Pinguicula kondoi
Ease to Grow: Easy
Dormancy: No
Native Range: Highlands of Tamaulipas, Mexico
Zones: 10-11 (8-12)
Pinguicula kondoi, is an easy to grow, charming, small Mexican butterwort. It has broadly flattened, pale green, leaves with slightly curled edges. It has succulent leaves year round. It has a wide range of tolerance, but prefers damp, loose, peaty soils, and open shade, with wet Summers and dry Winters. It blooms in Spring and Fall with 1-7+ bright pruple pink veined flowers. It responds well to warm, wet Summers and drier, cooler Winters. It 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 wrapped in moist paper toweling in closed cups. Photographs are representative of species, and not the specific plant shipped.
Width: 1-3"
Plant Type: Perennial, tropical
Soil: Tropical Butterwort Mix or All-Purpose Mix
Light: Bright to partial bright indoors, partial sun outdoors
Use: Grows well indoors and greenhouse. It is an excellent terrarium plant.
