Re: Pinguicula leaf-cuttings

John Taylor [The Banshee] (rphjt@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU)
Tue, 16 Nov 93 08:22:22 +0000

>>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?
>
>Barry, I use the succulent leaves only with great success. After I gently
>break the leaf off I dip it in Rootone powder and plant each leaf in a small
>depression in a peat/perlite mix. The mix has much more peat than the mix I
>use for growing after plantlets appear. Tried mixing in a little dolomite
>once, but didn't notice any difference in my succes rate. They seem to need
>good light and humidity, but be careful with the heat/sunlight.
>Good luck, John Phillips

I've always had success with the succulent "winter" leaves of our Pinguicula
roundiflora (or is that roundifolia, rotundifolia? - anyway it's my favourite
small ping "species nova #4") I don't use any chemicals on mine, but then
I'm not too worried about high success rates (I've got too many anyway!) and
I usually just put them in any old sphag pots I have lying around (dead moss
only - live sphag grows too fast for small plants, as you know...)

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