White dust on my Pinguicula?

White dust on my Pinguicula?#321366

By Overhau -  Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:50 am
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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:50 am #321366

I have noticed that since few days there is a white dust on my Pinguicula. It's my first time with Pinguiculas so I don't know what it is. Is it dangerous for the plant?

Re: White dust on my Pinguicula?#321378

By Hungry Plants -  Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:23 pm
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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:23 pm #321378

Its hard to tell from the picks but it looks like LFS dust to me.

Re: White dust on my Pinguicula?#321399

By evenwind -  Tue Sep 04, 2018 6:55 pm
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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 6:55 pm #321399

I magnified your pic. It looks like the "dust" has wings and legs. So I think it's white fly - which would be food for the ping but means some of your other plants have a problem.

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Re: White dust on my Pinguicula?#321400

By hollyhock -  Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:01 pm
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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:01 pm #321400

evenwind wrote:I magnified your pic. It looks like the "dust" has wings and legs. So I think it's white fly - which would be food for the ping but means some of your other plants have a problem.

Wow good eye evenwind...that's really helpful information.

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Re: White dust on my Pinguicula?#321401

By Overhau -  Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:23 pm
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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:23 pm #321401

evenwind wrote:I magnified your pic. It looks like the "dust" has wings and legs. So I think it's white fly - which would be food for the ping but means some of your other plants have a problem.

Wow thank you, so I just leave them on my pinguicula and let them be eaten?

Re: White dust on my Pinguicula?#321408

By evenwind -  Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:15 pm
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- Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:15 pm #321408

Overhau wrote:Wow thank you, so I just leave them on my pinguicula and let them be eaten?

That's what I do. Also, since you already have a "before" pic, I'd compare it to the way the ping looks in a week or two. The bugs that are currently in the pic should look less sharp-edged as the digestion takes place. If there's more of them, then they're still coming from another of your plants and you should find out the source. If the source plant just has small numbers of bugs, then the presence of the ping alone may be enough to end them - given time. Otherwise, I'd get rid of them at the source.

BTW I always check white "dust" for arrowhead shapes - it usually means white fly.

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Re: White dust on my Pinguicula?#322374

By jeff -  Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:56 pm
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- Mon Sep 17, 2018 1:56 pm #322374

for me kind of whitefly, not very serious for ping.
but checked from time to time

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