Hello there! I'm both new here and to growing CPs, but I've always been fascinated with them. Anyways, I lied a little - I'm actually very confused and worried about how my Ping is doing... =/
I've never really had much experience with plants. The last time I had to take care of any plant was just a couple months ago during Thanksgiving and I ended up overwatering them. They only one I did well with was a small bonsai. I learned my lesson and got better!
Recently I bought a nice Pinguicula (P. Laueana), it's supposed to have pink leaves but after spending like three days in a cold, dark box I expected it to be green (and it was). I also expected it to be small, asleep and to lose some leaves but not at the rate its going at now...
This is what it looked like when I got it:
Funny story! So when I was unwrapping the moss around it, it fell out of the pot like that. Completely freaked me out! I called the person I bought it from and he told me it was okay, I just had to put it back in the pot. I was worried that it'd have negative reprucussions!
Here it is in the pot after I put it back:
That was a week ago and now you have a gist of what my little guy looked like when it got here...and this is where things go downhill... =(
Like I said, it's only been a week and I expected leaf loss due to the shock of being sent in the mail but now it looks like this...
The bigger leaves are still dying too and I'm scared that the smaller succulent leaves will be next! =(
On top of that, something ELSE seems to be growing in the pot. I thought maybe it's the moss but does moss have something that looks like a flower bud and a red stalk? At first there was only one but a SECOND stalk came out. I thought that was all but then I noticed a THIRD stalk but instead of red it was green!
Kinda blurry but you can see the buds of the two red stalks:
In this one you can barely see the Green stalk because it's blurry. Its on the left though. (When I get the chance I'll edit the pic and circle where it is) :
The three buds are not that big, this one is the buds next to my finger:
The little green stalk is beginning to turn red like the other two. Only the tallest red one was there when I first got my Ping. I thought it was going to wilt and die but it's been clinging on to life pretty well.
I told a friend of mine of my worries (that my Ping was dying and it was my fault). I have a GE Plant & Aquarium and a 13 watt Ottlite. The temp my house at is 67-70 F and the Humidity here (Portland, OR) is usually between 70 - 100%. He suggested that I check on the roots. I did some research and I know that the roots are small and should be white but I've never actually seen them before.
Are these the roots? And if so, are they healthy?
I don't know what to do. Are the leaves supposed to be dying like this? Does anyone know what the three buds are?
I've never really had much experience with plants. The last time I had to take care of any plant was just a couple months ago during Thanksgiving and I ended up overwatering them. They only one I did well with was a small bonsai. I learned my lesson and got better!
Recently I bought a nice Pinguicula (P. Laueana), it's supposed to have pink leaves but after spending like three days in a cold, dark box I expected it to be green (and it was). I also expected it to be small, asleep and to lose some leaves but not at the rate its going at now...
This is what it looked like when I got it:

Funny story! So when I was unwrapping the moss around it, it fell out of the pot like that. Completely freaked me out! I called the person I bought it from and he told me it was okay, I just had to put it back in the pot. I was worried that it'd have negative reprucussions!
Here it is in the pot after I put it back:

That was a week ago and now you have a gist of what my little guy looked like when it got here...and this is where things go downhill... =(
Like I said, it's only been a week and I expected leaf loss due to the shock of being sent in the mail but now it looks like this...

The bigger leaves are still dying too and I'm scared that the smaller succulent leaves will be next! =(
On top of that, something ELSE seems to be growing in the pot. I thought maybe it's the moss but does moss have something that looks like a flower bud and a red stalk? At first there was only one but a SECOND stalk came out. I thought that was all but then I noticed a THIRD stalk but instead of red it was green!
Kinda blurry but you can see the buds of the two red stalks:


In this one you can barely see the Green stalk because it's blurry. Its on the left though. (When I get the chance I'll edit the pic and circle where it is) :

The three buds are not that big, this one is the buds next to my finger:

The little green stalk is beginning to turn red like the other two. Only the tallest red one was there when I first got my Ping. I thought it was going to wilt and die but it's been clinging on to life pretty well.
I told a friend of mine of my worries (that my Ping was dying and it was my fault). I have a GE Plant & Aquarium and a 13 watt Ottlite. The temp my house at is 67-70 F and the Humidity here (Portland, OR) is usually between 70 - 100%. He suggested that I check on the roots. I did some research and I know that the roots are small and should be white but I've never actually seen them before.
Are these the roots? And if so, are they healthy?

I don't know what to do. Are the leaves supposed to be dying like this? Does anyone know what the three buds are?