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I've just gotten my first pitcher plant. I know it's some variety of sarracenia, but that's all.

It was just labelled as: 4" tropical plant.

Here's a closeup of one of the traps


And from a bit farther back


It looks fairly healthy, with quite a bit of new growth. The new growth looks fairly bright red compared to the mature leaves/traps.


At first I thought it was a Scarlet Belle, mainly because they seem to be the most commonly available. But after looking at a few more pictures online I'm not too sure. If any of you could give me a hand with IDing, I'd really appreciate it!

I have it in 50/50 sphagnum peat & sand with a dressing of LFS on top, with the planter it's in sitting in a little pool of distilled water so the substrate stays nice & boggy. I plan on keeping it outside for the summer in a spot that gets full sun most of the day (6-8 hours)/dappled shade in the evening.

I also have a venus fly trap (typical) that's doing quite well in those conditions & I'm planning on growing some cape sundew (typical) from seed soon.

After looking at a few more pictures online, I'm thinking this is more likely to be a Dana's (Diana's?) Delight rather then a Scarlet Belle.

It seems to be doing fairly well anyway. This is my first pitcher plant, so I'm hoping it does well.

Unfortunately, since it was not labeled, you can never know what to call it.


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Well it definitely seems to have some leucophylla in it's background

well definitely not a "tropical plant". my first guess was Dana's delight but the structure looks a lot like alata... either way it's a hybrid and you will probably never know what the exact parents are.


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