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Cephalotus
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Cephalotus follicularis is a pitcher plant species
that is endemic to Australia, and goes by the common names "Australian
Pitcher Plant" and "Albany Pitcher Plant" (for the city in Australia, not
the city upstate). While still highly sought, it has been more prevalent in
cultivation over the past several years.
It is a slowly-growing plant that produces both flat non-carnivorous leaves a
and visually striking pitchers with areolated patches of
transparency/translucency on the pitcher lid and, most notably, a very
toothed peristome. Growers have successfully cultivated this under a variety
of different media mixes, but a broad generalization is that the plant
prefers a well-drained media, with cooler temperatures. When grown in lower
light conditions, the pitchers tend to be larger, while in higher light
conditions the pitchers tend to be more colorful.
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