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By Overhau
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Joined:  Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:05 am
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I bought a Pinguicula 2 weeks ago but since few days after I brought it home it started drying. My other carnivorous plants all seem fine so I don't know where I'm doing wrong.
This is how the plant is now:
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The flower has died too, in just one day.
So I separated it from my other plants and put it inside, always in a place where there is light, but the situation doesn't seem to have changed.
This is how it was when I first bought it and when it was in the shop:
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By Jeeper
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Joined:  Sun Jul 01, 2018 3:47 am
#321256
Ping flowers, at least for me, only last a day or two. Looks like you might have it in too much direct sun.
By hollyhock
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Joined:  Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:56 am
#321263
I don't think it's dying. It's probably just adjusting to different conditions. Like jeeper said ping flowers only bloom for several days. And if it was inside a shop then it wasn't getting really bright light either. You could try to move it somewhere where it gets some indirect light. The center of the plant looks like there's new growth so that's a very good sign. If it was dying the center would probably be brown. Mexican pings do have a period of dormancy also. I am not sure what type of pinguicula you purchased. But give it time and keep an eye on it.
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By Overhau
Posts:  10
Joined:  Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:05 am
#321274
Thank you! I hope it's like you say and my Ping isn't dying. So I'll try moving it!
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