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Found these for sale at a flower shop. They were in 100+ F degree water in a rusted galvanized steel tub. I did the best I could when I cleaned and repotted them. They were labeled as "sarracenias - cobra plant." pretty sure they're not a cobra lilliy cluster.

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Well, it wont be easy to identify them in this condition... But, if you acclimate them outdoors and leave them sitting in some water they should perk up and the new growth will make identification a lot easier.

There's a cobra nest Sarracenia that was specifically bred for nursery sales. The plant doesn't require any dormancy...
http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Sp ... 24_27.html

I havent seen the one hollyhock linked but thats a pretty viable option.
I have also seen this before at Home Depots...

In the floral trade, Sarrs are often called Cobra Lilies. It's a more marketable name.
Like CJ said, get em' healthy and an ID will likely be possible.

It's certainly difficult to identify the plants in that condition. They must've been kept on a dark shelf for a long period of time before you bought them.

Based on what I can see now though, the left plant is likely some sort of S. rubra hybrid, and the right plant is likely something like S. 'Scarlet Belle'. Keep us updated when the plants produce some healthier-looking pitchers.

Thanks all... I'm really no expert at this identification thing.

The store that they came from had them in that galvanized steel tub in an outside shopping area that was... sweltering to say the least. It seems like these guys were literally being cooked alive in their container.

There was another variety mixed in with them; pitchers were very, very thin and completely green; maybe 5-6" tall.

I included another photo that's more of a close up of the lids... might help a bit.

The reason I'm looking for identification is to figure out what to do with them over the winter. I planned on storing them with the VFTs, etc, but don't want to find out that they freeze to death in a Pittsburgh winter, etc. the hard way. They've had it rough enough already.

And yes, that is a Multifida Extrema in bloom behind the lid... Damn plant is taking over everything.

Smooter80 wrote:In the floral trade, Sarrs are often called Cobra Lilies. It's a more marketable name.
Like CJ said, get em' healthy and an ID will likely be possible.

Close enough, I mean they are in the same family. Smh.

Thank you for saving these poor guys from the death box!

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PetroleumJunkie412 wrote:The reason I'm looking for identification is to figure out what to do with them over the winter. I planned on storing them with the VFTs, etc, but don't want to find out that they freeze to death in a Pittsburgh winter, etc. the hard way. They've had it rough enough already.

Winter care doesn't really vary between Sarracenia species, though the northern purps can take a harsher winter. Keep them with the VFTs and they should be fine.