[Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana]
A fresh pitcher of this S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana opened up a little while ago, and the vein coloration is just starting to seep in now. I love this whole yellow/red contrast, and as the season continues, the veins will get bolder and eventually the outside will turn red. Quite frankly, dahhhlings, I find this splendid contrast quite maaahhhveelous. Mahhvelous montanas!
Sarracenia purpurea’s are pretty rad! You can read up about some of the differences explained pretty freshly on Barry Rice’s site: http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5538.html
nice shot. I love the purps. I got one of these guys on the bog. I am now up to 4 different types (the heterodoxa came in the mail today!!)
Hi Matt! Yeah, purps are fun plants! Is that purp heterophylla that you just got? – Love the AF ones too, they add a nice contrast to any the group!
Hi Rob!
I love what you are doing with this project! The pitcher plants are
so cool & awesome!! And the fact that you have that “magic touch”
and are so lucky to be able to grow these exotic beauties is something to indeed be proud of! To be able to ‘mimic’ the environment of these beauties is so cool! It makes me want to try
to grow one! And your flower is so beautiful, the color & the veining
are real ‘ Mahhvelous’ for sure!
Hey Roberta! Thanks for visiting the blog and thank you for the kind comments. They look exotic but are actually native to the US and do fine outdoors!
The leaves do get colorful and look pretty amazing – they do look like flowers but are actually the specialized leaves to lure, capture, and digest it’s prey. A deadly beauty indeed! Again, thanks for stopping by and checking out the blog!