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Sarracenia "Bug Bat" x "Diane Whittaker"

Posted on September 10, 2010 | 6 comments

One of my first planned hybrids was created a couple years ago. When I was really started to get into this thing, a couple of friends of mine were kind enough to really ignite the Sarracenia obsession in me. I received a division of Sarracenia “Bug Bat” from Wes Buckner, and a Sarracenia “Diane Whittaker” from Brooks Garcia. (Thanks guys!!) So a couple of years ago, they both bloomed for me — and you already know what I did with that… 😉

Photos below are of 3 different seedlings. Each has similarities and differences, but you can see both parent plants in the mix. 😉

This is in honor of two of the guys that got me addicted…

[Photo: Sarracenia “Bug Bat” x “Diane Whittaker”]

[Photo: Sarracenia “Bug Bat” x “Diane Whittaker”]

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Sarracenia courtii x 'Adrian Slack'

Posted on September 9, 2010 | 1 comment

This particular hybrid is only a few months old, but is showing some of promise. It’s one of the few S. ‘Adrian Slack’ hybrids I did last year. The pitcher is still too young to really tell what the mature pitcher will look like, but a few hints and notes of what it may be like could be can be seen. Another interesting plant to look forward to in the future. 😉

[Photo: Sarracenia courtii x ‘Adrian Slack’, under 1 year old]

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Wide Thing

Posted on September 5, 2010 | 2 comments

A few years ago, my friend Karen Oudean gave me a Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” with a seed pod with a few seeds in it. Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” is Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis x psittacina, and sorry… I don’t have a photo of Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” on hand, but you can always use Bob Ziemer’s Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder to view photos of what the parent plant looks like.

Anyway, I took the pod, extracted seed, put the seed through 3 weeks of damp cold stratification in the fridge. After that, I threw em’ down on some planting media and watched em grow. About 2 years later, I came up with all sorts of different looking plants, however the one below really caught my attention ‘cuz that hood is friggin’ wide.

The thing with growing Sarracenia from seed, you never know what you’re going to get… and in this case, some flying saucer type UFO lookin’ hood came out. LOL 😉

[Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” – open pollinated seedling, 2 years old]

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Harvest

Posted on August 15, 2010 | 4 comments

[Sarracenia Seed Pods, collected 8.15.10]
Clockwise from top: S. flava “widemouth” x ‘Adrian Slack’, S. ‘Alucard’ x leucophylla anthocyanin free,
S. “Goliath” x ‘Adrian Slack’, S. oreophila – veined x ‘Adrian Slack, S. ‘Alucard’ x ‘Leah Wikerson’

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It’s that time of year again – today I was out in the grow area harvesting some pods. I left some of the labels on them so you can see how I keep track of the crosses as I do them. I learned the hard way to cover the tag in tape as snails will eat the cardboard and you loose the ID all together. That was one mistake I learned the hard way last year. I did all these crosses only to have the identity taken by snails. DOH!

Anyway, I know the pods may not look like much now but I am hopeful for some of these crosses. Over here it’s been on the cool side of things so many plants and pods seem a little behind. More pods are forthcoming which means more seeds soon! I am really looking forward to some of the ones I did this year … now just gotta figure out where I can put them all… 😉

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Reptile Crossing!

Posted on August 11, 2010 | 5 comments

Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ is definately one of my all time favorite plants. S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ was created by a good friend and breeding mentor, the legend: Phil Faulisi. (DUDE!) More information on the plant can be found here: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v38n1p12_22.html#Reptilian The following photo is an example of what S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ looks like. (Same plant as in my gravitar, to the right) 😉

[Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’]

The following photos are seed grown crosses of S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ that were created by fellow carnivorous cohort, Dr. Travis Wyman. (Thanks Travis!) These photos were taken in June/July of this year (2010) and seedlings are just a little under 2 years old. I began to germinate them indoors back during the December of 2008. You can see some variation and some similarities. Keep in mind that these plants are still young and still have a lot of growing up to do. Some are showing tell-tale signs of the angular nectar roll, but we won’t really know how pronounced that characteristic will be until these pitchers are fully mature. And I haven’t noticed any scents just yet… but I’ll keep you posted on my findings and I’ll post photos now and then as the plants mature. 😉