May 2017
March 2019
May 2020
May 2020
July 2021
July 2022. In March, I divided the two mother plants and spread the divisions accross the xaxim wall. Since then, every single plant has made fresh roots and new traps, that I'm trying to feed individually with flies and mosquitoes.
Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’ can supposedly produce larger pitchers than the regular Cephalotus follicularis, with a bigger central “wing”. Whether this is really the case is up for debate… Any Cephalotus can become stunning anyway. I got mine in 2013 from the now-gone French nursery Nature & Paysages. Things started to get interesting four years later, when I decided to try and grow it in xaxim.
- Origin: cultivar from John Hummer
- Environment: terrarium placed close to a south-facing, blinded window
- Temperature: from 10°C at night to 25°C during the day in the coldest months ; from 15°C to 32°C in the warmest months
- Light: two 4000K 12W LED bars with reflector, located 50 cm above the plant, alight 12 hours a day ; occasional shaded sunlight in the morning from October to April
- Soil: tree fern panel (xaxim)
- Watering: seepage from the daily mistings of demineralized water
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