Daniel O. Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Hi all, some time ago my P. pumila flowered and i must say that i have never seen such a variaty concerning the flowers. I received it as P. pumila "white flower" ´Seminole Co., Florida, USA´ but in fact only one plant had a pure white flower. At the beginning i was able to take some pots out of the little terrarium for taking pictures, later it didn´t work anymore without damaging anything. my favourite Sorry for the big number of pictures. I hope you like them. Best regards, Dani Edited January 29, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Spectacular! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Dani, this subject must have been a thread you started! Erm...as far as I can see you have far too many of this species and there is also a serious lack of space visible, so, you should send two or three pots to me!!!! As for variation: Errr, have you ever checked the level of radioactive radiation in your surrounding? Perhaps that´s the reason for so many mutations...*duck and run* Wonderful, Dani, really wonderful! I like your favourite muchly as well but also the pure white flower! Tell your Pings my best regards! Bye Andreas BTW: The Tomentosas you sent me are growing! Edited January 28, 2012 by Andreas Eils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Great looking flowers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Really nice show Daniel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megs Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Ill take one of each clone :) Please start reproducing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 That is one nice collection of pumila clones I am always glad to see lots and lots of nice CP photos! (With CP i meant pings, dews and utrics of course ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Many thanks to all of you. @Andreas, perhaps you are really right about the radioactive radiation, here are some more mutants. @Megs, reproducing these clones is not that easy because this species normally is an annual species, so you have to sow them out each year. Also you have to pollinate the flowers, otherwise no seed will be produced. It´s interesting to see if there will be again such a big variation next year. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel G Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I prefer the mutant flowers to the normal! They look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I always find it amazing to observe the incredible amount of variation in the flowers of Pinguicula species, even within the same population. THANKS!!! Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 great pictures of well grown plants. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 @Andreas, perhaps you are really right about the radioactive radiation, here are some more mutants. Dani, are you bald or do you still have hair? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Wow - quite some variation! And nice pics of nicely grown plants, Dani! Regards Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epbb Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Wonderfull, only missing the yellow form.... Thanks for sharing Daniel. No doubts that you are the european specialist grower of the south-eastern USA Pinguicula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megs Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Well, you would need to make a lot of cross polination including all colors. It should also be possible to line breed them in different colors? Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Again many thanks for the kind words. @Martin, i will try to seperate some clones, hopefully it will work. Cross polination is always better than selfing them. @Eric, many many thanks, how are your plants doing? I hope you have had germination. Yes, the yellow form is for sure very intersting, isn´t it P. pumila var. bushwelli? But till now i have not heard that anybody has it in cultivation. @Andreas, till now everything is OK with me, no problems with losing my hair. @Fernando, yes, this big variety is really incredible. Is it in any other species as big as in this case? Best regards, Dani Edited February 1, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Hi Daniel, nice pictures. It's a hard species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Hi Carlos, no in fact it´s an easy grower in comparison to the other US Pinguicula. About 6-8 months after sowing the plants start to flower, but most plants are dying after flowering or are even flowering to death so in fact you have to pollinate them in time to receive some seed for the next season. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 A leaf cutting would be a valid way to maintain the species, if no seeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Hi Carlos, till now i have not tried leaf cuttings because i had enough plants. I have often read that leaf cuttings should not work in the case of the northeast US Pinguicula but this information is simply not the truth. In the past i tried it with P. ionantha and P. lutea and it worked. So it should also work with P. pumila. Best regards, Dani Edited February 3, 2012 by Daniel O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 (edited) Well, on annual species it is quite impossible to make cuttings. I don't know the exact reason, but leaves separated from the plants are always dying really fast. Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Hi Aymeric, i would have expected that it should work because the leafes are fleshy like the leafes of the other northeast US Pinguicula, perhaps i will try it next time. BTW, leaf cuttings of P. sharpii have worked in the past nethertheless it´s also an annual species but i have to admit that in this case it´s better to propagate them by using seed. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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