Here are the tiny leaf pullings of my Pinguicula agnata and P. moranensis.

The main substrate is LECA, with a top dress layer of living mosses.

The moss samples were foraged from parks, concrete, and more, then transferred to propagation boxes to get a clean sample, and then sprinkled on top of the substrate.

Right now, I use a mix of different species with different growing condition preferences, because I wanna see which ones thrive and which not.

Pings grow on rocks and trunks in nature, where they often anchor in mosses, which gives them steady moisture.

Why?

• Because they look neat
• Because they give my GF the signal to NOT water with fertilizer when I'm out of house. I plan to at least top dress ALL my carnivorous plants with moss in the future.
• Because the LECA is often too airy (big gaps between the balls), and Pings root very shallow, so they often dried out
• To give them a place where the leaves can rest without salt residues
• To support more microfauna, like springtails, which act as "infant food" for the sticky leaves
• And because it looks neat, did I already say that?

It will probably take a month or two for the mosses to sprout again and cover the surface.

As soon as I see any progress, I will update y'all 👋