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Pinguicula 'Tina'



12th August 2007 5th October 2008 10th January 2020
A vigorous leafy hybrid that has been micropropagated and is now fairly widely available. Survived the winter well, when temperatures in the greenhouse dropped to -5degC. Photographed at Kew.



17th August 2007 12th February 2009 10th July 2008



Raised by H. Weiner in Hameln in 1981 and registered by A. Slack in 2002. The original description in 'Insect Eating Plants' says:

"Pinguicula ' Tina ' Hort.Slack has large white-throated flowers of mauve, the bases of the lobes being heavily streaked in violet with a pale green throat, and is a hybrid of Pinguicula agnata Casper * Pinguicula zecheri Speta & Fuchs."





References:

  • A World of Pinguicula, http://www.pinguicula.org (accessed 11.09.2023)