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QUESTION: Can you identify this sarracenia and what zone its in.
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thank you, Jake
ANSWER: Hi Jake,
This looks like a complex Sarracenia hybrid. It definitely has features of S. leucophylla and S. purpurea, but doesn't look like a straight cross between those two. It may also have some S. minor in there too. With that kind of parentage I'd consider it zone 7 or 8. It will need protection for sustained periods of cold below 20 degrees F. An overnight frost would be of no concern.
Where did it come from?
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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QUESTION: It was a sickly little plant that i rescued from a green house.
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To me the pitcher plant looks like a doodlebug hybrid.
Here is what it was like when i bought it.
ps, are you going to sell northern purpurea again ?
Hi Jake,
We probably won't have and S. purpurea ssp. purpurea available for at least a year.
Here's a link to some Doodlebug pictures. That's a much smaller plant than yours with quite a different color scheme. http://www.cpphotofinder.com/sarracenia-doodle-bug-2808.html
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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