sarracenia alabamensis

Sarracenia alabamensis 'Giant Lid' (ICPS AL001)

Collector: ICPS distribution (Barry Rice) — wild seed AL001
First described: 2013
Type: single clone named from ICPS distribution

ESA-listed species — Mike's wild-seed-derived plant from the ICPS distribution program (Barry Rice, AL001 accession). Distinguished by gigantic, oversized lid on medium-sized traps. Lid expression emerged after years of being overgrown.

Origin

Wild seed straight from AL via the ICPS distribution program. Mike (post #1, 2013): "no hybridization was involved." Pure species.

Standout traits

Gigantic, oversized lid on otherwise medium-sized traps (~30cm tall summer pitchers per Mike, post #12, 2014)
Lid expression is environment-dependent — earlier years produced normal-size lids; 2013 expression after rediscovery showed the giant lid
Bronze-coloured lid + body — typical alabamensis warm tone
Pure species (NOT a hybrid) — provenance from ICPS-distributed wild seed
Fall pitchers can be taller than summer (Mike, post #12, 2014)

Cultivation

Outdoor Northern California. Mike's reported summer-pitcher height: ≤30 cm.

Photos (12)

Giant Lid emerging — 2013-08-16— Mike Wang

Top-view, thumb for scale — outrageous lid— Mike Wang

Same plant, normal-sized lid — historical baseline— Mike Wang

S. rubra ancestralis Taylor Co, GA — wild site barely hanging on, ~2003 (Mike's conservation context image)— Mike Wang

Mike's preserved S. minor var. okefenokeensis Ware Co, GA — cultivation backup of extirpated wild population (kiwiearl 2014: 'one of the best photos I've seen of the species, period')— Mike Wang

Mike's preserved gulfensis radiotower-site clones (preservation context)— Mike Wang

Naming

"Giant Lid" — descriptive label for the unusually oversized lid on otherwise medium-sized traps. Mike's discovery (post #1, 2013): the plant produced gigantic lids only after years of being overgrown by surrounding plants.