why I love S. rubra

[NewspaperFort]

Just looove the colors throughout the year

this is S. rubra ssp wherri


my apologies for having the crappiest phone ever

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just before it dies back for the year

 

[Wire Man]

I love wherryi! It looks good no matter what season it is (except winter).

 

[Nevermore]

nice.

though your plant ledge seems a little thin!

(kidding)

 

[Natalie]

Beautiful plant! I love the color on that subspecies. I have a small Sarracenia rubra jonesii that's looking pretty pathetic right now (insects chewed off some of the pitchers, it's getting taken over by D. capensis), but I can't wait to see what it does in the spring.

 

[NewspaperFort]

same plant in the early

and late summer

 

[jimscott]

For grins and chuckles, earlier this year:

 

[Wire Man]

Oh yeah, just for further reference, S. rubra ssp. wherryi has been re-claddified as S. alabamensis ssp. wherryi. Confusing, I know, but you can see from the mouth it looks very different from S. rubra. Still a fantastic plant.

 

[NewspaperFort]

Oh yeah, just for further reference, S. rubra ssp. wherryi has been re-claddified as S. alabamensis ssp. wherryi. Confusing, I know, but you can see from the mouth it looks very different from S. rubra. Still a fantastic plant.

i'll have to go take a look at my plants!

 

[Wire Man]

It's well worth a look. It took me a few months to recognize the differences. A. alata still confuses me, sometimes, to this day. A lot of the speciation has to do with range isolation. If you look on a map S. rubra is far removed from S. jonesii, alabamensis, and alabamensis ssp. wherryi. It's kinda cool to see how geography affects these plants.