat looking, and it's reasonably
good about coming back from the roots if you make cultivation mistakes.
It grows well under lights also, but in Hawaii you may not want to
do that.
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>>One of the most interesting features of Cephalotus for me is its
>>transition from juvenile to adult growth. The juvenile pitchers are about
>>1 cm long or less, and instead of having the thickly-ribbed peristome of
>>the mature pitchers, they have only a few small spines. These are
>>produced until the plant is big enough, then, with no transition form
>>whatsoever, the plant suddenly grows an adult pitcher which may be an inch
>>or so long. As the plant ages it will produce larger pitchers, and then
>>start producing other plants around it, eventually forming a clump.
Just the other day I saw an interesting intermediate form of leaf
which was in between the trap type and the non trap type.
Robert