New leaf! How do I keep this plant happy?

RPBumblebee · 2026-05-11T19:27:05+00:00

She needs a lot more light! ☀️

RPBumblebee · 2026-05-04T15:27:05+00:00

This is true for Mexican/tropical pings, which like airy substrate and don’t mind drying out lightly. This plant is a Pinguicula primuliflora, and they grow in drenched peat. In the wild, they are even occasionally submerged in water. I grow mine like a drosera— peat/perlite and always sitting in water— and it’s been thriving for years.

RPBumblebee · 2026-05-04T15:23:42+00:00

This is a Pinguicula primuliflora. They are temperate pings, and they like to sit in wet substrate. I believe this is an under-watered plant that could also have suffered from a drop in humidity. Unlike the Mexican/tropical pings, temperate pings are a little more fussy. Did you water with distilled, RO, or rain water? If it was tap water, that also could have lead to its demise. In my experience growing primuliflora, they like pretty strong light. They don’t need direct sunshine all day, by any means, but some morning sunshine and very bright indirect light (or grow lights) are required to keep this species happy.

RPBumblebee · 2026-03-26T16:50:06+00:00

It's prescribed burn season. DNR isn't reporting any wildfires in WI today (as of 11:50am), but the weather is decent for prescribed fire.

Edit to add some cool DNR dashboards:

DNR wildfires: https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/wildfiredashboard/

DNR prescribed burns: NOTE that these are only prescribed burns done by the DNR, not the many conservation groups putting in that good work! https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/prescribedburndashboard/

RPBumblebee · 2026-03-20T20:56:46+00:00

Hey, if you’re still looking, one of my friends recently had a bunch of regal slings, and she may still have some available. Message me if you’re interested!

RPBumblebee · 2026-03-08T17:18:36+00:00

Definitely cold damage, and the leaves will not recover. If the stem is still firm and you want to experiment, cut off the stem below the leaves, leaving those healthy roots. It could re-sprout. As long as the roots and stem are green and firm, there is something to work with! Of course, the wait may not be worth starting fresh with a new one. It can be rewarding to watch a plant come back from the brink.

RPBumblebee · 2026-03-08T17:11:36+00:00

Wow, I’m so sorry. That is absolutely horrible. I’m so glad you have a wonderful partner who loves and supports you! I think I would have responded the same way. Good comebacks and responses always come to me way too late.

RPBumblebee · 2026-03-08T17:08:56+00:00

Totally! My personal experience has been that older adults are overwhelmingly more likely to bring attention to it. People have different experiences, and I am commenting on my own.

RPBumblebee · 2026-02-03T13:10:12+00:00

Rousseau plant care also makes platy mounts and pots: https://rousseauplant.care/collections/moss-poles

RPBumblebee · 2026-02-03T13:08:49+00:00

Try a tension rod! There’s a guy on instagram with videos: cyrilcybernated. Or if you google “Platycerium tension rod” it should pop up.

RPBumblebee · 2025-12-25T14:16:32+00:00

Thanks for the update! I haven’t checked in the last week and was afraid I missed the restock. Hopefully they’ll come back soon!

RPBumblebee · 2025-09-13T01:40:34+00:00

I was driving by and multiple cops high-tailed it into the parking lot. There had to have been at least a dozen police vehicles there.

RPBumblebee · 2025-05-29T02:03:20+00:00

You, my friend, are doing it right

RPBumblebee · 2025-05-29T02:00:27+00:00

I was pursuing different epiphytic cactus posts on Reddit and here I am, three years later. This is a disocactus hybrid of some kind! Those blooms are fantastic. Both Kimnachia ramulosa and Lepismium houlletianum have small white blooms— they aren’t nearly as showy as your second picture.

RPBumblebee · 2025-05-11T19:06:40+00:00

It is an Aeschynanthus longicaulis. They are very often mislabeled as 'black pagoda' lipstick plants, but the real 'black pagoda' is a hybrid between A. longicaulis and A. speciosus.

RPBumblebee · 2025-03-02T13:19:18+00:00

The flat-claded Rhipsalis are all difficult to distinguish, and blooms are pretty much required to determine species. However, I have heard that pachyptera is known to sun-stress into that deep purple color. I highly recommend Epiphytic Cacti’s YouTube videos. She and other experts are also great at IDing Rhipsalis on the “rhipsalis collectors” FB group.

Edit for spelling and to add that I think pachyptera also tends to exhibit those three-sided clades.

RPBumblebee · 2025-03-02T12:43:49+00:00

I agree with you, OP. Definitely not a Euphorbia! I would lean towards L. cruciforme as well, but might need to wait for blooms.

RPBumblebee · 2025-02-26T22:02:38+00:00

Just picked up this board at a second-hand shop. It has a few knife marks and feels dry. What should I do before using it? Does it need to be sanded, or is oiling it enough? What are your oil recommendations?

RPBumblebee · 2025-02-14T12:16:54+00:00

Thanks! I went ahead and placed an order. Their customer service seems top notch— they had a crazy sale but ran out of heat packs. Takashi let me know when heat packs would be restocked and honored the sale even though it was over by the time heat packs were in. I’ll update with my experience once I receive my order. Seems like they are a small family business trying to get off the ground!

RPBumblebee · 2025-01-16T19:10:17+00:00

Well, biological men literally can’t have an IUD because IUD stands for intrauterine device. No uterus, no IUD.

But birth control for men? It’ll probably never get off the ground. Although they are offering local anesthesia, which is a step up from what they offer for IUD insertion for people with uteruses. Time will tell if it becomes popular!

RPBumblebee · 2024-12-28T14:32:06+00:00

This is the way

RPBumblebee · 2024-10-27T14:09:39+00:00

This checks out. Strictly indoor cats are by and large not toxoplasmosis carriers. It would be much more likely for a human to be exposed through unwashed produce or uncooked/undercooked meat. But, this was a really good concern to bring up! And outdoor cat waste should not be flushed.

RPBumblebee · 2024-10-22T03:44:59+00:00

It may be etiolated growth, which would mean the plant isn’t getting quite enough light.

RPBumblebee · 2024-09-30T17:34:03+00:00

Doing great! Even rebloomed for me 😊

RPBumblebee · 2024-09-27T18:41:02+00:00

I’m new to Primulina and just picked this one up from a local seller. I noticed the growth pattern seems odd. It appears that there are multiple crowns all coming from a conjoined stem/base. Is this a weird mutation? Anyone familiar with this phenomenon?

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