different views of flower
different views of flower
summer rosette
winter rosette with flower bud
different views of flower

Pinguicula gracilis is a tropical-heterophyllous butterwort from Mexico described for the first time in 1988 by ZAMUDIO. It is a tiny plant forming summer rosettes of 3 cm in diameter (in cultivation), while the winter rosette is smaller and consists of non-carnivorous leaves. Flowers do appear out of the winter rosette. Keep the plants like other tropical-heterophyllous Pinguicula from Mexico, which means moist to dry soil and cool temperatures in winter and wet soil with warm temperatures in summer.

Oliver Gluch
Lindenallee 44
26122 Oldenburg
Germany
Phone/Fax: ++49 441 72618
eMail: Oliver.Gluch@t-online.de

Photo Info
Name: [Pinguicula gracilis]
Credit: Oliver Gluch, (Oliver.Gluch@t-online.de)
Date: August 1997, January 1998