This listing is for 5 Large Flowered Butterwort (Pinguicula grandiflora) seeds. This is a rare Carnivorous Plant Species. Are you looking for a discount in our Etsy shop? Visit www.wonderseeds.ca/discount to receive a 10% lifetime discount. This can even be applied to any sale items on our Etsy shop. This discount is INSTANT .... no waiting for an email. Best of all..... you can use this coupon forever, its not a one time use discount!!! We only sell freshly harvested seeds from small time growers, hobbyists and collectors. The pinguicula grandiflora , commonly known as the greens of large flowers, water violet, stripe or flower of the fountains; lives in areas of temperate climate, is an insectivorous plant of the family Lentibulariaceae. A distinctive feature of the species is its flower, which is much larger than normal for the genus. Although they do not have a really active catch mechanism, their nutrition method is in part the carnivorous type , they usually have between 5 and 10 leaves between 30 and 45 mm (3 and 4.5 cm) in length. The plant is formed by a basal rosette of sticky leaves on which are often glued small insects . From the heart of the plant arise in the spring one or more flower stems between twenty and twenty-five centimeters in length, having violet flowers that possess a spur. It is a lovely species with rosettes of light green, fleshy leaves and purplish-violet, Streptocarpus-like flowers. 8ins (20cm). Provided, of course, that you are not a small fly, whose opinions on this matter would probably differ considerably, this is a genus of rather attractive plants often with beautiful flowers. They are insectivorous, catching their prey, consisting mainly of tiny flies, winged aphids and the like, often in quantity, fly-paper fashion and digesting them in a flood of mucilage. However, as we say, attractive plants. It prefers a consistently wet, acid soil in partial sun. Water freely when in growth, reduce watering in winter. Feed monthly if required. Can be grown under glass if desired. This listing is for freshly harvestly seeds only. PLEASE NOTE THAT BY PURCHASING FROM US YOU CONSENT O RECIEVE ORDER UPDATES AND SHOP NEWS VIA EMAIL.