Cultivating Pinguicula

A Small Bog in the Garden

I have built a small bog in my garden to keep my favorite species of Sarracenia - Sarracenia purpurea and its subspecies…

Dripping Walls for Growing Pinguicula

This ingenious system has been invented by Jurg Steiger, a well known precursor in growing temperate Pinguicula. J got all my experience in temperate pinguic...

Growing Pinguicula in a Garden

This is the sanctuary of temperate Pinguicula. I use plastic boxes for growing most of my temperate Pinguicula…

Growing Pinguicula in a Greenhouse

This is my greenhouse, half of its surface is reserved for Mexican Pinguicula. It is made of Polycarbonate that is a very good thing against hail and childre...

An Alternative Cultivation Method for European Pinguicula

In this article I would like to share some growing experience concerning temperate Pinguicula. These Pinguicula species are to be found in relatively high re...

Growing Mexican Pinguicula

It is not easy to give the “recipe” of the miraculous substrate giving the insurance of a successful culture of all Mexican Pinguicula. I have tried many dif...

In Vitro Culture of Pinguicula and Drosera

Pinguicula and Drosera have similar habits in vitro and in a culture pot. If a species reproduces by leaf or root cuttings in habitat, it will do the same i...

Pollination of Pinguicula Flowers

The reproductive organs (anthers, ovaries, stigma) can be found inside the corolla below its point of attachment to the flower stem. Because most Pinguicula ...

Cleaning Pinguicula Seeds

To prevent seeds from rotting during storage or after sowing, ripe seed capsules must be rapidly dried after harvest. The seeds must also be stored away from...

How To Package Pinguicula Seeds

Pinguicula seeds are small and precious. The following seed pack prevents their escape and does not require taping or the use of plastics to which the seeds ...

Pinguicula Seed Storage

Place all of your seed packs in a tightly closed, large, plastic ware that you will store in your refrigerator (4C). Some protocols ask for the addition of a...

Pinguicula Substrates - Growing Media

The soils on which carnivorous plants grow in their natural environment are sometimes very specific and change according to the species and its geographical ...

Experiences with Tissue Culture and Pinguicula

I put the technology of tissue culture to best use with Pinguicula by raising seedlings to a very large size in a small amount of time…

Vegetative Reproduction of Mexican Pinguicula

At the beginning of spring, our Mexican Pinguicula will soon produce their summer carnivorous leaves. It is the best time to start cuttings using the numerou...