Re: planting cephalotus
Oliver T Massey CFS (massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu)
Tue, 5 Mar 1996 16:23:23 -0500 (EST)
> I just ordered my first Cephalotus from Lee's. If it will come bare root, I
> guess I should decide how to pot it up. I've read everything I could find on
> Cephalotus in the archives and came up with the following points:
>
> 1. Use a relatively large pot, because the plant will reproduce vegetatively
> with longish stolons.
> 2. Use an open mix and don't sit the plant in a tray of water. The plant will
> rot if the media is anaerobic and waterlogged.
> 3. Cover the pot with a clear dome if humidity is low.
> 4. Refill the pitchers with distilled water after repotting
>
> Does that sound about right? I'm thinking of using a 4 or 4 1/2 inch pot
> filled with dried sphagnum (and maybe a little perlite). Any other hints that
> I missed in the archives?
>
> cheers,
> Nick
FWIW I have a few young Cephalotus that came out of tissue culture that have
been growing for about 18 months. They are in either 50/50 sand peat or live
sphagnum standing in very shallow water (<1/4 inch). No losses to rot but they
are growing very slowly. Soil differences didnt' seem to matter, but humidity
helps.
Tom in Fl