Sarracenia flava “red” x moorei – a Phil Faulisi creation
There’s a little bit of color popping up at my here and there. One such plant that is exhibiting a little bit of color is S. flava “red” x moorei – a Phil Faulisi hybrid. Colors are pretty decent for the current sub par conditions, however once I get some better light it should really get intense. Can’t wait!
More green goodness! Sarracenia alata AF clone. I’ve attempted to do a couple crosses with this plant already this year – hope those crosses took and were successful! So many things to look forward to in the future! 🙂
Sarracenia alata – Anthocyanin Free Clone
Citronelle Bog, Mobile Co., Alabama
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Back on 16 March 2012, I divided up my Cephalotus plants into several pots. I am pleased to report that they are all looking happy and are sending out new non carnivorous leaves. A few even sent up little flower stalks, but for now I’ve cut those flower stalks back in an effort to direct the energy to producing new foliage. Sweet!
Cephalotus follicularis – looking happy!
Cephalotus follicularis – looking happy!
Sarracenia minors are quite splendid, indeed! Employing deceiving light patches (areoles) as a means of hopeless escape to lure their prey deeper into the hood. It’s a very cool windows system. Obviously this S. minor’s windows system works much better than my Windows 7 system at work… (Ugh!) I received the below plant from my good friend Jerry Addington earlier this year. Thanks Jerry!
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Sarracenia minor – Waycross, GA
Sarracenia minor – Waycross, GA
Dude, I’m so F****N’ excited! Back on 13 May 2012 Dahlia and I planted the 2011 Sarracenia crosses. Instead of the usual 4-6 weeks in cold stratification, the crosses were left in cold and damp stratification for over 3 months. It’s been very rough so I haven’t been able to get to them as soon as I would of liked to. Anyway, a week later, on 20 May 2012, I began to notice that the seeds sprouted!
Seeing this gives me a renewed sense of hope, especially given the very rough growing season I’ve been having so far. Many promising crosses have sprouted and there are so many awesome things to look forward to. Anyway, a few folks have asked me about how to germinate Sarracenia seeds. A post on my set up and Sarracenia seed germination to follow soon! In the meantime, here’s a couple photos of the next generation.
Sarracenia moorei, select clone.
Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x “Green Monster”
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Sarracenia “Red Blush” x (‘Leah Wilkerson’ x oreophila)
A cross I did back in 2008.
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava v. rubricorpora x leucophylla) – May 2012
Cross done by Dr. Travis H. Wyman. I started to germinate seed back in 2008 and have had a few interesting variations on the jagged lipped theme as imparted by the S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ parentage. S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ most definitely is one of my favorite Sarracenia out there – created by the legend, Phil Faulisi. I decided to shoot this in black and white because I really wanted to focus more on the structure of that jagged nectar roll. So far this year it’s been rather colorless anyway because of the lighting situation. Below, back in June 2011, this is what this plant looked like — a deep and intense red flavor. Even without the color, I’m truly in love with that jagged lip.
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava v. rubricorpora x leucophylla) – June 2011
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