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Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x “Green Monster”

A couple young siblings from this cross I did 2 years ago. You can see one of the seedlings from this cross crack open start to root in the very last photo from this epic-super-neurotic-OCD-how-to-guide-on-starting-Sarracenia-seeds-post.  Interesting to note some of the differences in these babies! One has a high hood with lots of frills, the other is a little more squat and compact with a shorter hood.

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Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x “Green Monster”
Upright open hood

Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x “Green Monster”
Upright open hood

Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x “Green Monster”
Shorter more compact hood

Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia purpurea heterophylla x “Green Monster”
Shorter more compact hood

Young and Green

Here’s some young green (anthocyanin free) plants! There’s still a lot of evolving to do, but so far, so good!

Sarracenia (rubra ssp. jonesii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis) x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia (rubra ssp. jonesii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
x “Green Monster”
This AF plant is the result of crossing one AF recessive plant with an anthocyanin free plant. This seedling is the only one that survived the multiple moves. Glad that it was the AF one that survived!

Sarracenia moorei AF
Sarracenia moorei AF

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

Sarracenia venosa AF
Sarracenia venosa AF F2

Sarracenia courtii AF x purpurea ssp. venosa AF
Sarracenia courtii AF x purpurea ssp. venosa AF

Sarracenia (purpurea heterophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis ) x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia ((purpurea heterophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii AF) x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. gulfensis AF)) x “Green Monster”

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…and here are a few AF recessive babies that should be fun to work with in future breeding projects!

Sarracenia "Green Monster" x rosea "Big Mama"
Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”

Sarracenia "Green Monster" x rosea "Big Mama"
Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”
I think the little seedling that photo-bombed this photo may be S. “Green Monster” – F2. It’s possible that some of pollen from the pod parent may have gotten on the stigma. At this point, it certainly looks that way.

Sarracenia rosea "Big Mama" x venosa AF
Sarracenia rosea “Big Mama” x venosa AF

Sarracenia 'Doodle Bug' OP - Wide Hood x "Green Monster"
Sarracenia ‘Doodle Bug’ OP Hybrid x “Green Monster”

Bog Goblin – AF Weirdness: Part 1

Last year I received S. “Bog Goblin” from Brooks Garcia. The parentage is Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF). Looks pretty anthocyanin free, right?

It’s a nice plant, but there’s something more to it which I’ll share in the next post.

Sarracenia "Bog Goblin"
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF)
New growth – looking very AF

Sarracenia "Bog Goblin"
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF)
New growth – looking very AF

 

Sarracenia "Bog Goblin"
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF)
Back of the pitcher.

A Bright Find

Sarracenia (leuco x purpurea heterophylla) x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla) 
x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
Cross by Jerry Addington

I recently had a bright find. As I was doing some clean up of some young plants recently, I came across something interesting hiding in the fray of last year’s burnt out foliage. The cross is Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla) x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis) by Jerry Addington. There are 2 young plants in there.

As you probably already know, last year was not kind to the plants at all, and I didn’t get to see any of the real characteristics of the plants come about, so I couldn’t really tell what kind of things I had going on with the younger plants. I’m constantly finding surprises here and there… and I wonder what other things I’ll find as I still go through and trim the dead pitchers away.

The plant on the left still has one sort of decent yet fading pitcher left over from last year. The plant on the right has a new pitcher coming up that has a unique amount of pale cream/white that covers most of the pitcher. Interestingly enough, both parent plants have anthocyanin free recessive genes. I clipped the older pitcher that was all crispy and burnt, but the other burnt out pitcher on this pale plant from last year has a pitcher that looks like it stayed pale with a flush of red. I’m guessing that it will eventually get that red flush to the pitcher. For sure it’s something that I’ll be keeping a watch on.

Blooms

Hello there, here’s a few Sarracenia buds and blooms to brighten your day. Have an awesome weekend everyone!

Sarracenia blooms
Sarracenia Blooms

Sarracenia (purpurea heterophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis) Anthocyanin Free
Sarracenia (purpurea heterophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii)
x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis)
Anthocyanin Free Clone

Sarracenia flava "Big Mouth"
Sarracenia flava “Big Mouth”

Sarracenia leucophylla 'Tarnok'
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Tarnok’

Sarracenia "Smurf"
Sarracenia “Smurf”

Sarracenia 'Jessica'
Sarracenia ‘Jessica’

Sarracenia "Pink Eye"
Sarracenia “Pink  Eye”

Sarracenia "Lemon"
Sarracenia “Lemon”

Sarracenia leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. ornata clone 1
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata – clone 1

Sarracenia leucophylla - Alabama Clone
Sarracenia leucophylla – Alabama Clone
Double buds!

Green Dragons and Princes

Last week, the greenhouse was invaded with dragons and princes. Sarracenia-ly speaking, of course! A pair of Sarracenia “Green Dragon” and Sarracenia “Green Prince” have made their homes here. So freaking excited. Those of you who know me know that I LOVE anthocyanin free plants! A huge THANK YOU to Jason Austin of Rarefind Nursery! The plants arrived in great condition! They were a little muddied up, but that’s nothing to worry about at all. I repotted them and hope they’re happy!

Sarracenia “Green Dragon” and Sarracenia “Green Prince” are crosses involving S. “Green Monster” as the pod parent. S. “Green Monster” is fascinating and amazing anthocyanin free version of S. excellens (a minor/leucophylla hybrid) – a cross created by Bill Scholl. S. “Green Dragon” is S. “Green Monster” x purpurea f. heterophylla, and S. “Green Prince” is S. “Green Monster” x leucophylla AF. Both of these crosses were done by Bill Smith in May of 2009, and the seed was sown in December 2009. (Dude, awesome stuff, Bill!)

I’ve done S. purpurea f. heterophylla x “Green Monster” last year (the reciprocal cross of S. “Green Dragon”, using S. purpurea f. heterophylla as the pod parent and S. “Green Monster” as the pollen parent) so it will be interesting to compare them. I would imagine that similar looking plants will arise. My S. leucophylla AF on the other hand hasn’t been dependable in breeding in the past 3 years. That’s why you haven’t seen me doing many crosses with them. The pollen seems to be firing blanks, or something. I think this year a few pods did take, but seed count was very low in the ones I’ve harvested.

Anyway, below are a few photos of some of the new AF plants that have made their home with me. Jason and Rarefind – THANK YOU so much for these awesome plants! Looking forward to seeing them grow!

Sarracenia "Green Prince" and "Green Dragon" arrive
The princes and dragons arrive.

Sarracenia "Green Prince" Sarracenia "Green Prince"
Sarracenia “Green Prince”

Sarracenia "Green Dragon" Sarracenia "Green Dragon"
Sarracenia “Green Dragon”

Sarracenia "Green Prince" and "Green Dragon"The princes and dragons living together in harmony.

Growing Up Fast

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea AF x "Green Monster"Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea AF x “Green Monster”

My oh my, how quickly the children grow. It was only a few moments ago that they were sealed up in their little baggies waiting to germinate. Then sprouting up with a voracious appetite. Man, they grow up so fast…