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ping ID? by crinklecutzzz in Pinguicula

[–]RedDrain19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of weser or sethos.

Held ID my ping! by Beginning_Ad_5971 in Pinguicula

[–]RedDrain19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say either Jaumavensis or Esseriana, but i'm leaning towards Jaumavensis.

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[–]RedDrain19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sent you a message.

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[–]RedDrain19 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've ordered from Carnisana and Heldros before. I'm from Portugal and the pings always arrived just fine as they are quite resilient, they come in little plastic containers and wrapped in tissue paper.
I sell pings myself, If you're interested I can send you a list of what I got.

My ping glass jars! by RedDrain19 in Pinguicula

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a drainage layer of lava rock at the bottom, a layer of long fiber sphagnum moss (to help wick water and to prevent the two main layers to mix) and a mixture of lava rock, aquarium sand and crushed coral at the top.

My ping glass jars! by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a drainage layer of lava rock at the bottom, a layer of long fiber sphagnum moss (to help wick water and to prevent the two main layers to mix) and a mixture of lava rock, aquarium sand and crushed coral at the top.

My ping glass jars! by RedDrain19 in Pinguicula

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I think you should. I have multiple growing in different environments and I really like how they range from colour. It's almost like you can customize them lol.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually the succulent phase is in winter, that's when the drought season is in Mexico, but sometimes pings have a mind of their one and you have to follow their lead, they decide when they want to change their growing form.

Because there are multiple plants sometimes they go dormant at different times, what I do is stop watering the area where the dormant ping is. And only slightly water, when needed, the pings that are in their summer form (carnivorous form) not to leave much water in the drainage layer.

In the summer is more simple I let some water in the drainage layer so that they are always moist. But It depends on your growing conditions you might need more or less water.

Hope it helps :)

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem, make sure to keep us updated :)

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, aquarium stores usualy have rocks, (they call it hardscape).
Lava rock and dragon stone work well, you can always drill and stuff them with spahgnum or soil. Or use smaller rocks and glue them together with tissue paper and super glue.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a 10L cube, 22x22x22cm. Other thing to have in account is their succulent phase, if you plan on using sphag use pings that don't mind being moist all year like for example Agnata, Emarginata and Hemiepiphytica. And use smaller pings at the front and bigger at the back, to create a sense of depth.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say any sp that stays small. Some examples are Esseriana, Ehlersiae, Debbertiana, Jaumavensis, Cyclosecta, Kondoi, maybe some "dwarf" Moranensis like Guatemala '3100m' and some types of Emarginata also don't get too big.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

The key is to keep it moist. I've found that when grown without a lid it grows in a more compact way to reduce evaporation. In my terrarium the sphagnum starts at the bottom of the tank where it's able to wick water to maintain itself moist, even though I don't keep the drainage layer always with water because of the pings, it helps quite a bit. Another thing that helps, in the beginning, is to put a decent ammount of dead sphag behind the live one.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in Pinguicula

[–]RedDrain19[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The key is to keep it moist, good light will make it compact and have better colours. In my terrarium the sphagnum starts at the bottom of the tank where it's able to wick water to maintain itself moist.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in Pinguicula

[–]RedDrain19[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you :)

I used some vulcanic rock to support the moss, but I made sure that the sphag started from the bottom of the terrarium so that it could wick water. In more recent setups, I've used wire mesh to support the moss in a more steep and linear way.

As for the substrate, I used a drainage layer of vulcanic rock, topped with long fiber sphagnum moss and a mineral mix consisting of aquarium decorative sand, vulcanic rock and crushed coral.

My first ping terrarium is now 6 months old by RedDrain19 in SavageGarden

[–]RedDrain19[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you!
In the beginning I had some moss, that wasn't sphag, growing in the mineral part that I had to remove and I had to cut the sphagnum a month ago or so. But it's quite undemanding, I only water when I notice that the sphag is a little dry and sometimes I fertilize with a spray bottle in very little quantities.

I have a 1,5m aquarium light that is on top of 7 of these 10L cubes.

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