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sarracenia oreophila var. ornata

Sarracenia oreophila var. ornata 'Sand Mountain' MK07

AL

Breeder
Mike King (UK lineage source)
First described
2016
Type
single clone named grower source
Cultivar
'Sand Mountain'

Mike King-source Sand Mountain ornate oreo. Coppery-red lid spring traps — rare for outdoor NorCal oreo. Year-after-year reliable performer.

Standout traits

  • **Coppery-red lid spring traps** — among the only oreos producing such color in spring (calen, post #2, 2016)
  • Phenotypic year-to-year variability — cold sunny weather drives best spring color (Mike, post #6, 2018)
  • **Mixed-light expression on same trap** (Mike, post #6, 2018): 'one trap where half the trap is reddish, and the other half is green' from one-side-shaded growth
  • Late summer/early fall trap color is exceptional
  • Year-after-year reliable performer (Mike, post #15, 2024)

Cultivation

  • Outdoor Northern California; full sun.
  • Cold sunny spring → best color expression.
  • ESA distribution restriction — Mike's group-order import 2016 era; importing endangered plants legal but cumbersome; Mike post #1, 2016 framing: ESA laws create artificially-high demand inadvertently risking wild populations.

Photos (35)

MK07 first colorful spring, 2016-04-12— Mike Wang
MK07, 2016-04-12— Mike Wang
MK07 — coppery beauty, 2016-04-12— Mike Wang
MK07, 2016-04-12— Mike Wang
MK07, 2016-04-12— Mike Wang
MK07, 2017-04-19— Mike Wang
MK07, 2017-04-19— Mike Wang
MK07, 2017-04-19— Mike Wang
MK07 late summer, 2017-07-30— Mike Wang
MK07 late summer, 2017-07-30— Mike Wang
MK07 — colorful spring traps, 2018-03-13— Mike Wang
MK07, 2018-03-13— Mike Wang
half-sun half-shade trap — split coloration, 2018-03-13— Mike Wang
MK07, 2018-04-09— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-04-24— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-04-24— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-06-21— Mike Wang
fall trap with crazy veins, 2021-09-09— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-09-09— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-09-09— Mike Wang
MK07, 2021-09-09— Mike Wang
MK07, 2023-05-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2023-05-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2023-05-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2023-05-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2023-05-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2024-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2024-04— Mike Wang
MK07, 2025-04-22— Mike Wang
MK07, 2025-04-22— Mike Wang
MK07 sticks out, 2025-04-22— Mike Wang
MK07, 2025-04-22— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike King's accession-letter MK07. Sand Mountain population locality.