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Pinguicula calderoniae Zamudio (2001) Topographic
map
of Mexico with location of the city Tamazunchale close
to the Sierra Gorda.
 Topographic
map
of the Sierra Gorda. P.
calderoniae is currently only known from cliffs
at the edge of the Llano Chiquito and the Llano del
Conejo.
 View
on
the Sierra Gorda (seen from the road coming from
Tamazunchale). The biosphere reserve in the border area
of the two Mexican states of San Luis Potosí and
Querétaro has an impressively diverse flora and fauna
with a lot of endemic species.
25th August 2009  View
from
the Llano del Conejo onto Cerro Conejo. At the
edges on this high altitude plain P. calderoniae
grows on vertical calcareous cliffs (sometimes together
with P. martinezii
and P. moranensis).
25th August 2009  Habitat
of
P. calderoniae,
growing on vertical calcareous cliffs.
25th August 2009  The
summer
leaves of P. calderoniae are with a length of 25
cm and more amongst the longest within the genus Pinguicula.
25th August 2009  P. calderoniae
often grows in moss cushions that have been establishes
in crevices on the calcareous rocks. In summer the
species is forming maximum 5 to 6 summer leaves, before
they begin to form winter leaves again.
25th August 2009  P. calderoniae
seems to divide easily, as in its natural habitat plants
grow mostly in groups of several plants together.
25th August 2009 
Group
of
plants with a single remaining flower. The flower scapes
can reach a size between 6 and 15 cm.
25th August 2009 
One
year
old plants in summer rosette (in cultivation). Leaves
exposed to direct sunlight can show a pink-red to red
coloration.
5th September 2015 
The
upper
surface of the summer leaves are densely covered with
glands to catch and digest prey. The mid vein of the
leaves show often a brown-reddish coloration. The margin
of the summer leaves are slightly turned down.
25th August 2009 
Lateral
view
of a flower (in culture). The flower is characterized by
a long and funnel shaped corolla tube and a very long
and pointed spur.
24th August 2014 
Front
view
of a flower (in culture). The corolla is divided into an
upper and a lower lip. The upper side of the corolla
lobes are sparsely covered with glands.
24th August 2014  Onion-like
winter
rosette (in culture). The winter leaves are succulent
and sitting partly or completely in the soil.
26th September 2011 |
