Not the plant for those with OCD

[Paul]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Thank you for the reply and the picture of the entire plant.
They look much smaller than mine unless the pot is very big.
How big is the pot??

You're welcome.

It's an 8inch pot.

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Mine has a name tag but it just says pinguicula.
It is in 3 in plastic pot and the plant is slight bigger than the pot. and it is just one growth.

Does this help at all??

*chuckle* Nope. Afraid not. Be like someone giving you the same info on an orchid they purchased.

Originally Posted by Skycat

Also, with flytraps, you can plant the cut spike and grow some clones from it. So you still have a chance for more plants either way.

Hmm. I've never tried that with a vft. I think leaf pullings is the only method I've ever tried with them ... and that was a long time ago.

[Skycat]

Originally Posted by Paul

Hmm. I've never tried that with a vft. I think leaf pullings is the only method I've ever tried with them ... and that was a long time ago.

I've done a leaf pulling and a flower stalk cutting, and here is what happened with both:

Leaf pulling- Actually an old piece of the rhizome from which the leaf had already died and fallen off. Planted in Mosser Lee sphagnum (low-quality stuff, but it's what I had at the time) and placed in a window. Took two months before I saw a strike, and it grew a single plant.

Flower stalk- Also planted in Mosser Lee sphagnum. Placed in a box with a lamp, and with bubble wrap across the top to keep the warmth in. Started a whole cluster of little nubs just two weeks later, and it's like 7-8 plants now. I don't even know how many; I really need to separate them because now they've got a bunch of dead leaves in the way.

Right now I've got two more flower stalks, this time in Better-Gro Orchid Moss.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Skycat

Planted in Mosser Lee sphagnum
this time in Better-Gro Orchid Moss.

You've been shopping at Lowes, haven't you?

[Skycat]

Originally Posted by Paul

You've been shopping at Lowes, haven't you?

That's where I get most of my plant-related stuff. I find they're generally the most likely store to actually have what I want. (Especially since they currently have mini Phals that are cheaper than Home Depot's, LOL)

[RosieC]

I moved mine into a different room because I had spotted a gnat in the other room. It is now covered in them. Couldn't believe how many were in there!

[Paul]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I moved mine into a different room because I had spotted a gnat in the other room. It is now covered in them. Couldn't believe how many were in there!

So your ping's formerly natty appearance is now "gnatty"?

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by Skycat

I've done a leaf pulling and a flower stalk cutting, and here is what happened with both:

Leaf pulling- Actually an old piece of the rhizome from which the leaf had already died and fallen off. Planted in Mosser Lee sphagnum (low-quality stuff, but it's what I had at the time) and placed in a window. Took two months before I saw a strike, and it grew a single plant.

Flower stalk- Also planted in Mosser Lee sphagnum. Placed in a box with a lamp, and with bubble wrap across the top to keep the warmth in. Started a whole cluster of little nubs just two weeks later, and it's like 7-8 plants now. I don't even know how many; I really need to separate them because now they've got a bunch of dead leaves in the way.

Right now I've got two more flower stalks, this time in Better-Gro Orchid Moss.

Wow~ this is interesting!
Flower stalk method, does it matter if flowers are already open or not? Also, do you plant the cut spike upright having the cut end in the moss (or whatever else one might choose to pot the thing in) or just lay the whole thing sideway?

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Originally Posted by RosieC

I moved mine into a different room because I had spotted a gnat in the other room. It is now covered in them. Couldn't believe how many were in there!

It is by far the best gnat catcher ever!
Actually the reason I got mine is because all the pings on the sale table had many gnats stuck on their leaves.
I was like, yes!!!

Well, ever since it got here, the drier air (I believe is the reason) seems to have caused my ping produce much sticky substance.
I do see gnats stuck on the leaves but not as many as I saw on other plants on the sale table, and I have lots of gnats flying around. Maybe they are too smart!

Well, at least my ping does attract a few every week.

My venus flytrap seems too large for gnats. never seen it catch anything but I actually go out and catch bugs myself to feed it (and to see the trap snap close haha).
It is more like a show plant for my own visual fun.

I also tried this tube shaped carnivorous plant last year. I don't think it attracted anything either.
Mine somehow dies in the fall.

I see them available again now at Whole Foods market, but I don't find them cute anymore. well, at least the variety they carry.

[reliablefool]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I also tried this tube shaped carnivorous plant last year. I don't think it attracted anything either.
Mine somehow dies in the fall.

I see them available again now at Whole Foods market, but I don't find them cute anymore. well, at least the variety they carry.

If you're talking about a sarracenia (north american pitcher plant), are you sure it died? They're typically grown outdoors and most die back in the fall/winter...

[NYCorchidman]

Yes, pitcher plants!
They were the short tubby looking plants with mostly green and yellow.
I guess I killed it by drying it up.

I would love to have tall skinny variety with white/red colored lid ( no idea what the correct name of that structure at the opening of the "tube").

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

It is by far the best gnat catcher ever!
Actually the reason I got mine is because all the pings on the sale table had many gnats stuck on their leaves.
I was like, yes!!!

Same reason I bought mine. I could see before I bought it that it would get gnats.

Like you VFT has not helped with gnats. However I've found pitchers successful. I don't see them catch gnats, but when I have them I never see gnats in the same room. We had a flower on our pitcher for the first time this year

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Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

Yes, pitcher plants!
They were the short tubby looking plants with mostly green and yellow.
I guess I killed it by drying it up.

We almost killed ours by drying it out. We aim to keep a little water in the bottom all the time (always rain water) and it does great. When it dried out for a few days once we noticed it was in trouble when the tall pitches bent over double, we lost most of them, but managed to save the plant and it's recovered now.