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Post by shoggoths on Jun 2, 2013 12:50:53 GMT -5
As always, really nice.
Joseph pings seems rather cool too.
I hope to see a flower soon !
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Post by 31drew31 on Jun 2, 2013 14:21:17 GMT -5
This one is progressing nicely too!
I never clued in Joseph's pings were cristate too. I had seen those images a few years back when I was reading about his media and growing conditions.
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Post by dvg on Jul 30, 2013 16:16:46 GMT -5
From today: Top view Side view Opposite side
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Post by 31drew31 on Jul 30, 2013 20:28:24 GMT -5
Awesome plant dvg! The side shots are especially nice.
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Post by hal on Jul 30, 2013 20:56:02 GMT -5
It's looking like a brain. Beware of zombies!
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Post by H2O on Jul 30, 2013 21:33:51 GMT -5
It's looking like a brain. Beware of zombies! If iPhone games have taught me anything, it's that plants can beat zombies. If a Pea(shooter) can beat a zombie I think this Ping will easily defend Dougs house!
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Post by dvg on Jul 31, 2013 16:28:04 GMT -5
Thanks guys, Awesome plant dvg! The side shots are especially nice. It looks like it might be getting ready to divide into two, at least I hope that it is a little more than just wishful thinking on my part. Haha, yeah brains and zombies seem to have good seat in popular culture now... ...and good to see that my plant has stirred up your imaginations.... dvg
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Post by dvg on Oct 15, 2013 15:47:20 GMT -5
I don't usually provide an instructional illustration to aid in understanding a series of photos, but hopefully this might come in handy in following what i'm about to show you. This cristate growth pattern began in the center of this Pinguicula rosette and grew out in two opposite directions away from the centre. Now the leading growth points are curling back in a counter clock-wise direction resulting in a shallow inverted "S" shape. I am going to attempt to follow this cristate growth corresponding to the left-sided arrow around the hairpin turn at the top, over the hump in the center, descending down the back-slope, around the bend at the bottom and finally back up the backstretch to the finish at the right-sided arrow. Got it? Good! Let get going. Here is the side of this mexi-ping, with the dead leaves showing the cleavage I had hoped would result in a splitting into two of this plant. And another shot of this end's growth. Around the first bend and ascending up to the peak and then descending down the other side and around the last turn to at last the other end. dvg
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Post by H2O on Oct 15, 2013 22:00:36 GMT -5
My head hurts a little after trying to understand how awesome this is!
As always great plant Doug, this thread will never get old!
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Post by dvg on Oct 16, 2013 15:11:03 GMT -5
My head hurts a little after trying to understand how awesome this is! As always great plant Doug, this thread will never get old! Thanks Justin! Haha! Thought this one might need a road map to help get everyone's head wrapped around this - kind of like following a Mobius strip around it's course. dvg
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Post by Apoplast on Oct 19, 2013 20:37:27 GMT -5
Hi DVG - Wow that thing has gotten super crazy! That is one of the most intriquette cristate growth forms I've seen in a long time. I was clad for your map, it improved my appreciation for what was going on with it. I am looking forward to seeing how it develops next!
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Post by dvg on Oct 22, 2013 14:34:52 GMT -5
Haha, thanks Apoplast. Yesterday, I decided to clean up some of the dried dead roots and leaves from the hollowed out interior of the cristate growth. With a pair of tweezers and a magnifier, long dead roots and leaves were carefully plucked away. While the cleaning process was happening, this plant was divided into three pieces. Each piece of cristate growth had at least a half inch of "spine" where the bases of the leaves are attached and where the roots also grow out from. The pieces have been fed and watered, so now it is just a matter of time to see how each progresses. dvg
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Post by shoggoths on Oct 24, 2013 20:47:35 GMT -5
Hey hey, my head hurt too This ping was already beautiful, it is now really special too. Nice pattern.
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Post by dvg on Oct 25, 2013 15:55:47 GMT -5
Thanks Shogg,
Apologies for any headaches incurred while reading this thread - I realize the instructions were not the best.
Just wanted to follow the pathway of the cristate growth from left arrow through to the right arrow.
For reference, the little root sticking out on top is visible in all of the recent plant photos.
dvg
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Post by dvg on Jan 21, 2014 16:11:17 GMT -5
Since the last series of photos were taken on this thread, I attempted to clean up the dead roots and leaves from the fringes and underside of this cristate form, which resulted in a tidier plant that broke apart cleanly into three pieces. These three pieces continue to grow in a signature serpentine "S" shaped pattern. Some leaf pullings taken just prior to the mother plant's conversion to crested growth, have all remained in rosette growth. dvg
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