5 TINY SEEDS
Pinguicula moctezumae is a Mexican species of butterwort with long, skinny, blade-like leaves.
They also produce large, purple flowers for most of the year.
The surfaces of the leaves and flower stems are covered with droplets of glistening adhesive.
Insects become stuck to these surfaces, and are then digested.
These plants specialize in catching gnats, fruit-flies, and other small insects.
Pinguicula moctezumae prefers warm, humid conditions all year.
As a fully grown plant their soil should be kept damp at all times, and they are good candidates for growing on a sunny windowsill.
The dark pink-colored flower is about 30 to 35 mm in diameter and has a long typical flower spur section.
The carnivorous "summer" leaves form a leaf rosette with up to 15 leaves.
The lancet-shaped leaves grow up to 10 cm long and 1 cm wide. Pinguicula moctezumae holds only a short, or no, hibernation.
Pinguicula moctezumae is found in the canyon of the Río Moctezuma , the boundaries of the Mexican states of Hidalgo and Queretaro forms. It grows on damp limestone rocks.