All-Green Purpurea

[reptileguy5]

I haven't been posting much lately, but I was walking around the pond in my backyard the other day and for the first time in awhile took a close look at my s. purpurea and I realized that one of them was (I think) antho-free. I can't believe that I have had them for around 4-5 years (I dug them up from my cottage) and am only noticing this now!

Anyways, it is an all green plant (except for the veins) and it's not a seedling its a mature plant. Can anyone tell me if this is a common occurance in purpurea, and if you guys do think that it really is antho-free? I will try to get some pics either tomorrow or sunday. Oh and sorry for the very long post ;D


Cameron.

EDIT: And I've seen lots of purpurea (my cottage has litterally thousands of them growing all around) and even though some may seem like they have very little red/purple colouration, they still do have it. However this plant has no red/purple colouration to speak of (except for the veins).

2nd EDIT: After a bit more research, I have found that it almost looks like a mix of the semi-veinless (http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/sarracenia/spurp95.jpg) and the veinless (http://www.sarracenia.com/photos/sarracenia/spurp02.jpg)
varieties. Again, sorry for the long post. ;D

3rd EDIT: Sorry for writing so much lol. It looks alot like this person's purpurea (http://ocps.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=sarrs&action=display&thread=1712), except with a bit less red. So now I'm not so sure if it is antho-free, I'm leaning towards some other kind of variety.

[Syble]

if you can see any veins or blushing or red at the base of the leaf/rhizome then its not antho-free... antho-free are also a shade of neon green i find, much bighter yellow green then the base colour for any of my other purps.
Thanks
Sib

[reptileguy5]

Do you think it would be some kind of variation/ssp.? or is it just a very green purpurea

[jay]

it sounds like a purp growing in shaded conditions if it was an antho free purp and i have seen them in the wild the center were all the leaf axles meet will be green no others colours what so ever . i have a few antho free plants and all are just green ,no veining no nothing , sorry .

[mabudon]

the tepals will also show colour, usually, and the growth points.
As Jay says, all green is ALL green.

antho-free plants also have a real weird colour to them I find, an unearthly green that, once you see it, you'll never forget it