- First described
- 2025
- Type
- single clone locality edge form
Origin
A rubricorpora-like clone from a Walton Co, FL site dominated by ornatas + rugeliis. A minority of plants at this site show solid red body + yellow top — Mike calls these "watered down rubricorporas" or "rubricorporas in the process of evolving into something else." The form classification is genuinely ambiguous; Mike calls it a rubricorpora "for now" but notes the ornata genes are visible "under the skin."
Most original Walton Co sites are long gone, so any evolutionary trajectory these in-between forms were on won't complete in the wild.
Standout traits
- Edge-form rubricorpora — fits the visible classification but carries ornata genetic background.
- Color expression varies strongly with shading; full-sun plants show the form much more clearly than partially-shaded ones.
Standout traits
- Edge-form rubricorpora — solid red body, yellow top, but with ornata-like genetic background visible 'under the skin' (Mike's phrasing).
- Mike's view: doesn't neatly fit any one form-category.
- Color expression varies with shading from neighboring traps — partially shaded mother plant doesn't color all the way.
- From a Walton Co site dominated by ornatas + rugeliis with a minority rubricorpora-like edge form.
Cultivation
Phenotypic plasticity is high. The mother plant under partial shade from neighboring traps doesn't color up completely; same plant in full sun shows the rubricorpora-like solid red body fully.
Mike's note on the population trajectory: most original Walton Co sites are gone, so any evolutionary path these "in-between" plants were on won't continue in nature. Cultivation preservation matters.
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Naming
Locality designation only — no cultivar name. Mike's caveat: "I guess this is technically a rubricorpora due to the solid red body and yellow top? I dunno, it's for sure mixed in with some ornata."