Sarracenia 'blood vessels'

[Sarraceniaobsessed]

I saw this plant for sale on E-bay. Anybody have any info on it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws....6425662

 

[Ozzy]

It looks just like some of my S.purpureas. It's a nice plant but I don't see why it should be registered.

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Looks like a really pumped up S. purp venosa var. burkeii. Nice variety.

 

[BobZ]

The unregistered name is probably a marketing gimmick to get some fool to pay $15 or more plus shipping for a purpurea.

 

[D muscipula]

I agree with BobZ. It's a pretty gruesome name, though, isn't it?

 

[goldtrap2690]

check out plant delights , they have this plant for selll , i just think its a scam to get rid of old useless plants , there are also more weird names on that web site or sarrs .

 

[WayCool]

I'm sure there are plenty of "promotional names" for other CPs. Cape sundews are often called, "Octopus plant". Pings are called, "fly-paper plants".

These "eye-catcher" names are for newbies willing to pay hyped-up prices for plants they know nothing about. It's like the "pet rock" (for those old enough to remember

) buying phenomena.

There's alway a sucker around every corner

 

[brisco225]

I bet if it was placed in full sun, it would look just like all the other purpurea venosa's out there. Why? because thats all it is!

 

[Sarraceniaobsessed]

THANKS EVERYONE! That has been most helpful.

 

[FlytrapGurl]

Kinda looks like mine... freakishly pumped and heavily veined

 

[Spectabilis73]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (WayCool @ May 31 2003,10:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'm sure there are plenty of "promotional names" for other CPs. Cape sundews are often called, "Octopus plant". Pings are called, "fly-paper plants".

These "eye-catcher" names are for newbies willing to pay hyped-up prices for plants they know nothing about. It's like the "pet rock" (for those old enough to remember

) buying phenomena.

There's alway a sucker around every corner  

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fly-paper cps is a real nickname. any cp that is sticky has a nickname of "fly-paper", or "active Fly-paper"

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

Here's the same thing for a penny more.

'Blood Vessel'

Spectabilis73 found the site. I just backtracked from his link in his 'Flies Demise' post to find the pic.

 

[RamPuppy]

If you plan on buying plants off e-bay, and I don't discourage that, I have got a few great deals from one of our better known nurseries on some neps, I would encourage you to buy off the scientific name, not the cultivar name, unless it really is a cultiver.

THis person looks like a con artist to me. As Purpera go, its a gorgeous specimen, but nothing special, and certainly not worthy of a cultivar name.

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

I checked to see what other stuff this person sells was and it was all dolls and doll clothing. This seems to be the only plant he is offering for sale

.