Post by snowflakeobsidian on Mar 18, 2008 16:46:41 GMT
My son and I have been growing CPs for a few years. Until recently, I personally have only grown Sarracenia’s. We belong to a CPS club which is a bit of a drive for us. They have a non-judged exhibition coming up and we have been encouraged to display. Yesterday I was repositioning an unidentified Ping in a decorative container…..the plant was bought at a local orchid place and only labeled “Pinguicula”. My guess is it is a tropical type, like agnata or moranensis. Anyhow, the fragility of the Ping was frustrating. Let’s just say that if exhibited this year, it will be because of lots of new growth.
I recently got 2 Drosera Capilleris plants, bare root, as freebies in an order. These plants have a good number of dried-out dead leaves on the bottom which I originally tried to remove, but when a long healthy white root accidentally came off I gave up. These plants were basically plopped on top of the potting media and slight pressed in with the hope that they would grow new roots into the media. Well the plants are going gang busters. They are growing new leaves, sending up flower stalks, and have new red dew. If it weren’t for the dead lower leaves, I’d consider moving them into a larger pot with Pinguicula primuliflora and displaying them together, assuming that by exhibition time, the Pinguicula primuliflora leaves are still relatively nice.
When I see the web photos of exhibition plants from BACPS shows, I’m amazed. The Sarracenia’s look like no bug has ever visited them, the Pings as they had never gone through a dormancy. What are the mechanics of disallowing a Sarracenia from feeding themselves? Using ultra-fine mesh netting over the entire plant? Or is the secret having a very carefully managed greenhouse? Do tropical Pings get repotted and all their winter leaves removed just as the summer leaves start to come in? It seems mechanically easier to control the environment for smaller, less fragile plants which are generally grown indoors like some Nepenthes, Drosera and Utricularia, probably Cephalotus and Heliamphora.
Thoughts? Comments?
Susan
I recently got 2 Drosera Capilleris plants, bare root, as freebies in an order. These plants have a good number of dried-out dead leaves on the bottom which I originally tried to remove, but when a long healthy white root accidentally came off I gave up. These plants were basically plopped on top of the potting media and slight pressed in with the hope that they would grow new roots into the media. Well the plants are going gang busters. They are growing new leaves, sending up flower stalks, and have new red dew. If it weren’t for the dead lower leaves, I’d consider moving them into a larger pot with Pinguicula primuliflora and displaying them together, assuming that by exhibition time, the Pinguicula primuliflora leaves are still relatively nice.
When I see the web photos of exhibition plants from BACPS shows, I’m amazed. The Sarracenia’s look like no bug has ever visited them, the Pings as they had never gone through a dormancy. What are the mechanics of disallowing a Sarracenia from feeding themselves? Using ultra-fine mesh netting over the entire plant? Or is the secret having a very carefully managed greenhouse? Do tropical Pings get repotted and all their winter leaves removed just as the summer leaves start to come in? It seems mechanically easier to control the environment for smaller, less fragile plants which are generally grown indoors like some Nepenthes, Drosera and Utricularia, probably Cephalotus and Heliamphora.
Thoughts? Comments?
Susan