Help - Dome or No Dome for injuried plant

Steverd · Sep 17, 2015

Just got a beat up P.Moranensis in the mail today.
Shipped bare root and there is plenty of damage.
I've already planted this plant and a leaf for backup.
Should I put this plant under a dome or NO dome for the recovery?

Thank you for the advice!
Steve

Axelrod12 · Sep 17, 2015

No dome in my opinion, its a little beat up, I've received pings in worse condition though and they recover just fine. The leaf pulling is always a good idea, I might even grab another.

KATastrophe · Sep 17, 2015

I agree with Axel, u cant have enough backup pullings

Goodluck

Steverd · Sep 17, 2015

Thank you for the quick replies!
Would you dome the leaf pullings then?
(I can put under a dome or a ziplock bag)
Thoughts?

THANK YOU again!
Steve

Axelrod12 · Sep 17, 2015

I used to bag mine, found it to be a hassle and just started sticking them on moderately wet turface under a dome, I still get decent strike rates.

cwatson1414 · Sep 17, 2015

Like everyone else said, no dome. That plant doesn't even look that bad, imo. Mexican Pinguicula are incredibly durable. Given proper light and moisture it should look presentable in no time.

Steverd · Sep 17, 2015

cwatson1414 said:
Like everyone else said, no dome. That plant doesn't even look that bad, imo. Mexican Pinguicula are incredibly durable. Given proper light and moisture it should look presentable in no time.

I'll post a follow up photo in a week. I think the photo makes it look better than it is, every large leaf is bend, cracked or creased.
The plant is under my new EnviroGro T5 fixture, so it should be getting lots of light and I'll keep a close eye on keep it moist.
Thank you for the reply!

Steverd · Sep 19, 2015

Here's photo updates. Day 1 is 24 hours after arriving and Day 2 is 48 hours.

DAY 1

DAY 2

Thoughts?

planturd · Sep 19, 2015

All plants shipped go through stress and possibly decline briefly until acclimated to your conditions. IMO give it stable conditions and it will rebound quickly.

Sent from my brain

fredg · Sep 20, 2015

Dome? What's a dome?

I've ever needed to use one. The atmosphere over there must be extremely dry.

w03 · Sep 20, 2015

Honestly, with P. moranensis I'd probably just let the leaves burn and shrivel if they're going to. The new growth should be adapted to room humidity.

patrickntd · Sep 21, 2015

For shipping-stressed Mex ping, I keep them in a relatively drier medium with good air humidity (~60-80%RH). No water tray. No dome. Wet medium and too high humidity encourage root rotting for stressed ping.

As long as you see new leave growing, it will survive.

Good luck.

Mufasa · Sep 21, 2015

fredg said:
Dome? What's a dome? I've ever needed to use one. The atmosphere over there must be extremely dry.

It's one of those big domes like they had in the simpsons movie, he's asking if he should put one of those over his neighbourhood to reduce wind

fredg · Sep 26, 2015

Mufasa said:
It's one of those big domes like they had in the simpsons movie, he's asking if he should put one of those over his neighbourhood to reduce wind

MrsG read that bit about reducing wind. I told her I'm not moving into a dome :nono: