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I have a pitcher plant that looks like Sarracenia Purpurea Venosa. It is solid red like pics I have seen of this plant, and is so red I cannot see the veins. I got this plant from Lowe,s in the 2.5 inch cube and looked like the typical Sarracenia Purpirea. I would post a pic if I had a digi cam.
Ignore the color. S. purpurea ssp. venosa have larger, more undulated hoods than ssp. purpurea. Ssp. venosa will also feel slightly hairy - ssp. purpurea is smooth and waxy.
S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. burkii pitchers have very large, frilly hoods and a fatter lip.
Do you have Schnell's 2nd edition? He shows pictures of all the subspecies pitchers in there and says the wrapped up hoods on var. montana are typical of that subspecies.
True, but I would still say they were larger and frilliar than ssp. venosa, whether or not they have hoods which are more inward. A pinker colour would also be a factor in determining this variety.
Montana has distinct triangular hoods: var. montana
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