- Breeder
- Charles Brewer (selector / source)
- First described
- 2025
- Type
- single clone from charles brewer seed grown collection
- Cultivar
- 'GIANT Charles Brewer'
Origin
A random seed-grown plant from Charles Brewer's collection, distributed when Charles was selling Cephalotus. Charles labeled it "typical" when shipping; Mike originally referred to it as "typical #2" (Charles sent two plants at the time). When this plant unexpectedly produced a huge trap on a small root tuber, Mike revised the designation to "GIANT Charles Brewer."
Standout traits
- Confirmed giant — Mike's diagnostic: large traps on a small tuber. This one passes.
- Semi-wide midrib + thicker teeth — both are signature Hummer's Giant traits. Forum speculation (and Mike's speculation): this may be Hummer's Giant × one of Charles Brewer's beauty or red clones. Unconfirmed.
- Dark teeth — distinctive coloration detail Mike calls out.
- Stays colorful even when not in "beast mode."
Cultivation notes
Slowed growth from November onward as night temperatures dropped. Late-fall-developing traps opened in late January. Standard Cephalotus winter behavior in Mike's NorCal conditions.
Standout traits
- Confirmed giant: produced an unexpectedly huge trap on a relatively small root tuber. Mike: 'only giant clones can do that.'
- Semi-wide midrib — Mike's question: could this be a Hummer's Giant cross?
- Forum speculation: possibly Hummer's Giant × one of Charles Brewer's 'beauty' or red clones — wide midrib + thicker teeth would support that.
- Color: very colorful even when not in 'beast mode' (large-trap mode).
- Dark teeth visible — interesting trait that Mike points out as unusual.
Cultivation
Mike's diagnostic for whether a clone is genuinely giant: produces large traps on a small/normal-sized tuber. Most clones can produce large traps occasionally with optimal conditions and a mature tuber, but giants do so on tubers that "really shouldn't" support that size.
Late-2024 / early-2025: plant slowed/stopped growing in November when night temperatures dropped. Traps developing in fall finally opened in late January.
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Naming
Mike's working name: "GIANT Charles Brewer" — denotes both the source (Charles Brewer's collection) and the giant designation (which Mike retroactively assigned after the plant sized up unexpectedly).