[Hope. Manifested]
These are recently harvested pods from my very first AF cross that I did a few years ago. I’m excited that this day has come. If you notice, the pods aren’t as swollen and each pod has a low seed count, sadly. This was due to the bad weather we had early on this year… but there were some seeds at least. Not many, but there were some. I’m very excited to see that I’ve come this far and I am looking forward to see how far this will go…
Sarracenia (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii)
x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis)
Just a quick update on one of the plants from this cross, I’m loving all the variations from this ’08 batch. Hope y’all are having a good weekend so far!
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Happy Friday everyone! I was out relaxing a bit in the garden when I got home, and just wanted to share with y’all how this cross was doing. Again, it was a cross I did back in 09, and now I’m starting to see the work start to pay off, 2 years later! Be sure to check this post out so you can see how far these babies have come along.
And again, just to show you, here are the two parents:
[Meet the parents]
[Left: S. courtii, AF | Right: S. “Green Monster”. (S. excellens, AF)]
What’s funny is that the the two “select” seedlings that I set aside back then, are about the same size (or now even smaller) than some of the other seedlings I have growing in that tub now. Goes to show you, you never really know what you’ll get when breeding and growing from seed — and what seedlings will spring up as late starters. Or I should say, late jumpers.
I’m really liking the seedlings with the clean polka dotish action on the pitchers. Finally seeing the fruition of my labor is exciting and keeps me going in this obsession. I’m still fairly new at breeding – can’t wait to see some of the other stuff cookin’ grow up!
[S. courtii AF x “Green Monster” – August 12, 2011]
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Well, … I most certainly hope so! I hope there’s a good seed set in there. It’s that time of year, pods swollen and I’m so looking forward to harvesting seeds! Here’s a photo of a swollen pod of a cross I am looking forward to. It’s S. purpurea ssp. purpurea AF x “Green Monster”. I’m hoping for anthocyanin free versions of S. swaniana – esque looking plants. This breeding thing is always interesting. Ya never know what you’re going to get!
[Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea AF x “Green Monster”]
Ah, here be a quick update on this cross. Now that a few plants are maturing, I’m able to notice some variation, not just in the pitchers, but the flowers too. Check it out!
Flower variation: in the anthocyanin free flavor of S. (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis).
[S. (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis) – anthocyanin free clone, yellow petals]
[S. (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis) – anthocyanin free clone, green petals]
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Ah, they grow up so fast… This is a cross I did of Sarracenia (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis) – and yes, It is an anthocyanin free clone. It was only back in 2008 that the babies first sprouted. (You can check out my post here on this cross.) Today, we got flower buds getting ready to open, and so the cycle of breeding starts all over again…
The below flowers are outdoors, so their growth rate and flower schedule a bit behind the plants in the greenhouse. This still works out for me, as I can still pollinate, if I wanted to, even “later” in the season with pollen that was stored from earlier blooms.
Just thinking about this – from when I first crossed it till now seemed to go by so quickly, however waiting for this moment almost seemed like an eternity. I’ll feel the same way about some of my other crosses, but I guess part of the fun is the anticipation, right?
[Sarracenia (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis) — flower buds!]
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Tagged anthocyanin free, bloom, hybrid, jonesii, leucophylla, Pitcher Plant, purpurea, rubra, Sarracenia
It was the radest of times, it was the freshest of times…
Of course, this is all possible because of fellow AF Sarracenia aficionado and magical Sarracenia grower, Chris Gussman – aka “Woodnative”. (Chris, THANKS! You made my day yesterday!) For those of you who don’t know, Chris has this awesome super power of growing Sarracenia seedlings into gigantor type status rather quickly. I don’t know where he gets it… but I need me some o’ that!
There was a nice surprise that showed up for me yesterday via FedEx.
[Uh, who … me?]
I don’t know what Chris is talking about on the box, I just kinda stick plants in the durt and they do their own thing. (Chris: As far as the “photographer extraordinaire” thing… I just push a button man. That’s all I do. HA!) 🙂
[Chris has the most awesome giant zip lock bags…]
So, opening it up I find this giant sized zip lock bag, and it’s filled with the goodness of Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola! (An anthocyanin free clone of S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii, or S. rosea as some folks call it.) More information about the plant can be also found here: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/Tax271Spurpburk.htm
Chris had crossed two of his S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola clones, resulting in many offspring. Two of which, are below.
[S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola – C. Gussman, May 2011 – FRESH outta the box!]
2 different clones. Both are from the same seed pod, but what a difference indeed! Here’s one seedling:
[S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola – C. Gussman, May 2011]
The above photo is what I would expect with this cross, a more typical form/shape of luteola. Now, just for illustrative purposes, below is a photo of one of my other luteola plants, so you get the idea of a general pitcher shape:
[S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola – Rob Co’s, April 2010]
However, below is the other seedling that resulted from the cross Chris did — and DUDE, it is just something else! He called it “Odd”… I’ll just stick it with that, for now, until he thinks of a better name for it! 🙂
[S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola “Odd Clone”- C. Gussman, May 2011]
At a young age, I really am impressed by this clone. What strikes me about this is the upright and triangular ruffled hood. It’s also not as “tubby” as I would expect. Again, it’s young so features can change and develop as it ages. Here’s a couple more shots of this plant…
[S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola “Odd Clone”- C. Gussman, May 2011]
[S. purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola “Odd Clone”- C. Gussman, May 2011]
Chris, thank you again so so very much for your kindness and generosity!
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