Ep. 26 - Pinguiculas with Bob Beer

Pinguicula, butterworts, pings...

…whatever you call them, this carnivorous plant with beautiful foliage and showy flowers has a secret: it moonlights as a succulent. Bob Beer joins the Plant Daddies to walk through caring for these surprising, approachably easy houseplants. Find Bob on Instagram here.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Pinguicula in the wild, their quirks, and their needs in cultivation

• feeding your Pinguicula

• easy carnivorous plants for beginners

And while Pinguicula have almost jewel-like rosettes of colorful, glistening foliage with both a dewy carnivorous form and a winter succulent form, they are also worth growing for their beautiful flowers which show up regularly when the plants are grown in good conditions.