Cephalotus Follicularis (Albany Pitcher Plant) Carnivorous Plant
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If you love carnivorous plants, you will love this rare beauty. The cephalotus follicularis is native to only one place in the whole world, in the south west corner of Western Australia near Albany. It thrives in moist peat soil near streams and in the wetlands.
Cephalotus follicularis has two different types of leaves. Pitchers leaves or summer leaves are mainly produced during the growing season in spring, summer and autumn. Flat leaves or winter leaves are produced when plant growth slows down towards end of autumn. The plant is pretty much dormant in winter especially when temperatures are low. During this time, it will lose most of the pitchers and only a few flat leaves will remain on the plant.
The pitchers usually grows to about 5cm in height. Any insects that happen to wander into the open pitchers will never be able to make their way out once they fall into the pitchers which are filled with digestive liquid.
The cephalotus plant has very fragile root systems and does not like the roots being disturbed. Great care must be taken when transplanting this plant. In summer, the roots must not get heated up or dried up.
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In early spring, a tall stem will emerge from the centre of the crown to produce small white flowers at the end of the stalk. Although the flowers are self fertile, it is a good idea to do some pollinating with a small brush if you want to collect some cephalotus seeds. These seeds will germinate pretty fast if they are sown right away.
The cephalotus can also be propagated with leaf cuttings or root cuttings. This method of propagation will take a lot of patience as it can take many months before you are able to see new baby plants emerging.
Collecting cephalotus from the wild is prohibited. Plant nurseries that sell these plants now propagate them using tissue culture methods. To find a cephalotus in the nursery is just as rare as finding the plant in the wild, so if you happen to find one in your local nursery, just buy it! That was what I did many years ago and now I have more than a dozen plants and still propagating.
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Thank you for feedback. Cheers from lady rain
I love carnivorous plants and enjoyed your article very much. On holiday in the UK in the summer I had great fun with my brother at Hampton Court Flower show , he knows the guys that run the carnivorous plant nursery near his house in Southampton, so lots of carni plant talk.
I've got one solitary Nepenthe here and he seems to be okay. Managed to kill the last one. Can't get them here in Thailand for love nor money, yet they're natives....
I think humidity and warmth is essential for all carnivorous plants. Years ago, I bought a dozen venus flytraps but I did not have a greenhouse then and none of the plants survived the winter. Now I have two greenhouses and have been successful with the cephalotus, nepenthes and butterworts. You won't have a problem growing carnivorous plants in tropical Thailand. If there is a carnivorous plant society in Thailand, you might be able to find collectors who sell some of their plants.
Esmeowl12 Level 6 Commenter 10 months ago
How cool are these? Very interesting - I had never heard of them. Thanks for sharing.