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Awaiting Mike's review. This entry was AI-extracted from forum posts. Treat specifics as a working draft until reviewed.

sarracenia flava var. ornata

Sarracenia flava var. ornata 'black veins' Clone E Bulloch Co, GA

Bulloch Co, GA

First described
2013
Type
single clone from population

Origin

Selected individual from the Bulloch Co, GA black-veins ornata population (parent population entry: black-veins-bulloch-ga). Notable for being the heaviest-veined and slowest-growing of the batch.

History

  • 2013-04-21 — Mike's introduction; first year of solid pitcher production after 16 years of slow growth. "16 years!" of waiting before this clone showed its potential.
  • 2013-04-22 — additional 2-pitcher closeups
  • 2014-03-30 — phenotype-variation update; same clone, visibly different expression year over year

Standout traits

  • Heaviest veining in the Bulloch black-veins batch
  • Red-veined when fresh, black-veined with age
  • Patience-rewarded clone (16-year juvenile period in Mike's grow)
  • Body could potentially turn black in greenhouse [VERIFY] — unconfirmed under outdoor conditions

Cultivation notes

Mike's outdoor Northern California conditions did not produce the black-body expression. Possibly greenhouse-only.

Standout traits

  • One of the most heavily-veined individuals in the Bulloch Co black-veins batch
  • Veins are red on freshly-opened pitchers, then turn black with age
  • EXTREMELY slow growing — 16 years before the first solid pitchers (Mike, post #1, 2013); 2013 was the first year Mike saw it 'in its fullest glory' with incredibly dense veins
  • Phenotype variation year-to-year and environment-dependent (Mike, post #8, 2014: 2014 expression visibly different from 2013)

Cultivation

Slow grower with substantial juvenile period (16+ years before good pitcher production in Mike's grow). Mike speculates the slow growth may have been compounded by long-term neglect — the plant responded vigorously after attention.

Possible greenhouse-only expression: Mike speculates the body could also turn black under greenhouse conditions, but he doesn't see this expression outdoors in Northern California.

Photos (3)

Clone E — 2014-03-30, demonstrating year-to-year phenotype variation— Mike Wang
Clone E — 2014-03-30— Mike Wang
Clone E — 2014-03-30— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's accession-letter label. "Clone E" within the Bulloch black- veins lineage. Mike notes (post #1, 2013-04-21) that Clone E "in particular has always been so slow to grow and has not produced decent pitchers for 16 years!"