Butterworth ‘Pinguicula Poldinii’

Pinguicula poldinii is a carnivorous plant from the family lentibulariaceae. It originates from a couple of locations in Italy only. The plant produces a rosette of egg shaped to oval, brightgreen leaves. On the upper side of the leaves, it contains many glands producing a sticky substance where insects could be caught with. The insects are digested on top of the leaves, the nutrients available are used by the plant. Once per year, mostly in spring, one to several flower stalks are produced carrying a single purple, spurred flower. Flowers are somewhat similar to the flower of a violet. In winter, Pinguicula poldinii could hibernate by reducing the whole plant to the underground rhizome. Propagation is done by repotting the smaller rosettes forming near the base of the mature plant, or seeds.