- Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:42 pm
#237562
hi there!! was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on growing Pings. this is my first one, and I'm not sure what to do. I think it might be suffering from the dreaded root rot; here's the back story:
It was sent to me by someone with a couple of flytraps. I believe it's a P.Primuliflora (judging by pics I've researched of them) and when I got it, I noticed there were fungus gnat larvae in the cup. so I repotted it into standard CP mix (noticed the roots were whitish) and kept it WET on advice from the sender. a month in, and it seemed like it was doing fine until direct sun accidentally hit it one day for I don't know how long when it was outside in the big greenhouse, and the leaves shriveled. so, I gently unpotted it, and noticed that the roots were kinda tan-colored and softish, and the leaves were still kinda shriveled but still green. repotted into new media with a little more perlite added (cause I read they like airier media), and put a top on it with holes punched in it for air and to keep the humidity up (on advice from another source). the leaves stiffened back up, and it even put out a new one lol. so last night I left it uncovered for air thinking it was fine, and this morning the leaves were soft again! top went back on, and now the remaining leaves are stiff and dewy again. so I guess my question is...even though it's still putting out new healthy leaves, if it is root rot, will the plant grow new roots? I had almost the same thing happen to a flytrap seedling (I was transplanting it and the root snapped off at the rhizome!) so I kept that covered and it regrew a root in about a month. it's currently doing fine. just hoping I'm not gonna lose my first Ping
thanks in advance!!
It was sent to me by someone with a couple of flytraps. I believe it's a P.Primuliflora (judging by pics I've researched of them) and when I got it, I noticed there were fungus gnat larvae in the cup. so I repotted it into standard CP mix (noticed the roots were whitish) and kept it WET on advice from the sender. a month in, and it seemed like it was doing fine until direct sun accidentally hit it one day for I don't know how long when it was outside in the big greenhouse, and the leaves shriveled. so, I gently unpotted it, and noticed that the roots were kinda tan-colored and softish, and the leaves were still kinda shriveled but still green. repotted into new media with a little more perlite added (cause I read they like airier media), and put a top on it with holes punched in it for air and to keep the humidity up (on advice from another source). the leaves stiffened back up, and it even put out a new one lol. so last night I left it uncovered for air thinking it was fine, and this morning the leaves were soft again! top went back on, and now the remaining leaves are stiff and dewy again. so I guess my question is...even though it's still putting out new healthy leaves, if it is root rot, will the plant grow new roots? I had almost the same thing happen to a flytrap seedling (I was transplanting it and the root snapped off at the rhizome!) so I kept that covered and it regrew a root in about a month. it's currently doing fine. just hoping I'm not gonna lose my first Ping
thanks in advance!!
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