General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Suitable for miniature gardens
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Division
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Carnivorous

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Common names
  • Butterwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pinguicula gigantea
  • Synonym: Pinguicula ayautla
Also sold as:
  • Pinguicula 'Ayautla'

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Date: 2020-07-29
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: Tillage, Austin, Texas
Date: 2022-04-06
i want it so much ;()
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Date: 2024-01-24

Date: 2020-07-29
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: At home indoors - San Joaquing County, CA
Date: 2016-06-04
Newly acquired Pinguicula gigantea has an existing bloom
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Used with permission from Carnivorous Greenhouse. Plants for sale: https://carnivorousgreenhouse.com/
Location: At home - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 2016-06-04
Newly acquired Pinguicula gigantea
Location: At home indoors - San Joaquin County, CA
Date: 2016-06-04
Pinguicula gigantea forming new buds

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