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Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:38 pm
by sanguinearocks101
Hello, I was wondering what you guys thought would look better in a bog garden sarracenia purpurea purpurea or sarracenia purpurea venosa. I want big chubby purple pitchers.

Re: Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:50 pm
by cwm1
I have purpurea ssp. purpurea and the venosa and rosea . The roseas' and venosas' seem to be "tubbier, which I like. I love the purps. Check out https://sarracenia.proboards.com/thread ... cenia-sale. I got mine there and no complaints here.

Re: Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 12:26 am
by That one plant boi
sanguinearocks101 wrote:Hello, I was wondering what you guys thought would look better in a bog garden sarracenia purpurea purpurea or sarracenia purpurea venosa. I want big chubby purple pitchers.
If you're looking for color, I would go with purpurea purpurea. They tend to be a nice deep purple while venosa tends to be much lighter and has variation to the color. Purpurea purpurea is also much more tolerant of cold weather. I also find that venosa usually has the frilled lid which really adds to its beauty.

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Re: Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 1:42 am
by xanthoparmelia
Here’s a pic of one of my seed-grown purp var purps (on the right) and S. Rosea ‘Fat Chance.’ They have pretty nice color, but if you’re looking for a tubby pitcher, I recommend a Chipola S. rosea. They have a really great shape if you’re looking for a bulbous pitcher.

Re: Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:26 am
by cwm1
Xanth...I'll have to tell my wife that I am "bulbous" instead of "tubby" . Ha! Beautiful seed grown purps my man. Love the colors.

Re: Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:04 am
by Bob Beer
I like both. :-) Here’s ‘Toilet Bowl’
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Re: Sarracenia purpurea purpurea vs. venosa

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 3:18 pm
by xanthoparmelia
cwm1 wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:26 am Xanth...I'll have to tell my wife that I am "bulbous" instead of "tubby" . Ha! Beautiful seed grown purps my man. Love the colors.
Or that you're var."Rotundifolia." :)