S. oreophila 'purple Throat' MK 012
May 7, 2014 17:39:29 GMT -5
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Post by meizzwang on May 7, 2014 17:39:29 GMT -5
Here's another neat purple-throated clone from Mike King's collection. Looks like he has quite a few different ones, and these are just great plants! Very little if any breeding has been done with these clones, so hopefully, once these get into circulation, we'll see some exciting hybrids from them.
S. oreophila is a rather underappreciated plant, probably because it's so highly restricted in trade, almost extinct in the wild and therefore very few clones exist in cultivation, and just plain dull in the spring time. I've had a few clones for more than a decade that didn't look like anything for the longest time, and then after repotting them and babying them, they turned out to be quite spectacular (ie. S. oreophila var. ornata 'Sand Mountain clone B: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/322/oreophila-sand-mtn-clone-update
). Much like S. leucophylla, S. oreophila has their best show in the late summer and early fall, when the pitchers turn heavily veined and amazingly colorful. They usually go dormant during the summertime and produce phyllodia, but occasionally, they'll produce a pitcher or two, even while "dormant." It's these new summer pitchers that tend to have the most color and deep veination. Spring pitchers, as they age, tend to color up as well.
Anyhow, I digress! The nice thing about some of these purple throat clones is that it appears even brand new spring pitchers can produce red pigments in the throat! I can only imagine how intense the color will get as the pitcher ages.
So here's S. oreophila 'purple throat' (MK 012), photos taken 4/5/14:
I think I snapped the flower off on purpose, can't remember why though. Might have been damaged before it could fully flower:
If you look in the background, some of the pitchers don't have any color in the throat. I think this color develops as the pitcher ages:
S. oreophila is a rather underappreciated plant, probably because it's so highly restricted in trade, almost extinct in the wild and therefore very few clones exist in cultivation, and just plain dull in the spring time. I've had a few clones for more than a decade that didn't look like anything for the longest time, and then after repotting them and babying them, they turned out to be quite spectacular (ie. S. oreophila var. ornata 'Sand Mountain clone B: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/322/oreophila-sand-mtn-clone-update
). Much like S. leucophylla, S. oreophila has their best show in the late summer and early fall, when the pitchers turn heavily veined and amazingly colorful. They usually go dormant during the summertime and produce phyllodia, but occasionally, they'll produce a pitcher or two, even while "dormant." It's these new summer pitchers that tend to have the most color and deep veination. Spring pitchers, as they age, tend to color up as well.
Anyhow, I digress! The nice thing about some of these purple throat clones is that it appears even brand new spring pitchers can produce red pigments in the throat! I can only imagine how intense the color will get as the pitcher ages.
So here's S. oreophila 'purple throat' (MK 012), photos taken 4/5/14:
I think I snapped the flower off on purpose, can't remember why though. Might have been damaged before it could fully flower:
If you look in the background, some of the pitchers don't have any color in the throat. I think this color develops as the pitcher ages: