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Post by Brian Barnes on Sept 25, 2008 15:59:56 GMT -5
Hello All! Here's some updated photos of my three year old Pinguicula planifolia growing in submersion. The plants are the largest ones out of about a hundred or so seed planted years back... They truly are the largest I've ever seen in cultivation thus far. Some are approaching the 7 inch diameter mark. The seeds of from these specimens also produce larger than normal plants, compared to those studyed and photographed in the field over the years...Once the young plants reach about one inch across, they explode into growth, providing the submersion technique is used. I'll probably apply for cultivar status this year for these true "Giant" clones. Thanks for looking and Happy Growing, Brian.    |
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Post by daniel on Sept 25, 2008 18:51:11 GMT -5
Hi Brian, again nice pictures. Today it seems to be the Pinguicula day. ;D These plants are really huge, a new cultivar is born.  This submersion technique seems to work really good. Have you tried to grow some of the "giant" plants without your technique, only by the tray method? Are the same plants in this case smaller than the submerged plants? Are you growing them outside? Is P. planifolia deviding from time to time like for example P. ionantha? I know, sorry, again a lot of questions. ;D Best regards, Dani |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Sept 26, 2008 17:04:09 GMT -5
Hi Dani, Yes, the plants grow outside in full sun year-round and love the cool Fall weather, which seems to encourage flowering in November and December... Also, they will develop multiple crowns and literally I would call them "clump-forming" I have grown them on the tray system and they still will get huge, but not as quickly as when submerged... In the wild, Pinguicula planifolia is submerged at least 7 months out of the year!  Happy Growing, Brian. |
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Post by maxposwillo on Sept 26, 2008 17:13:42 GMT -5
Hi Brian,
Outstanding coloration on those pings, interesting method of growing this species, it sure works though! Ive done this with Pinguicula primuliflora and it worked out great, now I need to get hold of a Pinguicula planifolia to try it out.
-Max
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Post by jeff on Sept 29, 2008 1:39:36 GMT -5
very great BRIAN and very very good cultivate method have you try with ionantha ? your mesured ladder is in inch ? 7 inch = 18 cm no ? for the morphologic caracter the leaves caracteristic is noted 4.5 to 9.5 cm then in diameter we have the possibility to 19 cm ;D and then your geant are normal jeff |
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Post by daniel on Sept 29, 2008 17:33:38 GMT -5
Hi Brian, thanks again for the information. Since about over 2 years i´m growing 1 plant, but it´s not getting bigger (about 6cm) and it had not flowered yet. Till now i had watered it by the tray method, but after this great article i´m raising the water level every few days until it will be submerged totally. Best regards, Dani |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Oct 2, 2008 6:52:14 GMT -5
Hi Jeff,
Yes, I have tried before with P. ionantha. It seems to tolerate it in cultivation, but for shorter periods than P. planifolia.
Happy Growing,
Brian.
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Post by stevestewart on Oct 3, 2008 6:36:12 GMT -5
Jeff, Yes, Brian is using a United States/American measurement device. (How will we ever get the rest of the world to change to our measurement standards? ;D) So the photograph shows 18cm of plants. I have seen Brian's P. planifolia. They are very large and healthy! Take care, Steven Stewart |
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Post by jeff on Oct 5, 2008 5:11:12 GMT -5
before 1790 in europe a lot of country used the inch in FRANCE also ;D now the meter is the international system I do not dispute the fact that planifolia makes 18 cm or 19 cm diameter but it is a normal superior simply , not an exception ,nevertheless for a planifolia it is a good size others ping are really giant in mexican P.gigantea mine 50cm in diameter or in temperate P.longifolia subsp longifolia 40 cm jeff |
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Post by stevestewart on Oct 5, 2008 6:58:48 GMT -5
before 1790 in europe a lot of country used the inch in FRANCE also ;D now the meter is the international system I do not dispute the fact that planifolia makes 18 cm or 19 cm diameter but it is a normal superior simply , not an exception ,nevertheless for a planifolia it is a good size others ping are really giant in mexican P.gigantea mine 50cm in diameter or in temperate P.longifolia subsp longifolia 40 cm jeff Jeff, I did not know the inch was (once) used in France! I was taught in high school (long ago) that the US was going to change to the metric standard. I don't know what happened to the process.  I'm glad I can now blame the French for our measurement method ;D. If I could grow P. planifolia half / (9cm) as well as Brian, this post would be more on topic. Take care, Steven Stewart |
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Post by jeff on Oct 6, 2008 1:27:42 GMT -5
here are , almost, 4 centuries that we use no more these measuring units.  . for me on planifolia , just the color of the leaves and especially the shape of the flower are very very interessant , their cultivate method also. |
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Post by stevestewart on Oct 6, 2008 7:02:11 GMT -5
Jeff, Please note my correction of my post. Take care, Steven Stewart |
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I'm glad I can now blame the French for our measurement method ;D. 
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