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sarracenia oreophila var. ornata

Sarracenia oreophila var. ornata 'purple throat' (UCB × MK017) 'select clone'

Breeder
Mike Wang
First described
2015
Type
single clone named from mike breeding line
Cultivar
'purple throat'

Mike-bred F1 from UCB (vigorous + late-coloring) × MK017 (small + early-purple-throat). Best-of-both-parents result: vigorous + shapely

  • early-summer solid red throats + heavily veined. Among the only oreophilas in cultivation that produces intense outdoor color in spring/summer (calen 2016 assessment).

Standout traits

  • **Best-of-both-parents result** — vigorous + shapely (UCB inheritance) + solid red throats early in summer (MK017 inheritance)
  • Heavily veined — exceeds either parent (Mike, post #1, 2015)
  • Ornate body that gets ornater with age
  • **Capable of producing late summer/early fall traps when most oreophilas are dormant** (Mike, post #54, 2020) — a desirable breeding trait Mike wants to lock in
  • Reproducibility: calen (post #24, 2016): 'one of the only oreophilas in cultivation that will produce such intense colors under outdoor conditions, with the traps requiring only about 2 weeks after opening to reach full coloration. Even better, all traps seem to color like this, not just fall pitchers'
  • Multiple sibling clones from same batch worth tracking — Mike documents at least 3 standouts (post #28, 2016; post #33, 2016; post #37, 2017)
  • Vigorous offshoot production
  • Phenotypic variance — sometimes a trap opens green and stays green even when surrounding traps are purple (Mike, post #19, 2015)

Cultivation

  • Outdoor Northern California (Mike) + various distributed growers (calen, clue, others).
  • Light penetration may trigger fall traps (calen, post #44, 2017): Mike's clone produces fall traps in spots with light penetration to growth point.
  • Don't write off off-color traps (Mike, post #19, 2015): even proven clones occasionally produce off-color traps.
  • Greenhouse vs outdoor: clue (post #55, 2021) achieved 'never ever seen such rich purple in S. oreophila outdoors before July or August' with this clone in 2021.
  • Distribution chain: Mike → calen, clue, boarderlib, others.

Photos (79)

select clone — initial trap series, 2015-06-02— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-06-02— Mike Wang
backlit, 2015-06-02— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-06-02— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-06-02— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-06-17— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-06-17— Mike Wang
extended-show late summer/early fall traps, 2015-08-09— Mike Wang
select clone — old summer traps dying off, 2015-08-09— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-08-09— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-08-09— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-08-09— Mike Wang
still pitchering 8/24, 2015-08-24— Mike Wang
select clone, 2015-08-24— Mike Wang
phenotypic-variance off-color trap, 2015-09-03— Mike Wang
off-color trap, 2015-09-03— Mike Wang
late-Nov traps, 2015-11-08— Mike Wang
GOSH! 2015-11-08— Mike Wang
select clone, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
select clone, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
select clone, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
sibling with crazy ornate body, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
sibling crazy ornate, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
sibling crazy ornate, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
MK017 parent for comparison, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
MK017 parent, 2016-07-29— Mike Wang
sibling that nobody wanted earlier, 2016-08-15— Mike Wang
Mike's nobody-wanted sibling, 2016-08-15— Mike Wang
ok-laaaa veins, 2016-08-15— Mike Wang
sibling, 2016-08-15— Mike Wang
sibling, 2016-08-15— Mike Wang
select clone — early-season pre-purple, 2017-04-13— Mike Wang
golden-reddish-body sibling — premature spring trap, 2017-04-13— Mike Wang
select clone, 2017-08-11— Mike Wang
select clone, 2017-08-11— Mike Wang
select clone, 2017-08-11— Mike Wang
select clone, 2017-08-11— Mike Wang
veins detail, 2017-08-11— Mike Wang
select clone, 2017-08-29— Mike Wang
select clone (grainy), 2018-07-23— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-07-23— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-07-23— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-07-31 — Ellie quote!— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-07-31— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-07-31— Mike Wang
late-summer/early-fall trap production, 2018-08-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-08-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-08-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2018-08-27— Mike Wang
Holy Cannoli! aged fall traps, 2018-09-30— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2018-09-30— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2018-09-30— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2018-09-30— Mike Wang
spring traps still developing, 2019-05-23— Mike Wang
spring traps, 2019-05-23— Mike Wang
spring traps, 2019-05-23— Mike Wang
spring traps, 2019-05-23— Mike Wang
spring traps, 2019-05-23— Mike Wang
select clone, 2019-06-12— Mike Wang
select clone, 2019-06-12— Mike Wang
Bob Jesus reference, 2019-06-12— Mike Wang
extreme-late season traps, 2019-11-07— Mike Wang
late-season trap, 2019-11-07— Mike Wang
late-season, 2019-11-07— Mike Wang
exterior veins detail, 2019-11-07— Mike Wang
late-season, 2019-11-07— Mike Wang
late-season, 2019-11-07— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2021-10-11— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2021-10-11— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2021-10-11— Mike Wang
fall traps, 2021-10-11— Mike Wang
mid-summer traps, 2022-07-18— Mike Wang
select clone, 2022-07-19— Mike Wang
select clone, 2022-07-19— Mike Wang
select clone, 2023-06-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2023-06-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2023-06-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2023-06-27— Mike Wang
select clone, 2023-06-27— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike's working label. UCB × MK017 'select clone' = the standout individual from a multi-clone seed batch (6-7 with solid red throats out of the batch per Mike, post #3, 2015). audacityofthemind914 (post #23) suggested the cultivar name 'Gothica'; not adopted. calen analogy (post #2): 'oreo Don Schnell brought back from the dead.'