Hmm. Can't say I'm familiar with it.
Funny thing. I've tried to grow _D.hilaris_ several times and have never
gotten germination. Now I've gotten seed from one of the fine contributors
to this group, Chris W (sorry for not taking a stab at your last name, Chris),
and it is germinating wildly. So what is my response? I'm wondering if it
really is _D.hilaris_ and maybe not another strain of _D.capensis_. I
guess I'll just have to wait a bit.
When propagating Mexican Pings, do you Ping-experts use the small, succulent
leaves of the resting plant, or the larger leaves when the plant is actively
growing? In the wild, why does the plant rest? Is it to survive a cooler
winter or a hotter summer? Or is seasonal drought the issue?
I am always pondering a trip down to Oaxaca and that area to look for
Pings. I have been through only a few Mexican Ping habitats, but have
never had the opportunity to stop (although each time, as I rode the Mexican
bus through the mountains near Guadalajara, I kept my face pressed longingly
against the glass looking out!).
>Only the species with forked flower stalks (_Pinguicula variegata_ and
>_P.ramosa_) may be suspected to have a peduncle, but this inflorescence
>cannot be called a raceme:
So there *are* Pings with more that one flower on a single inflorescence?
B