Hello, yesterday I picked up a pinguicula Caerulea, it's my first ping and I could really use some tips to keep it alive. I know it's a warm temperate species, and that I need to use distilled, RO, or rain water only. I'm in zone 9b on the west coast and I'm not sure if it needs to be grown outside and given a dormancy with most of my other plants, or if I should keep it indoors in a windowsill or under a light. Right now I have it in a half inch of water in a south/southeast facing window with my Ventrata and capensis until I can find out more about it. Any other tips or info you can give me on it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Pinguicula Caerulea care
Bonjour
it is a subtropicaleUS ping inhabitant in open pine forests, sandy to sandy-wet turbo.
I use this substrat river sand+ peat 70/30 ,a good light , with always 18-20°c , no dormancy for them
unlike planifolia, primuliflora, ionantha; avoid too wet substrate, like pumila and lutea , otherwise it would eventually rot
watering with rain water by the top .
jeff
it is a subtropicaleUS ping inhabitant in open pine forests, sandy to sandy-wet turbo.
I use this substrat river sand+ peat 70/30 ,a good light , with always 18-20°c , no dormancy for them
unlike planifolia, primuliflora, ionantha; avoid too wet substrate, like pumila and lutea , otherwise it would eventually rot
watering with rain water by the top .
jeff
Here's a picture I took of it yesterday morning Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
I've been growing it indoors with bright, indirect light, standing in a 1/4th inch of water. I only add more water once all the water is gone. I Love the goo droplets on the bottom of the leaves. I'm Glad I've been able to keep it alive this long, I was so worried I was going to kill it. Hopefully I can get it to flower for me.
I've been growing it indoors with bright, indirect light, standing in a 1/4th inch of water. I only add more water once all the water is gone. I Love the goo droplets on the bottom of the leaves. I'm Glad I've been able to keep it alive this long, I was so worried I was going to kill it. Hopefully I can get it to flower for me.
