Pinguicula moctezumae
A Mexican butterwort known only from the canyon of the Río Moctezuma on the Hidalgo–Querétaro border, where it clings to moist, shaded limestone walls at about 900–1,150 m. It is unusual among Mexican species: it keeps its long, narrow carnivorous leaves (up to 10 cm) nearly all year and rarely forms a winter rosette, and it bears large dark pink, long-spurred flowers. In cultivation it wants warmth, bright filtered light, a mineral, lime-bearing mix and steady moisture, with no hard winter dry-down.
Where it grows wild
A rosette plant on damp to wet limestone cliffs and slopes inside the Moctezuma River canyon, in a landscape of tropical deciduous forest and submontane scrub. Herbarium labels describe shaded, humid limestone slopes, so the plants sit in the moist, sheltered microclimate of the canyon walls rather than the hot, dry surroundings.
Literature gives 900–1,100 m; wild records here span 1,029–2,703 m with a median of 1,150 m, and most labelled specimens are at 1,030–1,150 m in the canyon.
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