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Long overdue that I made one of these.

Let's start with the pings

P. chilensis, looking scrappy but should pay off in the spring. The cold temperates (and P. primuliflora for whatever reason) in their anti-storm box. Protects them from the wind and heavy rains, since I don't want to lose hibernaculum, while maintaining airflow and light levels. Warm temperates (lutea, caerulea, planifolia). They get really wet. The lutea and caerulea do not seem to mind at all. The tons of lutea you see in the photo are all extremely small because they arrived to me in August with absolutely no roots. P. elongata in the highland terrarium. They told me they needed the bag. P. elongata in the tuberous Drosera/anything-that-needs-a-seasonal-light-cycle-but-not-extreme-temps grow area. Since no one knows exactly how to keep this Ping alive, I decided why not put it in a place with "seasons". It may not experience a significant change in photoperiod in the wild, but neither do Mexican Pings, and people lower the light cycle for those. I had these P. chilensis seedlings outside until there was an enourmous rainstorm and I thought they had been washed away. P. kondoi/reticulata or whatever you prefer. I think the transition between carnivorous and succulent leaves on P. cyclosecta is really beautiful. My first Mexican Ping flower! (P. esseriana, trying to make up for its crappy colorless genetics :p ) P. orchidioides pullings. Weird plant. Some of the first emergent leaves on the pullings look like liverwort with glands. P. calderoniae and P. calderoniae pullings. I keep them surprisingly wet. P. emarginata, greener clone P. cubensis, the rest of them finally settling in. P. lusitanica, focused on the one going on round 2 with the flowers. P. megaspilaea, a favorite of mine. There were a few others I didn't photograph, but that is becuase they are either ugly succulent buds that don't have roots and are therefor slightly dessicated (from BCP, that's how they ship 'em) or would have just been repeats of plants with no significant difference in looks. I'll probably post the Neps next, everyone loves Neps

Nice looking plants!

Cylosecta looks awesome, probably will be the next addition I make.

erikHIplants wrote:Nice looking plants!

Cylosecta looks awesome, probably will be the next addition I make.

Thanks!
Yeah cyclose were my first pings and I was really excited about them, but they gave me a bad impression of Mexican pings as they decided to go succulent a week after I got them (this was in late March).

Did you get the lusitanica seeds? I know that first-class can be sort of slow.

Benurmanii wrote:

erikHIplants wrote:Nice looking plants!

Cylosecta looks awesome, probably will be the next addition I make.

Thanks!
Yeah cyclose were my first pings and I was really excited about them, but they gave me a bad impression of Mexican pings as they decided to go succulent a week after I got them (this was in late March).

Did you get the lusitanica seeds? I know that first-class can be sort of slow.

Yes my laueana just went succulent as it got here... I'm hoping the jaumavensis I got colors up nicely.

Still waiting on them, maybe tomorrow. Takes an extra day or so to get them to Hawaii.

A picture of some Neps to satiate the hunger of the Nepenthes growers while I get some other pics ready.

Wow, beautiful plants. I am just getting started with pings. I'm a little intimidated...I feel like I must be doing something wrong even though I think they're doing ok....

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Adelaide wrote:I'm a little intimidated...I feel like I must be doing something wrong even though I think they're doing ok....

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I know how you feel! I still have plenty of plants I feel that way about. Best thing to do is just give it your best shot; research as much as you can and be willing to slightly test a plant's boundaries (slightly, lol, depends on how valuable the plant is).

Can't bring myself to take flattering pics of the Nepenthes...

Anyways, here is a comparison of my D. ramellosa now and my D. ramellosa last year, when it came all wacked-out from CC and lacking light (since I didn't realize cooling T5s would cause them to produce less light).

D. ramellosa last year: D. ramellosa now: Also, here is the progress of my P. chilensis after being out in a night of strong freezing winds (which dried them out, they handled freezing temps like champs), and after being put into an unheated garage under T12s for a few days.

Picture taken in the morning after the night's dry, freezing winds: And here they are after a few days of babying: And for fun, here is picture of the Ping Box (which protects my loose Pinguicula hibernaculum from rain) after some days of snow and freezing rain:

Nice plants! How hard is lusitanica to grow? I'm thinking about getting one, but can't find cultivation info (not very much, anyway)

HeliamphoraWalnut wrote:Nice plants! How hard is lusitanica to grow? I'm thinking about getting one, but can't find cultivation info (not very much, anyway)

Very simple. The seem happy with temps anywhere between 40 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Just sown them on a peaty mix and you're good. I noticed that you said "one", so I assume your are going to purchase from CC. I wouldn't buy lusitanica from them, way overpriced. I would see if Johnny Myob has some seeds left, I got all the lusitanica I have from him for 5 dollars (and they only took 2 months to mature). If he doesn't have any, I have one seedpod left, and I'll see if I can spare some seeds. PM me if you are interested.

Some pics that I have taken within the last week or so.

D. zigzagia flowered: Some pictures of P. cubensis: P. emarginata has grown a lot since I last posted a pic of it, and it has even produced a flower, with a second one on the way: Just a pic of the P. esseriana flowers: Some of my all-time favorite Pinguicula: P. megaspilaea