@fernfren I keep getting excited over these leaves that look more like phylum (? google wants to define this like kingdom/phylum/species but I swear I've heard something similar as non-trap leaves and this is a slow brain day) than traps. When I've seen the leaves with wings bigger than the traps, they tend to be smaller. I have an excitement that maybe Judy is about to throw up some much larger traps in her near future because these are so big. Is my excitement merited?
@fernfren By the way, just behind her is Celia, the one I put in a larger pot on your recommendation, she is doing well and starting to show more color.
oh your family is beautiful and thriving, love to see it!
it's phyllodia! plural is phyllode. not sure on the pronunciation of either, bc i have never heard it spoken and only just ran across it in print sometime this past week.
it was in the context of some species producing phyllode in spring vs fall-- S. leucophylla produces its largest traps in the fall and will produce phyllode in spring, whereas (i think it was flava) is the opposite.
but yes...
it is my understanding that those big wings are for soaking up sun to feed the roots and in turn produce big ol traps.
so the googs is telling me that Judith's parents are (S. purpurea x S. flava) x S leucophylla-- and y'know-- i can totally see that-- i see aspects of all 3 of those in her hood & body shape and the way she grows. but as for her growth patterns, i don't know who she takes after in that respect! she's one of my best performing plants.
@fernfren Oh, yes. I've totally seen her heritage in play, and when I first got her it was only because she's available and accessible, she's been cloned for years, after all. I thought I was just getting what was still in the store, but as she grows, I fully understand why she's in all the carnivorous plant shops, she's just magnificent. These aren't even the best traps I've seen of her, if anyone is eavesdropping and wants to know what carnivorous plant to buy first, it's Judith Hindle.