Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sarracenia flava var. cuprea - Gotcha! heavy vein







Data at a glance...

Latin name                           Sarracenia flava var. cuprea
Clone name                          Gotcha! heavy vein
Acquired                               Summer, 2009. 
Pitcher flush pattern            2: 1: P (Sp: Su: Au) 
Growth strength                   Strong
Division types                      Unknown.

Pitcher description
Lid with filament under-developed, upper surface cupreous with strong, darker venation, undersurface strongly veined. Throat with rugellii-type purple-red markings, radiating into red venation spreading into lid and upper tube. Pitcher tube golden green, upper third with strong red venation becoming progressively diffuse. Flower unknown.

Notes

See this blog entry for the story of this plant to date.