Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Pinguicula calyptrata Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 2: 226 (1818) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia, Colombia to Ecuador |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1500-4100m |
Description | leaves obovate-oblong to elliptic, curvate and subcarnose, yellow-green, 1-3cm long, flowers with white or blue throat, 10-15mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale violet, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; gemmae on peat |
Synonyms | Pinguicula huilensis Cuatrec. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador) |