Pinguicula/VFT Culture Questions (3)

L235@aol.com
Tue, 2 Apr 1996 18:59:04 -0500

Have a P. moranensis x. ehlersai (winter rosette) that I put in a heated
terrarium environment (condensation on the glass, 70 to 75 degrees F), and
repotted in a mixture of 50/50 sand, sphagnum peat. Now the plant is sending
out several lateral aerial roots (I've had it for three years and never seen
these before) Are they good, bad, indifferent? Should I coax them into the
soil or let them do their thing?

#2. Want to set up an outdoor system for SE US Pings (lutea, ionantha,
caerulea), where the pots (50/50 sand/peat as above) would be suspended over
a tray of water, with some sort of wicking to bring up a constant supply of
water to the plants, without leaving them to soak (read rot) in a tray of
water. Has anyone done this ... does it work? What should I use as wicking?

#3. Saw VFTs naturalized in N. Florida where the entire trap is red (interior
and exterior). I've seen "regular" VFTs where the interior of the trap gets
red with sunlight, and all-red VFTs, where the trap and petiole are red, but
never this before. Has anyone seen this variant? Is it indeed a variant?

Any and all queries, public or private, will be much appreciated.

Jay Lechtman
L235@aol.com