P. colimensis - succulent phase

[dvg]

The summer leaves of this P. colimensis once spanned the width of this 4" pot,

but it has now abruptly shrunk back to these succulent leaves.

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[birdman]

Mine are doing the same thing in Wisconsin- growing indoors, of course!

 

[punpkinface]

Time to propagate! I may be getting one of these soon.

 

[amphirion]

wow. mines are tiny in comparison to yours. awesome!

 

[jimscott]

Defiintely take leaf cuttings

 

[村花洛洛]

It dormant.

 

[dvg]

Okay, time to update.

April 2013



Trimmed, watered and fed.



The ol' spin-a-roo







They went that-a-way.



May 9, 2013





Face deep in a Ms. Skeeter...



...now that's better!



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[corky]

great update,always quality

 

[SgtSarracenia]

Great pics, I want one. Those are gorgeous.

 

[dvg]

Thanks guys, it really is a beauty to add to a collection.



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[Maiden]

Dvg: amazing plant !
Do you have a growlist?

 

[Api]

Man, I really do need to start a ping collection!

 

[nitwig]

Hey, I know this is an old thread but what is the exact potting mix you are growing this in?

 

[dvg]

Hi Nitwig,

This is an all mineral mix, but I am experimenting with adding more organic material into some of my media mixes.




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[nitwig]

Hi, thanks for you answer. By all mineral are you referring to perlite, vermiculite, turface? The reason I'm asking is that I just ordered ten unidentified mexican pings from Ebay and I want to make sure I have success like yours. I am also following up on question that someone asked recently on p. colimensis and the soil it requires. Maybe you could chime in on that thread right below this one. Any help you could give us would be much appreciated. It is obvious that whatever you're doing is making your plant happy!

 

[dvg]

Hi nitwig,

My all mineral mix consists of chunky perlite, coarse silica sand, some akadama clay, red lava rock, white pumice and yellow kanuma pumice.

There may be a few items more in there, but it has been a while since that particular media was mixed up.

Basically, i use whatever media materials i have on hand at the time.



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