• Image of Sarracenia 'Bug Bat' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
  • Image of Sarracenia 'Bug Bat' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by JLBG
  • Image of Sarracenia 'Bug Bat' taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by C. Hardison
    Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC by C. Hardison
  • Image of Sarracenia 'Bug Bat'
  • Image of Sarracenia 'Bug Bat'
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Sarracenia 'Bug Bat'

Bug Bat Hybrid Pitcher Plant

This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.

Shop Available Sarracenia

Item #: 11736

Zones: 5b to 9b, at least

Dormancy: Winter

Height: 16" tall

Culture: Sun to Part Sun

Origin: United States Hybrid

Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)


Sarracenia 'Bug Bat' is the ultimate horticultural hoodie. This vigorous pitcher plant selection originated as a Larry Mellichamp seedling discard and was introduced by the late David Crump. Larry thinks this is most likely a cross of Sarracenia psittacina x Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis. The upright, 16" pitchers of Sarracenia 'Bug Bat' are green at the bottom and cinnamon red toward the tip with tiny white windows in the hood back, thanks to the Sarracenia minor parent. The giant pitchers come with an attached red hood which darkens in the summer sun. Slightly moist soil and no chemical fertilizers are the keys to success.