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sarracenia leucophylla var. alba

Sarracenia leucophylla var. alba 'green and white' Baldwin Co, AL (W.B)

Baldwin Co, AL

First described
2013

A Baldwin Co, AL alba S. leucophylla — capable of bright white expression but with strong green retention in the body. Mike's fall 2013 photos document the clone whitening visibly over a 19-day window. Documented 2013 and 2015.

Origin

Wild-origin S. leucophylla var. alba from Baldwin County, AL. The thread-title parenthetical '(W.B)' is likely a collector or breeder initial; Mike does not expand it.

Original collection details, the meaning of '(W.B)', and Mike's acquisition year are all [MISSING].

History

  • Pre-2013: Mike acquires the clone.
  • 2013-10-06 (post 1): First fall-trap documentation. Mike flags the clone as having alba-white potential.
  • 2013-10-25 (post 1): Same fall traps now visibly whiter — Mike uses the 19-day comparison to demonstrate that fresh traps underrepresent the clone's potential.
  • 2013-11-04 (post 4): kiwiearl notes the strikingly dark red ala (wing/keel) as a signature element.
  • 2015-10-10 (post 5): Update — bigger traps, slightly less white than the 2013 peak. Year-to-year variability documented.

Standout traits

  • Bright-white potential with strong green-body retention.
  • Dark red ala as a defining contrast feature.
  • Documented progressive whitening of individual traps over weeks.
  • Reluctant to go fully solid white under Mike's conditions.

Cultivation notes

Wait for color to develop. Year-to-year variability is normal. Standard alba leucophylla care.

Photos

See gallery below — 11 Mike-photos from 2013 and 2015.

Standout traits

  • Trap aesthetic resembles Hurricane Creek White — bright white with green retention
  • Strongly dark red ala (the wing/keel running down the pitcher) — kiwiearl, post 4, 2013-11-04: 'I really like the strongly dark red ala on this plant. A great contrast to the rest of the pitcher.'
  • Capable of getting dramatically whiter as traps age — Mike documented the 2013 traps continuing to whiten over a 19-day period (Oct 6 → Oct 25)
  • Tough to entice to solid white under Mike's conditions — needs ideal environment for full expression
  • By 2015 it was producing 'really big traps' though slightly less white than the 2013 peak
  • Phenotypic variability — same plant in different years can have varying white-vs-green balance

Cultivation

  • Patience for color development. Mike's documented 19-day progression from green-tinted to brighter white shows that fresh traps don't reflect the clone's full color potential.
  • Year-to-year variability — 2013 traps were whiter than 2015 traps under nominally similar care. Don't draw clone- identity conclusions from a single year.
  • Standard alba leucophylla culture otherwise.

Photos (11)

Green and white, 2013-10-06 — fresh traps, just opened— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2013-10-06— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2013-10-06— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2013-10-06— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2013-10-25 — same exact traps as the 2013-10-06 photos, now visibly whiter— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2013-10-25— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2013-10-25— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2015-10-10 — 'really big traps, but it's not as white as it was a while back'— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2015-10-10— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2015-10-10— Mike Wang
Green and white, 2015-10-10— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's descriptive label — green and white. The traps display the alba phenotype (white expression) but with green retained in the body. Mike (post 1, 2013-10-31): "I suspect [it] is tough to entice to turn solid white" — the clone has potential to go fully white but doesn't easily reach that state under his conditions. Mike compares the look to Hurricane Creek White (HCW).