Pinguicula involuta

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TAXONOMY:

Family : Lentibulariaceae

Genus : Pinguicula

Name : Pinguicula involuta

 

Sub-classification (Casper) : link

Publication : Ruiz et Pav. Flora Peruviana  et Chil. 1 (1798) 20

DESCRIPTION : (In Casper)

Perennis. Rhizoma simplex breve radicibus adventitiis filiformibus numerosis. Folia (4) 7 - 10 (12) radicalia rosulata integerrima ovato-oblonga obtusa basi attenuata margine valde involut superne glandulis stipitatis disperse obsita basin versus utrimque nervi mediani pilis subulatis vestita (8) 15 - 25 (30) mm longa (4) 8 - 12 (17) mm lata subtus brunneo-purpurea. Hibernacula nulla. Pedicelli 1 - 4 (8) erecti teretes glandulis stipitatis dipserse obsiti (35) 45 - 60 (84) mm alti uniflori. Flores parvi (8) 10 - 12 (14) mm longi (calcari incluso). Calyx bilabiatus purpureo-viridis extus glandulis stipitatis singularibus obsitus; labium superum usque ad 1/2 - 1/4 longitudinis trilobum lobis late oblongis acutiusculis vel obtusis +/- 1 - 2 mm longis ; labium inferum plane bilobum lobis obtusis vel acutiusculis. Corolla bilabiata violacea vel pallide violacea raro albida venis obscuris extus glandulis stipitatis singularibus vestita; labium superum bilobum lobis subrectangulis angulis rotundatis subemarginatis vel integerrimis latioribus quam longis +/- 0.5 - 1.5 mm longis +/- 0.75 -2.5 mm latis; labium inferum multo maius trilobum lobis obovatis vel subrectangulis angulis rotundatis emarginatis (lobo intermedio multo maiore valde emarginata +/- (1) - 5 mm longo lobis lateralibus +/- (1) - 3.5 mm longis basi pilis cylindricis modice dense obtisis). Tubus subcylindricus obliquus venis purpureis intus sparse pilosus parte inferiore pilis in triabus lineis cylindricis ordinatis cum palato. Palatum bivesiculatum sparse pilosum pilis cylindricis. Calcar conicum obtusum vel acutiusculum (2.5) 3 - 4 (4.5) mm longum longitudine lobi intermerdii corollae perspicue curvatum. Stamina +/- 1 - 1.5 mm longa; pollen (4) 5 - 6 (7)-colporatum. Ovarium subglobosum glabrescens . Stigma bilabiatum; labio infero flabelliformi superne piloso inferne papillato. Capsula subglobosa +/- 3 m longa. Semina scobiformia numerosa ellipsoida 0.4 - 0.6 mm longa, 0.2 - 0.25 mm lata alveolata.

 

Chomosomata ignota.

 

Floret V - XII.

 

Holotypus : In altis frigidis et humidis Pillao, et Panao Huassahuassi, inter muscos (Ruiz et Pavon - non vidi). 

ORIGIN AND HISTORY :

No data

Map / LOCALISATION : 

According to the Missouri Botanical Database :

Bolivia Cochabamba: 3200 m,18 Nov 1984, Luer, C., J. Luer & R. Vasquez 10496 (MO).

Bolivia La Paz: Yungas, 3400 m, 16.18S 67.55W, 12 noviembre 1987, James C. Solomon 17416 (LPB, MO). Corolas azules.

Peru Pasco, Oxapampa : 2700 m,7 March 1986, H. van der Werff, G. Zúñiga, R. Arce & W. Pariona 8524 (MO). Flowers purple

According to Casper : 

Bolivia : Unduavi, Nordyungas

Peru : Peruvia, Mito, Dept. Huanuco, Sariapampa, Torrehuasi

 

HABITAT:  

 In wet mosses, at altitudes of 2700m to 3400m. 

 

You can also read the postcard N°8 from Fernando Rivadavia in Perou.

Introduction in culture :

- Not yet - 

CULTURE AND MULTIPLICATION : 

I would grow instinctively P. involuta like P. lusitanica.

According to the altitude, this species should be grown more as a "temperate" species than as a "tropical" species.

PICTURES: (click to enlarge)

Comparaison of three "close" south-american species.