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sarracenia purpurea var. montana

Sarracenia purpurea var. montana Transylvania Co, NC — population (winter color, 2012)

Transylvania Co, NC

First described
2012
Type
population multiple clones multi year documentation

Population overview

Mike's Transylvania Co, NC montana population — multiple wild-source clones documented across multiple seasons (2011 through 2020). The 2012-01-13 winter post is the headline document: unusually sunny days + cool nights produced unprecedented color expression. One notable clone has a hood that curves into a "little hat" shape, reminiscent of the S. rosea mutant 'smurf.'

Cluster relationships

Multiple individual Transylvania Co, NC montana clones are documented separately in the wiki:

  • C0717 — 'AAxA select' Transylvania Co, NC.
  • C0692 — 'best clone' Transylvania Co, NC (this session earlier).
  • Earlier session entries — montana clone D and clone B Transylvania.

This entry covers the population-level documentation that ties those individual entries together.

Standout traits

  • Population-level color diversity — every clone slightly different.
  • Strong dark-vein expression under sunny days + mid-30s F nights — Mike: 'I've never seen these plants with so much color.'
  • One clone in the photos has a hood that 'curves in and forms a little hat' — reminiscent of *S. rosea* mutant 'smurf.'
  • F1 outcross seedlings (post #8, 2020) — community-pot grown out, exhibits pronounced bulbous trap shape under unrestricted full sun (Mike's 2020 'Bulbophyllum ROUNDII' joke shot).
  • Heat-stress can trigger late-summer flowering.

Cultivation

Mike's NorCal climate documentation:

  • Winter 2012: sunny days (60s F) + cool nights (mid-low 30s F) drove unprecedented color expression across the population.
  • 2020 community pots: F1 outcross seedlings, neglected for years in 'thick forest' shading, then given full sun → strong bulbous-trap-shape expression.
  • Late-summer flowering: heat-stress-triggered. Flowers don't have time to produce seeds at that point.

Photos (15)

Transylvania montana — winter color, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
Transylvania montana — dark veins, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
Transylvania montana, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
Hood-curves-in 'little hat' clone, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
Transylvania montana, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
Transylvania montana, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
Transylvania montana, 2012-01-13.— Mike Wang
F1 outcross — two mother plants, 2020-04-20.— Mike Wang
F1 — Bulbophyllum ROUNDII bulbous trap, 2020-09-15.— Mike Wang
F1 — naturally-developing bulbous shape (no ball inside), 2020-09-15.— Mike Wang
Earliest archive photo — Transylvania montana, 2011-06-18 (posted 2023).— Mike Wang
Transylvania population, 2012-05-10 (thread 213).— Mike Wang
Transylvania population, 2012-05-10 (thread 213).— Mike Wang
Transylvania population, 2012-05-10 (thread 213).— Mike Wang
Transylvania population, 2012-05-10 (thread 213).— Mike Wang

Naming

Locality designation only — no individual cultivar names. Documents the population's response to a sunny + cool-night winter in NorCal that brought out unprecedented coloration.