Muckydoo's pings

[Lloyd Gordon]

So after the flower has fallen off, break off the flower shoot as low as you can, and keep it moist. Worth trying.

 

[Muckydoo]

So after the flower has fallen off, break off the flower shoot as low as you can, and keep it moist. Worth trying.

I removed the stem while the flower was fresh, it was falling over because the leaves on that side fell off after being removed from the clump, so I just removed it too.

 

[Muckydoo]

P. hemipiphytica x cyclosecta
Not much colour, but I expect that to change once temps cool a bit this fall.

This P. laxifolia is looking good. It almost never goes carnivorous to this extent.

And a few pics of some trays.

 

[Muckydoo]

This is one beefy seed pod.

P. (agnata x ANPA C) x cyclosecta

I have red and green leaf versions of this cross, both have the exact same flowers.

 

[Muckydoo]

P. ehlersiae
No know location, flower is very similar to Ixmiquilpan, and the Victoria (from Rainbow) but also (maybe?)a little bit different, it was really hard to tell. And since it was sold to me as no location it shall remain that way.

P. ehlersiae 'Tolantongo'

P. esseriana 'Giant'

 

[Muckydoo]

No experiments is a success unless it's repeatable. So I tried again, same process, I did not twist or pull directly on the flower stem instead I broke it off right at the base just like you would a leaf pulling.

 

[Muckydoo]

Pinguicula 'Lady'
This one's leaves twist as they come out and almost fold over to make a tube at the ends.

Pinguicula gigantea 'Red Blush' x cyclosecta

With it's almost gray leaves and really dark purple flower, I'm really liking this one.

 

[DevonNS]

P.Lady is very interesting! The curling gives it even more of a succulent vibe.

 

[Muckydoo]

P.Lady is very interesting! The curling gives it even more of a succulent vibe.

It was much more interesting than I thought it was going to be.

 

[Muckydoo]

Uh oh.... apparently there was an emarginata flower that was fertilized, and it fell on this moranensis alba.

I don't remember doing it sooooo interesting..

 

[Muckydoo]

My P. gigantea tray that I used to catch all the fungus gnats in my isopod bins.

It worked really really good, except I had it sitting on top of the bins and a bunch of soil mites made their way into it which I really didn't want so I put a little bit of diatomaceous earth powder around the edge and it seemed to solve the problem.

The bottom layer is a thin flat sheet of grodan fiber. I bought a five pack that will fit a 1020 tray and cut it in half to fit this half size tray. I got the idea when @WillyCKH posted that he had used Grodan cubes covered in lava rock and other stuff. For the mineral media I used quarter inch black lava rock, crushed limestone and a little bit of argonite chunks.


This is what the tray started like on June 4th.

And here are a couple that have been patiently growing in a much too small pot but they don't seem to care.

 

[Muckydoo]

Seed grown P. laxifolia x (laueana x emarginata). This one had neat red spots that I hope carry through when it gets bigger.

 

[jeff]

grodan fiber ? it is rock wool ,that we use in hydroponics ?

 

[Muckydoo]

grodan fiber ? it is rock wool ,that we use in hydroponics ?

That is correct!

 

[Muckydoo]

This absolutely massive P. 'John Rizzi'

P. 'Titan' still in an old pot and tray, but doing great!

P. moranensis 'San Pablo'

 

[Muckydoo]

P. 'Countess De Ville'

P. 'Lavender Lacewing'

 

[Muckydoo]

P. gypsicola 'Buena Vista'

These three spent a short amount of time in their summer rosette but all three put on phenomenal size which makes me very happy.

 

[Muckydoo]

Comparison between The flowers of these two similar crosses.

 

[Muckydoo]

P. agnata 'True Blue'
After a number of years staying in its winter rosette, it finally awakened this year and produced its first flower. I've had this thing for 5 years..

And these 2 P. gypsicola x moctezumae clones. The one with the larger flower I got from @Labine a number of years ago. And the one with the smaller flower is a Brad's greenhouse clone (or so I'm told)

I noticed during the summer the leaves were different colors. The one with the larger flower always had longer leaves and a little more green and bronze in color, and the one with the smaller flower I found had a tighter rosette and the leaves were more lighter little bit yellower in color. If anybody has the clone from Brad's I'd be interested to know how big the flowers were or are.

Clone from Labine I got years ago.

Brad's clone

 

[Muckydoo]

I'm terrible at keeping seedlings alive, but this one lived.

P. moranensis alba x cyclosecta (Seed grown)