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mannyherrera,
I picked that one up form Rob Sacilotto when I visited his place last year. He was crossing the reddest S. purps he could find to come up with the color of the plant. He calls it Sarracenia purpurea - Black/Red
This is what he emailed me when I asked him about the plant after purchasing it from him.
"The black-red purps. are really not properly either subspecies, although most of them are closer to ssp. purpurea because of the longer flower stalk. However, they have been extensively bred and mixed between the two subspecies and selected for color. Dark ssp. venosa and dark ssp. purpurea were crossed, selfed and evaluated. I'd just call 'em purpurea and leave it at that. At some point, I'm planning on registering the plant with a better description and explanation of their heritage."
Thanks Elgecko. I think I have that plant. At least, it looks like it. It was given to me as S.purp venosa 'Dark Red Pitchers'. But it looks like it has purp purp in it.
These 2 S. purp grow outside beside each other and you can tell a big difference between the 2 plants. There is also a green form that has no red at all.
Waoo~
All Sarracenia crowded the pot!!
Really amazing! nice plant.
So, I need to change a huge pot with my Sarracenia.
elgecko, thanks to your info my friend.
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