P. primuliflora pic.

[Capslock]

I was out taking pics of my neps when I took this one of my P. primuliflora. My pings are going crazy, with my P. x Titan, P. moranensis, and P. x Aphrodite <span style='color:red'>[Edit: P. 'Titan', P. moranensis, and P. 'Aphrodite']</span> all flowering.

Pings are cool.

Capslock

 

[endparenthesis]

Now I know for sure which Ping I have... same flowers.

 

[SunPitcher]

definatley P. primuliflora! Nice work!

 

[JanW]

Those are very beautiful and stunning photographs!
Keep them coming!

Cheers,
Jan

 

[Lauderdale]

You live in CA.
I live in FL which is the native habitat for P. primuliflora.
You have healthy P. primuliflora.
I can't keep one alive for more than two months.
Life is not fair.

 

[SarraceniaScott]

Quote[/b] (Lauderdale @ Feb. 18 2005,9:37)]You live in CA.
I live in FL which is the native habitat for P. primuliflora.
You have healthy P. primuliflora.
I can't keep one alive for more than two months.
Life is not fair.

The name of the game is "Strength in numbers"...

My P. primulifloras <span style='color:red'>[Edit: should read; P. primuliflora, species names do not change spelling to indicate singular or plural, they are both in all cases.]</span> are always producing plantlets. I move these plantlets to other pots. Every once in a while, a Ping dies on me for apparently no reason. It's in full bloom, and then the leaves start to brown, and the whole thing dies. It's in a pot with other Pings, and the others are doing fine, under the exact same conditions.

I've suspected I might be able to save the plant if I cut the flowers off when i first see them, when the plant is ailing, but I haven't tried it yet.

 

[trainspotting]

Do all P. primuliflora flowers have the blue tint, mine just flowered but it's all white and it's in my terrerium which also made my D. capensis flower ineffectually.

 

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Mine gradually went from almost white to bluish in a week or two.

 

[Joseph Clemens]

There are all white flowered forms of many of the SE USA Pinguicula, and nearly all Pinguicula flowers gradually change shade as they age.

 

[jimscott]

I experienced the same phenomenon with one of my primulifloras <span style='color:red'>[Edit: should read, "P. prumuliflora", please see earlier note]</span> - white->iris color.

On a sad note, my 18 month pride and joy is dying, surrounded by her babies. What is the typical lifespan of a window sill primuliflora?

 

[Starman]

Quote[/b] (jimscott @ Feb. 19 2005,6:50)]I experienced the same phenomenon with one of my primulifloras <span style='color:red'>[Edit: should read, "P. prumuliflora", please see earlier note]</span> - white->iris color.

On a sad note, my 18 month pride and joy is dying, surrounded by her babies. What is the typical lifespan of a window sill primuliflora?

I have not grown promuliflora <span style='color:red'>[Edit: should read P. primuliflora]</span>....but after reading about the plant a lot, the average lifespan is 2-4 years(it can be under 2 years in some cases too) But the plant makes lots of babies before it dies, which will grow rappidly.