Pinguicula elizabethiae
A Mexican butterwort from the Moctezuma river canyons of Querétaro and Hidalgo. It clings to moist, north-facing cliffs among ferns and mosses. In the summer rains it forms flat, sticky carnivorous rosettes up to 12 cm across, and it spends the dry winter as a tight, non-carnivorous succulent rosette. Growers should mimic both phases: moist and bright in summer, drier and slightly cooler in winter.
Where it grows wild
It grows on steep slopes and vertical cliffs facing north to north-east in the canyons of the Río Moctezuma and its tributary Arroyo Tolimán. There it roots in moist rock surfaces alongside ferns and mosses in submontane scrub and forest. The cliff aspect and canyon walls shield it from the strongest direct sun.
The literature gives 1000–1600 m. The few dated GBIF records span 580–1175 m, and the climate site is at 1175 m. The lower records may be poorly georeferenced canyon-floor points.
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