Neofinetia falcata 'Seibotan' mounted on a rock

[s.kallima]

Jim and Stefpix, this rock comes from an old lava rock quarry in France. It is great because easy to break in pieces the size you want (not like granite!) and it is very porous. Only this kind of lava (call red lava rock) and a few other (pumice, which is also a lava rock) are porous enough to allow the wicking effect you need to keep the moisture available to the plant.
You can easily find small red lava rocks in homeDepot for landscaping, but I have never seen bigger pieces.
It should be possible to find some on the west coast of US and Canada, as there as so many volcanoes in the area and there must be some quarries...

[Brotherly Monkey]

"The success (until now...) "

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[neb]

Is there a sundew growing on there as well?

[s.kallima]

yes indeed, Drosera adelae and Drosera spatulata

[stefpix]

Do the CP plants' roots hold on the rock? was wondering if i could then grow them on small lava rock chuncks!

[neb]

Wow I loved it before I noticed the carnivores and was tempted to do that but now I need to sneak some sundew and other such plants in the house

[stefpix]

But won't the Pinguiculas grow larger? How do yo keep them attached? will fertilizer kill them?

[s.kallima]

The CP roots are really well griped onto the lava rock (which is very rough texture, with hundreds of micro-holes per square inch which allow the wicking effect), and on top of that they expanded so far as to the water reservoir at the bottom !!! Of course they would die if I was using fertilizer, this is why I don't! I am planning to fertilize the Neofinetia only with foliage spray and on the roots that develop on the side of the rock without CP (finger crossed... but I have other CP just in case...)

[SOS]

I would think something like seaweed fertilizers or even fish emulsion might not be so detrimental to the Pings. Even so, if you just gave it a heavy amount of watering after fertilizing it should dissipate back to nothing.

[nenella]

Originally Posted by s.kallima

Jim and Stefpix, this rock comes from an old lava rock quarry in France. It is great because easy to break in pieces the size you want (not like granite!) and it is very porous. Only this kind of lava (call red lava rock) and a few other (pumice, which is also a lava rock) are porous enough to allow the wicking effect you need to keep the moisture available to the plant.
You can easily find small red lava rocks in homeDepot for landscaping, but I have never seen bigger pieces.
It should be possible to find some on the west coast of US and Canada, as there as so many volcanoes in the area and there must be some quarries...

Hi, as mentioned your fabulous mount already 'caught my eye' and now you say the red lava rock comes From where I happen to be living ..
Any idea where? thanks.