Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:00:58 +0200 From: Juerg Steiger <juerg.steiger@iae.unibe.ch> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2676$foo@default> Subject: Re: Pinguicula nevadensis seed wanted
Hi Nigel
>Does anyone know of a supplier of legitimate Pinguicula nevadensis
>seed?
I have mailed today some fresh seeds of P. nevadensis. Origin of the
plants: Spain, Sierra Nevada, NW slope of Mt. Veleta, above the new,
artificial Laguna de las Yeguas, 2700-2800m, July 1998, collected by
myself.
As I already wrote the seeds need a very long winter period. When sowing to
early the plantlets will perish. Put the seeds now at +1C till mid June
(!), with once a 1-2 week period of -2C. Sow them in mid-June. In summer P.
nevadensis needs full sun (much UV) and much wet wind at low temperatures
(day max. 20C, night 5-10C) with high air humidity of 85-100 Percent
relative humidity. In lowland conditions this alpine species, growing far
above the timberline, is very difficult to grow. It grows in peat/granite
sand and needs the same conditions as P. leptoceras. If they do not have
enough UV light they rot.
Many thanks for the P. lusitanica seeds!!
Cheers Juerg
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