Post by meizzwang on Sept 22, 2015 13:55:26 GMT -5
Here's one of the choice clones of S. leucophylla from Eastern Alabama. Don't get me wrong, there's more winners from this population, and some may even look better: I have found another plant that has a lot of white that goes far down the petiole. Anyways, this one individual photographed below stood out last year because the traps were so darn white, and the plant grew significantly bigger than everything else under the same exact conditions. I don't think it's a leuco var. alba, but rather a very white "regular" leucophylla. Sadly, the traps got burned in a heatwave during fall of 2014, so I wasn't able to get photos of it. However, this select individual was immediately tagged as being something special.
Come spring of 2015, the clone produced an impressive set of spring pitchers, many of which were decently white but nothing compared to how white fall pitchers can get. However, by early summer, the soil was so decomposed that there was some worry about root problems, so it was transplanted into fresh media (this was around late june of this year). My fingers were crossed that there was enough time to get this thing to establish a strong enough root system in time for fall trap production, and it did!
Much like S. flava var. rubricorpora, it seems if you recently transplanted them, they may not color up right away:that seems to be the case for this clone in particular. It doesn't happen with every leucophylla clone. Hopefully next year, it'll produce some bright white traps like what was displayed last fall. For now, we'll just have to enjoy the decent show it's putting on. Perhaps due to the transplant stress, the red veins are more pronounced, who knows?
S. leucophylla Eastern Alabama, photos taken 9/22/15. In the pitcher to the very right, notice the potential for the white pigments to go pretty far down the petiole:
You can still tell this thing can get white:
Maybe the red veins isn't such a bad thing:
Come spring of 2015, the clone produced an impressive set of spring pitchers, many of which were decently white but nothing compared to how white fall pitchers can get. However, by early summer, the soil was so decomposed that there was some worry about root problems, so it was transplanted into fresh media (this was around late june of this year). My fingers were crossed that there was enough time to get this thing to establish a strong enough root system in time for fall trap production, and it did!
Much like S. flava var. rubricorpora, it seems if you recently transplanted them, they may not color up right away:that seems to be the case for this clone in particular. It doesn't happen with every leucophylla clone. Hopefully next year, it'll produce some bright white traps like what was displayed last fall. For now, we'll just have to enjoy the decent show it's putting on. Perhaps due to the transplant stress, the red veins are more pronounced, who knows?
S. leucophylla Eastern Alabama, photos taken 9/22/15. In the pitcher to the very right, notice the potential for the white pigments to go pretty far down the petiole:
You can still tell this thing can get white:
Maybe the red veins isn't such a bad thing: