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My Ping Ehlersiae x Mesophytica of almost 2 years has bloomed and split several times over and I now have 4 mature ones in this pot and several smaller ones I’ve propagated from leaves from the mature ones. Recently they all one by one put out blooms and started splitting but two of them look like their growth point is gone. I’m wondering if this is a sign of something bad like rot. I can see something growing inside the center but not sure what. Today I decided to try to pull a leaf from one of them just to see if it would detach easily and it didn’t, I had to use a little force to pull it out but when I did, it had growth at the end. It looked like a leaf prop that was putting out growth. I don’t usually get water in my pings to avoid rot but I’m wondering if this is rot or something and the pings are somehow trying to put out new growth to save themselves from something. The third one in the pot split but the split doesn’t have a growth point at all. It’s strange. Does anyone know what this is, if this is common and/or if this is an indication of something?

My Ping Ehlersiae x Mesophytica of almost 2 years has bloomed and split several times over and I now have 4 mature ones in this pot and several smaller ones I’ve propagated from leaves from the mature ones. Recently they all one by one put out blooms and started splitting but two of them look like their growth point is gone. I’m wondering if this is a sign of something bad like rot. I can see something growing inside the center but not sure what. Today I decided to try to pull a leaf from one of them just to see if it would detach easily and it didn’t, I had to use a little force to pull it out but when I did, it had growth at the end. It looked like a leaf prop that was putting out growth. I don’t usually get water in my pings to avoid rot but I’m wondering if this is rot or something and the pings are somehow trying to put out new growth to save themselves from something. The third one in the pot split but the split doesn’t have a growth point at all. It’s strange. Does anyone know what this is, if this is common and/or if this is an indication of something?

I got this micro mini Phal Parishii a little over a month ago (6/22/26 to be exact). She came mounted as is. I have her in a high humidity DIY greenhouse under two T5 barrina lights maybe 4inches away from lights for about 12 hours a day. I have been spraying the moss every day bc it dries fast and maybe once a week or every 5-7 days I give her a good soak for about 30 min. I will dunk the entire mount trying to avoid crown but if crown gets wet I use my manual little leaf blower to get any water out. Sometimes I add orchid fertilizer otherwise just like warm tap water. When I got this Phal, she had one leaf and the other leaf was completely shriveled off. A new leaf started coming in soon after (yay). But that leaf has yet to finish growing and already another leaf is coming in. I have heard that is not a good sign. That the leaf should be grown fully before the next one comes out. And then 2 days ago I soaked her and then the next day, yesterday, I notice the big original leaf is yellowing at the tip. Not sure what I’m doing wrong…maybe too much light? I know they do well in indirect lighting but I thought growlights aren’t as harsh so it was okay to place her right under. Maybe too much fertilizer? Any help is appreciated. Just wanting to know what a yellowing tip of the leaf could mean. I am determined to keep this one happy. I do have other phals, mini (not micro) and regular size and they’re doing well in lower humidity. Should I pot up in orchid bark instead? Please help!

I’ve bought several pings and have propagated all of them so the bulk of my pings come from leaf props. I’ve ordered from 2 (maybe 3 sellers, I can’t recall) sellers and one of the sellers I was most impressed with. The other seller in the past Ive thought the pings were small and/or not in the best shape. Being somewhat new to pings at the time, I didn’t know if the condition I received them in was standard so I never questioned it. I would pot them up and wait for them to stabilize and perk up. However after propagating my own pings and shipping some to friends, it’s made me wonder if I should question the quality of the pings I’ve received. So I just received my Pinguicula Moranensis Var. x Cycloseta yesterday, I paid for 2 day express shipping so it wasn’t boxed up and in transit for long. I bought one and I’m going to assume that a second smaller one was included maybe bc I received the larger one which is on the smaller side. I’m curious if anyone thinks this is normal or if maybe I should go with another seller in the future. You can see in the first 2-3 pics the melted leaves (which I know is probably typical with shipping pings) and I placed a dime next to them for scale. They arrived with dried up/no roots.

Pic 3 - After potting them up

Pic 4 - dried up/dead roots?

Pic 5 - immediately after removing pings from container and opening up paper towel

I’ve bought several pings and have propagated all of them so the bulk of my pings come from leaf props. I’ve ordered from 2 (maybe 3 sellers, I can’t recall) sellers and one of the sellers I was most impressed with. The other seller in the past Ive thought the pings were small and/or not in the best shape. Being somewhat new to pings at the time, I didn’t know if the condition I received them in was standard so I never questioned it. I would pot them up and wait for them to stabilize and perk up. However after propagating my own pings and shipping some to friends, it’s made me wonder if I should question the quality of the pings I’ve received. So I just received my Pinguicula Moranensis Var. x Cycloseta yesterday, I paid for 2 day express shipping so it wasn’t boxed up and in transit for long. I bought one and I’m going to assume that a second smaller one was included maybe bc I received the larger one which is on the smaller side. I’m curious if anyone thinks this is normal or if maybe I should go with another seller in the future. You can see in the first 2-3 pics the melted leaves (which I know is probably typical with shipping pings) and I placed a dime next to them for scale. They arrived with dried up/no roots.

Pic 3 - After potting them up

Pic 4 - dried up/dead roots?

Pic 5 - immediately after removing pings from container and opening up paper towel

My Ehlersiae x Mesophytica has been the most prolific out of my pings. It’s has given me multiple as well as blooms. Not all of my pings have given blooms (yet) but this one has been very consistent. Until now that is…I’ve only seen 1 bloom at a time. My Johanna put out a bloom and then put out another as it was splitting but this is something I have never seen before…3 blooms coming out of the same spot at the same time! I’m not worried but I am curious to know if this is an indication of something…does it mean it’s super happy, is it too much of something? Is there any reason this is happening as opposed to the typical one shoot at a time?