- Collector
- Bob Hanrahan (collected from his Southern Baldwin Co AL property)
- First described
- 2012
- Type
- single clone locality historical
Origin
Bob Hanrahan property, Southern Baldwin Co, AL — same population as Mike's Clone B (C0140) and other lettered-series clones from the Hanrahan property.
Mike has held this clone for 10+ years as of 2012, placing acquisition at ~2002 or earlier.
History
- ~2002 [VERIFY]: Mike acquires.
- 2012-10-04 (post #1): first forum documentation.
- 2013-09-27 (calen, post #5): heat-responsiveness documented; iris-like summer dormancy followed by fall pitcher explosion.
- 2014-10: Calen's continued grow updates.
Standout traits
- Up to 1 m tall in good years.
- Red lip characteristic.
- Heat-responsive — fast pitcher growth in 90-100°F.
- Iris-like summer dormancy then fall explosion (calen).
- Heavy-divider — high distribution potential.
Cultivation notes
Don't write off the clone in summer if it shows no spring traps — calen confirms the iris-look-then-fall-explosion pattern. Heat is welcomed and accelerates pitcher growth.
Photos
6 Mike-Wang photos from October 2012.
Standout traits
- Up to 1 m tall in good years (Mike, post #1, 2012)
- Consistently shapely pitchers
- Red 'lip' phenotype on the trap rim
- Heavy-divider — Mike has 3/4 of a tub of just this clone after 10+ years
- Heat-responsive: calen (post #5, 2013): 'these plants respond really well to heat — we had four days of 90-100 degree temps here a couple weeks ago and you could practically watch the pitchers grow'
- Solid 'chunk factor' pitchers (calen, 2013) — heavy-bodied
Cultivation
Heat-responsive — performs better with hot summer days than cooler climates. calen (2013) reports rapid pitcher growth during 90-100°F heat snaps in his climate.
Iris-like dormancy phase: calen (post #5, 2013) reports the rhizome can sit through summer with NO spring pitchers (looking "more like an iris plant than a Sarracenia") and then explode into fall pitchers. Don't write off after a quiet spring.
Mike (post #1, 2012): produces an abundance of divisions over time — the clone is generous for distribution.
Photos (6)
Naming
Mike's working label "Alabama" — locality designation. Not a registered cultivar. Per the cultivar-group caveats in the synthesis recipe, "Alabama" is an informal Mike label that may collide with other "Alabama" leucophyllas in cultivation.