Fernando Rivadavia Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Wow, truly amazing variations, what beauties!! You may have material for cultivar status there... ;) Congrats, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJ Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 what beauties!! Definitely! Gorgeous flower display Jim and interesting to see the differencs between the seedlings too - great shot of them all together. Heather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Great variation Jim,the last one is gorgeous. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoxy Posted August 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Thanks all - I'll try to update again when the last two flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumble Posted August 29, 2008 Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) Hi Jim, those flowers are quite stunning, out of curiosity what compost do you have them growing in? they all look very healthy and happy Edited August 29, 2008 by crumble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoxy Posted August 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2008 (edited) I think there must be as many Ping composts around as there are Ping species! I mix roughly equal parts (for no particular reason): peat, vermiculite, perlite, course sand or grit, John Innes no 2. It's not what they would have in their natural habitat but they seem to grow well for me and I'm guessing it's the John Innes that makes them grow quite quickly. I've occasionally added a little leaf mould, too. edit - oops, forgot about the grit - added above Edited August 30, 2008 by jimfoxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoxy Posted March 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 The fourth plant started flowering a while ago; here is P. x "Zaphod": Now I am in trouble because the fifth plant from this crossing, which I thought was a runt, has decided to start growing at last. The trouble is I have run out of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Z names. Hopefully it will be similar to one of the others and not worthy of a name. Note that I think P. x "Zem" and P. "Zaphod" are so similar I probably won't continue with one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemens Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Very handsome plants, beautiful flowers, nicely photographed. It also seems to be an excellent example of genetic segregation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Hey Jim, They're all beautiful clones, I'd keep and name them all!! Congrats, Fernando P.S. Can't wait to see the 5th one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimfoxy Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) At last, the fifth seedling from this cross has flowered. In the first year it had slug damage and in the second year a caterpillar attacked it. Now it has recovered enough to flower. Interestingly, it looks similar to a small Sierra Mixe laueana clone with the distinct yellow spot. Instead of pillar box red, though, it is more salmon coloured. It is also a bit smaller. Alongside a P. x "Zarquon" sibling: Edited January 9, 2011 by jimfoxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemens Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 (edited) that flower is beautiful, isn't that early to be flowering from seed?. It seems very reasonable to me, I've grown several batches of Mexican Pinguicula seed to flowering size in about eight months (two clones of an F2 selfing of P. 'Sethos' bloomed in six, the remainder didn't bloom for two additional months). It could probably be done in six months, or less, but I don't always give them the attention needed to accomplish this. Or it can take almost as long as you'd like (I have a pair of seedlings from crossing P. (AL#14) x gypsicola that had been neglected inside a Ziploc bag for more than two years now). I just began attending to these two siblings again - I am anxious to see how they are as mature plants. Rehabilitating them from etiolation has produced plantlets from each etiolated leaf axil, four to six plants of each of the two clones. ^*^*^*^*^*^*^* BTW, using an "X" to indicate hybrid origins is no longer correct, not for cultivars, nor for grex names of hybrids. There is no current grex registry for Pinguicula, as there is for orchids and now Nepenthes. The only official way to name Pinguicula hybrids, other than the hybrid formula is to register them as cultivars. "The term Grex (a hybrid group of known parentage) is mentioned, but the code specifically indicates that it should not be used for any plants except orchids, where it has been in use for some time. However, Grex is now used by some authors for more than just orchids." (A group of people are attempting to apply Grex naming to the Nepenthes genus) - Link to this Reference Edited January 9, 2011 by Joseph Clemens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Joseph, Have you documented somewhere your method for growing Pings from seed? It seems very interesting to me that you can get from seed to flowering in such a short time. Regards, Sebastian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Clemens Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Sebastian, I just treat them like all my Mexican Pinguicula, which is explained here. I use an all mineral media, fertilize regularly, but lightly with dried insect powder. Keep them wet and give them lots of fluorescent light. Be careful, it's easy to overfeed them with awful results. If you get it right, you'll definitely know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Thanks Joseph for the very helpful information. I will try that with my new seedlings of P.parvifolia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrAlmond Posted January 13, 2011 Report Share Posted January 13, 2011 Wow fantastic results! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 One last question Joseph, how do you make insect powder? Do you remove wings before doing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Weinberger Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hi! One last question Joseph, how do you make insect powder? Do you remove wings before doing it? What I have been doing for many years, is trap insects in an apparatus that lures them in with a light, at night, then quickly electrocutes them with high-voltage electrodes. Then I dry them and grind them to a powder, store them in used plastic prescription bottles. When I feed, I sprinkle a very light coating of dried, powdered insect dust, then mist it to rehydrate it and begin the digestive and absorptive process. http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?s...2&hl=powder Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickn Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Very nice hybrid!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miroslav Srba Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 May I ask, does anybody still grows the Zarquon? Is so, I am seriously interested. I can offer for swap almost anything from these: http://sarracenia.cz/informace/pinguicula/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormstown Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 I acquired a clone a few years ago, and her she is P. ‘Zamiwoop - P20 putting on a Christmas display Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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