During the past few months, my Cephalotus follicularis has produced its first mature pitchers!
Here's a picture of one. Another one just opened. The peristome starts out looking like a bright green plastic piece that darkens with time and strong enough light.
This is what it looked like when I got it last year in October:
It's currently living inside under lights. I want to try it outside...but I only have this one plant and I am nervous to experiment with it. It seems to be doing fine inside so I am keeping it there for now. A concern I had previously about it under lights was dormancy. I heard Cephalotus go dormant in winter so I was wondering how I should provide dormancy inside (maybe put it outside for winter?)...but the ​Cephalotus monograph from Redfern Productions revealed that "in reality, Cephalotus grow year round, if more slowly in the coldest months." So I am sticking with keeping it indoors for now. I do decrease the photoperiod during winter and the house temperature falls a bit during winter as well.
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