In the sea of brown dried pitchers, a few plants still hold well. Most of them are the leucophylla / leucophylla hybrids that have that late season flush of pitchers. Here’s a recent photo of Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ – Open Pollinated, or “OP” for short. It is a plant that came from the S. ‘Wilkersons Red’ plant (a stunning red Moorei) but we don’t know what the pollen parent is. Anyway, It’s still a nice plant. 🙂
[Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ – Open Pollinated]
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Amidst the sea of brown dry fall pitchers, a few plants still shine before heading off to that winter dormant slumber. Below is a recent photo of a pitcher of Sarracenia “Woodnative #1”, created by my friend Chris Gussman. Pretty awesome coloration on this — and for some reason that red/white/slight splash of green remind me that Christmas is right around the corner…
[Sarracenia “Woodnative #1, a Chris Gussman Hybrid]
When breeding, I’ve found that one will encounter a lot of genetic variations. Variants in all Shapes. Size. Colors. Shape. Smell. Feel. Maybe taste.
While doing some sorting in the yard, one of the seedlings really stuck out apart from its siblings. S. catesbaei “Flying Nun” x “Red Blush” (cross by Brooks Garcia) is the cross pictured below, 2 years old from seed. You can see that in the sea of red, one plant is coming up yellowish. The one in the center and the yellowish one on the upper right hand third of the photo are pitchers of the same seedling. The rest of the group is red. Ah genetics… interesting stuff indeed.
[Sarracenia catesbaei “Flying Nun” x “Red Blush”]
What?! November already?! Where has this year gone? Halloween is now over, Thanksgiving around the corner… wow. Plants are preparing for sleep, or already are asleep. There are still a few of those late season plants that look great, but now as I look out across the collection, the dried pitchers are making themselves more evident signifying the change of season deep upon us. This also means a lot of pitcher clean up for me in the *very* near coming future. 🙂
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Tagged Carnivorous Plant, dormancy, dried pitcher, Garden, North American Pitcher Plant, November, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia
Treat or Treat! Recently my good friend Jacob Farin from Sarracenia Northwest sent a pretty freekin’ awesome treat! A big ol’ box arrived and what would I find inside? Hmmm…. A treat… or treat?? 😉 Hahah! What an awesome combo — candy!! (Love the Almond Joy’s!) And carnivores! Ohhh… Check out some Sarracenia peeking through the packing! And the other very well packed treats – various Nepenthes, Sarracenia, and a drosera. Very cool treat indeed. (Yes, I do grow other carnivores other than Sarracenia!)
For those of you who don’t know, when I first started to get back into growing carnivores, Jacob was one of the first growers I came into contact with that really showed how easy growing carnivores really is. He helped demistify the growing process. His site has some great info and easy to digest carnivore growing info. Anyway, hope everyone out there has a fun and safe Halloween!
Treat or Treat! 🙂
I was sick yesterday and today and this afternoon I finally managed to gather enough strength to go out and replenish my soul by spending time with the plants. One of the seedlings that caught my eye today was this S. leucophylla seedling. This was a seed grown plant that I recevied as seed on October 23, 2008. Nearly two years later, this is what it looks like. The cross was done by my friend Wes Buckner and is the result of crossing two very nice leucophylla parents from the same location (Franklin County, Florida, the parent plants were denoted by “A” and “B”.) Thanks Wes!
[Sarracenia leucophylla, Franklin County “A”, x leucophylla, Franklin County “B”]
Quick post for this lazy rainy Sunday afternoon. In everyone’s life, a little rain must fall. Plants are enjoyin’ it though… and so am I. It means I don’t have to water anything out there today. 🙂
