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Post by dvg on Apr 22, 2015 17:12:15 GMT -5
Thanks guys, R they planted in pure lava rock? Is it just regular old lava rock bulk bags from garden centre? Pretty much - there might be some sand in this mix as well. Absolutely stunning plant! Will you be pollinating these flowers? Was thinking i might take a swing at these. dvg
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Post by snapperhead51 on Sept 22, 2015 18:49:19 GMT -5
there sure got some great colour and interesting growth that is for sure ,interesting growing in the lava rock as well , must try that here but suspect it mite be to hot and dry here for such a thing ., did you get any flowers to pollinate at all could be some more variation in the seed produced !.
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Post by dvg on Sept 23, 2015 16:22:14 GMT -5
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Post by kiwipete on Sept 28, 2015 2:24:59 GMT -5
Sept 25, 2015 5:36:09 GMT 13 dvg said:
>Kiwipete, most mexi-pings can be crossed, but not all...check on the chromosome numbers to make sure they are the same, for any that you want to try to cross. > dvg
Thanks dvg I look up the chromosome numbers of the Pings I have. KP
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Post by corinac on Oct 3, 2015 11:14:35 GMT -5
I am amazed of the pictures I see on this topic, you guys are great with pinguiculas, I am so happy I joined this forum
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Post by dvg on Nov 22, 2015 16:09:32 GMT -5
Wanted to share some pics of some of my seed grown P agnata x colimensis plants that are now flowering. This one has some of the characteristics from the P. agnata mother, mainly the leaf coloring and a highly scented flower. It's nice to know that the scented flower traits can be passed on to the hybrid offspring. The one thing that all of these flowers have in common is the long nectar spur from the P. colimensis father. The rosette showing coloring from the P. agnata mother. Here is another pot with two P. agnata x colimensis clones, with the top flower showing more colimensis traits and the lower flower leaning more towards the agnata end of the spectrum. This flower just began opening yesterday and isn't quite fully open yet. Once again, both of these flowers have the longer nectar spur from the colimensis pollen donor. The rosettes show less coloring from the mother, but the plant on the right has the flatter, diamond shaped leaves of colimensis, while the plant at left carries more agnata traits in its rosette. An overhead shot of these plants. It's interesting...the mixing and matching of traits from the two species parents. dvg
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Post by dvg on Nov 24, 2015 14:56:45 GMT -5
I was trying to place the familiarity of the aroma of this scented P. agnata x colimensis flower. Then it finally came to me; a smell that has been etched into me since childhood...the fragrance of grape flavored Kool-Aid, grape juice or grape popsicles. If you like the smell of grape popsicles...you'll love this. dvg
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Post by roraima on Dec 3, 2015 17:26:20 GMT -5
Kiwipete, most mexi-pings can be crossed, but not all...check on the chromosome numbers to make sure they are the same, for any that you want to try to cross. Dvg do you know of an open access/free source of information on chromosome # for Mexican Pinguicula species? I see there is a relatively recent paper on the subject (SJ Casper - 2009) but it only seems available for a fee ($40 US). Thanks.
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Post by dvg on Dec 3, 2015 17:32:32 GMT -5
Hi Guy, if you have access to a library, they can print you the information in that paper.
My local public library printed it for me last year or the year before, for ten cents a page, which worked out to about four dollars if I remember correctly.
Also if you have a friend at a university, they can also access that information.
Shoggoths here offered to get me the information previously, but I was able to access it on my own.
I'll see if I can dig up those sheets, you will only need three of the forty to get the info you are looking for.
The good news is that most Mexi-pings can be crossed with one another.
dvg
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Post by roraima on Dec 3, 2015 18:26:01 GMT -5
Thanks very much for the info Dvg. Keep up the amazing growing, I still wonder sometimes how your seed grown N. villosa is doing...but that's for another thread
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Post by dvg on Jan 31, 2016 16:11:29 GMT -5
Here is a further update on the two P. agnata x heterophylla clones. The clone that has flowered and divided had further divided into six plants, which were placed into five small pots, as two of the plants were not quite fully divided yet. Here are a couple of the smaller divisions, happily growing out. And the two dividing plants, mostly divided now. This plant is making smaller leaves that have flattened to the media surface - getting ready to soon divide and then flower. This one has gone all in to full-blown cristate growth mode. And a side shot of this little plant monster. Here is the other clone, short a few tail feathers from some recent leaf pulls...it has neither flowered nor divided yet. It has a unique upright growth habit that resembles a bromeliad in active growth and an Echevaria once it has entered into its succulent phase. Finally, here is group shot of the P. agnata x heterophylla clones. dvg
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Post by hal on Jan 31, 2016 17:32:51 GMT -5
That's a handsome hybrid, dvg. Ever thought of registering any of them?
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Post by amanitovirosa on Jan 31, 2016 19:43:33 GMT -5
...Wow, really beautiful Pings, I've been watching this thread for a while! Too bad they won't be in the new Redfern books. I agree with Hal, you should try to register them. Nice work!
AV.
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Post by roraima on Feb 1, 2016 14:04:49 GMT -5
Yes Doug I think you may have a few (hundred) cultivar worthy Pings in your collection!
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Post by natchgreyes on Feb 1, 2016 15:30:52 GMT -5
Those are wonderful. By far, the best looking Ping hybrids that I've seen. Absolutely stunning.
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