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Golf with Judith

Posted on February 10, 2012 | 3 comments

About 3 or 4 years ago, fellow Sarraceniaphile Brooks Garcia sent me some seeds from a cross he did with S. psittacina “Golfballensis” and S. ‘Judith Hindle’. It’s holding the pitchers quite nicely even for being grown outdoors all year round last year. I know that it can and will get more colorful if grown in stronger direct light. Last year it got shaded over at times throughout the day because of the deck I had it close to but as you can see, it still grew to be a fairly robust plant with nice blushes of color. Sweet!

Sarracenia psittacina “Golfballensis” x ‘Judith Hindle’

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Sarracenia (minor x ‘Judith Hindle’) x ‘Adrian Slack’

Posted on March 19, 2011 | 6 comments

As I was checking on the seedlings today, I noticed this one out of the batch. This is a from a cross I did in 2009, and I started to germinate in 2010 with the parents as Sarracenia (minor x ‘Judith Hindle’) x ‘Adrian Slack’. It’s starting to throw out little baby pitchers that are somewhat defining now and just found this one worth mentioning. Now, as it matures, it may not even look like anything remotely close to this. It may just turn into something I’ll compost. Maybe. Who knows. Seedlings will change appearance as they mature, but I found that this one is putting out some interesting pitchers right now. It’s a little bit under a year old and I’m hoping it keeps those areoles (the lighter spots) on the tube as it matures. I’m also hoping that the color from the the parent plants will pull through, especially with the S. ‘Judith Hindle’ coloration in the late season. Ah, only time will tell…

Sarracenia (minor x 'Judith Hindle') x 'Adrian Slack'
[Sarracenia (minor x ‘Judith Hindle’) x ‘Adrian Slack’]

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Off Season Bloomin'

Posted on November 11, 2010 | 2 comments

It is not all that uncommon for Sarracenia to bloom during the fall. It happens. Why exactly they do this now, I am not too sure. Some speculate it’s the similar lighting/environmental conditions as spring. The buds are shorter now in the fall, and I also believe that the flowers are not fertile (?) but, I have yet to try and pollinate in the fall. Who knows. I typically just cut off the flower during this time to allow the plant to conserve it’s energy for dormancy. At times I just let it do its thing. Whatever.

[Out of season flower bud. Photo taken October 31, 2010]

What I did find very awesome and very recently — one of my older 2 year old hybrids DID bloom recently. This is significant because it’s the first flower of a hybrid that I created. Blooming within 2 growing seasons! A bit weird that it did bloom for me now. And not a short bloom, but rather, a tall spring like bloom. Woah dude. I did a cross of Sarracenia ‘White Sparkler’ x (‘Ladies in Waiting’ x ‘Judith Hindle’) in 2008. The latter pollen parent is a very rich colored plant, and I hope that the coloration carries over to the progeny. The photo below is of a young pitcher later in the season. I’m getting a lot of color variation in this batch of seedlings. Some are deeper red, some like the below resemble the pod parent moreso. I want to see what this seedling batch does next season in terms of color and vigor.

[A hybrid I crossed in spring of 2008: Sarracenia ‘White Sparkler’ x (‘Ladies in Waiting’ x ‘Judith Hindle’). Photo taken November 6, 2010.]