Pinguicula hemiepiphytica
A Mexican butterwort from the very wet cloud forests of the Sierra de Juárez in Oaxaca, one of the few Pinguicula that grows epiphytically among moss on tree trunks as well as on mossy rocks. Like other Mexican butterworts it alternates between a sticky, carnivorous summer rosette and a tighter, non-carnivorous winter rosette. It is grown by hobbyists much like other Mexican species, but prefers more humid, cooler conditions.
Where it grows wild
Cloud forest in the Sierra de Juárez, where it grows in moss cushions on tree trunks and branches and on mossy rocks. The habitat is described as very wet. In summer it forms a rosette of 4–12 nearly round, glandular leaves that trap insects; in the drier winter it forms a rosette of shorter, narrower leaves without digestive glands.
Montane cloud forest. The 18 records with an elevation span 859–2640 m, median 2148 m, so most plants grow around 1800–2500 m.
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