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Post by hcarlton on Dec 19, 2013 4:38:56 GMT
Hello all, I managed to get a pic of the first Mexican Pinguicula flowering that wasn't my 'Aphrodite.' It was sold to me as P. moranensis x ehlersiae, what do you think? The camera cannot capture just how bright violet this thing is: The plant itself The flower ~hcarlton
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Post by tanukimo on Dec 19, 2013 5:22:08 GMT
I like how the edges of the flower look darker than the middle and how there is a sort of gradation toward the middle. The leaves of the plant look pretty big, and the flower scape seems really curved, rather than just straight up from the plant.
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Post by ICPS-bob on Dec 19, 2013 23:10:29 GMT
Your plant could very well be P. moranensis x ehlersiae. This hybrid is very common in cultivation and the flower is variable from clone to clone. For example, these are the same parents that produced the cultivars P. 'Weser' and P. 'Sethos'. Plants with the name P.'Weser' are widely distributed, but most are not 'Weser' because their flower does not meet the cultivar description.
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 4, 2014 6:48:23 GMT
Adding a couple more pics, since another flower opened, and it's a mutant too: first, the normal flower And now the mutant: you'll notice this one is darker than the former, they seem to brighten up as the days go by Does the flower shape/color match any of the named cultivars, or is it probably just another random clone? It was suggested by the person I got it from that there is a possibility of it being 'Weser', but I'm skeptical, considering the numbers....
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jan 4, 2014 22:56:31 GMT
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 5, 2014 3:36:01 GMT
Well, it's a good clone anyway.... the flower certainly doesn't seem to quite match.
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Post by Dave Evans on Jan 10, 2014 16:55:46 GMT
Don't forgot there is also 'Sethos'. Many of the "false wesers" are just 'Sethos'.
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jan 10, 2014 22:30:18 GMT
And many of the plants called P. 'Sethos' and P. 'Weser' do not meet either cultivar description and are simply a P. moranensis x ehlersiae hybrid.
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 11, 2014 5:58:58 GMT
I'll leave it labeled as it is, of course, and if I ever end up growing either cultivar I can compare them.
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Post by Not a Number on Jan 12, 2014 3:25:13 GMT
The cultivar description of P. 'Sethos' contains the phrase "a very floriferous clone". In my experience the "fake Weser" seldom produce more than one flower per season thus would not match the cultivar description of 'Sethos'.
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 12, 2014 5:25:37 GMT
Well this guy is producing at least 3 flowers, so who knows? It's certainly vigorous enough in the flowering department...
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Post by Dave Evans on Jan 17, 2014 1:31:34 GMT
The cultivar description of P. 'Sethos' contains the phrase "a very floriferous clone". In my experience the "fake Weser" seldom produce more than one flower per season thus would not match the cultivar description of 'Sethos'. Err, that is a very weak method of deciding the ID. The plants flower based on the lighting and season they received before they flower. However, I have some plants from TC that do not flower. The lack of good flowering might be from bad TC, not from not being 'Sethos'. Frankly, I don't understand why either of these would be put into TC, they split everytime they flower, which is every week during floweing season for 6 to 8 weeks.
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 22, 2014 15:57:25 GMT
Not the same plant, but I hate to start a new thread for one picture: P. rotundiflora x hemiepiphytica is growing up nicely. I cant wait to see this one flower. I started this one out as a plantlet no bigger than a dime, too, and for the longest time thought I was going to lose it.
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 22, 2014 16:23:47 GMT
These are the sorts of plants you grow for the flower. The carnivorous bit is a side note compared to their lovely flowers.
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 29, 2014 15:21:07 GMT
Another flowering species, P. lusitanica: Flowers are really small on these guys, but a nice shade of pale lavender with the darker tube.
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