Pinguicula laueana

A Mexican butterwort from the Sierra Mixe and nearby mountains of Oaxaca, and one of only two Pinguicula with red flowers. Like other Mexican species it switches between a summer rosette of broad sticky carnivorous leaves and a tight winter rosette of 30–50 small succulent leaves. Give it a dry, cool winter rest and a mostly mineral mix.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Recorded on stream banks ('orilla de arroyo') and in secondary vegetation with Chiranthodendron and pine in the mountains of Oaxaca's Sierra Norte and Sierra Mixe, near Ayutla and Cerro Zempoaltépetl and around Santo Domingo Ozolotepec. Like related Mexican butterworts it grows on moist, shaded banks and rock faces rather than in bogs.

Herbarium specimens are from 1638 m (stream bank, San Pedro Ocotepec) and 2613 m (pine and Chiranthodendron scrub near Ozolotepec); the species seems to span roughly 1600–2600 m.

Mexico: Southwest (Oaxaca)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.