
Alpine Butterwort
Taxonomy
Pinguicula alpina
Pinguicula
Lentibulariaceae
Lamiales

How to care for Alpine Butterwort
How often to water your Alpine Butterwort

every 7
Alpine Butterwort needs 0.5 cups of water every 7 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
7
Finding light for Alpine Butterwort in your home

a window
Alpine Butterwort love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Alpine Butterwort does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Alpine Butterwort in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Alpine Butterwort

Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Alpine Butterwort after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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I just received my butterwort #CommonButterwort
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Propagating progress I got a teeny tiny sprout on the leaf from water propagation.
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My ping seems happy but is no longer pink like when I got it. Why are the leaves curling? #PinguiculaMoranensis
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My butterwort was going to bloom but the stem of the bud has turned yellow and stopped growing i think it's because of the cold #cpclubthursday #seymour #cpclub #Butterwort #pinguiculaweser #carnivorousplants
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I wonder if I should be worried. Since the last post, Doily has produced two more flowers, which is all good. However, producing flowers requires a lot of energy from plants, especially tropical ones, and as you can see, it's also causing her to become more deformed compared to her sisters. The colder months mean that there is a lack of sunlight and bugs, so I don't know where she is getting the energy to bloom, which makes me conclude that she is expending energy she doesn't have, which could cause her to decline gradually. So, I was wondering (as much as I hate to) if I should cut her flower off to force her to save energy until Spring or just let her be. #cpclubthursday #CarnivorousPlants #CarnivorousClub #Pinguicula #Butterwort
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How's the rock doing? It looks ok I think? Just wanna make sure I'm doing this right lol The ones in the "dirt" the florian and pirouette I'm a little worried about..they just look off? #PlantAddict #Pinguicula #cpclubthursday #CarnivorousPlants #CarnivorousClub
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The color change AND growth on Peaches (and her little buddy), my only Pings, is crazy. I moved them inside for the winter and put them under a grow light. They grew tremendously but lost their pretty pink hue. I think I'll repot them separately when it warms up, before I put them back outside. #pinguicula #carnivorousplants #butterwort #carnivorousclub #cpclubthursday #jesssjungle #happyplants #growlights #newgrowth
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Why is this ping curled up so much? #Pinguicula #Butterwort #CarnivorousPlants #CarnivorousClub #HappyPlants #PlantsMakePeopleHappy #PlantAddict
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I just received this little guy from Mountain Crest Gardens he came bare root but there’s hardly any root at all. Should I just lay it on top of the soil and push what I can around the root. How do you care for these. Thanks
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Calling all butterwort / Pinguicula keepers! Hey folks. So Clarissa is here and doing lots of work so far. Lots of work. She's covered in corpses is what Clarissa is. What's the #pinguicula procedure? Do I remove the carnage periodically, as one removes the debris from a #venusflytrap? Or are we in #sundew leave-her-to-it territory? #butterwort
Care Summary for Alpine Butterwort
Alpine Butterwort
Greg recommends:

0.5 cups every 7 days

< 1ft from a window

Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
