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Question about Pinguicula esseriana.

Wolfn

Agent of Chaos
I've got a question about P. esseriana. In all the pictures I've seen of it, there's always multiple ones in a pot. How does it spread so fast? Does it produce plantlets like P. primuiflora or something?
 
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Leaf pullings.
 
Like elgecko said,
Leaf pullings. This species produces such a large quantity of leaves, and handling them during planting/transplanting almost always results in several severed leaves which can be used to propagate more plants. In good conditions these propagules quickly grow to maturity alongside their parent plants.

P_esseriana_BobZ.jpg

Though this entire tray has plants that are divisions/clones of one original plant, there can be variation due to minor environmental differences. Several plants have also began growing in a manner called crestate - where the apical meristem expands horizontally.
 
I'm probably going to buy one from FlyTrapShop in a few months.
 
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