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sarracenia flava var. ornata

Sarracenia flava var. ornata Cook's Bayou, Bay Co, FL

Bay Co, FL

First described
2015
Type
single clone conservation relevant extirpated area

A standout Mike-cultivation ornata from a Bay Co area now mostly destroyed for housing/pine plantations. Distinctive upward-folding lid with great symmetry — Mike's only documented match is the Liberty Co triangular-lid rubricorpora.

Standout traits

  • **Lid folds upwards with great symmetry** (Mike, post #1, 2015) — distinctive trait Mike hadn't seen on other flavas; closest visual analog is the Liberty Co triangular-lid rubricorpora
  • Standout from the crowd — Mike (post #1): 'really stands out from the crowd'
  • **Conservation-relevant** — Cook's Bayou area is being lost to development; population near extinction
  • Multi-year improvement in cultivation — Mike (post #4, 2021): 'It just keeps getting better and better looking as the years progress' — looks 'EPIC' in 2021
  • Reliable cultivation performer — Mike has documented strong spring + summer pitchers across multiple years (2015, 2018, 2020, 2021)

Cultivation

  • Outdoor Northern California.
  • Standard ornata cultivation; performs reliably.
  • Mike's almightydolla joke (post #4, 2021): 'you still think ornatas are bull-lone-ey?' — implies ornata as a varietal designation has been disputed but this clone is a strong example of the variety's legitimacy.

Photos (11)

Cook's Bayou ornata — distinctive upward-folding lid, 2015-05-13— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2015-05-13— Mike Wang
stands out from the crowd; rugeliis background, 2015-05-13— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2015-05-13— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2020-05-26— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2020-05-26— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2020-05-26— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2020-05-26— Mike Wang
EPIC year, 2021-06-07— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2021-06-07— Mike Wang
Cook's Bayou ornata, 2021-06-07— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's locality designation. Cook's Bayou ornata phenotype distinct from Bay Co rubricorpora (genetically may be similar but morphologically different per Mike post #1, 2015).