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By Daniel_G
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#81832
Ok,i'm gonna infest this terrarium with one or two types of tropical or sub-tropical plant,but which types,you decide,give me a few ideas,the species i'm open too is heliamphora sundew pinguicula :) Which ever species reches 5 reccomendations first will get put in,please include subspecies too :D
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By dantt99
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#81880
Sorry I can't give you names for others but you should put a couple droseras in there, maybe binata, or spatulata or another tropical/subtropica sundew.
By NepEthusiast
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#81921
Mmmmmm, maybe a Drosera capensis, a pinguicula weser, or moranensis. and judging by the picture, you may need more soil than that, I could be wrong so correct me please.
By dantt99
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#81930
Yeah, maybe a little more soil, and more light :).
By Daniel_G
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#81937
Well that's going to be under i light when i put plants in,and again,when i get the plants i'll put more soil in
By Daniel_G
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#81938
So far the votes are
D.binata (1)
P.weser (1)
P.moranensis (1)
D.capensis (1)
D.spatulata (1)
By dantt99
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#81976
1) You should turn it into a poll to track the results more accurately, and

2) Can you add a capensis vote for me :)?
By Daniel_G
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#81977
Sure :D
And yeah i'll turn it into a poll,but i'll count the votes i have already :)
By Daniel_G
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#81981
Tell you what,to save me a lot of maths,can anyone who's voted, vote again
By dantt99
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#81989
I just voted again into the poll :).
By Grey
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#81991
P. Weser is a Mexican Pinguicula and I don't know how terrarium life would affect it, if I'm honest. They tend to originate from desert climates. Also, because of where they originate from, they have different dormancy habits to Dionaea and some Drosera which could create extra work for you.

As far as I know P. Moranensis is also a Mexican species.

Most Pings are very prone to root rot so I don't know if mixing it with plants from a more humid, "watery" location is a good idea, simply because of the amount of condensation and excess water that could build up -- especially in an undrained container.
By Daniel_G
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#81993
I could,put them in a seperate section (separated by plastic) to the others to keep them with a different water amount
By Grey
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#81995
If you placed them in the terrarium with a seperate water dish, that might be best. You can always wait until another Pinguicula grower responds and see what they think, though. I'll admit I'm no professional, but I love my Pings =]
By dantt99
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