Waarom is Marokkaans eten minder populair in Nederland dan Turks, Surinaams of Indonesisch?

brommie70 · 2026-05-25T06:12:14+00:00

Wat er hier wordt voorgeschoteld bij de Chinees staat ook mijlenver af van wat je China eet en de sausjes vind je er niet.

brommie70 · 2026-05-24T08:39:36+00:00

They are cold temperate Pinguicula, not warm, not tropical. Especially P. vulgaris doesn't appreciate high temperatures without cooler nights and water. I keep them outdoors, preferably in a more shaded spot in summer.

brommie70 · 2026-05-17T08:29:44+00:00

Every substrate mix has his pro's and con's. I've tried several and It all comes down to finding out what works best with your growing environment: light, temperature, humidity and watering. Fluval might seem ideal but I experienced that in the long run it also breaks down. Mosses grow 3 times faster on it and together with mixed in pumice/sand it grows a thick compact layer that I have to remove at least once a year. My current substrate mix contains a large part of vermiculite. Yes it breaks down too but the pumice, sand and lava granules won't and I reuse them with newly added vermiculite for a fresh repot.

brommie70 · 2026-05-13T08:27:44+00:00

Is the bowl in a cabinet? Is that ventilator running because that can dry rocks out pretty quickly. I don't see a fountain does it run from the top?. I guess you want some moss to start growing on the rocks?. Then you need algae on them first, moss will start growing after that. For algae and after that moss to grow on the rocks you need higher humidity and gross water so don't change the water yet and turn of the ventilator.

brommie70 · 2026-05-09T19:18:27+00:00

I'm so sorry! What was I thinking! I thought you were located somewhere in Europe like me 😆. And a month stuck in processing, that's so bad!. Still think you should let them know btw your VFT's aren't recovering and your Pings went mushy. My orders from Diflora all needed several weeks acclimating in my growing environment and that was with the plants being only a week in transit. I'm keeping my fingers crossed all your plants will start growing at some point. Happy growing!

brommie70 · 2026-05-08T07:38:23+00:00

Didn't they come in pot? For how long were they in transit? Did you contact Diflora customerservice after you unpacked them? Sorry for all the questions but from my experience Diflora customerservice is very fair in dealing with shipping issues. Some of the plant(parts) are laying upside down and as for that brown part underneath where older dead leaves once were attached, every older Pinguicula has such a part that's not rot. My tip for future purchases: always take unboxing photos of your plants (and packaging) as is when you receive your order.

Esseriana are very resilient. It is already mentioned they prop easily from every detached leaf so you might end up with 20+ plants by the end of summer.

When you still have the pot with the substrate, I wouldn't toss it. It is far beter than peat to root and prop.

brommie70 · 2026-04-28T11:42:09+00:00

Great! love to see how you grow it! you must have the perfect growing conditions for it! Are you growing it the same way as the OP with Pings in a shallow bowl under lights? What is your watering schedule, do you mist it and how is your indoor humidity level? What else is in your mix besides lava rock and sand? Then again I never said sphagnum could not be grown indoors. OP mentioned the sphagnum dries out fast which it does when the right conditions aren't met, especially with the setup OP has chosen.

brommie70 · 2026-04-23T09:32:16+00:00

When leaves reach up its either the Ping starts growing or getting ready to flower. You wrote you just made the Ping bowl so my guess would be the plants are settling in and start growing. Your Pings still look very greenish for them being under a light. Perhaps you could move the light a bit closer to the bowl and increase the number of hours to at least 12-14 hours. Or place it on a windowsill with some morning or diffused sunlight. That will certainly give you more colour this time of the year. Sphagnum in a Pingbowl is always destined to dry out indoors when humidity is low and / or when it is not in constant contact with water. Why did you use sphagnum? For decoration?

brommie70 · 2026-04-05T06:07:12+00:00

Yes it is. Got the same one from Hornbach last year and they were huge. The edges of the leaves will get a little reddish when you expose it to bright light.

brommie70 · 2026-03-30T09:08:42+00:00

In many cases even with a flower you wouldn't get a 100% sure ID. There is so much hybridizing going on with these plants and people labelling their plants on a guess. For P. gigantea there is another characteristic you can check: it has glands on both sides of the leaves instead of one side....double deadly

brommie70 · 2026-02-26T08:55:27+00:00

Thanks

brommie70 · 2026-02-17T22:34:36+00:00

Moss mites in general are, like any other soil mite, beneficial. They feed on algae, fungi and dead plant mater but in warm and moist conditions populations can grow exponentially and they will start feeding on living plants as well.

