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Narthecium americanum and Arethusa bulbosa.

A contest, with the prize of a Pinguicula primulaflora 'Rose', shipping included to the winner. All you have to do is guess how many of them are in this bowl I'm about to break up. The winner is the person who guesses the number correctly, or comes the closest without going over. One guess per...

If the plant was outdoors, wind and rain would wash away digested bugs. It's no big deal that they're there, and nothing to worry about. Try top watering it occasionally.

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I'm sure it has, it's one of my original plants, and they were all mature. It's not as dramatic as 'Rose', and I'm thinking I just missed it. There's a dead flower that could have been double, but it's not definitive. But there's one ready to open in the next couple days, and one more after that.

'Rose'? Yeah, I got 'Rose'...

My 'Rose' are running late this year. The first buds are just starting to show pink. I'll dissect a flower and see what's in there. This flower looks pretty normal, besides the extra row of petals.

Not as pronounced as on P. primulaflora 'Rose', but definitely a double flower on this one:

Same plant today. For our non US friends, that portrait of Mr Washington is about 160mm long:

I've done a few container bogs. What questions do you have?

Up for sale is the pictured rock. It's roughly oblong, about 7" long and about 5" wide, although the plant's hang over a fair bit. Three separate, mature colonies. One is obviously 'Aphrodite', pretty sure 1 is 'Florian', the last one I have no idea. Once they're in summer dress I should be able...