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Pinguicula casabitoana
Casabito butterwort is a rare, critically endangered carnivorous plant from the Dominican Republic that mostly grows perched on trees in montane cloud forest. Keep it cool, humid and bright, and avoid hot, dry conditions, which it does not tolerate well.
Pinguicula casabitoana, commonly known as the Casabito butterwort, is a critically endangered species of butterwort, endemic to the Dominican Republic. This species is mostly epiphytic and occurs in montane cloud forests. It is known from a few localities, all of them in the Cordillera Central.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
