pings

I received this P. Pirouette on 12/30 and it looked gorgeous. Few days later it lost some leafs (expected from being planted) but even today it still isn't any closer to where it was before. The picture looks rough but there's still new green growth in the center but the leafs never get bigger...

I have been growing one of these pings for about 6 months now and was hoping to find more information on what species it might be. Google searches have provided little. As far as I know nothing definitive has been agreed upon but are there any ideas from other growers? Additional location...

Hey guys! First of all, let me start off by saying this: pings are just a mystery to me. I have killed more of these guys than any other plant I have ever owned trying to get it right with them. That said, by some kind of miracle, I have managed to keep 4 alive for just shy of a full year...

My current grow area is 43"x22" and my light is a AgroBrite 2' 4 bulb t5ho. The issue I have now is 2' doesn't cut it anymore with how quickly everything is reproducing. I wanted to upgrade to a 4' but I wanted people's opinions on a 4 bulb or a 6 bulb, with the 6 bulb it totals at 324w and I...

I am using a mini greenhouse to grow a variety of sarrs, vfts, dews, and pings. Below is the link to the greenhouse I am using. I took out the second shelf and have all my plants on the third shelf. I also plan to put a grow light on the top shelf. The problem I am having is that my new...

So I repotted my plants two days ago. Around 20 plants. Instead of using peat/perlite mix for the sarrs, drosera, and vfts I went with peat/sand mix. Apparently I bought the wrong kind of sand because I used "Western States Wholesale washed plastering sand". I did 3:1 ratio peat/sand for the...

Hi, I have a terrarium with pings in it. They are doing well. I have had a t5 fixture over them but just got a new one and changed from a coralife to an ATI fixture. I want to order more bulbs. Any recommendation on the type of bulb I should get? Particularly what wavelength is best for their...

I've had this plant for almost a month now. P.Florian It's 12" under T5 HO lights. Do you think it's getting too much light? All of my new pings are getting alot of red in them, should I set my timers for less time on? (I just watered before the photo, I let them dry out slightly before...

What's your favorite soil mix for Pinguiculas? I grow mostly Mexican Pings and wondering what soil mix do you use? Here are a few I have written down. I've been using #2 but want to try some other mixes. 1: 3 Parts Sand and 1 Part Peat 2: 1 Part Sand, 1 Part Perlite, 1 Part Peat 3: 1 Part...

I'm trying to rebuild my Pygmy sundew collection. I'd be happy to pay for gemmae & postage or work out a trade for pings.

Well, apropos of a recent thread, I decided to start a new one here that is on-topic, of that off-topic discussion :jester: When I was first starting out, in all the instructions I found, the proverbial 'they' described a certain potting medium, certain humidity, a grow setup, which plants...

I just put up another EnviroGro T5, 6-Tube Fixture, so I am itching to add more plants. Although it's 20-30'f here in Spokane, WA. Can anyone recommend some reliable wintertime shippers? I'm looking at add more Sundews and Pings. How about seeds? Will freezing kill Sundew or Ping seeds? Thank...

I tried cross pollinating some pings for the first time and it worked! Two out of the three flowers I pollinated are developing seed. The seeds will have the following parentage: Pinguicula ['Aphrodite' (agnata x moctezumae) x (laueana (CP2) x emarginata)-Vic's Clone] My iPhone wouldn't let me...

I'm looking for any South American Drosera. Particularly interested in D. graomogolensis, D. solaris, D. esmereldae, D. felix, D. ascendens, D. villosa, and D. meristocaulis. I have lots of subtropical sundews and Mexican pings, and could probably trade some fun primary Nepenthes hybrids if the...

Never had much luck with pings in soil. So I tried a different approach and it has paid off. Everyone show off your rocks! These guys stay on the front porch year round except when it gets below freezing. [/URL][/IMG]

My newest bog, installed in the zone stretching spot at the inside corner of the angle formed by the intersection of my slate patio and asphalt driveway. It's reserved for low growing plants such as VFTs, Pings, and orchids. There's a statue of William Penn on top of city hall in Philadelphia...

All my photos were on a website which no longer exists. Go to page 3 to see actual photos and not just lists of plants!

I have some Pings planted in API Aquatic Plant Media. Does this media wick water UP to the plant or do I still need to top water? I tried to feel the top layer BUT can't tell if it's wet or my imagination! Here's one of the plants: ANY other advice in using this media for Pings? Thank you so...

Short story, but about a month ago I acquired my first ping, and aphrodite, a month or so ago. While having noticed a gnat around my grow rack here and there in the past, I never thought of them as much of a problem. However, the little hunter aphrodite has covered it's leaves in 50+ gnats...

I have a few Venus fly traps that have just split or about to split off and ones that have split and been growing for some time that i have available to trade, sizes vary according to what type of vft they're coming from and how long they been growing as their own rooted plant in the pot. I...