How to Grow Pinguicula Primuliflora

[@Mukduck619]

It’s always a great day when Cal Carn posts a new video 😆

[@Tommyr]

I got mine from you 2 years ago. I grow them in shallow lunch meat containers (about 1 1/2" deep) in long fiber sphagnum moss only. They live in BRIGHT shade in a south window in winter and west window in spring through fall. In summer when temps get into the upper 80's and higher I bring the water level up to just below their roots. I find them SO EASY to grow and they are my favorite pings. They are prolific bloomers, they bloom from November to around April for me. Each flower can last a couple of weeks. I highly recommend them!

[@chasewhite2226]

Thank you for this comment. I'll be trying my these pings indoors. I'll follow the regiment. Cheers!

[@Tommyr]

@@chasewhite2226 Have fun! Thanks for the comment!

[@CarnivorousPlantsHub]

Really cool ping. I just bought my first two from a local grower. Definitely has some traits that are unique! Great informational video, Daniella!

[@sarahzuber8219]

Thank you so much for this video. I live in Phx, Az and I have this kind of ping inside. I was hesitant about putting it outside due to our lack of humidity and constant high heat. I’m glad I didn’t. My primuliflora is growing its second flower. I love that the whole stem is sticky. I have it under a full spectrum 30W grow light - 2ft distance between the plant and the light. There are so many “baby” primulifloras on the mother plant’s leaves already. I try to keep my plant room around 50% humidity- try. lol I do live in a desert after all. After watching this video (for the 1st time), I immediately went and added more distilled water to my ping. I keep the water level higher now. No drainage hole in the cup. Thanks again for the very helpful ‘how to’ videos.

[@California_Carnivores]

I’m so glad to hear that! It should really appreciate being flooded from time to time and it’s such a fun plant to grow!

[@TweetyPAK7]

This tugs at my previous CP life...😌 Bought 3 prims today. Shocked to see them in a local greenhouse. So I caved. Added to my few VFTs, capensis, and nepenthes. I used to have sooo many CPs...I'm fighting the urge... Thanks for a very good video.

[@California_Carnivores]

Thank you! Primuliflora is so beautiful! 😍

[@larrycahoon8465]

Picked mine up 10-20 years ago at a local nursery and have not seen it sold since. Grow it in MD in a south facing greenhouse, badly violate your too much sun directions and have never had a problem. Have it in a non draining bowl shaped pot and just flood the thing periodically. It has not been repotted in more than ten years. So I violate that rule as well. Temperature range is like 45 - 110. And yes it spread like mad. Blooms easily every spring. A mass of blooms is something to behold on them. They have self seeded into neighboring pots.

[@janstewart2041]

One of the first ping I’ve gotten, love how they propagate

[@nakenyaliven9095]

Omg thank you so much for this video. I’ve had the worst luck with these. And I’m doing well with “diva plants” orchids, king sundews and Nepenthes all are loving life but these guys seem so difficult to keep alive for me

[@sarahzuber8219]

Just got this kind of ping. Great information and very helpful.

[@gregnevels8111]

I grow my P. primuliflora in the same big outdoor bog in Southwest Mississippi. They have formed a nice little colony.

[@dpetty3461]

Please do a video on care and propagation of P. lutea, planifolia, and caerulea. I find those species more challenging than P. primuliflora.

[@egreen704]

Nice a new video 👍

[@fishby8070]

I'm growing one outdoors in Vancouver BC inside a large styrofoam container along with other warm temperates such as Drosera aliciae and D. binata dichotoma giant. I just put the lid on along with putting on 5 insulating covers over the entire box and leaving it inside an unheated shed during our three consecutive -12 degree Celsius arctic outflow days. They are doing fine with only a few signs of stress but virtually no leaf loss on the ping or the D. alicae. I should note that the box inside temperatures never dropped below 0 with all the insulation but I would like to give it a few more attempts before wintering more of my warm temperate plants this way.

