nigrapurpurea or nigropurpurea?

[brokken]

Hi there,

I'm trying to find good pictures of the purple, nearly black variety of S. alata but I'm not sure of the spelling. I purchased one such plant but morphology of the lid in the new leaves is different than the s. alata I'm used to, so I want to compare it to some pictures of this variety. Also, pointers to where I may find such pictures would be greatly appreciated.

[Aidan]

Neither name is valid.

The best place to look for images is BobZ's Photofinder here:

users.humboldt.edu/rziemer/Sarracenia.html

Look for "Black Tube" plants.

In the meantime, here's a couple of shots of one of my plants from last August -

[loakesy]

That's a handsome plant Aidan!!! I don't suppose you'd happen to have a spare? ;D

[gaduke]

Yes that is really a beauty!!!