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Post by tarence on May 10, 2007 12:24:29 GMT 8
I traded some plants with Lim from Penang...this is what I got.... the Ping is a bit bruised but it`ll recover. Notice the little plantlet at the mid right leaf end. Superb, unique ping. Hardy too according to Lim. Grown in the great outdoors : rain,shine, no prob. Unlike my mexican so-sensitive ping. He sells them for rm20 each.  The d.binata is awesome. It`s so diff from my spoon shaped (spatulatha), lanced shaped ( adelae), single stalk ( filiformis ).....I`m in love.  |
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Post by zakhren on May 10, 2007 21:21:04 GMT 8
I want a primuliflora again~ Stupid animal kill mine... Reserve one for me Lim! ;D
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Post by cosmoking on May 20, 2007 23:20:58 GMT 8
You seem to have reasonable sized plants there, but they both look starved of light, especially the binata. For these species, you should aim for as much sun a spossible-full sun if you can.
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Post by tarence on Sept 8, 2007 16:02:42 GMT 8
here`s one which i got from a sunday market in kuching...it was sold for only rm5! looks a lil` diff from the 2 ping varieties i have but not sure what it is...it doesn`t matter anyways to me....heheh...coz like i said, the common pings look more or less the same to me.  |
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Post by lisham on Sept 8, 2007 17:27:15 GMT 8
so that makes 3 pings u have now rite Tarence? Envy you la...
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Post by tarence on Sept 9, 2007 22:57:37 GMT 8
yep, 3 types pings so far.....it`s funny that i keep getting CPs which I`m not really going after specifically but well, i`m thankful for the effort my friends make anyway.
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Post by cindy on Sept 10, 2007 13:12:04 GMT 8
Tarence, be careful of the media of the Ping you got from the sunday market in Kuching. It looks like a Mexican Ping and they dislike that kind of wet media, unlike the Primuliflora you got from Lim. My advice is to keep it drier or even better, change the media to something with faster drainage like 2 parts perlite, 1 part vermiculite, 1 part peat. Mexican Pings somehow go into "summer dormancy" for us.  |
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Post by tarence on Sept 10, 2007 13:23:15 GMT 8
Ok I will, thx.....i was procrastinating to change the media coz the ping still looks ok, forgetting of course that I`ve lost quite a few this way.  |
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Post by tarence on Oct 16, 2007 8:15:52 GMT 8
this is what the Ping from kuching sunday market looks like now...it`s sitting on vermaculite.....heheh, dunno if all the minerals are gonna do anything to it or not but it`s been ok for the past 3 weeks....  |
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Post by lisham on Oct 16, 2007 10:31:51 GMT 8
It looks like some kind of succulent sold together with cacti. Wouldn't know that it's a ping if I happens to see them on sale somewhere... From now on, I'll touch everything that remotely resembles a ping.
Nice plant Tarence.
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Post by tarence on Oct 16, 2007 11:08:02 GMT 8
thx Lisham...i think from pics, it IS a bit difficult to tell some forms of pings from succulents but in real life, the diff is more obvious. Pings leaves are softer and have layers of glue when touched. So yes, you are on the right path if you are gonna touch to identify.
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Post by David on Oct 17, 2007 8:49:09 GMT 8
Hi Tarence, just saw your thread. That is a nice ping you have there and if you compare the latest picture after your TLC, the plant is healthier and more robust. Well done man!
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Post by tarence on Oct 17, 2007 9:12:11 GMT 8
yep, David, thx....can`t wait to tear off a leaf or 2 to start propagating them tho.
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Post by artificialive on Oct 18, 2007 14:12:52 GMT 8
Hi Tarence,
what Ping is that? is it a P. Gigantea?
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Post by tarence on Oct 18, 2007 14:46:45 GMT 8
Naj, sorry no idea yet, mebbe when it starts to flower ....i`ll update.
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Post by tarence on Jan 24, 2008 12:07:12 GMT 8
it finally happened...my ping is flowering. David, this is the last batch which came from Wilson last year.... the plant itself, a copper colur...  close up of the flower & the flower will be pink from what i can see of the petals now )  another ping ( front portion )  back & side view, very vigorous growth of plantlets   |
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Post by tarence on Jan 29, 2008 19:40:08 GMT 8
this is the flower....  |
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Post by piscesilim on Jan 29, 2008 20:37:50 GMT 8
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Post by tarence on Jan 30, 2008 8:51:47 GMT 8
thx Lim for the info.....
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Post by tarence on Feb 12, 2008 7:47:54 GMT 8
here`s what my P. primuliflora from Lim looks like over the CNY holidays....   |
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