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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. rubricorpora

Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora 'triangular lid' Liberty Co, FL

Liberty Co, FL

First described
2014

A Liberty Co, FL rubricorpora with a strikingly unusual triangular / tipi-shaped lid — used by Mike as a data point in his working hypothesis that S. flava var. rubricorpora historically arose via introgression with S. x naczii (rosea × flava). Documented in a single 2014 thread, with rich taxonomic discussion in the replies but no Mike-photo updates after the initial post.

Origin

Wild-origin S. flava var. rubricorpora from Liberty County, FL. Original collector and date are [MISSING]. Mike had the clone in cultivation by mid-2014.

History

  • Pre-2014: Mike acquires the clone.
  • 2014-05-31 (post 1): First forum documentation. Mike lays out his hypothesis that the clone may represent a back-cross with S. x naczii (rosea × flava), possibly capturing an extreme end of the introgressive history he posits for rubricorpora as a whole.
  • 2014-06-04 onwards: Forum taxonomic discussion ranging across Sarracenia origins, the lumper-vs-splitter debate, and DNA studies (CPN v44n2). No further Mike-photo updates.
  • 2017-03-25 (post 11): Forum member audacityofthemind914 references S. 'Laughing Wizard' as a similar-lidded cultivar.

Standout traits

  • Triangular / tipi-shaped lid — the defining feature. Highly unusual for S. flava.
  • Red body, yellow lid — typical rubricorpora coloration in the body / pitcher tube.
  • Possibly an extreme expression of historical naczii / catesbaei introgression in rubricorpora's ancestry (Mike's hypothesis).

Cultivation notes

Standard rubricorpora care.

Photos

See gallery below — 4 Mike-photos, all from 2014-05-31.

Standout traits

  • Distinctive triangular / tipi-shaped lid — Mike: 'really strange looking'
  • Standard rubricorpora red body / yellow lid coloration
  • Comparable in lid shape to Sarracenia 'Laughing Wizard' (forum cross-reference, post 11)
  • Mike sees lid-fold parallels to S. montana — possibly suggesting a deeper introgressive history
  • Possibly a back-cross expression with S. x naczii (rosea × flava) historically — Mike's working hypothesis (post 1)
  • A useful data point for Mike's broader hypothesis that rubricorpora arose via S. x catesbaei / S. x naczii introgression with flava (testable but not currently tested)

Cultivation

No clone-specific cultivation notes posted. Standard S. flava var. rubricorpora care.

Photos (4)

Triangular lid rubricorpora, 2014-05-31 — first forum documentation— Mike Wang
Triangular lid rubricorpora, 2014-05-31 — clear view of the lid shape— Mike Wang
Triangular lid rubricorpora, 2014-05-31— Mike Wang
Triangular lid rubricorpora, 2014-05-31— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's descriptive label for the clone's distinctive triangular lid shape — Mike (post 1, 2014-06-04): "Now here's a really strange looking clone with a unique triangular shaped lid!" Forum reaction (rmeyer, post 4): "S. flava var. rubricorpora 'TeePee'." Mike speculates the clone may be a "freak-chance backcross with S. x naczii" or an extreme expression of the catesbaei-introgressive history he hypothesizes for rubricorpora generally.