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Hello
My sarracenia flava var rugelii has some spots on the lid.
Does anyone know what are these spots.
Thank you.

Looks normal to me. Flava is an early season species, so many spring pitchers are starting to fade by now.

Do you this plant might has a virus.

Do you think that this plant because of the spots might has a plant virus

Zero wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 7:15 pm Do you think that this plant because of the spots might has a plant virus

Doesn't look like one. Lots of old leaves dry like that, if you go to a temperate forest in the fall to look at the leaves there you'll notice similar patterns.

The new leaves are green without the spots but small

But it is mid summer and the plant is well hydrated.

Potato virus x has the same symptoms

Zero wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 7:29 pm The new leaves are green without the spots but small

In the heat of summer, some Sarracenia stop making pitchers and instead focus on photosynthesis, making long, green leaves with no pitchers. These are called phyllodia and they're normal.

Do you have any experience with plant virus on carnivorous plants symptoms for example

Zero wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 7:42 pm Do you have any experience with plant virus on carnivorous plants symptoms for example

I've never had a Sarracenia get sick myself. I've seen other carnivorous plants get infections and suffer (and even die) but all the Sarracenia I've lost were due to a late frost. They were frozen solid.

flava prefer cool spring weather and peak at that time. When July rolls around they look like yours. The odds of having a virus is very very low. For you next plant get some type of "leucophylla" they peak when flava's start looking bad.

Thanks but the other flava that i have it has no spots at all

If you keep trying to convince yourself that your plant is sick, you'll never stop worrying about it and whatever we say, it won't mean anything to you. If you ask for help, maybe you should listen to it and try to calm down. It'll be better for you and your plant.

(Sorry if this comes off as rude, that was not the intention.)

If your plant is sick, mine is too, and it has been every summer for years now. I don't think that's the case.