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Benurmanii wrote:My first cold-temperate Pinguicula flower!Wonderful color! I keep thinking i need to grow that; seed is so easy to get but I've just been lazy. And preoccupied with Mexicans too.
SFLguy wrote:Beautiful! It's too hot here for grandifloraIt's also too hot here for them, but I bring in my cold temperates during July-August.
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Bob Beer wrote: Wonderful color! I keep thinking i need to grow that; seed is so easy to get but I've just been lazy.May I ask where you would get your seed from were you so inclined?
Benurmanii wrote:Lol we're in the high 80s through December, we just don't get cold at allSFLguy wrote:Beautiful! It's too hot here for grandifloraIt's also too hot here for them, but I bring in my cold temperates during July-August.
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SFLguy wrote:Oh yeah, winter in east Florida, forgot about that :pBenurmanii wrote:Lol we're in the high 80s through December, we just don't get cold at allSFLguy wrote:Beautiful! It's too hot here for grandifloraIt's also too hot here for them, but I bring in my cold temperates during July-August.
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Night temps drop 5° F in Miami and that's it, just as hot and muggy as the daytime lol
In fact, it's too hot for capensis to survive over summer, I have to grow them in a windowsill
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Huntsmanshorn wrote:I received these as plants last year from a local friend. All my other temperate Pinguicula arrived as hibernacula from bestcarnivorousplants.comBob Beer wrote: Wonderful color! I keep thinking i need to grow that; seed is so easy to get but I've just been lazy.May I ask where you would get your seed from were you so inclined?
dr_donut wrote:People complain that their winters are too hot, whereas mine are too cold...I think your issue was temperatures swings, too much freeze then thaw.
Benurmanii wrote:They were also selling seed for a pittance.Huntsmanshorn wrote:I received these as plants last year from a local friend. All my other temperate Pinguicula arrived as hibernacula from bestcarnivorousplants.comBob Beer wrote: Wonderful color! I keep thinking i need to grow that; seed is so easy to get but I've just been lazy.May I ask where you would get your seed from were you so inclined?