Here’s a S. leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata – Select Clone that was bred by Phil Faulisi. As the season advances, the colors will intensify and become much bolder.
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata
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Tagged flava, leucophylla, moorei, ornata, Phil Faulisi, purple lips, Sarracenia
Awww yeah! Signs of life are appearing everywhere! The transition from the cool winter to warmer days has begun. Flower buds are a most welcome sight; the creative juices get flowing at the possibility of some great crosses. Here are a few spherical beauties getting ready to explode into those magnificent blooms that I so look forward to seeing each year.
Sarracenia moorei “Brooks Hybrid” – the first flower to crack open for 2014!
Sarracenia flava “Powhatan”
Sarracenia flava “Powhatan”
Sarracenia flava var. rugelii
Sarracenia oreophila
Sarracenia ‘Black Widow’
*Ahem* Grow a pair…
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa black/red
Sarracenia rosea – veinless form
Sarracenia purpurea “Smurf” – I wonder if it will have 6 petals again this year?
Sarracenia hybrid by Jerry Addington
Sarracenia “Green Dragon”
Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla
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Tagged black, Brooks Hybrid, buds, courtii hybrid, flava, flowers, Green Dragon, moorei, oreophila, Powhatan, Red, rosea, rugelii, Sarracenia, Smurf, veinless, venosa
A young Sarracenia moorei – anthocyanin free clone
(Sarracenia leucophylla – Anthocyanin Free x flava ‘Suspicion’)
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Tagged anthocyanin free, flava, leucophylla, moorei, Sarracenia, Suspicion
This was a cross I did back in 2010 using Sarracenia leucophylla “Juju Lips” as the pod parent and Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” as the pollen parent. S. leucophylla “Juju Lips” was a term coined by Jacob Farin of Sarracenia Northwest. It’s Hawaiian slang for “big lips.” This leucophylla has a nice little spout action that gives it a proportionately larger looking lip when compared to the rest of the pitcher. Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” also has a larger than average “spout” in proportion to the pitcher structure. I wanted to combine both of these characteristics in this cross and my goal was to come up with a moorei (a S. flava/leucophylla cross) with a wide dipping spout. Below are a couple youngsters. They’re still young and there are slight hints expressed in the plants of what I was targeting. It is my hope that the wide/deep lipped characteristic is expressed more as they mature. So far, I kind of like what I am seeing.
Sarracenia leucophylla “Juju Lips” x flava “Widemouth”
Sarracenia leucophylla “Juju Lips” x flava “Widemouth”
Tagged Carnivorous plants, flava, Juju Lips, moorei, Sarracenia, widemouth
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”
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 mitchelliana AF x “Green Monster”
Sarracenia venosa AF F2
Sarracenia courtii AF x purpurea ssp. venosa AF
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”
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 ‘Doodle Bug’ OP Hybrid x “Green Monster”
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Tagged Anthocyanin, Big Mama, Courtii, Free, Green monster, heterophylla, jonesii, leucophylla "red", minor, mitchelliana, moorei, okefenokeensis, purpurea, recessive, rosea, rubra, Sarracenia
If you know me, you know I can’t get enough of the anthocyanin free plants! Here are a few up and coming green seedlings. Some are a result of breeding with anthocyanin free recessive plants (those plants with that hidden mutation that suppresses anthocyanin production) with other AF plants. Others are just a result of straight AF breeding lines. Fun stuff!
Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla) x leucophylla AF
The parentage of this plant consisted of one AF recessive plant, and one AF plant. One of the surviving seedlings from this cross turned out to be AF, while the other clearly exhibits the presence of anthocyanin.
Sarracenia (rubra ssp. jonesii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
x “Green Monster”
The parentage of this cross also consists of one AF recessive parent, and one pure AF plant. I’ve had a couple plants sprout from this batch, but this was the only survivor. I’m glad it turned out to be AF.
Sarracenia mitchelliana AF x “Green Monster”
This cross uses pure AF parentage – S. mitchelliana AF and S. “Green Monster” which is another anthocyanin free plant.
Sarracenia moorei, AF
S. leucophylla AF X S. flava ‘suspicion’
Both parents of this cross are AF resulting in AF progeny.
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Tagged anthocyanin free, Green monster, jonesii, leucophylla, minor, mitchelliana, moorei, okefenokeensis, purpurea, rubra, Sarracenia, Suspicion
In 2009 I crossed S. moorei “Orange Glow” and S. ‘Adrian Slack’. Not sure exactly what I was expecting by crossing two moorei plants together, but I can say that breeding projects involving S. ‘Adrian Slack’ have yielded some fascinating (aaaaand… even *not* so fascinating) results. I’m somewhat partial to the select youngster in the photograph below for its delicate and faded pastel color scheme. Don’t let it fool you though. This plant is still a hungry cylindrical savage.
Sarracenia “Orange Glow” x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia “Orange Glow” x ‘Adrian Slack’
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Tagged Adrian Slack, breeding, glow, hybrid, moorei, Orange, pastel, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia
