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xanthoparmelia wrote:Are all pics in this thread the same plant?

Hard to tell from the most recent pic, but looking at the previous pics of the plant in the bowl planter, i'm 95% sure it's a rubra.

Pitcher shape is definitely rubra-esque, possibly alata, but the clumping growth is more consistent with rubra. Rubras also have red flowers, whereas alatas are yellow/whitish.

xanthoparmelia wrote:Also, if this is one of those Bug Biting Plants dormant rhizome kits from Lowes, I know those have included both rubras and purpureas before. That's definitely not a purp.

Yes, the other plants are from the Lowes rhizome kit, so they are Rubra as you say. The mystery plant is also from the kit, however, and it's not a CP. i have it in in plain old potting mix right now.

Another picture of the rubra

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Oh my bad. I should've read through the entire thread. You're referring to something other than the rubra.

Thoughts?

Do you have a pic of the flower in bloom? Thought it could be a coneflower of some sort like Echinacea Paradoxa, but the seed cone is all wrong and the flower looks smaller. Maybe a Coreopsis sp or something. Really hard to tell. I wish i had the plant in front of me and my an old flora dichotomous key from college.

xanthoparmelia wrote:Do you have a pic of the flower in bloom?

That will be tough. They don't bloom for long. But I can say that it is a small white flower with big yellow pollen.


So are you a trained botanist?

Oh, a white flower. I was thinking they were yellow. Not that it makes much of a difference b/c I still don't know what it is!

I'm not a botanist, but my degree is in biology and I am definitely still a plant nerd. Although back then i primarily studied lichens (hence my username, xanthoparmelia)

Maybe a Ginger Lily?