Pinguicula sharpii

A tiny annual or biennial Mexican butterwort from Chiapas, first collected in 1972 on a moist, shaded road bank near Pueblo Nuevo Yerba Buena at about 1600 m. It forms a small rosette of sticky leaves, makes no winter resting rosette, and flowers and self-seeds at the end of its life. In cultivation it is kept going from seed.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A small terrestrial rosette on moist, shaded soil banks in humid montane forest country of central Chiapas; the type grew on a road bank. Related species (P. lilacina) grow on rocks and slopes in oak and pine-oak forest.

The type locality is at about 1600 m; the three measured records sit at roughly 860–1540 m.

Mexico Southeast

🔒 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.