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Sarracenia
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The North American Pitcher plants differ greatly from
their tropical Nepenthes cousins. Sarracenia are temperate plants that
produce a variety of colorful and hollow leaves that form pitfall traps.
Insects feed on nectar along the edges of the slippery mouth of the
pitchers, lose their precarious balance and fall into the pitchers, from
which they are unable to escape. The pitchers then digest the insects,
either by way of enzymes secreted by the leaf, or through the help of
bacteria, depending on the species.
Sarracenia pitchers are shaped directly from the whole leaf, unlike
Nepenthes, whose pitchers develop from the tendril at the very end of the
leaf tip. Being temperate, Sarracenia plants require a period of winter
dormancy, much as Dionaea do. Additionally, Sarracenia grow beautiful
drooping flowers which can be pollinated by insects, hand-pollinated, or
manually cross-pollinated to produce a beautiful array of hybrids, many of
which are maintained in cultivation.
As of July 2014, we are deeply pleased to announce a collaboration with Long
Island carnivorous plant nursery
Seemore Carnivorous Gardens! In addition to
our own plants, we will be offering monthly pre-orders on plants from their
collection, with no additional markup of their
prices. For these plants, look for " " in the plant descriptions.
Midtown
Carnivores
will be closed from
August 21st through September 7th.
SARRACENIA SPECIES
Sarracenia flava
The Yellow Pitcher Plant and its genetic variants |
The Yellow Pitcher Plant is a species that
produces upright trumpet pitchers. The plant produces tall, tall, hollow
green pitcher leaves, which lure insects that fall in and are digested.
The plant produces yellow flowers in the spring.
Seasonal pitcher cycle:
Spring - pitchers and yellow flower
Early summer - pitchers
Late summer - phyllodia (flat leaves)
Autumn - phyllodia (flat leaves)
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Plant care information (.pdf):
Feeding guide:
- Dormancy care:
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Sarracenia flava (typical)
The Yellow Pitcher Plant
Alternatively described as Sarracenia flava var. flava
Yellowish-green pitchers, maroon veining, flowers early
in the Spring.
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Sarracenia flava var. maxima
The Yellow Pitcher Plant
Anthocyanin-free variant. Yellowish-green pitchers, no veining, flowers early
in the Spring.
Small division, 3.5" pot: sold out |
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Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora
'Select Dark Red' clone, Liberty Co. FL
Pitchers with yellow/green hoods with maroon veining. The
pitcher tube exhibits significant maroon coloration in the Spring (right
pic), with
later-season pitcher growing will solid maroon color in the late summer
(left pic).
Small division, 3.5" pot: $17
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Sarracenia oreophila
"Alabama"
Green pitcher plant, Endangered species |
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Sarracenia purpurea
The Purple Pitcher Plant
and genetic variants |
The Purple Pitcher Plant is a species of
cold-hardy Sarracenia that are found as far north as Canada. It produces
recumbent, open pitchers that hug the ground as a large rosette. S. purpurea
are one of the few species of Sarracenia that collects and holds
rainwater. Insects that are attracted to the nectars secreted by the lip
of the pitcher fall in and drown. The insects are broken down partially
by enzymes secreted by the leaves, but primarily by bacteria. The
nutrients are then absorbed into the leaves. Flowers are typically
maroon with crimson petals, except for Burk's purple pitcher (now known
as S. rosea), which has pink petals.
 Seasonal pitcher cycle:
Spring - pitchers and flower
Summer - pitchers
Autumn - pitchers
Plant care information (.pdf):
Feeding guide:
- Dormancy care:
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Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea
The Northern Purple Pitcher Plant
Winter-hardy subspecies, most cold-tolerant, endemic to
the Northeastern United States and Canada. Clone is green and maroon
with veining,
Small division, 3.5" pot: $12 |
Sales suspended for winter dormancy.
Sales suspended for winter dormancy.
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Sarracenia purpurea "Jersey Girl"
Deep maroon
coloration and with yellow patterning on its hoods.
3" pot: $15.99 -
preorder only
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SARRACENIA HYBRIDS
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Sarracenia 'Jessica'
Cultivated clone of Sarracenia x areolata |
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Sarracenia 'Reptilian Rose'
Cultivated hybrid clone |
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