Pinguicula agnata x gypsicola
A cross between two very different Mexican butterworts, chosen for how cleanly it blends them. P. gypsicola lends its long strappy summer leaves and the tight inward curl of their margins; P. agnata widens those blades into something broader and, when its 'Red Leaf' form is used as the mother, flushes the whole rosette a soft pink under strong light. The result is a neat, turbine-like rosette of narrow, curling leaves that deepen from cream through peach to salmon the brighter you grow them.
Both parents come from dry limestone country in eastern Mexico. P. agnata grows on near-vertical, north-facing cliffs around Zimapán in Hidalgo, wedged into thin soil alongside cacti and agaves. P. gypsicola is a gypsum specialist from San Luis PotosĂ, rooted in the crevices of eroded hillsides where the bare rock itself collects night-time dew.
Rosettes stay small, around 7 to 8 cm across. Like P. gypsicola, the plant follows a strong seasonal rhythm: narrow carnivorous leaves through the wet months, then a tight succulent bud through the dry season. Flowers are pale violet on slender stalks. Grow it bright and the pink comes out.
