S. (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava v. rubricorpora) x rosea – Chipola, FL
A new pitcher rises for this promising cross. I did this pollination on 24 April 2010. I hope this particular seedling can maintain it’s light waxy appearance as it ages.
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More of Dr. Travis H. Wyman’s handiwork with S. ‘Reptilian Rose’. Here is only one of the few clones that I have grown out from seed of his cross. Dr. Wyman did this cross in 2008. This particular clone is making a beautiful comeback! It is also showing consistent irregular and chunky nectar roll character which is the thing that I love so much with S. ‘Reptilian Rose’. S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ is hands down one of my favorites and was created by the legendary Phil Faulisi. I hope to have some great updates on the rest of the siblings — especially next growing season. Quite a few of them have thrown up some great spring pitchers in the past. If you have some time, check out this past update on some of those siblings seedlings and other S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ crosses.
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava v. rubricorpora x leucophylla)
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava v. rubricorpora x leucophylla)
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This was one of those crosses I did back in 2009 where I was like, “Well, both plants are flowering so I guess I might as well cross ’em.” I didn’t really know what to expect but pollinated them anyway on a whim. The parent plants are photographed above to help visualise the gene mash up. Here’s a post in 2010 showing a “baby picture” of one of the plants. As noted in that previous post – there has been some question regarding the pod parent (S. rubra ssp. gulfensis “black”). There is some speculation that it is not a pure S. rubra ssp. gulfensis and could have some S. alata mixed into it. However, from what I am told – this particular form of S. rubra hails from the Yellow River area of Florida, and it is doubtful that S. alatas grow that far east. Whatever it is, it’s still pretty cool and I’m loving the dark purple/black shades.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
This particular seedling above donned a purplish/black color, thanks to it’s mother’s genes. The father (or pollen parent) S. “Bug Bat” has a clear influence on the shape of the pitcher.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
Another angle of one of the pitchers from the first photos. I enjoy the color of this clone. Really looking forward to what it will do next year.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
Here’s another clone – not as dark. Not as purple. At least not yet. It also exhibits some of the faint areoles – another influence from S. “Bug Bat”. It currently has this slight orange tint on the hood. Ideally, I’d like that orange to stay as I don’t see it too often in the plants (and I am looking for orange plants to work with for SF Giants inspired plants) – but we’ll see what happens as it matures a bit more. It’s always fun watching the changes as these babies grow.
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Tagged 2009 Cross, black, Bug Bat, Carnivorous Plant, gulfensis, hybrid, North American, Pitcher, Plant, rubra, Sarracenia
Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” x
(leucophylla “Red” x minor var. okefenokeensis)
A cross I did back in 2009 that I germinated in 2010 now showing some “mouthy” character. The pod parent plant is a flava clone I got from Karen Oudean which she calls Sarracenia flava “Widemouth”. (Check out this prior post for a photo of S. flava “Widemouth” from earlier this year.) It has a larger that your average spout-for-a-mouth and I can kind of see some of that in the one seedling above. This was one of those “OMG, I almost forgot about this thing” discoveries I referenced earlier. I also wrote about one of the siblings here – but not even sure if that one I wrote about earlier was one of the survivors of the group. I kinda like this one. It looks to have a very slight bulge at the top of the pitcher. Only time will tell what it will really be like as it matures.
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Ahhh. this cross is showing off some bangin’ color right here! Almost as if to say – “Yo, look at me. LOOK AT MEEEEE!” – A deep and vibrant fall flush of color explodes above the old floppy foliage. This is Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’ (or ‘Diana’s Delight’) – a cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman from 2008 that I grew out from seed. Seed was received from Dr. Wyman on 17 July 2008. A couple different clones photographed below. Bangin’.
Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’
Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’
Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’
As I was going through cleaning and organizing my plants, I’ve found some neat goodies tucked away in the mess. I’m constantly being thrilled by these “re-discoveries” of plants and crosses that myself and others have done from years past. One of the plants that has been hiding out has a hidden mutation by design. Back on April 21, 2011 I crossed Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora (cross by Phil Faulisi) as the pod parent with Sarracenia “Green Monster” (an anthocyanin free form of S. excellens) as the pollen parent. As a side note, the photo of S. leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora that I used below was from earlier in the season – the plant eventually goes a beautiful solid deep red. I’ll try to get a good photo of it next season. It’s a truly spectacular plant.
What’s pretty fascinating about the offspring is that it contains a recessive, or as some others say – a “hidden” AF (anthocyanin free) gene. You can see the influence of both parents on the shape of the offspring. The colors are not accurate at this point in time as it has not received a spring or summer with strong light. As with everything else, it’s recovering and kinda lanky right now. Time will tell what this plant’s true colors and form will be like. What I really want to do is use the plants from this cross in future anthocyanin free breeding projects. When crossed with other AF recessive plants, or another AF plant, the anthocyanin free trait is unlocked and a certain percentage of the plants will exhibit the AF trait. Sweet! I know. This breeding stuff takes time, but it’s definitely worth it.
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora)
x “Green Monster”
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora)
x “Green Monster”
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Much ado about cleaning! Now that I have water tables built, I finally have the chance to spread the plants out. The pots used to be crammed into either those 10 x 12 inch trays, or cement mixing tubs. There is nothing wrong with that, those make flippin’ AWESOME containers to hold water. I have used those for years! Now that I’m here, I figure a larger “container” would help me cut back on the time spent watering. Now I can just flood the tables by letting the hose run whenever I want to water the plants, instead of watering tray after tray after tray.
I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning, weeding, and getting things organized. You can kinda see how some weeds have begun to slowly take over above. There’s also the sad looking long and lanky foliage – a result of the “dark ages” earlier this year. I’m clipping some of the dead pitchers off, well ‘cuz you know that good floral hygiene is great. The joy and rapture of cleaning and organizing never seems to end here. At least things are coming together…slowly. What is cool is that I’m finding so many crosses and plants that I totally forgot about. Yeah, every now and then I find pots that contained rotted out plants. Dude, it still sucks, but what can you do. I just close my eyes, shed a tear, and toss those out. As my friend Jerry Addington recently reminded me, I’ll have time to remake stuff as the years go by. Anyway, I’ll update my surprise findings on the blog every now and then. Stay tuned!
Getting plants grouped and organized! In the foreground are the younger seedlings. The group of plants behind that are various hybrids I’ve done with S. ‘Adrian Slack’ from prior years. They don’t look that great now, but I have high hopes for next season. Various other hybrids are in the back.
Another shot of the recent babies! Grow lil’ homies, grow! Can’t wait to see what you’ll look like in a couple of years! In the background, you see a fraction of the stuff I still have to go through, sort, and clean. WOOHOO!
Yeah, I know. It’s really messy looking, but some neat and interesting young plants here. All are on the road to recovery and doing well.
More seedlings! Finally having the ability to stretch and enjoy a little! Still more space to fill in, but that will be filled very soon as I continue going through the various jumbled trays of plants.
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