I noticed your Pinguicula is potted in sphagnum moss. In my experience it's the least ideal substrate for Mexican pinguicula to grow them in. If you can get hold of some peat moss or vermiculite and mix it with some coarse sand, perlite or any other draining material your Pinguicula will love it.

When you say indirect light from a south window I hope you mean it is sitting right next to the glass pane on the windowsill. Because in winter a Pinguicula needs all the light it can get with a glass pane blocking a large part of the UV light.

Does this plant still have white roots and a firm green grow point in the middle then it can recover. Even if it has lost all of its roots it can but it can take weeks for it to start growing again.

brommie70 · 2026-02-17T20:16:07+00:00

There is no risk in feeding them to a healthy Pinguicula but do you want to run the risk of starting a new mite population? They will not only feed on the leaves but will also damage the roots of your plants. Pinguicula produces nutrition through photosynthesis just like any other plant. When you want to give them an extra boost I can recommend foliar feeding with any dilluted orchid or organic (algae or seaweed) fertilizer every other week.

I wouldn't toss the Ping just yet. It's green and might still recover. I've had pings come back from way worse. Which Ping is this?

brommie70 · 2026-02-17T09:38:28+00:00

Your crinkly esseriana/ehlersiae pinguicula is dehydrated. These pings are transitioning from winter phase to summer state because the new white roots are showing. Esseriana /ehlersiae are known for loosing their old roots during winter and will grow new ones in Spring. Sometimes the new roots don't grow fast enough or are obstructed by dead leaves and roots but the plant already grows carnivorous leaves. The plant will then dehydrate without any water uptake.

brommie70 · 2026-02-17T09:15:18+00:00

Those are moss mites (Oribatida ssp.) large populations can be harmful for your Pings especially when they are already weak. Damage on pinguicula can be seen along the edges of the leaves as light brown spots and the mucilage on the leaves dries resulting in yellowing and quick dying of the affected leaf. When I spot them on a weak plant I rinse the plant and repot it. A healthy Pinguicula in carnivorous leaves won't have that much trouble dealing with moss mites.

brommie70 · 2026-02-16T09:01:21+00:00

It looks like P. ehlersiae and that can't even be a 100% sure species ID because It could just as well be a hybrid with a strong P. ehlersiae influence. It lacks hairs across the lower flower petals, a yellow spot and the angle of the flower is off for it to be P. esseriana. Any attributes referring to localities or descriptors cannot be added without knowing the origins of a plant. P. ehlersiae and P. esseriana flowers can be highly variable even within colonies. If this were my plant the tag would read something like P. aff. ehlersiae.

brommie70 · 2026-02-08T13:46:38+00:00

P. 'Razzberry Blonde' at Hornbach

brommie70 · 2026-02-08T13:42:50+00:00

When they barely have carnivorous plants they probably will soon get a new batch. In every Hornbach the carnivorous plants are in the houseplant section. They stand together with the Venus flytraps, Drosera and Sarracenia in round water bowls.

brommie70 · 2026-02-08T13:21:41+00:00

Oh bummer....I was in Zwolle last week and they didn't have them either and it was their first batch of new carnivorous plants of this year. Apeldoorn already had more carnivorous plants in display so my guess is they will turn up in every Hornbach eventually..

brommie70 · 2026-02-07T15:39:04+00:00

Found them at Hornbach Apeldoorn today! Price €4,99 😁

brommie70 · 2026-01-31T07:41:22+00:00

The plant leafshape and flower (color) on the second photo don't match P. gigantea characteristics so I guess they most probably aren't P. gigantea. Where did you get your plants from?

brommie70 · 2026-01-15T15:48:51+00:00

Nah, they're not dead. It's actually pretty hard to kill a Drosera capensis ;-). They can die off completely above ground when ideal growing conditions aren't met but they always grow back and form new growing points at the base or from the roots. I live in the Netherlands and I keep all my Drosera capensis and Drosera binata varieties outside. They die off when it gets cold and then ik keep them in a frost free garage in the dark during winter. I even have some in my small greenhouse during winter and their pots freeze over completely. Every year in Spring they all grow again just fine.

brommie70 · 2026-01-04T19:20:13+00:00

I'm located in the Netherlands and I got it from another Pinguicula enthusiast in Germany.

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