Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora
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Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora

$25.00

A colourful Sarracenia flava variety found in the Florida Panhandle in the US. This is a naturally occurring variety which is quite rare in its natural habitat. Features….

  • Dark red variegation contrasts against the yellow hood of the pitcher.
  • Intense red variegation in the tube contrasts with the yellow peristome.
  • Red variegation becomes more scarlet as the growing season progresses.
  • Like all Sarracenia flava its able attract and catch copious volumes of insects.
  • Largest pitchers produced in spring reaching 45-65 cm tall with the mouth measuring 4-5 cm in width.
  • See below my video highlighting insect interactions for this particular variety.
  • This plant can be purchased as a pot plant. See the ‘Pick-Up Purchase’ tab below for details.
  • Click here to see more photos of this variety.
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Care Guidelines
  • Light – provide at least 6 hours of direct sunlight.
  • Location – recommended to be grown outdoors but can also be grown in a greenhouse with good results.
  • Watering – place pot in tray of water to keep soil wet. Use distilled water, reverse osmosis filtered water or rainwater.
  • Dormancy – plant requires a rest or dormancy period during winter to regain energy for the growing season.
  • Peak growing period – largest pitchers appear in Spring.
  • Click here for simple instructions on how to plant your rhizomes to give your plants the best start.
Product & Shipping Information
  • Only bare rooted plants are shipped in the mail.
  • Rhizomes are selected from the most mature parent plant at time of order.
  • All plants are grown outdoors all year round.
  • Rhizomes ordered in early spring or winter will have their old leaves removed from the previous growing season.
  • Click here to see what early season rhizomes look like.
Peat Moss (Potting Medium)
  • Need peat moss with your purchased stem? Click here to purchase from the online shop.

Pick-up Purchase

This product can also be purchased as a pot plant from $50 (pick-up only). The plants are potted in 140 mm high plastic growing pots. There are 2 methods of purchasing pot plants.

  1. Nursery visit
  2. Contactless purchase.
Nursery Visits

Please email me at: jerry@succulentflytraps.com.au to organize a nursery visit.

Contactless Purchases

This involves transferring payment into my account before picking up your pot plant at the nursery at your convenient time. Email me at: jerry@succulentflytraps.com.au to confirm your order. I will then email you back to confirm total cost of order, my account details and a date/ time for pick-up. Once I receive payment I will place your pot plant outside my house for collection. Click here for more info about contactless pick-up purchases.

Advantages of purchasing pot plants:

  • There is little to no stress on the plants as there is no re-potting involved.
  • Usually there is a miniature garden in the form of moss and smaller carnivorous plants around the base of the main plant.

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