[@California_Carnivores]

Wow! Thats really cool! Thank you for sharing that! I love to hear how people grow these plants in such cold climates!

[@LindaRoss-fk8em]

I would like to hear more about what kind of soil to use on ping..you quickly said something about peat but I want to know when to transplant them out of that little pot..Could you show us how to plant them?

[@California_Carnivores]

For Pinguicula primuliflora we use a mix of four parts peat moss to one part sand or perlite and they just pop right into the new mix, they don’t grow too deeply into any of their soils

[@pearlyung]

I grow my primulaflora outside in the shade with bright sunlight. No direct sun on spagnum moss with drainage. Water twice a day. When it rains I let it enjoy the rain. I live in the tropics, warm & humid all year.

[@justingrimm2400]

My primuliflora is blooming for the first time! But I only have one...can it self pollinate?

[@briangarrison3428]

I wish you were my local plant store, but I don't live near you. I wish my local store's staff were more knowledgeable, but they seem limited to: "Only use distilled water." Maybe you could help with a third wish? Do you have a video about how to identify what other-plant-stores sell, with links in such video to your other videos on how to care for those plant? Like my local store has butterworts, but can't tell me Mex, warm temp, or temp. Likewise they have what seem to be miniature sundews and pitchers, and of course, generic flytraps are offered in half the garden centers. An ID video with lots of links to your other videos would seem like a great pinned video. Just a thought. Thank you!

[@phillyhippie]

I'm so confused with all the different kinds of things. Can you do the video talking about the different soil and water requirements for the different kinds of pings?? 🥺

[@California_Carnivores]

I’ll add this to the list!

[@doodlebirdterrariums1285]

Your bogs 😍😍😍

[@California_Carnivores]

I didn’t clean up anything first so there’s a water gun and all sorts of kid-debris in the background 😂🤦‍♀️

[@doodlebirdterrariums1285]

@@California_Carnivores haha I didn’t even notice

[@pskarnaq73]

I've had mine a few weeks. It's been growing fine, but I'm noticing a white fuzzy fungus-like growth where food items are being processed. Not a whole lot of flying insects yet in my area, so I've used an insect based goldfish formula and dried bloodworms for my Dro Cap and Ping. Any idea why my Ping is getting mold?

[@California_Carnivores]

That’s totally normal! The old fish food will mold over time on the leaves. It’s not harmful, just unsightly. You can gently remove it when it starts to mold!

[@Aryoncreative]

My heat waves all year I’m from Texas

[@California_Carnivores]

It’s a tough plant to grow in a lot of Texas but you can try it indoors’

[@pinecone.jeff.carnivores]

Yay new vid!!!

[@keatonyoder7791]

Hey! I don’t have a ro water system or anything like that and I didn’t want to keep buying bottled distilled water from the store, but we do have a dehumidifier in our living room that collects lots of water every day. I was wondering if that water would be good for nepenthes? Thanks!

[@California_Carnivores]

That will work! Also, the Zero water pitcher is great!

[@ethanos2577]

Is it true the flower stalks are sticky? If so, why?

[@California_Carnivores]

A lot of the ping flower stalks are sticky as well!

[@jme556]

I accidentally killed my "rose" by letting it get too dry under grow lights. Meanwhile my regular primuliflora (ignored and hiding at the base of my sarracenia) are doing fantastic. Lesson learned 🙃

[@joshuanitz6976]

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[@drippygxd2652]

Does a drosera capensis need dormancy?

[@Mukduck619]

It does not, but if it gets cold enough they will go dormant

[@California_Carnivores]

This is exactly right!

[@drippygxd2652]

@@Mukduck619 thank you!!

[@randomthings92497]

I have so far killed three of these 😅 I do fine with sarracenias though

[@California_Carnivores]

They can definitely be a little fussy! Once you find the sweet spot for them in your garden, they do really well but it’s often best to introduce them in spring so they can adjust to your climate when it’s mild and then make sure they’re shaded in afternoon sun!

[@bartholomeostalberger6023]

P r o m o s m 😀