P. moranensis x heterophylla (sg)

[Hal]

Jun 17, 2020 17:45:29 GMT -5 dvg said:

For a while there, I wasn't sure what this clone was trying to do,
whether it was unfurling its new leaves of unveiling it's first flower ever. The process looked painful, but it turned out it was both unfurling and unveiling.
And with this flower looking so white in color, i very strongly suspect that this clone is actually the reverse cross - P. heterophylla x moranensis. I had thrown a few of the reverse cross seeds in with the other larger seed batch, and figured i'd be able to tell the difference by the leaves and flowers.

ll of the other clone's flowers that are either flowering now or showing flower buds, are purple in color, like the moranensis parent's flowers, and none of the other clones sport long, slender summer leaves like this one does.

Great photos and growing, as always, dvg

[dvg]

Thanks Hal, and good to see you back and active in the hobby again.  

Cheers,
Doug












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[Hal]

Jun 18, 2020 14:58:48 GMT -5 dvg said:

Thanks Hal, and good to see you back and active in the hobby again.  

Cheers,
Doug

dvg

I've probably asked you before, but is there any organic matter in your ping soil? Maybe some peat under the grit, lava rock and perlite?

[dvg]

Hi Hal, in the past i used to add a tablespoon of earthworm castings or similar organic materials to my mineral mixes.

I don't bother with that anymore.

I've found that most ping roots are shallow and don't penetrate deeply into the media.

It's enough to keep the media damp, and eventually mosses will form, making an organic mat in time.

Cheers,
Doug














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[dvg]

The pots with the mexi-pings that retreat back to bulbs in dormancy, stay cleaner on top because the long dry dormancies dry the mosses out.













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[Hal]

Jun 19, 2020 11:19:38 GMT -5 dvg said:

Hi Hal, in the past i used to add a tablespoon of earthworm castings or similar organic materials to my mineral mixes.

I don't bother with that anymore.

I've found that most ping roots are shallow and don't penetrate deeply into the media.

It's enough to keep the media damp, and eventually mosses will form, making an organic mat in time.

Cheers,
Doug














dvg

Thanks. Good to know. It's like learning to ride a bike again.

[dvg]

Haha Hal, and faster too the second time around, without those original training wheels slowing things down.


And back again to this flower in progress...

















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[ellsie]

Good growing as always, thanks for sharing dvg!
That blue flower looks like a small tethered hot air balloon

[gj]

Jun 23, 2020 0:17:01 GMT -5 ellsie said:

Good growing as always, thanks for sharing dvg!
That blue flower looks like a small tethered hot air balloon

Haha can't unsee the balloon now.

[dvg]

This clone hasn't flowered yet, but here are a few pics of its foliage early on, in this current growth cycle.
















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[dvg]

A few of these clones have opened flowers.





And another clone's flower for comparison



All of these flowers have been in various shades of purple.















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[dvg]

One of these clones, enjoying a sunny respite from the rain.













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[gj]

The sheen on that leaf makes it look all the more stunning.

[dvg]

Here are a set of twins that I don't believe I have shown anywhere before.



They were looking messy last season because they were tangled up in each other's leaves, while they were splitting apart.



Their leaves begin as concave on the upper leaf surface, but later become convex, much like a tennis ball cut in half, with the furry part then pushed in, until the rubber inside, is then on the outside.












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[dvg]

Here is a flower from the mor-het that was shown in the post from Oct. 10, 2019 here.



At that time, its rosette had quite a hairy center.










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