Here’s a few pics of some of the nicer Sarracenia pitchers around in midsummer. At this time of year, the S. flava start to brown off with our hot weather here in Canberra, but a few of the more robust plants will keep looking good well into March. As you can see in the photo above, some of the plants more exposed to the spring-summer winds (annoyingly the S. flava var. atropurpurea) have been blown over. They and the leucophylla may have to swap spots next year… the lecuophylla flop everywhere anyway in Spring, and they won’t be as affected by the winds while providing a windbreak for the flava.
S. flava var. atropurpurea, Blackwater SF clone, backlit (left) and front-lit (right) to show their colour. The pitcher in the right photo is on the right in the first (left) photo.
S. x moorei ‘David Martin’ showing its magnificently veined and subtlety dappled hood.
S. flava var. cuprea, Gotcha! Plants heavy vein clone
S. flava var. cuprea ‘Ross Rowe’
S. flava var. atropurpurea ‘FRT 1-1 x Reyter’s slow clone’ (left) and S. flava var. maxima (right)
S. flava var. ornata ‘NSW Clone’ (left) re-acquired via Owen O’Neil late last year, and a S. flava var. flava clone I’m thinking of calling ‘Dragon’ (right).
And to close, a red-veined S. leucophylla spring pitcher (its not quite 2.5 cm across).
The autumn leucophylla pitchers should be up in full force in late February. Until then, its a bit of a lull time for the collection as the heat of summer passes.
