Giant Butterwort

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$14.95

Ease to Grow: Easy
Dormancy: No
Native Range: Highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico
Zones: 10-11 (8-12)

The Giant Butterwort, Pinguicula gigantea, is the largest of the butterwort species. It is an easy to grow mexican butterwort with very large, buttery yellow leaves that are broad and arching.  Its thick and succulent leaves have a rounded spoon-like shape. It is the only butterwort with sticky digestive glands on both the top and underside surfaces. It can be quite sticky, and a challenge to handle. Unlike other mexican butterwort kin, it has carnivorous leaves year round. It prefers damp, loose, alkaline soils, and partial shade with warm, wet Summers and cooler, dry Winters. In its native habitat, it is found growing in the moist crevices of vertical limestone cliffs. It flowers in late Spring with several pale blue violet flowers. It benefits from the addition of a small amount of pellet limestone added to the soil (1 teaspoon/4" pot). The Giant Butterwort is a wonderful house plant, doing well on window sills, plant carts and greenhouses. Our Giant Butterworts are propagated from leaf pulls.

Plants are shipped bare-root. Photographs are representative of species, and not the specific plant shipped.

Width: 1-6+"
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.

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Heidi Hohler
NOT THE BEST QUALITY PLANTS

I ordered two butterworts, one was the Giant Butterwort. Looked shriveled when it arrived and then died. I usually do not have problems with these plants, they thrive, but the last two both died. Not sure what the problem was.

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Carol M
So Tiny!

I love this new baby plant. I have a lot to learn about CP's, taking all the advice I can get. So far so good.

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Tracey Uyematsu
Very happy

TBH I was worried it was not going to make it when I repotted it, but customer support was helpful in giving advice to getting it acclimated and giving watering tips, making sure it doesn't die, etc. 2 weeks later, new leaves are coming in, and so far, looking great!

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Rene D

Giant Butterwort

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