This plant makes a very effective edge-of-pond plant, inside or out. Insects are attracted largely by the nectar--they tumble down to the...Read More bottom or work their way in until they find no foothold--and end up being digested by the plant's enzymes. Pitchers tend to be either green, yellow-green, or red, often with attractive patterning or veins. To water, stand the bottom of the pots in rainwater. Leave them outside in sheltered areas over winter or bring indoors--they should flower the following spring before the new pitchers start shooting up.
A synonym for the naturally occurring hybrid Sarracenia x catesbaei might be ...Read MoreSarracenia "Stevensii" or a synonym could be listed as Sarracenia x [flava*purpurea].
Sarracenia "Stevensii" The ICPS Database states, S. x stevensii is synonym for S. x catesbaei (flava*purpurea). The name S. “Stevensii” is currently being used for a plant that is clearly not (flava*purpurea), rather what appears to be a (rubra gulf * xleucophylla) cross. The parentage of this current plant is confused.
This plant makes a very effective edge-of-pond plant, inside or out. Insects are attracted largely by the nectar--they tumble down to the...Read More
Lovely plant and quite hardy in the Midwest.
A synonym for the naturally occurring hybrid Sarracenia x catesbaei might be ...Read More
S. catesbaei is a synonym for pitcher plants that are hybrids between S. flava and S. purpurea.