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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 leucophylla

Sarracenia leucophylla 'standard Wilkerson's bog' Walton Co, FL

Walton Co, FL

First described
2014
Type
single clone from locality conservation relic

A Mike-acquired "average" leucophylla from one of the Wilkerson bogs — intentionally not a famous selection. Conservation-by-cultivation example: Mike's framing is that even unremarkable plants from historically-productive sites are worth preserving because the source bog could be destroyed.

Standout traits

  • Mike (post #1, 2014): looks similar to Okaloosa Co populations 'but there's something unique about it that I can't quite pinpoint that makes it have that Wilkerson bog look'
  • Wider throat than typical leucos (wireman, post #2, 2014)
  • Not skinny (kimbruun, post #3, 2014): 'the Wilkerson look is definitely not skinny'
  • Mike: 'I don't think this plant is at its fullest potential yet' (post #1, 2014) — 2014 photos are juvenile-stage

Cultivation

  • Outdoor Northern California.
  • 2014-09-26 single-photo-set documentation; no follow-up updates.
  • Conservation framing: this is preservation-by-cultivation for an "average" plant from a productive site, in case the source bog is destroyed.

Photos (3)

standard Wilkerson's bog leuco, 2014-09-26— Mike Wang
standard Wilkerson's bog leuco, 2014-09-26— Mike Wang
standard Wilkerson's bog leuco, 2014-09-26— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's intentionally-unflashy framing — a "standard leucophylla" from the Wilkerson bogs, contrasted with the dozen-plus famous selections that have come from those same sites. The point of preservation is that "if these bogs go extinct for whatever reason... at least we have relic divisions of some of the more 'average' plants for future enthusiasts/scientists to study."