Cephalotus Leaf Pulling/Cutting Guide

This is our comprehensive guide on propagating Cephalotus from leaf pullings/cuttings.
We cover how to remove leaves and pitchers from mature Cephalotus plants, how to prepare them, how they progress over the course of 6 months, and how to repot successful plants.
The video only covers the methodology we use in our specific conditions. We can try to answer questions about other conditions in the comments section.
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[@MrSonoru]

I got my first cephalotus about a month ago. Really cool looking plants. Mine sadly died back during the first couple of weeks I had it and I started panicking but gladly didn't throw it out. It's now growing new leaves and new juvenile pitchers. Maybe in a few months time I will try to take some leaf pullings. Great guide and definitely gave a bit more confidence to do this

[@ganjastrike1337]

please continue making this quality content! thanks a lot.

[@lorib1696]

I have been so shy about trying Cephalotus because I've been told again and again that they are some of the most difficult CPs to keep alive. Now after seeing this I want one. Love your videos!

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

When I separated mine (it was one huge plant in a massive bunch) I got loads of loose leaves and pitchers. When I planted them I got a very high success rate and got tons of small plants. Sadly I moved and by the time I realized what was going on, about half of them died due to the lack of sunlight. Now I got growlights and they seem to be doing fine. I can understand why people say they're sensitive but I wouldn't worry too much.

[@helliumballoons7546]

in my experience, Cephs have been super easy. I got a pretty big one from Curious Plant for only 60-something dollars (I've seen others of the same size go for 300) and it's been doing great. I have it directly under my SANSI 36 watt grow bulb and I put water 1/4 of the way up the pot every week and a half so it has time to dry and not saturate the roots (I still have it in the 2 inch pot it was shipped in at the moment but I'm going to transplant it soon)

[@CarnivorousPlantsSydney]

Love this, I havent had success in the past so I will do this to insure some survive

[@lonewolf.1751]

Cool video, thanks for the info there, nice one mate.

[@alicemadness19]

Awesome video and subbed, no one show the results after months

[@-AnyWho]

i had this yrs ago, spent what i considered alot of money at the time and ended up roasting it in the sun cuz basically i didn't know what i was doing ... that's a really nice plant, i miss it

[@cattmandan]

Love the Miltoniopsis in the BG! Are you all going to have Disa orchids back in stock any time soon?

[@alltomfagersta]

Nice video !

[@christopher1931]

can you guys do videos on heliamphora? like repotting or dividing for example

[@cliffowens3629]

Fascinating. You don't dust with rootone or spritz with a sulfur fungicide?

[@herkusr01]

What light conditions are they kept in? My plants just keep putting out the non-carnivorous leaves, which may be linked to low lighting?

[@rafaelpmaciel]

Hi, what's the ideal temperature and humidity for Cephalotus?

[@jamiedruby9573]

When doing a leaf pulling on Cephelotus do you use Maxi fertilizer as the pulling is maturing into a plant?

[@xAIRx666]

is it possible to use root growth gel or stimulants on the cuttings?

[@h20water22]

When does you guy have Cephalotus UC David available for this year?

[@stanleychew88]

can i check how do you prevent algae from growing on the dried sphagnum moss? i see that your pot was infested with algae

[@josejulianalavayanten6363]

Q bien muestras todo, good

[@chevyvega6622]

what size pots are these, 3.5 x 5? what brand of long fiber are you using?

[@philippe5518]

What is the best season of the year to take the leaf cuttings?

[@100daysgaming6]

ok thank dude.. i want to buy this one.. later

[@EmileKleinhans]

Do you fertilize them until they can produce pitchers large enough to catch bugs?

[@susanharrison3967]

Do you not used compost only sphagnum moss? Do they stay in that all the time, great Video

[@mejbishow5297]

compost kills them

[@slametbinmemet4710]

Semakin lama semakin banyak di temukan tanaman bergetah indo boss...? Trimakasih ... ?

[@ANTSPlantation]

can you do a leaf cutting on a baby ceph plant that is about one inch in diameter?

