Pinguicula lusitanica

[fredg]

Not a plant that gets a lot of publicity.

I suppose with it being so tiny many can't be bothered. It is quite attractive though if using magnification

The rosette.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aWdnk9bmfr3emXlOfBLh2rg1bTH3v_hBsFXIcDJ1wKv-Iio5TJgxrMYGrOTMHXTjqGWCyLTCO3SIdKrdEgztdn7km0jaaipJ8Riwip4vRXZaTCcUIuDt3TlDznC7KYB9Cg-k29Wvvw=w2400

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The flower ( huge it is not).

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[Grey Moss]

Lusitanica is one of my favorites. Get enough of them growing together and they'll make a nice array of blooms.

 

[Bob Beer]

It’s very cute. But I’m a person who grows rotundiflora so go figure.


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[heywhathuh]

Do you have any seeds to sell? I bought some off Ebay many many months ago and got 0 germination

 

[fredg]

I'm wondering why it took me so long to decide to grow some.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZeXQkOWL-XwnEsCay0UErT1lMilufTmd97paAqKu78Z5E3taMJqpEw7PwmcBfS5PW_nFAs0Yjyeru9KVthTun7GyD5jAsXqyRSJvUqvFof2I06Gzciip3o0A6Oxc9jHeqSmgbR3n2g=w2400

Sorry hey, I have plans for all the seed they produce this year.

 

[FrankenSnyder]

Fellow Terraforums member bluemax gave me seed. Surprisingly short time from sowing to flower. Below are my cultivation notes. Far more simple to grow than my California butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris var. macroceras.

12.13.25 Sowed seed on pure peat, in an applesauce cup.
12.22.25 First seed germinated. Nine days.
1.27.26 Seventh leaf not yet fully formed and a flower bud has already appeared. Rosette less than 3/8 inch diameter.
2.12.26 Flower open. Two months from sowing seed to flower opening.

 

[bluemax]

I had no idea that any pings could develop and mature so rapidly! Maybe an adaption for seasonally wet areas that dry later in the season?

 

[hcarlton]

Slightly surprised at that short a rate, but could be dependent on combo of temperatures and feeding levels. If really fed well they can and should get well over an inch before blooming, sometimes to nearly 2.

 

[FrankenSnyder]

I had no idea that any pings could develop and mature so rapidly! Maybe an adaption for seasonally wet areas that dry later in the season?

My plant would surely grow as you suggest bluemax. However, I see Google images of this butterwort in the wild growing beside the sundew Drosera rotundifolia… I now have a seed capsule forming and two more flowers on the way.

Slightly surprised at that short a rate, but could be dependent on combo of temperatures and feeding levels. If really fed well they can and should get well over an inch before blooming, sometimes to nearly 2.

A real challenge to do with such a tiny plant, but I have been feeding it well. Micro surgery. I only have the one plant. One other seed sprouted but failed to grow. I have not grown this plant before, so I have nothing to compare. From what you tell, maybe I have a mutation?

 

[hcarlton]

Not really. Some of them do decide to just speedrun the cycle.

 

[jeff 2]

It is an annual or biennial plant, so if it produces seeds, put them aside or let nature take its course (that is, let the seeds fall on their own onto the substrate).
It is a self-fertile species, sometimes submerged in spring; in situ, they flower between May and June.

 

[FrankenSnyder]

Photo shot today. Second flower opening. Rosette now over 1 inch across. Plants in cups on both sides are supposedly P. pumila which I started earlier from seed the same way. P. lusitanica is a clear winner.

 

[jeff 2]

P.pumila is also a annual or bi annual specie 'in situ' (dies after flowering)

flowering has been reported from november through to july "in situ"

 

[FrankenSnyder]

Larger now. I had to install a taller cup.

 

[Huntsmanshorn]

I have tried to grow this plant from seed several times and all my plants inevitably die. I currently have one very tiny (3 mm +/-) that is about 2 months old. Can you tell me what your secret is?

 

[FrankenSnyder]

I have had seedlings as you describe sprouted on depleted soil. Not getting enough nutrients. Try transplanting to pure fresh-from-the-bag peat. As my pictured plant.

The flower stalk on the right bears a seed capsule after I cross pollenated it with P. pumila. I don’t expect any hybrids, but it’s fun to try. I see on pinguicula.org it is suggested sharpii is more closely related. I believe it. Anyone growing sharpii want to trade seed?