Wanted to do a bit of an update on my collection of Pinguicula. I've learned a lot from growing them (and made plenty of mistakes already!!!). I think I have found a stable situation for them all now and am actually planning on enclosing the entire space and running a fogger through it which I think they will enjoy. Anyhow, have a look at some of the plants I've got going:
Here's a red vines tub that I put some turface on the bottom of and live sphagnum between the little pots. The pings seem to love it in here and springtail populations seem to have boom and bust cycles. Sometimes I can blow in there and hundreds of springtails will react.
Pinguicula esseriana
P. 'Gina' (Thanks to CactusDan for starting this from leaf pulling)
P. emarginata. This plant came pretty battered and is just making a recovery
P. esseriana grown from pullings of the earlier plant that fell off during shipping. They're nearly the size of the original plant I received already.
P. parvifolia. This one came in really bad shape. It's grown several small leaves and seems to grow them a bit quicker than they die off so I have hope.
P. reticulata. I am aware that P. reticulata and P. kondoi are supposed to be the same. The place I ordered from had pings for both names listed so I was curious and got both. This one is not looking that attractive yet but has a few growth points. It came with another plant that did not survive.
Here's the ones I got as P. kondoi
P. gypsicola
P. heterophylla
P. medusina. The main plant did not survive but one of its leaves sprouted from its tip so I'm hoping this little plantlet will grow well.
P. ehlersiae
P. gigantea in a 4" pot
P. cyclosecta
P. laueana got confused and wanted to go dormant in the summer. It has started to grow carnivorous leaves again at the wrong time of year but it's all my fault. Hopefully it will survive ok anyway.
P. jaumavensis that also somewhat seemed to think it was time to go dormant and had stalled out for a while. It's back to growing for now.
P. 'Aphrodite'. One of the rare times it hasn't been in flower since I got it in the spring.
Unknown Pinguicula from a friendly Portlander who came to the last TF meetup
And well this ping doesn't really fit in here but I'll put it anyway. It's P. primuliflora growing on a rock on live sphagnum.
Here's a red vines tub that I put some turface on the bottom of and live sphagnum between the little pots. The pings seem to love it in here and springtail populations seem to have boom and bust cycles. Sometimes I can blow in there and hundreds of springtails will react.
Pinguicula esseriana
P. 'Gina' (Thanks to CactusDan for starting this from leaf pulling)
P. emarginata. This plant came pretty battered and is just making a recovery
P. esseriana grown from pullings of the earlier plant that fell off during shipping. They're nearly the size of the original plant I received already.
P. parvifolia. This one came in really bad shape. It's grown several small leaves and seems to grow them a bit quicker than they die off so I have hope.
P. reticulata. I am aware that P. reticulata and P. kondoi are supposed to be the same. The place I ordered from had pings for both names listed so I was curious and got both. This one is not looking that attractive yet but has a few growth points. It came with another plant that did not survive.
Here's the ones I got as P. kondoi
P. gypsicola
P. heterophylla
P. medusina. The main plant did not survive but one of its leaves sprouted from its tip so I'm hoping this little plantlet will grow well.
P. ehlersiae
P. gigantea in a 4" pot
P. cyclosecta
P. laueana got confused and wanted to go dormant in the summer. It has started to grow carnivorous leaves again at the wrong time of year but it's all my fault. Hopefully it will survive ok anyway.
P. jaumavensis that also somewhat seemed to think it was time to go dormant and had stalled out for a while. It's back to growing for now.
P. 'Aphrodite'. One of the rare times it hasn't been in flower since I got it in the spring.
Unknown Pinguicula from a friendly Portlander who came to the last TF meetup
And well this ping doesn't really fit in here but I'll put it anyway. It's P. primuliflora growing on a rock on live sphagnum.
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