Post by Clue on Jun 14, 2021 0:00:57 GMT -5
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'Sorrow' is a rare cultivar registered back in 2003. Supposedly it's S. purpurea subsp. purpurea but it would not surprise me if it's a hybrid since the pitcher body is a little more elongated and upright than you'd expect. There is a similar or identical plant called "Tina" from Triffid Park in Australia that's making the rounds; no one knows if it's the same plant, but in recent years some less scrupulous sellers have sold "Tina" as 'Sorrow'. There's a thread on CPUK that's worth a read: www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?/topic/33844-s-purpurea-tina/
Anyways, here's the real deal 'Sorrow':
June and August 2019 - Developing and recently opened pitchers often have a tinge of orange, which fades as the pitcher hardens. The almost white level of pale green is pretty unique, it reminds me of some very pale S. rosea f. luteola. I don't think I've ever seen colors like that from any other S. purpurea subsp. purpurea.
March 2020 - Like my other veinless S. purpurea subsp. purpurea, last year's pitchers get quite red over dormancy.
April 2021 - I didn't take any pictures of 'Sorrow' through the 2020 growing season since I assumed the pitchers would be in really good shape over dormancy. Obviously that wasn't the case this year, but I was very surprised how big the plant got! It seems that as it gets larger, the pitchers actually do grow considerably lower to the ground. The flower was on pace with my S. rosea and considerably earlier than any S. purpurea subsp. purpurea I grow; the petals and style are pretty messed up, but that happened to quite a lot of my early flowers this year and I attribute it to some late 2020 heat waves right before dormancy. I'm surprised at how colorful the petals are since in the cultivar photo they're basically white, but I'll give it several more years to see if that's typical outdoors here in the SF Bay Area.
June 2021 - showing the crosses well.
'Sorrow' is a rare cultivar registered back in 2003. Supposedly it's S. purpurea subsp. purpurea but it would not surprise me if it's a hybrid since the pitcher body is a little more elongated and upright than you'd expect. There is a similar or identical plant called "Tina" from Triffid Park in Australia that's making the rounds; no one knows if it's the same plant, but in recent years some less scrupulous sellers have sold "Tina" as 'Sorrow'. There's a thread on CPUK that's worth a read: www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?/topic/33844-s-purpurea-tina/
Anyways, here's the real deal 'Sorrow':
June and August 2019 - Developing and recently opened pitchers often have a tinge of orange, which fades as the pitcher hardens. The almost white level of pale green is pretty unique, it reminds me of some very pale S. rosea f. luteola. I don't think I've ever seen colors like that from any other S. purpurea subsp. purpurea.
March 2020 - Like my other veinless S. purpurea subsp. purpurea, last year's pitchers get quite red over dormancy.
April 2021 - I didn't take any pictures of 'Sorrow' through the 2020 growing season since I assumed the pitchers would be in really good shape over dormancy. Obviously that wasn't the case this year, but I was very surprised how big the plant got! It seems that as it gets larger, the pitchers actually do grow considerably lower to the ground. The flower was on pace with my S. rosea and considerably earlier than any S. purpurea subsp. purpurea I grow; the petals and style are pretty messed up, but that happened to quite a lot of my early flowers this year and I attribute it to some late 2020 heat waves right before dormancy. I'm surprised at how colorful the petals are since in the cultivar photo they're basically white, but I'll give it several more years to see if that's typical outdoors here in the SF Bay Area.
June 2021 - showing the crosses well.