How to tend a Pinguicula alpina
Also known as: Pinguicula brachyloba Schult., Pinguicula gelida Schur, Pinguicula flavescens Flörke ex Hoppe, Pinguicula alpestris Pers., Pinguicula alba Kuhl ex Hoppe, Pinguicula auricolor Arv.-Touv., Pinguicula pallida Turcz., Pinguicula purpurea Willd., Pinguicula alpina subsp. gavei Beauverd, Pinguicula alpina var. flavescens (Floerke) Rouy, Pinguicula albiflora var. villosa St.-Lag., Pinguicula alpina var. lenderi Beauverd, Pinguicula alpina var. villosa Beauverd, Pinguicula alpina var. lemaniana Beauverd, Pinguicula alpina var. bimaculata Wahlenb., Pinguicula alpina var. flavescens (Flörke ex Hoppe) Steud. & Hochst., Pinguicula alpina var. gavei (Beauverd) Beauverd, Pinguicula alpina var. gavei (Beauverd) Rouy, Pinguicula alpina var. villosa (Cariot & St.-Lag.) Rouy
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Likes wet environments, water thoroughly when soil is dry, do not spray water on leaves
Sunlight
Likes sunshine, also resistant to half shade, put in places with scattered light when growing in enclosed environments
Soil
Likes moisture, best planted in sphagnum moss
Fertilizer
May nourish itself by capturing insects, for better appearance, apply liquid fertilizers at 1/4-1/5 recommended concentration on leaves monthly
Pruning
Remove dead and rotten leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- China
- Category
- Lentibulariaceae, Pinguicula
- Size
- Diameter ⥠3 cm, height 3-25 cm
- Blooming period
- Carnivorous plants, flowering period May-July
- Flower colors
- purple, white, yellow
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