Six Varieties of Sarracenia flava to Add to Your Collection

[@patriciaoconnor1742]

Still binging..TY so much

[@josephjude1290]

I always thought they were subspecies. Thanks for the information and the great video

[@karstent8138]

I have Sarracenia flava 'Maxima' from Adrian Slack , Marston Exotics, bought 40 years ago! Mine grows to 90cm/3 feet, and has a little patch of red inside the hood 😊

[@2728Alexis]

Yeah, 'Maxima' is a nice form of variety flava. The cultivar name would be invalid if you tried to register it today.

[@robertjackson8144]

Wow! Do you ever offer divisions?

[@timstraps]

This was great. I hope you make a series of this and do other plants.

[@Atue18]

Love the video, it's very insightful. Are you planning on doing similar for Leuco, etc?

[@chevyfish4028]

Great information. Nice to know. Thank you for the lesson. 🌱

[@Kyddoemiko13]

Amazing collection 🍃🍃😚🍃🍃

[@guillaumeg8516]

Very interesting,as usual. Thanks and good growing.

[@KylesAstrophotography]

Cool video, thanks!

[@Tommyr]

AND they are VERY hardy!

[@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951]

Real nice. Do they come in 2 inch pots?

[@m.hoffman2889]

I have a 30x30cm small bog full of flavas (ornata, rubricorpora and atropurpurea), they all got up to 40-90cm tall mines also didnt turn red (they were red when bought though) Same is with my alata bog, my alata black tube and alata night also stay green, despite full sun

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

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[@kklim2779]

Lovely! Is it ok to add a small amount of worm castings to the mix for sarracenia?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Thank you for watching. Sarracenia require soil that is acidic and very low in nutrients. Worm castings will make the soil alkaline and add nutritents that will burn the plants' roots. You can read more about Sarracenia care on on our website. www.growcarnivorousplants.com/sarracenia-care/ www.growcarnivorousplants.com/carnivorous-plant-videos/

[@kklim2779]

I see. Thanks for the advise

[@DUNDOM5]

I prefer green, maxima

[@ErikvanUffelen]

Are the up tipped lip ends an indication for flava?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes! That's one of the common features of flava.

[@midnitesilverrun8631]

Interesting mine is very red but doesn’t resemble those.

[@cliffowens3629]

Love flava but the price ranges from growers are crazy.

[@loganemerson9750]

I hope they sell some rugii I really want one for my collection 😭

[@jret65541]

What makes it a “flava”

[@jeffdallas7129]

Flava means yellow in latin. Common name for Sarracenia flava, "Yellow Trumpet".😀

[@robieosborne7369]

Woop Woop!!!

[@cuuhcuhh5364]

U should sell them on Amazon for people who have Amazon cards 💳

[@sic22l]

V. flava, v. ornata, v. rugelii, v. cuprea, v. rubricorpora, v. altropurpurea, v. maxima. Six. Maths.

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Congratulations! You're the first to comment about that. We were wondering how long it would take for someone to mention that. We didn't include the typical form (S. flava flava) as a variety. It's sort of like in music with a theme and variations. The flava varieties are variations on the typical form. So, we have the typical or base form and six varieties or variations of the base form. We didn't explain that in the video, so we understand the confusion. But, you're the first to mention.

[@sic22l]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest Well technically S. flava var. flava is still a variation, it's in the name (flava varietes flava). PS. When I first saw the notification I almost ignored it, it looked like spam ;)

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

And that is the problem with the nomenclature system. It doesn't have a method to identify a typical or common form. Instead, it repeats the species name and identifies it as a variety of itself. A theme as a variation? Rather clumsy manner of labeling. It's like going to a restaurant and ordering toast toast to make it clear you're not ordering French toast! Perhaps botanists prefer that reduncy. But, our target audience consists of hobbyists and casual gardeners, not botanists. So, we stand by our position that there are six varieties based on the typical form. (I think we mention that in the video.) If you still insist on following the rules, please be mindful that the rules of grammar require you to say "Maths are essential!" Exceptions abound, even in nomenclature.

[@sic22l]

@@SarraceniaNorthwest Thing is - can you even say there is a typical form with all varietes being so widespread and often three or more of them growing next to each other?

[@SarraceniaNorthwest]

Yes, I can, and we did. When botanists label a plant flava var. flava, they're essentially saying that that particular form is the base or typical form. Again, they're using a species name to label a species as a variety of itself. Toast toast. It's all semantics. Base, theme, typical, stereotypical. If you want to call each form a variety and do away with words like typical or base form, then by all means do so. But, for the purpose of our videos, we have to describe things in common language so that non-botanists can relate to what we say. The video isn't about populations, so I don't see any need to dive into a philosophical debate about what is typical, normal, thematic, or base. The video is about the variations that occur within Sarracenia flava, and we chose to call flava var. flava the typical form, the theme upon which six variations are created. This helps new growers see the different patterns within the species.