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sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis

VARIEGATED Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis (LOST in 2024)

Breeder
Mike Wang
First described
2020

A historic plant — first surviving variegated Sarracenia seedling Mike documented after sowing 100,000+ seeds in his lifetime. Variegation localized to one side of the rhizome ('white line' hypothesis); a stable variegated side shoot emerged in 2020 producing consistent variegated growth. Lost in cultivation by 2024 per Mike's confirmation. 12 Mike photos (2020). Historical / conservation-significant entry.

Standout traits

  • Variegated mutation — extremely rare in Sarracenia
  • Sunburn-prone (less photosynthetic surface)
  • Slow-growing
  • Initial mother plant produced mostly normal traps; one stable side shoot produced consistently variegated growth
  • Mike's 2020 hypothesis (post 44013): mutation localized to one side of the rhizome ('white line') — leaves whose petiole emerges on that line produce variegated growth, off-line ones do not

Cultivation

  • STATUS: LOST. Mike (post 50745, 2024-06-25): 'Unfortunately, I lost ALL of my variegated Sarracenia.'
  • hcarlton (post 43430, 2020-05-21) clarification: variegated = chimera of normal and abnormal pigmentation; pure-white = achlorophyllic. This plant was variegated.
  • Mike's pH-induced reversal hypothesis (banana-style) discussed but later thrown out in favor of localized-mutation explanation.
  • Variegation traits are notoriously unstable: faster-growing green tissue tends to overtake white tissue.

Photos (12)

VARIEGATED minor okee giant, 2020-05-17 — first photos— Mike Wang
VARIEGATED minor okee giant, 2020-05-17— Mike Wang
VARIEGATED minor okee giant, 2020-05-17— Mike Wang
Fully variegated side shoot, 2020-07-17— Mike Wang
Partially variegated leaf on main mother plant, 2020-07-17— Mike Wang
Mother plant, 2020-07-17— Mike Wang
Mother plant, 2020-07-17— Mike Wang
Mother plant, 2020-07-17— Mike Wang
Mother plant, 2020-11-14— Mike Wang
Mother plant, 2020-11-14— Mike Wang
Side shoots — only one variegated, 2020-11-14— Mike Wang
Stable variegated side shoot, 2020-11-14— Mike Wang

Naming

Variegated minor var. okefenokeensis (giant) seedling — first surviving variegated Sarracenia seedling Mike has documented. Mike's 2020 expectation: registration as a cultivar if the trait stabilized.