A few new plants

I recently had some extra plants that some people apparently thought were quite desirable, and have ended up with a nice handful of recent acquisitions.


I had a very limited Pinguicula collection (before all the trades, just a primuliflora), and I still do––just a bit less limited. From one grower I ended up recieving P. moranensis "A," P. agnata "Red Leaf," and P. 'Pirouette.' They don't look like much now, but hopefully they will grow fast.

P. moranensis "A"

P. agnata "Red Leaf"

As you can see, I attempted several leaf pullings from this plant with leaves that fell of during shipping, but they didn't take. I guess you can't have it all.

P. 'Pirouette'

From the same grower I got a D. natalensis. This guy recovered very fast from shipping and is now munching on some betta pellets.

D. natalensis

Another grower I traded with sent me a D. capensis "Big Pink" and a P. gigantea. I'm really excited to see how they turn out.


I can't wait for the Big Pink to acclimate so I can start feeding it like crazy. Mature plants of this variety are so pretty.

D. capensis "Big Pink"

Sorry for the horrible photo of the P. gigantea, I was trying to get the actual plant instead of the plant through the plastic bag. Anyways, it almost looks like it has succulent leaves? I don't really know, and since I'm the farthest from an expert in Mexican butterworts as a person can be, I'm not going to be too worried about it. I'll probably wait until it's done acclimating and then ask around. 

P. gigantea

Yet another grower sent some leaf cuttings (D. hamiltonii, D. prolifera, D. capensis "Wide Leaf," and D. binata var. multifida f. extrema in case you were wondering. I'm sure you weren't) and a D. venusta plantlet that is still acclimating: the person who sent it to me said that it was previously grown under 100% humidity, so I'm not going to take any chances with quick acclimatization. It's starting to dew up though, so maybe I can start removing the bag soon.

D. venusta

Yet another grower (apparently lots of people don't have D. latifolia :) ) sent the D. nitudula gemmae I talked about in the previous post and a D. brevifolia. The D. brevifolia he sent was packaged amazingly. Actually. It was dewing up after only a day under the bag, and it was out of the bag two days later. And it's still sporting that flower stalk! This plant might be my favorite plant in the collection right now...

D. brevifolia (Warren, Texas)

 A bit before all of this trading, I bought a D. tomentosa var. tomentosa (Maro de Jambeiro, Graomogol, Brazil). It's redness and cute factor of 1000000 makes up for its long name. I'm really looking forward to these guys sending up some fuzzy flower stalks.

D. tomentosa var. tomentosa (Maro de Jambeiro, Graomogol, Brazil).
Whew, it's hard just saying it!

Trading is hard and time consuming, but it's so fun. You get to help out other growers while expanding your collection! It's a win/win, so why not do it?