Sarracenia psittacina var. okeefenokeensis, Parrot Pitcher Plant, Fall line Sandhills, Georgia
The S. psittacina in these photos are floating in 3 feet of water with no substrate on the roots. in these habitats, this species commonly achieves 'giant' proportions because of year round contact with water. in these environments the pitchers of this species serve for floatation and the plants are virtually never submerged. Once and if these plants submerge in the floating environment, they will commonly sink and die unless the water covering them completely recedes. note the few pitchers that are underwater.
This site is the northernmost known occurrence of this species.
This variant has now been published as Sarracenia psittacina var. okeefenokeensis based on morphometric characters that appear to be genetically derived. Based on my field observationsof these plants in three distinct habitats throughout the southeast, i agree with this assessment. see McPherson & Schnell, Sarraceniaceae of North America, Redfern 2012.
Sarracenia psittacina var. okeefenokeensis, Parrot Pitcher Plant, Fall line Sandhills, Georgia
The S. psittacina in these photos are floating in 3 feet of water with no substrate on the roots. in these habitats, this species commonly achieves 'giant' proportions because of year round contact with water. in these environments the pitchers of this species serve for floatation and the plants are virtually never submerged. Once and if these plants submerge in the floating environment, they will commonly sink and die unless the water covering them completely recedes. note the few pitchers that are underwater.
This site is the northernmost known occurrence of this species.
This variant has now been published as Sarracenia psittacina var. okeefenokeensis based on morphometric characters that appear to be genetically derived. Based on my field observationsof these plants in three distinct habitats throughout the southeast, i agree with this assessment. see McPherson & Schnell, Sarraceniaceae of North America, Redfern 2012.