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hcarlton said:
Hello all,
I finally got another of my Mexican Pinguicula to flower (the first being the rather common 'Aphrodite', of which I don't have a pic, unfortunately), so I decided to share. I received this plant as P. moranensis x ehlersiae (possibly 'Weser', but not likely), so I want to know if you agree. The camera I use could not capture the true colors of this thing, by the way, as it is a very vibrant, bright violet.




Cheers!
~hcarlton
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Very Nice...
 
I find the "avoid peat" claim to be of little hard truth, many species that grow on alkaline rock faces in the wild do just fine in mixes with it in the soil so long as it's an aerated soil with high mineral levels (the peat is only there to retain some water anyway, and is little different than the organic debris that develops in the cracks the plants root in). The P. macroceras are a pretty strong example of that, they're a primarily serpentine seepage/sandstone cliff plant in the wild but they've been growing and blooming in a peat/perlite/sand soil here for approaching something like 4 years now. Double that number of growing seasons since they go dormant twice a year. The poldinii that just went dormant grew in size and made a handful of gemmae while also in same soil mix, as did caussensis, and longifolia is developing a secondary plant in addition to the main hibernaculum currently.
There are no plants called P. brevifolia, also; last record I have of that name is many, many decades old and long-since synonymized.
 
Had a mutant pop up, displaying the inner workings
Funky P. macroceras flower by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And then not mutant, but a new mini
P. immaculata x moctezumae HC B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. immaculata x moctezumae HC B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also because I had an extra pack stored away decided to sow it after repotting the main parent plants...and here's proof that the southeast US plants have seeds that can be stored for 2 1/2 plus years and are still viable. They are not like the Mexicans...
P. caerulea HC by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
P. moranensis 'Huahuapan' x sp. Tonala "ANPA A" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Haven't seen this bloom in a while...
P. "Aphrodite Imposter" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. "Aphrodite Imposter" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And I've got pumila going again
P. pumila Hardin Co. TX by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. pumila Hardin Co. TX by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. pumila Hardin Co. TX by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the "extra" seed-grown butterworts have started blooming. This is out of the pot I want to get rid of
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae, FS by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
P. heterophylla by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" x moctezumae D by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" x moctezumae D by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. emarginata x rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. emarginata x rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
This is one I've been waiting on for a very long time...
P. (moranensis 'Huahuapan' x emarginata) HC B x laueana -HC C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (moranensis 'Huahuapan' x emarginata) HC B x laueana -HC C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And after a couple days to fully open...
P. (moranensis 'Huahuapan' x emarginata) HC B x laueana -HC C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae HC C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
This wasn't a "keeper" clone, but might be swapped out for one because so far the 3 keepers I've flowered have not had color like this...
P. emarginata x immaculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Still laughably tiny though
P. emarginata x immaculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And reverse cross is nearly all back in bloom (actually all have been but clone C I missed photographing)
P. immaculata x emarginata HC B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Just might have to name this one
P. immaculata x emarginata HC D by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. immaculata x emarginata HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And a parent
P. emarginata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also offspring of emarg:
P. rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" x emarginata, HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" x emarginata, HC A by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. emarginata x sp. Tonala "ANPA A" HC D by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
Still the easiest one to bloom
P. gigantea red flush by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Though not so red flushed since temps haven't dropped much for it
P. gigantea red flush by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
New tiny hybrid flower
P. gracilis x immaculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. gracilis x immaculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Other tiny hybrid, not as tiny flower
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x laueana B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x laueana B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. planifolia Miramar Co. Fl by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. planifolia Miramar Co. Fl by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Oh, and one more tiny hybrid that gave me the exact flower I was looking for from the cross...
P. immaculata x moctezumae B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. immaculata x moctezumae B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. macroceras nortensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. macroceras nortensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Oh wait, still got one more tiny hybrid first bloom
P. rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" x emarginata C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Hardly an inch across
P. rotundiflora "Aramberri, Nuevo Leon" x emarginata C by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. (rotundiflora x gracilis) x moctezumae B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
Very newly arrived so really can't take credit for its current state, but the flower fuly developed here, so...
P. lilacina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. lilacina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. lilacina by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Uber tiny flower
P. rotundiflora Aramberri x emarginata D by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Equally tiny plant
P. rotundiflora Aramberri x emarginata D by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Tiny plant, not as tiny flower
P. gracilis x immaculata B by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also, FINALLY got the white-flower gigantea to bloom
P. gigantea white by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. gigantea white by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
P. gigantea white by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And with Red Flush blooming simultaneously, naturally I crossed them. First attempt only the red flush flower took, but two new blooms showed so retrying the other direction again.
P. gigantea white and red flush by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
 
It does self, but unsure if it does on its own. First flower actually produced seeds during the week I was away (not very many, but they're sown on the soil now to get a colony going). Will see whether the second one on the way produces more.
I am annoyed however by just how little info about cultivation there seems to be for it.
 
Most of the cultivation info currently on that site is rather copy-paste, as opposed to specific for any species...and half the mineral additives described I am not entirely sure how they translate to what's available around here, but I've treated it like some of the other more moist-loving species like emarginata. I would hesitate to ascribe the habits of lusitanica to the Mexican annuals, when other nearby annuals like pumila do not auto-self and require manual in most cases, and until seedlings start showing up and flowering themselves I'm going to probably continue manually pollinating. Second flower just opened that I did so with today.
 
And how do they do it in nature?

For the P. lusitanica, which I know well, they are indeed self-fertile.

P. sharpi; P. pumila; P. takakii; P. lilacina; P. lusitanica are considered annuals, sometimes biennials
 
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