14 replies to this topic

[Dode]

Hi

I am interesting in adding a Ping to my collection. Suggestions please of easier grown varieties...


thanks to those who have PM me as I posted this in the wrong forum.

Thanks

[johns]

You didn't mention what kind of conditions you will be growing them in? Are you looking for temperate or tropical butterworts?

For windowsills the Mexican pings found in garden centers such as P. 'tina' and P. "fake weser" are easy and attractive.

[Dode]

Sorry, would be window sill or unheated greenhouse

Edited by Dode, 26 February 2012 - 20:16 PM.

[gardenofeden]

P.grandiflora has to be near the top of the list, easy to grow and great flowers, a few different variations available.. P.lusitanica is fab, cute little rosettes.

[Sebulon]

From the Mexican species, Pinguicula emarginata might be one of the easiest. It sure flowers a lot, literally non-stop in my unheated terrarium.

[Tim Caldwell]

I think it's always exciting to get flowers. If you're able to grow mexican pings then you can't go past P. laueana when it comes to spectacular flowers, and the rosettes are attractive too.

[Stu]

In my unheated greenhouse I grow...
P.emarginata, P. graniflora, P.esseriana, P.vulgaris, P. 'fake Weser', P.cyclosecta.

All thrive in these conditions.

[Dode]

Thanks to everyone for the replies. I appreciate your advice

Thanks

[smudge]

I'm glad you started this thread DODE, you asked a question I was wondering about.

Now I have a few plants to look for.  :-)

[miso]

Simplest european is P. grandiflora definitelly, no other can compare.
Mexican, more hybrids are very simple to cultivate, i can reccommend P. moctezumae x gigantea, its big one, well growing and flowering and tolerate to winter watering.

[Richard Bunn]

The mexican hybrid x Tina is also very good.

[Giovanni Schober]

Hello,

about 90% of all Mexican Pinguicula need the same conditions. I have grown about 100 species and hybrids in my greenhouse (winter temperatures about 0-5°C). So in my opinion there aren't easy and difficult species (certainly there are some exceptions). Just look for those you like. It doesn't matter wheather it is P. agnata or emarginata or esseriana or moranensis....

Kind regards
Giovanni

[huntsmanshorn]

P. agnata is one of the easiest house plants I've ever grown.

[ice00]

For Mexican Pinguicula you have only to choice the species you like (I think that moctezumae x gigantea is a must for beginning due to his big dimensions and continusly flowers).
Remember that it is better to use mineral substrate instead of peat for cultivate them