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Post by Apoplast on Mar 3, 2012 20:03:38 GMT -5
Hi all - I was inspired by hmills' posting on the ping moranensis he got from Peter. So I thought i'd give the letter types a try too. Apparently there are only 5 remaining letter types from the original 15 categorized by Peter D'Amato (the others having been subsumed into other species like potosiensis, and some potentially just having been lost from cultivation). So I got pullings from the remaining 5 letter types (A, D, E, G & J), and I am going to see how they do for me. Here's a shot of them in their little ketchup cups where I hope they will be encouraged to sprout new plants. There are six cups because 'A' is apparently difficult to get strikes from pullings so I'm trying a rooting hormone treatment in one cup and without the hormone in the other. Of course 'A' is possibly the most spectacular clone. Isn't that always the case? Wish me luck with them. Oh and I thought I'd toss up a few pict of other ping pullings. A couple of agnata babies in the same pot as momma. Some emargenata that a friend started for me. They seem to be doing quite well. And some moctezumae that I started a while back. These are slow and the strike rate was a little low. They either dried out on me or molded. A little finicky in my opinion, but should be nice if I can get them to maturity. Thanks for looking.
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Post by Devon on Mar 3, 2012 22:22:41 GMT -5
Nice! I really like the leaf shape on those agnata, and the lime green colour is awesome. I need to try pings again. Good luck with the new pulling. I'm sure they'll do well!
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Post by 31drew31 on Mar 3, 2012 23:42:37 GMT -5
Nice plants Apolast. I have "A" and believe I have had zero trouble getting pullings to strike. I will have to check tomorrow and see of I have some.
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Post by dvg on Mar 4, 2012 5:02:38 GMT -5
Looking very good there Apo! Best of luck for your pullings striking well, which they usually do anyway, so looking forward to seeing your successes! And i found that P. moctezumae seedling were quite finicky as well and i lost a lot of them, but i didn't feed them either back then. In hindsight, i think they would have thrived if i had taken the time to sprinkle some powdered bloodworms onto them on a weekly basis...a very light dusting of powered bloodworms (done with a mortar and pestle works like a charm) followed by another very light misting of distilled or R/O water onto the pings. The misting adds moisture to the powdered bloodworms, which seems to help the plants to digest and assimilate the nutrients better. Other than when i feed my pings something powdered or dry, i never mist them. Best of luck again with your pullings. dvg
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Post by shoggoths on Mar 4, 2012 8:44:19 GMT -5
Hi Apoplast,
When repotting, I took 'G' leaves and put them in my leaves pulling box. I'm now overload with 'G' babies so you should not have problem.
Your setting should work very fine !
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Post by Apoplast on Mar 4, 2012 10:44:41 GMT -5
Thanks and merci for the encouragement everyone! And Drew it's nice to hear that 'A' can strike, that's very good news.
Devon - If your are going to try Mexi pings I'd recommend P. agnata. They seem darn near indestructible. I've grown this clone on the tray system rear round in a mostly peat mix. I've dried it completely in the winter (and once in the summer). And it never skipped a beat. In fact, that's what I'm taking so many pullings from this one. Our club members in the UMCPS are trying to propagate as many easy plants to give away around here to boot interest in CP's. Part of my contribution will be P. agnata plants.
DVG - It is reassuring to hear that I am not the only one who has had trouble with P.moctezumae . I will have to try feeding them as you suggest. I'm used to pings like P. agnata which no amount of neglect seems to slow.
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Post by peatmoss on Mar 4, 2012 18:33:24 GMT -5
Nice plants! I find that pings are very easy to propagate and a pleasure to grow!
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Post by Apoplast on Mar 5, 2012 10:03:09 GMT -5
Thanks Peatmoss! Agreed, pings certainly seem to cause me less grief than other plants are capable of doing.
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Post by Apoplast on Apr 2, 2012 21:58:18 GMT -5
Good day all - Just a quick update on the pullings. They've been a striking success! I wish dews were this easy to propagate. First off here are the P. moranensis letter types: 'A' 'D' 'E' 'G' 'J' The rumors were true and 'A' did have the lowest strike rate, but as Drew pointed out not impossible. 'E' and 'J' seem to be quite prolific. The P. agnata pullings from earlier have also done well, and are now separated so they have a little more room to grow. This clone is quite productive and I've been getting 6-8 strikes per leaf pulling. Even though I only had two of the four P. moctezumae leaves strike, the ones that did each had over a dozen strikes! I've finally separated them, and I'm looking forward to seeing them fill the pot. I've been so impressed with the ease of ping productivity that I have started some new agnata leaves. And some P. cyclosecta pullings. We'll see how these all do, but I'm fairly encouraged thus far. I really wish other CP's were this easy to propagate. I'm looking forward to giving away so many pings! Thanks for looking!
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