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I keep the soil moist, not too wet or too dry, having the pot sitting on gravel and keeping water in the gravel. It sits on a self near a south facing window, not directly in front of the window, just to the left of it. This gives it bright, indirect light. it has a couple spindly leaves on top and the rest look dried up or rotting. the few good leaves are curled inward from the edges. This thing is barely hanging on. not dying, not growing. any suggestions??...

the whole plant is only about the size of the top of my thumb. I have two different vft's, two different pitcher plants, and sundew and all are flourishing. yet this little guy isnt doing so well

Do you know what species it is? From the picture it looks like a Pinguicula Grandiflora; if this is the case then you need to keep it cool as it is a cold temperate pinguicula which require different growing conditions to venus fly traps and some sundews. Excess heat may cause burning and dryness in the leaves, but there could be numerous other factors. It all depends on what species of pinguicula it is.

its a primuliflora

Maybe you should unpot it and inspect the roots and rizome.

Ahh I see. P. Primuflora are warm temperate pinguicula. They enjoy high humidity, which may be the problem; how long have you had the plant?

You could unpot it and check over the roots and the core of the plant to see if there is any rotting; pinguicula are prone to root rot however P. Primuflora don't mind having their pot flooded once in a while. I'm not very experienced with these plants so I'll give you the link to an article that will hopefully give you more info than I can: http://www.pinguicula.org/A_world_of_Pi ... iflora.htm

Here's another thread regarding P. Primuflora: http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/pingu ... t7604.html

Good luck!