mobile Posted June 21, 2012 Report Share Posted June 21, 2012 Looks strangely artistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hey everyone, Here's a quick update. Lots of leaves sprouting buds: I've also got some flowers, starting with what I believe is P.moranensis "Molango" (bottom) and P.moctezumae X moranensis (top): P.moranensis "Molango": P.ibarrae: P.moctezumae: So far so good! :) Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Xeno- Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 (edited) Awesome project, I can't wait to see what this looks like once they're all grown in and flowering. Edited July 2, 2012 by -Xeno- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 Tried making my first hybrids today, something very nostalgic - I haven't done this since the mid 90's I think! :) I just transferred pollen between the 3 open flowers: P.ibarrae, P.moranensis "Molango", and what I believe is P.moctezumae X moranensis (or maybe agnata?). Wish me luck! ;) Thanks, Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hello everyone, here's a little update. Things are going well, plants are blooming and leaves are sprouting new plantlets. I think it's safe to begin investing in acquiring new species for my wall, the set up seems to be working after all. :) I'm even thinking of adding some Genlisea and Drosera... Anyway, P.moranensis "Molango" has sent up a 2nd flower scape: Unfortunately the first flower did not form fruit, but the P.ibarrae did, so I may have made my first hybrid on this wall: P.moctezumae sent up its 1st flower, but it unfortunately wilted near the apex, not sure why. Strangely enough though, the flower has managed to stay alive and it has been like this for a week or so, still hanging on, literally: Then I have another species (or hybrid?) in flower, but I don't know what this is: Anyone know? Thanks, Fernando Rivadavia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) Looks just like my P. agnata × gypsicola (P. ×Agnicola) to me Yout plants grow nicely well - good to see your "project" is heading the right way Edited July 16, 2012 by Miloslav Macháček Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Hello Fernando, Great work! Your butterworts seem to feel well here (however a little bit lacking of light ;-) ). Just one question as I think I did not understand this point: how is the sphagnum maintaine humid? Do you use a pump to get the water up to the top of the wall or the wall is enough narrow for the water to get up by capillarity? Regards Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Thanks guys! Miloslav: I looked at pics of this hybrid (agnata X gypsicola), and I don't think this is it... Mine is smaller, has bluer flowers, and the leaves & scapes are hairy. I feel like it has P.jaumavensis or P.debbertiana on one side, but not sure which species gives it the overall hairyness and slightly elongated leaves... G.gypsicola? Aymeric: Yes, I may have to add more lights to my wall, let's see how things progress... As for humidity, I am counting on the wicking effect of Sphagnum. I add water to the gutter and the sphagnum draws humidity up to the top (17cm). That was the whole plan, and why Ed Read and I did that test with the socks (shown above): P.S. Here's a pic taken over a year ago at Ed's house in LA where we were trying to find out what was the best wicking material for my future Ping wall. Each sock was stuffed with either sphagnum, perlite, crushed marble, or... I can't remember what the others were. The tips of the stuffed socks were dipped in water with some dye, I forget what also. But after several hours, sphagnum was the clear winner. I have also used a hand spray to get the top of the Ping wall wet -- although it seemed humid and would probably not be necessary if I only had mature plants on my wall. But because I've spread dozens of Ping leaves all around the wall, I was afraid that they'd dry out before sprouting. After the wall is covered, I probably won't need the spray. Thanks, Fernando Edited July 21, 2012 by Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Here's an important update: I need to announce the END of my Pinguicula wall!!!!!! Yes, the Ping wall is no more, it's over, finished, terminated, finit, caput... It is no longer a Ping wall, because it is now a... CP WALL!!! :) I'll explain. This week I was in Los Angeles for work and stopped by Ed Read's CP collection, where he not only gave me a bunch of new Pings for my wall, but also a few other CPs: U.reniformis, D.schizandra, and Cephalotus. Thanks ED! ;-) I still want to keep it a mostly-Ping wall, but thought a few extra CPs may look nice on the wall, as long as they're not too weedy and don't take over the whole wall... So I'm staying away from D.adelae, D.spatulata, U.subulata, U.graminifolia, and such. For now at least. :) I definitely want to try a few more non-Pings, especially Genlisea. Best wishes, Fernando Edited July 21, 2012 by Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paweł Król Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) As for watering. If you water your wall by soaking the top of construction is a bit more dry then low part I think and after watering dry faster then bottom. Is it right? Why don't water from the top. Hand spray - sound as ... many work at ppea ppea Whats with paint on the whole wall around? Is it special for wet. I think If you havent problem with drop-out. I had this problem when in room was too wet. Some time in one room (my bedroom) I keep more then 250 kinds (cp everywhere :) ) and this number of kinds many pots with soil and water for them cause higer temperature in room and higher humidity. My paint dropped-out despite plants and pots never touch wall. In your room they almost touch the wall and ceiling. Edited July 21, 2012 by Paweł Król Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Mine has longer petals and its paler and more bluish. So yours may has more agnata signs - flower shape and shorter leaves. Different clones of same hybrid might have slight