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Post by Brian Barnes on Feb 21, 2009 17:23:56 GMT
Hello Everyone! Here's a few decent shots of one of my Pinguicula laueana in flower. It never fails, that when everything else is fast asleep, this gorgeous plant flowers prolifically all Winter long. A good way to help beat the doldrums!  Please enjoy, Brian.   |
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Post by williamg on Feb 22, 2009 0:45:14 GMT
Beautiful Flowers! What conditions do you grow your plants in?
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Post by Brian Barnes on Feb 22, 2009 14:44:53 GMT
Hi William,
I grow them outdoors in full sun under 20% shadecloth/screen. Highs of 70-75F and lows of 45-50F. They come indoors when temps go below 40F. This species seems to require a significant temperature drop to induce flowering...
Media is 1/3peat, 1/3 sand and 1/3 perlite.
Happy Growing,
Brian.
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Post by marcelvw on Feb 22, 2009 16:16:56 GMT
Hello, I grow almost the same plant:  Mine is growing at a north facing window at my bedroom. It gets enough light, temperature drops at night. This winter I haven't water it very much, the soil was pretty dry. When I started water again it rapidly produced a flower. |
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Post by ICPS-bob on Feb 22, 2009 17:30:03 GMT
They come indoors when temps go below 40F. This species seems to require a significant temperature drop to induce flowering... Several years ago, Joseph Clemens distributed to a few growers a plant with beautiful dark red leaves that he could never get to flower. He hoped that under different conditions, the mystery plant would flower and be identified. In early October, I put it in my unheated greenhouse. During fall and winter, the plant received natural daylength and temperatures (which occasionally reached mid-30s F). The lush red leaves faded to a compact green rosette. By late January, I noticed a small flower bud forming in the center of the rosette and the flower was fully open by late March. It turned out to be P. laueana. A different flower shape from those above. rziemer.cpphotofinder.com/rziemer/zphotos/P_Red021.jpgrziemer.cpphotofinder.com/rziemer/zphotos/P_Red5395.jpg |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Feb 23, 2009 10:27:38 GMT
Hello, Great flowers guys! Excellent, that pretty much proves the temperature drop that's needed for this species to induce flowering... The same seems to hold true for most of the other Mexican Pinguicula species as well, at least in my experiences. Now, if I could just get Pinguicula medusina to follow their lead! That's one that doesn't seem to respond to the above measures... Happy Growing, Brian. |
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Post by jimscott on May 12, 2009 15:38:37 GMT
Beautiful flowers! Someday...
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Post by hal on Jul 7, 2010 3:24:46 GMT
I grow Pinguicula laueana under lights in my basement and they flower without any huge temperature drop.
Same for lots of other pings, although I have not been able to coax P. medusina, P. moctezumae or P. gypsicola to flower yet.
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Post by utricseb on Jul 16, 2010 20:57:03 GMT
Same experience here but with P.esseriana
I have been growing it for years in Medellin at 1500 m over sea level with not a single flower. Last december I moved to the highlands at 2600m and now my plant is going for it's third flower. Nights always go below 13C degrees.
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Post by jimscott on Feb 27, 2011 22:05:45 GMT
My plant currently looks like this:  Here's to hoping.... |
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Post by Joseph Clemens on Feb 28, 2011 1:01:08 GMT
Looks good jimscott, hope you get some flowers this time.
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Post by kiwipete on Oct 13, 2011 7:50:34 GMT
Here's is a photo of my first P. laueana in flower. As this plant is new to me I'm very happy to have it in flower. :D Cheers Pete. Attachments:
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Post by Dave Evans on Oct 27, 2011 0:20:48 GMT
I'm not sure why, but some clones of P. laueana flower much more freely... I think this one which doesn't flower often and spends a lot of the time as a dormant rosette is from TC by Agristrats 3. Other clones are much easier to grow successfully.
I've been using Color Burst in the soil of my Mexican butterworts. I'm still watching, but many plants seems to have larger flowers and more of them...
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Post by bluemax on Oct 27, 2011 7:01:59 GMT
I've been using Color Burst in the soil of my Mexican butterworts. I'm still watching, but many plants seems to have larger flowers and more of them... ' Sounds promising, Dave. I'm unfamiliar with this product but I'll be interested in your conclusions on it. - Mark |
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Post by brokken on Nov 12, 2011 17:04:50 GMT
Hello, Great flowers guys! Excellent, that pretty much proves the temperature drop that's needed for this species to induce flowering... Not always. Mine flowers in the late spring - when temperatures are on the upswing. Maybe not necessarily temperature drop, but some kind of temperature change. |
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