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sarracenia flava

Sarracenia flava 'red throat' Sussex Co, VA — the HOLY GRAIL!

Sussex Co, VA

First described
2021

The best red-throated VA flava Mike has seen — perfectly circular mouth, red-lined lip, Waccamaw-class vigor. Not in circulation per Mike's 2021 statement. Phenotype stable NY↔NorCal. ~26 photos: ~24 Mike + 2 Luca Leeser.

Standout traits

  • Best red-throated VA flava Mike has ever seen
  • Perfectly circular mouth (replantation, 2021)
  • Red lining around the lip
  • Vigorous (atypical for top-quality color forms — 'Waccamaw-class')
  • Late-flush traps in some seasons (similar pattern to Bulloch Co black-veined flavas)
  • Phenotypically stable: Luca Leeser's NY-grown clone matches Mike's NorCal clone closely

Cultivation

  • Phenotype stable across geographies (NY + NorCal both show similar expression).
  • Mike (2024) considering hoarding divisions to allow the mother plant to size up — divisions slow the maturation.

Photos (27)

Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-05-12— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-05— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-05— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-05 — red-lined lip— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-05— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-08-17 — late flush— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-08-17— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-08-17— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-08-17— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-08-17— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-10-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-10-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2022-10-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2023-05-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2023-05-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2023-05-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2023-05-11— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2024-02-07— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2024-02-07— Mike Wang
Luca Leeser's outdoor-NY clone, 2024-05— Luca Leeser
Luca Leeser's outdoor-NY clone, 2024-05— Luca Leeser
Sussex Holy Grail, 2024-05 — Mike NorCal— Mike Wang
Sussex Holy Grail, 2024-05 — peculiar red on trap front— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's working label — 'Holy Grail' for the absolute best red-throated VA flava Mike has seen. Could be classified as ornata or rugelii but Mike avoids the unstable nomenclature.