Pinguicula takakii

A small annual butterwort described in 1986 from gypsum hills near Guaxcama in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where it grows at about 1350–1400 m among Selaginella in rosette scrub of Hechtia, Agave and Dasylirion. It keeps a single kind of small carnivorous leaf, makes no winter resting rosette, and survives the dry season as seed.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Gypsum soil on dry hills with desert rosette scrub (Hechtia, Agave striata, Dasylirion, Dodonaea), growing with Selaginella and near P. gypsicola.

Literature gives about 1350–1400 m; the measured records span 1183–1437 m, median 1264 m.

Mexico Northeast

🔒 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.