Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US

Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302905

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:55 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 1:55 am #302905

I was wondering if this plant is rare in the US or if it is difficult to propagate, because it seems way more expensive than other pinguicula... and because I want to get one, but the only one I found is $64.99 w/o shipping.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302911

By Hungry Plants -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:52 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:52 am #302911

I don't know about rarity but I just ford one for about $20 less. Even less if you don't mind the size. That took me less than a minute to find. So if you take your time I'm sure you can find a good deal. Hope this helps and good luck.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302912

By Bob Beer -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:16 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:16 am #302912

Good lord, who's selling it for 64.99?!

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302913

By Bob Beer -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:17 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:17 am #302913

It's not particularly difficult but the winter leaves are quite small, so it takes a little time to get size.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302914

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:17 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:17 am #302914

Some guy on eBay. Other than that the going rate seems to be between $40 and $50 online. Provided I didn't want to order from overseas.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302917

By SFLguy -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:23 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:23 am #302917

It used to be around 100
It's because of its rarity here in the U.S.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302918

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:25 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:25 am #302918

$100? Man... I can't wait till BCP puts their stock back up.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302920

By nimbulan -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:51 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:51 am #302920

From what I understand it's both easy to grow and easy to propagate. Like many CPs I can't remotely understand why it's so rare in the US.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302921

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:56 am
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:56 am #302921

Probably something like Genlisea , even though it's harder to grow than pinguicula. What I mean is there is less of a market for those plants.

Or it could be because this specific pinguicula is a species that is one of the newer species on the market, and the market hasn't been saturated yet. It seems like this might be the reason, due to the price drop from $100 to ~$45.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302938

By heywhathuh -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:24 pm
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:24 pm #302938

I ordered mine from CZplants, because like you, I didn't want to pay 65$ on Ebay. I got a small dormant one for like 10 euros, although it did take forever to arrive. I've since pulled some leaves off, and have gotten at least a few strikes, so if you're still looking in a few weeks, when mine have grown large enough to ship, I'll gladly trade/sell you one for cheap

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302943

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:11 pm
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 3:11 pm #302943

Sure. I'll be interested. Thank you.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302948

By nimbulan -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:46 pm
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:46 pm #302948

Raistlarn wrote:Probably something like Genlisea , even though it's harder to grow than pinguicula. What I mean is there is less of a market for those plants.

Or it could be because this specific pinguicula is a species that is one of the newer species on the market, and the market hasn't been saturated yet. It seems like this might be the reason, due to the price drop from $100 to ~$45.

As I understand it, it used to be more common. It seems like 10 years or so ago all the US nurseries stopped propagating anything remotely rare, probably because the market got saturated and the plants were too cheap to be worthwhile. We actually used to have seed-grown hamatas being sold, and lowii's for less than $20.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302949

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:48 pm
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:48 pm #302949

I was hearing something like that... It seems like I got into carnivorous plants too late.

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302951

By heywhathuh -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:58 pm
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:58 pm #302951

I agree man, sometimes when googling Ping-related questions, I find sub-forums that seem like they were way more active a decade ago. And I'll PM you when the gypsicolas look ready to ship, if you find one for cheap before then, don't feel bad about snagging it

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Re: Pinguicula gypsicola rarity in the US#302952

By Raistlarn -  Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:00 pm
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- Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:00 pm #302952

I'll keep an eye out.

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