Transplanting Pinguicula 'Aphrodite'

I acquired a Pinguicula 'Aphrodite' from Sarracenia Northwest last November and, after it flowered about six weeks ago, I decided to transplant the two offsets into their own container.  As a college student, there is little funding available for proper pots, so housemates are recruited to save all plastic tubs that have potential to hold plants in their future. An Italian ice cup was boiled for a couple minutes to sterilize it before it becomes a home to my butterwort.

In order to be plant-ready the cup needed several holes poked through the bottom to ensure good drainage. Then it was filled with pre-packed soilless butterwort media that was wet BEFORE the transplants were planted. It is important to pre-wet the media both to ensure drainage in the cup and to ensure the media itself is fully saturated as soilless media are often hydrophobic initially and sometimes need encouragement to properly moisten.

Gentle squeezing separated the baby butterworts from the parent plant. The parent plant was left in its initial pot and given some extra potting soil. The offsets were very carefully put into their own pot, watered again, and put back in the window to sun!

NOTE: these guys are excellent fly catchers, an easy to grow, wonderful carnivorous addition to any college household!