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Hey,
Here is that unusual leuco I found and I promised the guys down in the plant ID forum I would post. My 'name of convenience' is Leuco. 'Pink Eye.'
Cool , did you know that there actually is a cultivar called Sarracenia Leucophylla "Pink Eye" floating around on the market . this may be it but i have'nt seen the actualy plant my self . That is a very pretty pics you showed us , thansk for sharing .
No, flavas were present in this bog as it is possibly too far west for flava. I am sure this is not a pure leuco. There were alata and rubra present as well as pisttacenia and purp. My guess is it has purp. blood in it WAY back for the pink eye and rubra blood because of the hood shape. Any other thoughts?
Just read the last post, that looks to me an introgressed hybrid between alata and leucophylla so the red throat of alata is showing with the more dominant leuco colouring. Here is one that is similar in my own collection:
These kind of planrts do add to the flavour of variation in Sarracenia.
I am tending to agree with Mike that it may not be 100% leuco, but rather something that's been backcrossed. Say, for instance, something like leuco x (leuco x (leuco x (leuco x alata)))) But then again, it very well could be a pure leuco. Definitely something worthy of registering, and getting into mass production!!! I will be impatiently waiting.........
Brooks informed me that the plant was discovered near Citronelle and that area has alata present. When I visited the bog last year, there were many intermediate plants between the 2 species. It was really fascinating to see all the intergrades between them. That plant is a definate beauty.
'Strep Throat' is also taken by an associate of mine. Drat! Any suggestions for a name? Yes, this plant was found in a bog in Citronelle, AL. Jim Miller and I visited this site back in early Sept. If you are not aware of the video Jim did on native CPs of the Gulf Coast you should look into it. I am excited as my DVD is to arrive this week. And, I was there! The reason I bring this up is I revisited this site a month and a half later and this is what I found (see attached pic). I was literally sick to my stomach when I saw this. I told Jim this is why his work is so important to at least preserve some of these plant on tape for others to see.
This was one of the better bogs, you can see from Brooks' photo how impressive the fall pitchers look compared to Spring/Summer pitchers of the same bog from my trip last year:
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