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Sarracenia “Green Monster” x alata AF

Posted on June 28, 2014 | 8 comments

Hey everyone! Hope you’ve been well. The past couple of months have been quite eventful, but rest assured that things in The Asylum are still pretty busy! I’m working on re-potting seedlings that have been in community pots and I’m finding some fascinating things within those pots.

One of the recent discoveries was a pot of S. “Green Monster” x alata AF that I had almost forgotten about. You know, outta sight, outta mind… Well, it was pretty nice finding that stash. One of the seedlings from this cross are photographed below. It’s still pretty young but showing some potential…

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x alata AF

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I know it doesn’t look like much, but below is a new table I recently put together that I’m slowly filling up with seedlings. So far, it’s all antho free but it will be a mix of cool stuff. The seedlings look all scattered and messed up, but they’ll look a little better once they establish themselves and put up some new pitchers. I’m really anticipating some cool plants. At the moment, I’m actually building a 2nd table. Never ending Sarracenia expansion!

New seedling table slowly filling up!

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The Crossing: AF Collab Project Continues

Posted on April 20, 2014 | Leave a comment

Awww yeah. The AF (Anthocyanin Free) collaboration project continues! Back in 2009 I crossed S. minor var. okefenokeensis with S. “Green Monster” – this was a collaboration was the brainchild of Jerry Addington which I was able to execute thanks to the homie, Mike Wang. (You can read about how that all came about here.)

Since then I’ve been able to cross the siblings, as well as self pollinate them. The main idea from 2009 was to create AF S. minor looking plants. I’m glad to report there are some AF seedlings that are coming out of the various crosses I’ve done using these plants. I can’t wait to see those pitchers as they develop!

Sarracenia pollination Pollination in progress: S. minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster” is being pollinated with S. minor -AF pollen.

This year I was fortunate enough to have one of my AF S. minors bloom simultaneously with one of the S. minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster” clones. I used the AF minor pollen and crossed that onto S. minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster” – clone 2. In theory, this should yield a percentage of AF plants with heavy S. minor influence, since 3/4ths of the progeny will be S. minor. I’m hoping for some slight undulation in the hooded lid as well – which is derived from the S. leucophylla parentage in S. “Green Monster.” But then again, who knows what will come out of this cross!

Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x "Green Monster" - Clone 2 Pod Parent: S. minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster”

Pollen Parent: S. minor – Anthocyanin Free

Pollen Parent – Another Angle: S. minor – Anthocyanin Free

Sarracenia flava – Anthocyanin Free

Posted on April 15, 2014 | 4 comments

Here are some examples of AF (Anthocyanin Free, or all green) Sarracenia flava. Now, these are not to be confused with S. flava var. maxima, which still contains anthocyanin, and therefore S. flava var. maxima is not an AF plant. The red pigment in S. flava var. maxima can be visible in the grow points of the new pitchers that are forming, as well as on damaged portions of the plant (such as pitchers, phyllodia, and/or flower stalk.) The plants below are still young and unfortunately have not bloomed for me yet. Maybe next year? I have hopes to use them in future breeding projects and create new lines of AF flava. Fingers crossed!

Sarracenia flava AF – Telogia, Liberty Co. FL

Sarracenia flava AF – Colquitt Co. GA

Sarracenia flava - Shallotte, Brunswick Co., NC Sarracenia flava – Shallotte – Brunswick Co., NC

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Tagged all green, anthocyanin free, Brunswick, Colquitt, County, flava, Florida, Georgia, Liberty, Liberty County, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia, Shallotte, Telogia

Sarracenia minor – Anthocyanin Free

Posted on April 5, 2014 | 7 comments

Sarracenia minor = AF
Sarracenia minor – Anthocyanin Free
New growth rising

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Around the Greenhouse

Posted on February 28, 2014 | 3 comments

As things are warming up here, I’m seeing more growth and color manifesting out of the debris of last season. Yeah, it’s quite a refreshing sight! Here’s a few shots from the Asylum for your viewing pleasure…

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Sarracenia flava var. ornata

Sarracenia alata x wherryi
Sarracenia alata x alabamensis ssp. wherryi

Sarracenia "Snowflake"
Sarracenia “Snowflake”

Sarracenia courtii AF x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia courtii AF x “Green Monster” – new pitchers of the season forming!

Sarracenia 'Mesa Exotics'
Sarracenia ‘Mesa Exotics’ – new pitcher forming! Cross by Phil Faulisi – cultivar description here.

Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla

Sarracenia 'Black Widow'
Sarracenia ‘Black Widow’

Sarracenia alata - Texas
Sarracenia alata – Texas

Sarracenia flava var. rugelii

Sarracenia "Legacy" bloom
Sarracenia “Legacy”

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Tagged Alabamensis, alata, anthocyanin free, Black Widow, Courtii, flava, flower, Green monster, Legacy, leucophylla, Mesa Exotics, ornata, rugelli, Sarracenia, snowflake, Texas, Wherryi

Baby Greens

Posted on November 19, 2013 | 4 comments

Here’s a few up and coming babies of the anthocyanin free flavor. These seedlings were planted earlier this year and will be facing their first dormancy here pretty soon.

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Sarracenia "Green Monster" x alata AF
Sarracenia “Green Monster” x alata AF

Sarracenia wrigleyana AF

Sarracenia catesbaei AF

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x minor var. okefenokeensis – F2
These are a few of the seedlings that exhibit the AF mutation – other seedlings that came out of this batch are non AF. One of the non AF pitchers decided to photobomb this shot and you can see it on the left. It has some red coloration. You can read more about the roots of this particular collaboration breeding project between Jerry Addington, Mike Wang and myself (as well as see the pod these plants came from) in this blog post. This year I crossed 2 different clones from the original Sarracenia “Green Monster” x minor var. okefenokeensis seedlings and excited to see how those grow out in the coming years.

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Tagged alata, anthocyanin free, Catesbaei, Green monster, minor, okefenokeensis, Sarracenia, Wrigleyana

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”

Posted on September 8, 2013 | 2 comments

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama” is a cross I did back in 2011, and started to germinate in May of 2012. I’m looking forward to using these in future AF breeding projects as they contain the recessive anthocyanin-free gene… good times!

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”

You’ll notice in the photo below that there are some young AF seedlings in the mix that look like young S. “Green Monsters.” Well, that’s probably because they are! I can tell because they’re anthocyanin free. Otherwise, they would look like the ones with the purpurea influence — and red coloration is obviously from S. rosea “Big Mama.” Ah, this reminds me that one can use a flower as a pod parent for multiple crosses. I haven’t tried this purposely … at least, not yet. If I purposely threw some more pollen of S. “Green Monster” onto a stigma or two of that very same flower, I would of ended up with even more anthocyanin free S. “Green Monster” F2 seedlings in this batch. Again, it would be easy to tell in the offspring which ones those would be as they would be the anthocyanin free ones. Yeah – I try to be as careful as I can when doing my crosses, however there’s always a chance that a little pollen grain can sneak onto a stigma.

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”
The anthocyanin-free pitchers are S. “Green Monster” F2. So far perhaps 2-3 plants from this batch are S. “Green Monster” F2.

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Tag Archives: anthocyanin free

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x alata AF

The Crossing: AF Collab Project Continues

Sarracenia flava – Anthocyanin Free

Sarracenia minor – Anthocyanin Free

Around the Greenhouse

Baby Greens

Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”

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