Sarracenia 'Joyce Cooper'Sarracenia 'Joyce Cooper' is an attractive, vigorous Sarracenia hybrid. Nigel Hewitt Cooper created it in 1999. He crossed an all red form of Sarracenia x catesbaei with Sarracenia moorei 'Brooks Hybrid'. He named the cultivar for his paternal grandmother. Its most notable feature is its unique colouration. The hooded pitchers develop an orange red hue. This colour has a soft, airbrushed quality rather than appearing as a solid block. The veins on the

continuously producing pitchers throughout the summer and demonstrating remarkable vigour

This cross combines the upright growth of leucophylla with the broader

ornata and Sarracenia flava var

Fine green veining spreads across a pale background

Mature pitchers often develop a near solid red across the tube and lid

typically reaching around 15 inches (38cm) in height

This network of veins covers a large portion of the green leaf surface

It looks like it may have originally been purchased as a garden centre plant that turned out to be a real gem as it grew

Pitchers are medium to tall in height

This is one wild Sarracenia

one of the parents is a Sarracenia × excellens meaning that one of the grandparents is a Sarracenia minor

A fringe of marginal lashes runs around the entire trap perimeter