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I was trying to place the familiarity of the aroma of this scented P. agnata x colimensis flower. Then it finally came to me; a smell that has been etched into me since childhood...the fragrance of grape flavored Kool-Aid, grape juice or grape popsicles. If you like the smell of grape...

Wow! That seed pod is huge! You should get quite a few seeds from that one. Looks like you have gotten some snow on the ground already. It's still barren ground here, but maybe soon...El Nino years can be very dry winters for us up here. dvg

It's exciting and encouraging to see the recent interest in Mexi-ping flower pollination and the possibility of new seed grown clones, here on this forum. Wanted to share some pics of some of my seed grown P agnata x colimensis plants that are now flowering. This one has some of the...

That is great news J.Gennaro! With the parentage of your cross, you can expect to have lots of variation in the seedlings. Best of luck with your seed sowing attempt and hopefully you will be rewarded with some awesome seed grown plants for your efforts. dvg

Those pollinated flowers are looking good there and the one on the right looks about ripe for harvest. I harvest mine when the seed capsules turn from green to a translucent color. The flower stalks are then placed on a labeled and dated piece of paper until they dry out a bit further and the...

I've read that in situ, they will flower twice a year, but in cultivation, mine are actually in dormancy for up to eight full months of the year. Now maybe i can still learn what it takes to coax them out of dormancy earlier or even more frequently, but for now they seem to start putting out...

Here is a two year old seed-grown P. heterophylla in the process of dividing, from about a month ago. It hasn't flowered yet and is the first of my heterophylla plants to do the dividing thing. At around this time when my mature heterophylla plants were flowering, I took the time to...

Thanks guys, Remember this one from last year around this time? Here are a few pics of that same Mexi-Ping from earlier today. Growing in a 4 inch pot. dvg

Four consecutive pics from yesterday... dvg

Thanks guys, Both halves of the newly divided plants have sent up flower stalks. dvg

Thanks guys, Here are a few progression shots of a developing pitcher... 3-11-15 3-17-15 [/url] 3-29-15 From earlier today... dvg

These are still coloring up, but they'll be fed now and hopefully they'll be flowering by year's end. Would like to see how another generation of these will turn out. dvg

This P. agnata x heterophylla finished it's flowering. Here is how it looked one week ago today, indoors. And here is how it looks today, outside. It is dividing into two. dvg

Thanks guys, To be honest, these were just done as an experiment to see what might come from it. Though the results are promising, a few more generations of selecting favorable traits might result in something quite special. JC, thanks for the kind words, though you have been a major...

It was warm enough today to take a pic outside in full sun. dvg