If one has the patience to grow these plants from seed, it's an ecomonical way to add some interesting new mexi-pings to one's collection.
Recently, i had a chance to again try my hand at germinating a few Pinguicula species from seed.
And though the following pics are in no way stellar, as the tiny starts look very similar to garden weeds first emerging from the ground in the spring, they do show the beginnings of little green pings that hopefully will one day be to grace me with either unique foliage or delicate flowers.
P. agnata - These had very good germination.
P. lilacina - Only three of these seeds germinated.
P. orchidioides - One of the last species to germinate, but germination was decent with these. An interesting species, this one also has the synonym, P. stolonifera and is the only Pinguicula species to date that is known to propagate itself through the stolons that it produces.
P. moranensis (Huixteco) - Probably my favorite P. moranensis species, because of it's thick fleshy leaves.
P. moranensis - Another known location mexi-ping with very good germination.
P. moranensis - This one has red rosettes, though not at this stage, and again there was good germination with this species.
P. sharpii - Only three of these seeds sprouted.
All of these plants are currently in vermiculite, and once they are larger, they will be moved to an appropriate media mix, more suited to their personal preferences.
dvg
Recently, i had a chance to again try my hand at germinating a few Pinguicula species from seed.
And though the following pics are in no way stellar, as the tiny starts look very similar to garden weeds first emerging from the ground in the spring, they do show the beginnings of little green pings that hopefully will one day be to grace me with either unique foliage or delicate flowers.
P. agnata - These had very good germination.
P. lilacina - Only three of these seeds germinated.
P. orchidioides - One of the last species to germinate, but germination was decent with these. An interesting species, this one also has the synonym, P. stolonifera and is the only Pinguicula species to date that is known to propagate itself through the stolons that it produces.
P. moranensis (Huixteco) - Probably my favorite P. moranensis species, because of it's thick fleshy leaves.
P. moranensis - Another known location mexi-ping with very good germination.
P. moranensis - This one has red rosettes, though not at this stage, and again there was good germination with this species.
P. sharpii - Only three of these seeds sprouted.
All of these plants are currently in vermiculite, and once they are larger, they will be moved to an appropriate media mix, more suited to their personal preferences.
dvg