Guatemala Butterwort
Ease to Grow: Moderate to Challenging
Dormancy: No
Native Range: Highlands of Guatemala
Zones: 10-11 (8-12)
The Guatemala Butterwort, Pinguicula guatemala, is an easy to grow, tropical butterwort that develops a reddish cast in full sun. It has broadly flattened, pale green, leaves with slightly curled edges. Its large sticky leaves can form rosettes about 3+" across. It has a wide range of tolerance, but prefers damp, loose, peaty soils, and open shade, with wet Summers and dry Winters. It forms larger, sticky carnivorous leaves in the Summer and smaller, drier, non-carnivorous, succulent leaves in the Winter. It blooms in Spring and Fall with 1-7+ bright pink flowers with a white center. It responds well to warm, wet Summers and drier, cooler Winters. The Guatemala Butterwort is an excellent house plant, doing well on window sills, plant carts and greenhouses. They perform great in a terrarium. Our Butterworts are artificially propagated from leaf pulls.
Plants are shipped bare-root, wrapped in moist towel in a closed cup. Photographs are representative of species, and not the specific plant shipped.
Width: 3"
Plant Type: Perennial, Tropical
Soil: Tropical Butterwort Mix
Light: Bright to partial bright indoors, partial sun outdoors
Use: Grows well indoors and greenhouse. It is an excellent terrarium plant.
