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Flying Nun Baby

Posted on May 12, 2011 | 4 comments

Back in January of 2008, I got some seed from fellow Sarracenia obsessed grower and Sarracenia pusher, Brooks Garcia. (Yeah, he be one of those dudes that got me addicted.)

He crossed Sarracenia “Flying Nun”* x flava var. rubricorpora. All of seedlings are turning out pretty nice. This one has some open pitchers now so just wanted to share a couple photos of the progress of this particular “Flying Nun”* baby. Check it out, yo!

Catesbaei "Flying Nun" x flava var. rubricorpora
[Sarracenia “Flying Nun”* x flava v. rubricorpora]

*The Sarracenia “Flying Nun” used in this cross is not the catesbaei, S. “Flying Nun” as photographed in the link. The link shows a plant that was named by Phil Faulisi, as Brooks Garcia noted in the comments.

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Stickin' out…

Posted on November 4, 2010 | 2 comments

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.

S. Catesbaei "Flying Nun" x "Red Blush" [Sarracenia catesbaei “Flying Nun” x “Red Blush”]