- First described
- 2013
- Type
- single clone
Origin
Liberty Co, FL — sibling within Mike's Sumatra-area lettered-clone population. Likely sibling of Clone N. Notable for late opening and extreme low-pitcher / large-pitcher pattern.
Standout traits
- Late-opening (~1 month after siblings)
- 1-2 pitchers/year, but each >2 ft tall
- Standard bright-red body
- Year-to-year lid-pattern variation
Standout traits
- Late-opening — Mike (post #1, 2013): no pitchers until end of May; ~1 month behind other rubricorporas from the same population that year
- Very low pitcher count — typically 1-2 per year, but those few are gigantic (>2 ft tall)
- Standard solid bright red body
- Distinctive lid pattern: solid red base + red veins extending to the lid 'end' — environmentally variable year-to-year (in 2011 photos no solid red base, only red veins)
- Likely sibling of Clone N — Mike: 'very similar to clone N, and perhaps they are siblings'
Cultivation
Outdoor Northern California. Multi-year phenotype variation documented (Mike, post #1, 2013): same clone produces different lid-pattern expressions in 2011 vs 2013. kiwiearl (post #3) extends the observation to multiple Liberty Co rubricorpora clones — "wide range of presentations that can change from season to season even in stable growing conditions."
Photos (2)
Naming
'Clone M' — Mike's internal letter designation.