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This is my last -stravaganza thread until the Sarracenia are ready in spring. I think I have a pretty unique setup for my pinguicula. At least I've never seen anyone else with a setup like it. I'll start with a tutorial showing how I made my setup for my pings. In the tutorial, the plant pictured is P. agnata

Step 1: Gather your supplies, a tub with water, dried LFS, some vinyl coated floral wire, and your Ping.

IMG_3412 by mcmcnair, on Flickr
Step 2: Moisten your sphagnum in the water and mold it into a nest shape in your hand. When you set it down on the table it should hold its shape.

IMG_3413 by mcmcnair, on Flickrl

IMG_3415 by mcmcnair, on Flickr
Step 3: insert one end of your floral wire into the center of the sphagnum nest and wrap the wire around the nest looping from top to bottom. I usually move it in a clockwise direction so there is wire at each point where a number would be on a clock. Then when I am satisfied that it will hold I insert the end of the wire back into the middle of the nest.

IMG_3416 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3417 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3418 by mcmcnair, on Flickr
Step 4: Tie two loops on wire around opposite sides of the nest. These are for attaching the nest to the vertical eggcrate.

IMG_3419 by mcmcnair, on Flickr
Step 5: Put your Ping into the nest and wrap either dried or live LFS around the base of the plant. I have not used live LFS but I imagine it would be a good indicator of when you need to water.

IMG_3420 by mcmcnair, on Flickr
Step 6: Hang your Ping nest on the eggcrate and enjoy your Ping nest!

IMG_3552 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

Now for the other Ping nests...
P. 'Sethos' from Lil Stinkpot

IMG_3549 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

P. moranensis (my first mexican ping) pictures are from oldest to newest

IMG_1910 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3211 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3314 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3553 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

Same form of P. moranensis just a different nest with N. ampullaria Cyclops Mtns. photobombing

IMG_3557 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

A different form of P. moranensis

IMG_3554 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

P. 'Alfred Lau #13'

IMG_3555 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

I've got a bunch of Pings that I lost the tags for but I had them listed on my growlist, but they are too small to ID right now.

IMG_3558 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3551 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3550 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

And here is a pic of the whole panel

IMG_3559 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

I've got a couple more Pings that aren't in nests.
P. primuliflora with Fittonia in the background

IMG_3924 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

P. primuliflora 'Rose', a double flowered form, it hasn't bloomed for me yet but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

IMG_3928 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

P. medusina

IMG_3917 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

P. 'Sethos' leaf pullings from Lil Stinkpot, I took these about 2 weeks ago...

IMG_3926 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

P. lusitanicum from Kulamauiman's NASC auction

IMG_3929 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

IMG_3930 by mcmcnair, on Flickr

That's it for now! Thanks for looking!
 
Very cool idea! That is a must-try. Some nice pings ya got there! Interested in any trading in the spring? So these are mounted in a tent-house?
 
I have something to send you in exchange for those Nep cuttings.
 
Very nice, love the idea! Are these in a greenhouse or terrarium?
 
Greenhouse/Terrarium... It's a giant Wardian Case. I'll post pics of it later this week. All my nepenthes and pings are in the same case, I have a humidifier pumping fog in there during the day with a fan running every hour and a half or so to provide some circulation.
 
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