Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan

Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan#453771

By Kup -  Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:37 pm
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- Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:37 pm #453771

Hey y'all,

Wanted to share a S. purpurea I saw in SW Michigan at the start of July. Caught it in flower, my first purp flower in the wild!

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Re: Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan#453776

By schmeg -  Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:06 pm
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- Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:06 pm #453776

Lovely! It's fun to see them in natural bogs. Those seed heads usually stay upright through the winter, making it easier to find their location when everything else is leafless.

Re: Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan#453777

By MikeB -  Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:08 pm
Location:  Clayton, NC, USA - Zone 8a
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- Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:08 pm #453777

FYI - That flower popped in the spring, looked like this:

The petals have fallen off, the flower has rotated to vertical, and it's growing seeds now.

Re: Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan#454273

By Kup -  Sun Jul 28, 2024 4:53 pm
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- Sun Jul 28, 2024 4:53 pm #454273

That makes a lot of sense - I saw flava flowers this spring and they didn't look like that. I'll have to go back in March-April and try to see the real flowers. Cool!

Re: Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan#454278

By MikeB -  Sun Jul 28, 2024 6:01 pm
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- Sun Jul 28, 2024 6:01 pm #454278

Kup wrote: ↑Sun Jul 28, 2024 4:53 pm That makes a lot of sense - I saw flava flowers this spring and they didn't look like that. I'll have to go back in March-April and try to see the real flowers. Cool!

Here's what my horde did this spring:

The orange flowers are interesting. That's my (Bronze x Coppertop) #16 that I got from Jeremiah Harris. The upper-half of the pitchers turn red, and the coloration bleeds over into the flowers.

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Re: Sarracenia purpurea Flowering in Michicgan#454279

By Kup -  Sun Jul 28, 2024 6:24 pm
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- Sun Jul 28, 2024 6:24 pm #454279

Those are great. Love the peach tones on those flowers

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