One can't always have a nice themed post. This is one of those times.
My
Pinguicula laueana ×
emarginata is blooming again.
![I also don't really flower pygmies. I think it's cause my conditions are too stable. Pinguicula laueana × emarginata flower.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1672/24000734499_e2b57d7053_c.jpg) |
Lovely flower of P. laueana × emarginata. |
This has got a really pretty flower. It's interesting, I've only ever flowered this plant, my
Pinguicula gigantea, and my
Pinguicula emarginata. I don't know what triggers flowering in pings. I've got several that I think are big enough to flower, but they just haven't.
In pygmy news, there are finally gemmae forming on my
Drosera scorpioides.
![I'm selling gemmae right now, but I'm not announcing it on the blog because I've gotten a lot of interest on Facebook and I need to make sure I can fulfill all of those orders. Email me at sundews.etc@gmail.com if you're interested though. This can be a title text special. Drosera scorpioides with gemmae.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1454/24260308252_57f11e7fe8_c.jpg) |
D. scorpioides gemmae is quite the hot item. |
I think I'm going to need to start a new pot of these guys or risk losing these to attrition. Should get a good crop though, last year I had a lot.
The
Drosera barbigera look funny and squashed with their gemmae.
![I really hope these form more gemmae, cause they have proven quite popular. Drosera barbigera with gemmae.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1510/24000736909_d8d7f868e3_c.jpg) |
Funny smooshed plants. |
Such nice color this time of year too.
Drosera burmannii (Gunung Keledang) is growing in, and isn't quite as red as it was before.
![I have some seed labeled "Drosera burmannii green with red tentacles" that came from a single plant I got in a trade a while ago. It flowered once and died. Maybe this will be just as pretty. Drosera burmannii Gunung Keledang.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1486/24072946130_0de537ef53_c.jpg) |
One can never have enough Drosera burmannii. |
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I quite like this form, especially if it maintains that green leaf, red tentacle coloration. It's taken well to feeding.
My
Byblis liniflora continues to be lovely, and continues to be impossible to photograph.
![I really want seed from this, I just don't know how to do it. Alas. Byblis liniflora.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1533/23741710313_3e82fa2804_c.jpg) |
This plant is very dream-like. |
I feel like this would need to be in a black box with bright diffused light to photograph well. Has anyone out there managed to get a good picture of
B. liniflora? I'd love tips.
Finally, I haven't posted about
Pinguicula rotundiflora lately, but it is way too cute.
![Those little flecks are fish food. Trying to give my pings a growth spurt. Pinguicula rotundiflora.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1673/24260306332_15f7dd1573_c.jpg) |
Look at those cute little leaf margins! |
Now
this is a plant that I want to flower. Luckily this one is pretty easy to propagate, as evidenced by all the babies in the pot. Maybe I can have a whole bunch in flower together. That would be adorable.
So I guess that's what's up around here.
Woah! Cool!:--) What are your conditions for pygmy 'dews since they look so thriving and colourful?
ReplyDeleteI grow them under T8 fluorescent lights in my garage. It stays pretty cool in my garage, and they get lots and lots of light. There are six 4-foot bulbs per growshelf, and the lights are around 8 inches from the plants. The soil mix is essentially just peat and sand, nothing special, but I use a 1 cm topdressing of pure sand to keep the moss down. I water on the tray method like all the rest of my Drosera.
DeleteAnd thanks :)