Gnat trap in bloom

[wisdomseeker]

Pinguicula moranensis (a Mexican butterwort that is very easy to work with).





Another type that does a good job, but just won't bloom.



Pinguicula agnata



P. moranensis

[DirtyCoconuts]

so cool!! thank you for sharing

[wisdomseeker]

P. moranensis steadily throwing flowers. Removed 4 spent flowers thus far, and it has produced four more flowers. A fun plant to work with, and great with trapping fungus gnats.








Another small butterwort - Pinguicula emarginata

[Dollythehun]

Your pings are potted in... Bark? I did not know you could do that. Mine are in soil, in a cup w unfertilized water. They bloom constantly and grow like widfire.

[Dorchid]

Beauty!

[wisdomseeker]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Your pings are potted in... Bark? I did not know you could do that. Mine are in soil, in a cup w unfertilized water. They bloom constantly and grow like widfire.

Yep, I can definitely relate to "grow like wildfire".

No bark. Three inch net pots filled 3/4 (from the bottom toward the top of pot) with sphagnum, the other 1/4 (to the top of pot) is a mixture of finely sifted peat & sand with a thin top dressing of small aquarium gravel. Net pot is inserted into a cup holder (made for poker tables - solid no holes). Inside of the cup holder > half full of distilled H2O, and then the net pot is inserted into the cup holder.

Originally Posted by Dorchid

Beauty!

Thanks, appreciate the compliment.

[kvet]

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There are plants that eat gnats?! Just looked this up, oh my, there's a "gigantica" version. Do they need to be babied?

[Dollythehun]

Subdued with a whip and chair, not babied.

[wisdomseeker]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Subdued with a whip and chair, not babied.

Could not have been versed better

Originally Posted by kvet

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There are plants that eat gnats?! Just looked this up, oh my, there's a "gigantica" version. Do they need to be babied?

They really come through for me, and do a good job. Pinguicula gigantea can definitely become a "a big boy" when mature. They are truly butterwort giants.


P. agnata doing its thing.

[kvet]

That's hilarious They actually look like real pretty plants, even when digesting hundreds of bugs.
Is there a reason more people don't grow these at home to help control fungus gnats?
I've found some growing information, but what I'm seeing is that they are indoors only? Expanding search to butterwort suggest there might be some "cold hardy" versions. Not that it gets cold here in southern california
Hmmm. This is fascinating!