March of the Pinguiculas
Hi all. I've been hearing consistently that the pings sold in the nurseries in the death cubes are almost always P. primuliflora. That may be true elsewhere, but around here I suspect it is not. I've bought at least four or five pings from nurseries that don't look like the photos of primuliflora that I have seen. I've been wondering if maybe they were in fact the Mexican P. moranensis (sp?), so I did a little reading and found out that my pings were acting more like P. mor. than P. prim.
For one thing, they seem to really want a lot of humidity. The ones that I've kept in a mini-terrarium always seem healthier than those I leave outside and uncovered. I always keep the outside ones in standing water and mist them daily with distilled water as well.
Secondly, I read that P. mor. will often revert to its emergency dormant state at the drop of a hat. That's exactly what mine have been doing.
And my pings did not seem to enjoy being outside in winter here in SoCal Zone 9/10. The ones I brought inside in the enclosed container stayed perky all winter, but when I put them back outside and took the top off the terrarium, they shrank back up. Also for what it's worth, inside the terrarium with the top on it, the leaves stand up. When I take the top off and the humidity goes down, the leaves lie flat on the soil.
But anyway, a picture's worth... The plants on the left are the ones I suspect are P. mor. The one on the right I bought on eBay and the seller IDs it as P. prim. You tell me.
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And here's what the pings in the terrarium look like:
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