Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora F77 MK "Very tall form"

Apalachicola National Forest, FL. W,
Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora is a carnivorous plant that grows in the swampy areas of the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, from North Carolina and from Alabama to Virginia. Its traps have a very sturdy structure and start out slender, opening into a very wide mouth. The leaves are red, especially at the top of the trap; only the cap is not completely red but has yellow veins. The lip is often yellow as well.
Many Flava var. rubricorpora have a black patch on the inside of the throat. When repotted, it struggles to color during the first year of growth.
It is certainly one of the largest of the Sarracenia genus, reaching heights between 60 and 90 cm.
The flower has very large yellow petals.
The most beautiful traps are produced in spring while during the summer it mainly produces phyllodia which are flat and non-carnivorous leaves with the sole purpose of increasing photosynthesis especially in winter when the traps full of insects will have by now fallen.