Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea Oakland Co, MI (re-established from F1 backup seed)

Origin

Two genetically distinct clones from Oakland County, Michigan ssp. purpurea wild population. Mike held both individuals as of 2012; specific wild site / collector not stated.

A loss-and-recovery sequence: both mother plants were subsequently lost (date unspecified). Mike had crossed the two clones before the loss and stored backup seed; ~8 years later, two seeds germinated (2022). Those two F1 plants are now the recovery stock.

History

Pre-2012: Mike acquires both clones.
2012-09-10 (post #1): first forum documentation, with observation that ssp. purpurea genetic diversity is narrower than e.g. leucophylla per recent studies.
~2014 [VERIFY]: cross-and-store seed backup made. (Mike's 2022 post says 8 years since the cross.)
Subsequent (date unspecified): both mother plants die.
2022-08: 2 of the backup seeds germinate; recovery underway.

Standout traits

Upright growth habit — atypical for ssp. purpurea.
Two distinct clones in original collection — visible phenotypic variation in 2012 photos.

Cultivation notes

[MISSING] for the focal clones. The history demonstrates the value of seed backup even for "non-rare" species — single-clone storage cost Mike both mothers, but the cross-store strategy saved the genes.

Photos

8 Mike-Wang photos: 5 from 2012 documenting the two original clones, 3 from 2022 showing the F1 recovery seedlings.

Cultivation

[MISSING] — no specific cultivation advice in the thread; standard ssp. purpurea care implied.

Conservation note: Mike's loss-then-recovery sequence is a practical example of why seed-backup matters even for non-endangered species. The cross-then-store strategy preserved the lineage when both mother plants died; a single-clone strategy would have lost the line.

Photos (8)