different characteristics in order of flower and leaves apperance - did they not? For example from CPPhotoFinder - this hybrid i also own and mine has flowers like the clone in the right has. But it is still hard to identify hybrid if you do not know the parrents from the beggining Edited July 21, 2012 by Miloslav Macháček Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Pawel, The whole point of this Pinguicula wall was to have a self-watering system, where I would only add water to the gutter at the base, and the sphagnum would draw (wick) water 17cm to the top. I did not want to add pumps to water from the top for two reasons: 1.) To keep it simple. :) 2.) To create a gradient of humidity which would hopefully allow me to grow the wet-loving species near the bottom and drier species near the top. It seems to be working well so far. I've simply been spraying once a week or so just to make sure that the leaf cuttings will not dry out. So far the paint is not dropping off, but we'll just have to wait to see what the long-term effect will be... Slavek, the hybrid you see with large pink flowers on my wall is P.X "Aphodite" (agnata X moctezumae). Best wishes, Fernando P.S. We had great meeting of the Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society today at California Carnivores, and I ended up picking up a whole bunch of new Pings (plants and leaves) for my CP wall: I just spent about 2h planting everything, in a few months my wall should be crowded with plants!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 (edited) Yes I know that one - its nice and big hybrid. That picture was only for ilustration purposes of differences between two clones of the same hybrid for you to know what I had on my mind. Sorry for misunderstanding That is a LOT of plants. It looks like your wall will be completly covered with ping rossettes in few months. Will be a quite display for sure! Edited July 22, 2012 by Miloslav Macháček Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Thanks Slavek, hybrids genetics is fun!! :) Here are a few pics I just took of the new non-Ping members and the wall covered with all the new Ping leaves. Cephalotus: D.schizandra: U.reniformis: And the wall: Best Wishes, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I'll be interested to see how that Cephalotus develops. I have seen pictures of them growing vertically in the wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Resendiz Posted July 27, 2012 Report Share Posted July 27, 2012 Hey Fernando Congratulations on this wonderful project, I expect the plants grow beautifully in the damp wall, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted August 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Hello everyone, Time for an update. I spent two weeks away from home and the Ping Wall survived! :) Here's what it looked like when I got back last week: Although it seems like most of the leaves I "planted" in July did not survive (damn summer leaves!), I nonetheless see many small plants spread all around. Yesterday I added a few new members to the wall, kindly given to me by a good friend: P.hemiepiphytica, P.laueana "crimson fl.", U.asplundii, U.endresii and U.quelchii!! I have little hope the latter will survive, but I'm more than happy to try... I had sufficient amounts of U.asplundii and U.quelchii to spread all over the wall, from top to bottom and side to side, hoping to find a sweet spot. Here are some pics: Here you can see in the foreground a U.quelchii leaf near the bottom and U.asplundii near the top (also a few in the background): And U.asplundii here (you can even see a tuber too): It would be a dream to have this wall covered in Pings intermingled with epiphytic Utric flowers! :) Wish me luck! Fernando Rivadavia Edited August 21, 2012 by Fernando Rivadavia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted August 21, 2012 Report Share Posted August 21, 2012 (edited) Looking promising Fernando. And good luck with the Utricularia but why shouldn´t it work. Best regards, Dani Edited August 22, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Although I live in cool San Francisco, I think it gets too warm by that window sometimes.... Especially for these cloud forest species. But I don't know, I have ZERO experience with these Utrics, we'll see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will9 Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Wats the minimum temp in winter you can give? I love this experiment and wat you try to do,it s very intresting for see wats happened in future,i am only affraid this go not be the succes you dream for.Time let see this and i hope very match i am wrong ,i go following this topic for sure.Meaby if it s work i go make something like this in my greenhousse.But i think it s better work whit rocks for these plants. I think the droseras and other CP go take over finally your ping wall after a while(i think this is perfect for these plants) ,personally i not think you can grow Mexican pings on spagnum and peat for long term,i have done a few experiments by my own and have see plants preferee a more minerall mix. The plants in spagnum got weak after time ,go not in winterrest ,not flowering match and finally you lost them.Some pings are grow well on this but this are only a very few. Cheers Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted August 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2012 Hey Will, I am not sure of temperatures inside my place, especially at that spot by the window. Let's hope it's not too much, but enough in either direction. :) As for the Sphagnum, I also worried about this, which is why I filled the interior with the Ping soil shown in one of the photos (perlite, vermiculite, peat mix, if I remember well). Hopefully the Ping roots will reach this soil... Thanks, Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted October 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) Hello everyone, I'm back with an update. The wall is doing well: overall the