Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata
A Phil Faulisi Hybrid
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Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata
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Tagged Carnivorous Plant, Faulisi, flava, hybrid, leucophylla, moorei, North American, ornata, Phil, Pitcher Plant, purple lips, Sarracenia
Sarracenia “Pink Eye”
Sarracenia “Pink Eye” – beautiful, tall, and elegant hybrid involving Sarracenia alata and Sarracenia leucophylla. This plant originated from Brooks Garcia. When the pitcher first opens up, it is a stunning combination of green, white, complimented with fine dark veins running throughout the upper portion. As it ages, the nectar roll fills in with the mischievous pink color. So awesome, it almost makes me itch!
Sarracenia “Pink Eye”
Sarracenia “Pink Eye”
A relatively fresh pitcher before it turns pink.
Sarracenia “Pink Eye”
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Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
This was one of those crosses I did back in 2009 where I was like, “Well, both plants are flowering so I guess I might as well cross ’em.” I didn’t really know what to expect but pollinated them anyway on a whim. The parent plants are photographed above to help visualise the gene mash up. Here’s a post in 2010 showing a “baby picture” of one of the plants. As noted in that previous post – there has been some question regarding the pod parent (S. rubra ssp. gulfensis “black”). There is some speculation that it is not a pure S. rubra ssp. gulfensis and could have some S. alata mixed into it. However, from what I am told – this particular form of S. rubra hails from the Yellow River area of Florida, and it is doubtful that S. alatas grow that far east. Whatever it is, it’s still pretty cool and I’m loving the dark purple/black shades.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
This particular seedling above donned a purplish/black color, thanks to it’s mother’s genes. The father (or pollen parent) S. “Bug Bat” has a clear influence on the shape of the pitcher.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
Another angle of one of the pitchers from the first photos. I enjoy the color of this clone. Really looking forward to what it will do next year.
Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis “Black” x “Bug Bat”
Here’s another clone – not as dark. Not as purple. At least not yet. It also exhibits some of the faint areoles – another influence from S. “Bug Bat”. It currently has this slight orange tint on the hood. Ideally, I’d like that orange to stay as I don’t see it too often in the plants (and I am looking for orange plants to work with for SF Giants inspired plants) – but we’ll see what happens as it matures a bit more. It’s always fun watching the changes as these babies grow.
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Tagged 2009 Cross, black, Bug Bat, Carnivorous Plant, gulfensis, hybrid, North American, Pitcher, Plant, rubra, Sarracenia
Cleaning and Organizing
Much ado about cleaning! Now that I have water tables built, I finally have the chance to spread the plants out. The pots used to be crammed into either those 10 x 12 inch trays, or cement mixing tubs. There is nothing wrong with that, those make flippin’ AWESOME containers to hold water. I have used those for years! Now that I’m here, I figure a larger “container” would help me cut back on the time spent watering. Now I can just flood the tables by letting the hose run whenever I want to water the plants, instead of watering tray after tray after tray.
I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning, weeding, and getting things organized. You can kinda see how some weeds have begun to slowly take over above. There’s also the sad looking long and lanky foliage – a result of the “dark ages” earlier this year. I’m clipping some of the dead pitchers off, well ‘cuz you know that good floral hygiene is great. The joy and rapture of cleaning and organizing never seems to end here. At least things are coming together…slowly. What is cool is that I’m finding so many crosses and plants that I totally forgot about. Yeah, every now and then I find pots that contained rotted out plants. Dude, it still sucks, but what can you do. I just close my eyes, shed a tear, and toss those out. As my friend Jerry Addington recently reminded me, I’ll have time to remake stuff as the years go by. Anyway, I’ll update my surprise findings on the blog every now and then. Stay tuned!
Getting plants grouped and organized! In the foreground are the younger seedlings. The group of plants behind that are various hybrids I’ve done with S. ‘Adrian Slack’ from prior years. They don’t look that great now, but I have high hopes for next season. Various other hybrids are in the back.
Another shot of the recent babies! Grow lil’ homies, grow! Can’t wait to see what you’ll look like in a couple of years! In the background, you see a fraction of the stuff I still have to go through, sort, and clean. WOOHOO!
Yeah, I know. It’s really messy looking, but some neat and interesting young plants here. All are on the road to recovery and doing well.
More seedlings! Finally having the ability to stretch and enjoy a little! Still more space to fill in, but that will be filled very soon as I continue going through the various jumbled trays of plants.
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Tagged Adrian Slack, breeding, Carnivorous Plant, cleaning, expanding, hybrid, next generation, North American, Organizing, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia, seedling, seedlings, Table, Water
Shadow of Former Glory
Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’
An old spring pitcher now fading into nothing more than a shadow of it’s former glory.
Off to sleep, now go…
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Tagged carnivorous, dormancy, Leah Wilkerson, North American, Pitcher Plant, Plant, Sarracenia, Shadow of former glory
Sarracenia flava “Powhatan”
Sarracenia flava “Powhatan”
Sarracenia flava “Powhatan”
Recently acquired early this year, S. flava “Powhatan” is finally showing some promising form and color. It’s not as solid deep red as I would like – at least not just yet; given it’s current state and all it has been through, that is understandable. Along with the other plants, it has suffered quite a bit for most of this year due to the low light levels it had to endure. It’s very promising seeing this plant finally showing some color at this point and put out a healthy pitcher. I also attempted to seed it with pollen from S. ‘Adrian Slack’ but that proved to be unwise the first year. No seeds, and flowering probably ended up draining the plant of energy that it needed. Oh well, you know the mantra: “There’s always next year.” Still, it’s rather nice Sarracenia to have around. My fingers are crossed for a brilliant seasons ahead with this clone.
About S. flava “Powhatan” from Meadowview Biological Research Station:
This bold, solid clone reflects the power and pride of chief Powhatan. The flower is yellow, typical of normal yellow pitcher plant. The red color of the foliage is best developed under intense, sunny conditions. Powhatan was the ruler of the Algonquin tribe that occupied central Virginia when the colonists arrived in 1607.
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Tagged Biological, Carnivorous Plant, flava, Meadowview, North American, Pitcher Plant, Powhatan, Research, Sarracenia, Station
Fire and Brimstone
While cleaning out the and organizing plants the other day, I stumbled upon a pot of Sarracenia ‘Golden-Red Jubilee‘ x purpurea ssp. purpurea. Always nice to find surprises like this! I did this cross back (I think) in 2009. Possibly 2008. Eh, gotta check. From what I recall, many of the seedlings were deeply and richly colored. (Example: see 5th photo in this post from June of last year.) Even some of the green ones exhibited a nice “chunky” veiny trait to them. In the photo to the left, you can see the older foliage just limp and blah all over the pot looking messy, however there are 3 recent pitchers that really stood out that stem from 2 of the seedlings in the batch. One plant decided to don a mischievous yet fiery pink. The other is cloaked in a sulfur and brimstone yellow backdrop for the web of dark veins. Seeing this color combination together made me think of fire and brimstone. Both young siblings, though different in color, display a similar and elegantly sinister facade.
Sarracenia ‘Golden-Red Jubilee’ x purpurea ssp. purpurea
Sarracenia ‘Golden-Red Jubilee’ x purpurea ssp. purpurea
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Tagged brimstone, Carnivorous Plant, fire, Golden Red Jubilee, hybrid, North American, pink, Pitcher Plant, purpurea, Sarracenia, yellow
