Sarracenia jonesii

Mountain sweet pitcher plant

A rare, federally endangered pitcher plant of a few mountain bogs on the Blue Ridge escarpment of North and South Carolina. It has slender, upright pitchers with a bulge below the mouth, and sweet-scented red flowers in spring. It is a temperate bog plant: full sun, wet acid peat and a real winter dormancy.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A stemless perennial of mountain seepage bogs: depression bogs and cataract bogs, the wet rock faces and spray zones beside waterfalls. The soils are deep, very acid, poorly drained and poor in nitrogen. It needs full sun and declines as shrubs close over the bog.

No record carries an elevation. The sites lie on the Blue Ridge escarpment around 35.0–35.2° N in Greenville County, SC, and Transylvania and Henderson counties, NC. Nearby Brevard is at 655 m, which gives a fair idea of the elevation.

North CarolinaSouth Carolina

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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