plants are thriving and it's been very easy to maintain. I just fill the gutter with water before work trips and let the water wick itself up. Occasionally I've also been spraying the wall with some of my aquarium water, hoping this will act as a dilute fertilizer. My biggest concerns with this project were: 1.) Lighting 2.) How well the sphagnum panels would wick water upI am happy to say that both these requisites seem to have been met! Lighting may still be a little on the low side, and I may increment this in the future. But the wicking effect has worked to perfection, leaving the bottom wetter and the top only humid, which would allow me to grow plants with different humidity needs. However, not all plants have survived or thrived. A lot of Ping leaf cuttings never budded and just rotted off. Maybe winter leaves will work better. And at least one of the Ping species seems to be dying, maybe P.ionantha. And now for the pics. One thing I'm very happy with is to finally see regular moss sprouting here and there: Once these mosses cover the panels, I'm sure things will look a lot nicer. My two Cephalotus are still alive and seem to be producing new leaves, but have not taken off yet: Same goes for D.schizandra, which is still small. As for the Utrics, it doesn't seem like U.reniformis nor U.endresii have survived, but I am happy to say that the multiple plugs of U.asplundii seems to be doing well, even producing new leaves: Most surprisingly though, at least a few plugs of U.quelchii also seem to be producing new leaves, although all the original leaves have dried out. I had very little hope of keeping it alive at all, so I am pleasantly surprised: As for Pings, one of my P.ibarrae has already flowered a few times and is about to flower again: One of my P.moctezumae seems to be shrinking and is not doing too well, but another one seems to be fine and is about to flower for the 3rd-4th time: Then there's this weird plant.. From the flower, I'd guess this is some sort of hybrid, but what's really strange is that the leaves never open up fully: In this pic, you can see two P.X aphrodite(?) which have been flowering continuously. I'm not sure why though, but the flower scapes keep wilting in the middle, as you can see in the pic below. Maybe it's the proximity to the lights? And here are some overviews of the wall: As you may have seen, there are numerous small plants spread all around the wall. So hopefully these will all mature in a few more months and fill out the wall. Hope you all enjoyed it! Fernando Rivadavia Edited October 2, 2012 by Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will9 Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) Looks very nice Fernando,i think now begins the most dangerous time of year,November is the ultime test for your setup,plants must go in rest .The light is very good for so far i can see,strong enoufg. You must give light everyday a bit shorter time,in november arround 9 or 10 hours light max,the temp must go lower to,also the water ,i not give any water in winter,this can be a problem for you because it s in the housse. like i can see on the pics the plants still not begin to make there winterleafs.This rest is a must for keep the plants healty. Meaby i sound critical but i tested some things by myself for looking more naturel and mostly everything going very good ,to good ,allways i begin to lost plants in november by this tests ,finally i now grow them back in apart pots. I know it s match nicer grow plants in setups that looks very natural but if you get some disease like brown heart disease then all plants are infected and you have not any controle anymore. Pings are not so easy like the most people thinking,today she looks very good ,tomorrow she can be dead.This can go very quickly and mostly it do. I hope your setup works well,i am really intresting to see wats happened, if all go well after winter whit this setup i go try this to in my greenhousse,so i looking forwards and suport all go well, Cheers will By the way ,this mysterious plant whit the apart leaves looks very strange and nice,meaby intresting to short out wat are the parents? Edited October 3, 2012 by will9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted October 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 Hello Will, I'm also a bit worried about what to do during the winter and am not sure how much I should let it dry out - or not! Did you read the comments by Joseph Clemens at the beginning of this thread, where he says that he does not give his Mexican Pings any dormancy?? At this point, I am simply planning to reduce watering and leave the panel just humid over winter. As for temperature, maybe being closer to the window will make that area naturally cooler in the apartment. It does get cooler in the apartment, but I never need to turn on heating here during the winter. As for light, I'm thinking of keeping the LEDs at the same daylength they currently are on, or maybe reduce it a bit, and let the daylight coming through the window dictate any necessary natural rhythms. We'll see what happens, it's all one big experiment! ;-) Thanks, Fernando Rivadavia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Evans Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Wow, really cool Fernando! I think your mystery ping hybrid probably does have some P. agnata (or related species in it). Those flowers are very agnata-ish, as are the leaves... Will, pings are so soft and can expire quickly, but they are generally one of the easier kinds of Carnivorous Plants available for people to grow. The easiest way to kill them in cultivation is to give them too much water, while not respecting their need for constant fresh and humid air. If we would just think about treating them like orchids, as opposed to normal CP culture with attention to acidic soils, folks would be making far fewer beginner mistakes with their Mexican Pinguicula. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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