Sarracenia bellii Osmunda freshening the woodland garden

freshening the woodland garden

Whatever its background really is

moist woodlands from Canada south to Georgia

Sarracenia x ahlesii is a naturally occurring hybrid of Sarracenia alata x Sarracenia rubra

blue-green leaves sport a large dollop of pure white in their centers

Sarracenia bellii Osmunda freshening the woodland gardenSarracenia x bellii is a seed strain of a hybrid of Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis, first named in 2008 by our late friend Larry Mellichamp in honor of the late NC botanist, Dr. C. Ritchie Bell. The specimen is based on very rare, naturally occurring plants in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Sarracenia x bellii is not the same as Sarracenia x readii, which is now recognized to be a cross of Sarracenia leucophylla x Sarracenia