[@kenjiro2676]

Yetimama sun you can but don’t expect the leaf cutting to be a good size.. I would wait for your cephalotus to grow more in size before taking leaf cuttings.

[@jesuspulido6714]

Hello did you have the cuttings wet all the time ?

[@PredatoryPlants]

Yes. The pots were in trays with about 1 inch of standing water all the time.

[@jesuspulido6714]

@@PredatoryPlants did you sterilize the LFS moss ?

[@plantguy9]

Heard these plants grow very slow, but just how slow?

[@ronspitchers9824]

My climate allows me to grow Cephs outside, so without a controlled environment what is the best time of year to do leaf cuttings, I would imagine late winter?

[@ANTSPlantation]

yes

[@Jesus-eg3yb]

What is the ideal care for a Cephalotus?

[@OmaeWaMoShindeiRYU]

high humidity and light, keep it moist but not drowning with distilled water

[@vivimannequin]

Plenty of airflow if you want to overhead water which is better. Basically they like the same soil traits as nepenthes (terrestrial nepenthes)

[@jonathanlai163]

Do you have seeds to sell ?

[@PredatoryPlants]

Unfortunately, not right now. When we do have seeds, they will be posted here: www.predatoryplants.com/Carnivorous-Plant-Seeds-s/50.htm

[@h20water22]

What do they eat?

[@todo870]

Toxic Main Bugs

[@kgaming2272]

Dry blood worm

[@maosung5219]

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[@mochicocaine]

He looks like Loki but w shorter hair

[@stektirade]

Why don't you ship all your plants potted like some other high end nurseries? It makes no sense that you unpot the plant at the nursery then stick it in bare root and then include a pot and sphagnum and ship it. That seems very lazy to me and pointless. Plus it shocks the more sensitive plants.

[@PredatoryPlants]

That's not at all what's happening. We grow our sales plants in sphagnum plugs exactly so their roots will not be disturbed when we ship them.

[@stektirade]

Predatory Plants exactly, you don't ship them potted. And sphagnum plugs is still not better than potted. You had to pull them out of the pot they were initially in to do it, therefore they are being disturbed. And them not being in the stationary propper sand/soil they naturally grow in. Oh then when the customer gets theirs they again have to pull it out (disturbing the roots) and planted again. So again every propper professional nursery ships them potted period because their roots are very sensitive. Also you guys ruin nepenthes with all of your hybrids and naming just for a quick buck. Keep them pure or natural hybrids at least.

[@PredatoryPlants]

Sorry to have been unclear. No unpotting happens anywhere in the process. The plants are grown in the sphagnum plugs for their entire time in our greenhouse. We produce these plants, and that's how they grow. They do just as well as the fully potted plants grown next to them on the same bench. Our potting instructions clearly tell the customer to wrap the plug they receive with the fresh moss, so no root disturbance occurs during that step either. The roots are not disturbed until the customer decides to repot later with fresh soil/moss. This is a necessary and beneficial disturbance of the roots that every grower should participate in regularly. As for our Nepenthes hybrid program: We have been working on it since 2013, so there's nothing quick about the bucks. We appreciate your input about our breeding, and we do always prioritize species and natural hybrids when available.

[@stektirade]

@@PredatoryPlants i find that to be a lie. because the cephs i see on your videos are all in pots. you cannot possible grow cephs just in a plug laying around a green house. you still are lazy and dont ship your stuff planted. then you include a pot with the package what sense does that make? plus shipping them bare root is not good for them once again.

[@PredatoryPlants]

I'm sorry that this has made you so upset, but I assure you there are no lies in my responses. Mature Cephalotus are slightly different from other plants because they produce runners that we want to encourage and harvest. I assure you that our sales Cephalotus are indeed grown in plugs and are very happy. You seem to be caught up on the term "bare root." We don't actually ship our plants truly "bare root" since they are shipped in the moss plugs that they are fully established in. You can see a good example of this growing method here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eanCc4icmM-Brrc I realize that this is an emotionally-charged issue for you, and I apologize again that it has caused so much distress.