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Homecoming

Posted on February 25, 2013 | 3 comments

There’s no place like home. Like I mentioned in my last post, I deeply enjoyed my visit up north (thanks again Mark!), but it feels great to be back home and with the plants again. Below are some photos from my first day back in the Asylum. A few traps here and there… as well as a few blooms, and a few buds that I’m really excited to work with! Enjoy!

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Greenhouse
The Asylum. It’s great to be home.

Pinguicula doggy-piggy-bank planter, sending up a bloom!

Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’ x minor var. okefenokeensis
Sown last year and growing quickly.

Sarracenia alata x rubra ssp. wherryi, MBRS clone.

Sarracenia ((rubra x oreophila) x flava v. rugelii) x ‘Adrian Slack’
-Select Clone-
The pitchers from very late last season are still holding color well.

Sarracenia (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x (leucophylla x psittacina) – cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman.

S. ‘Godzuki’ x ((rubra x oreophila) x flava v. rugelii)

Sarracenia flava “Heavy Veined” flower breaking open.

Sarracenia ‘Adrian Slack’
FINALLY, a BUD! After 2 years with no bloom, I finally get one this year!
Hope it survives and actually blooms for me though…

Sarracenia 'Smurf'
Ok, I know. It’s a freak. S. purpurea “Smurf” has a bud.
This should be interesting.

Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. burkii f. luteola
Got another one with a bud! I wonder if I should cross with the Smurf? Hmm…

Sarracenia 'Reptilian Rose' x leucophylla "Pale" - Clone 1
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “Pale” – clone 1
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman

Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “Pale” – clone 7
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman

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Widemouth Hybrid Update

Posted on December 12, 2012 | Leave a comment

Sarracenia flava "Widemouth" x (leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” x (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis)

Yeah, with this wide open mouth, they look like they’re saying “AHHHH!!!” This was one of the crosses I did back in 2009, and so far it’s recovered quite nicely. Pitchers still look good this late as they put them up rather late in the season. I guess that’s just one of the side-effects of moving from those low light levels mid year. The little windows on the upper portion of the pitcher (called areoles) from the influence of the father plant (S. leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) carried over quite nicely. It’s subtle, but it’s there. The wide mouth influence of the mother plant also is quite apparent in this cross. They look kinda hungry…

The Freak

Posted on October 25, 2012 | 10 comments

Every now and then, a freak pitcher pops up. And I’m not just talking about “The Freak” SF Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum! (Although he had an amazing relief appearance during game 1 of the World Series last night! GO GIANTS!) In the past, I’ve run into freaks such as this double hooded thing, or this other double hooded thing. I recently spotted this Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’] (cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman) with a double fused pitcher. Rad stuff!

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x
[(leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’]
Double Pitcher

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Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster”

Posted on October 16, 2012 | 6 comments

Hi everyone. Just wanted to update you with a few quick photos from a couple different clones of S. minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster.” This cross was a collaboration project between Jerry Addington, Mike Wang, and myself back in 2009. I describe it more in detail in this post. I really enjoy the little undulation in the pitcher lid while maintaining most of the minor var. okefenokeensis traits. I’ve already self pollinated this plant and so excited to see those seedlings emerge later this winter. Also have all these crazy notions in store for anthocyanin free breeding projects in the future. For now, enjoy a few of the photos from a couple different plants. And as always, THANK YOU Jerry and Mike!

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Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster”

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Mouthy Offspring

Posted on October 10, 2012 | 2 comments

Sarracenia flava "Widemouth" x (leucophylla "red" x minor okefenokeensis) Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” x
(leucophylla “Red” x minor var. okefenokeensis)

A cross I did back in 2009 that I germinated in 2010 now showing some “mouthy” character. The pod parent plant is a flava clone I got from Karen Oudean which she calls Sarracenia flava “Widemouth”. (Check out this prior post for a photo of S. flava “Widemouth” from earlier this year.) It has a larger that your average spout-for-a-mouth and I can kind of see some of that in the one seedling above. This was one of those “OMG, I almost forgot about this thing” discoveries I referenced earlier. I also wrote about one of the siblings here – but not even sure if that one I wrote about earlier was one of the survivors of the group. I kinda like this one. It looks to have a very slight bulge at the top of the pitcher. Only time will tell what it will really be like as it matures.

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Tagged breeding, Carnivorous Plant, flava, hybrid, leucophylla, minor, North American Pitcher Plant, okefenokeensis, Red, Sarracenia, widemouth

Update: Beauty from Complexity

Posted on September 26, 2012 | 2 comments

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’]
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman

Earlier this month, I wrote about this intriguing and complex creature that was a result of Dr. Travis H. Wymans breeding handiwork. Dr. Wyman did this cross back on 2008. Phil Faulisi did the pollen parent cross of S. (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’. As a note for clarity, the leucophylla “red” that was used here is *not* S. ‘Dana’s Delight’ or S. ‘Diana’s Delight’ as some may have noted. It is a red form leucophylla that Phil created and has used in his own lines of Sarracenia breeding. I can’t help but to share another photo… I’m utterly mesmerized by this beauty. Man, that nectar roll is hawt.

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Beauty from Complexity

Posted on September 12, 2012 | 3 comments

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’] – Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman, 2008

Here’s a cross that Dr. Travis H. Wyman did back in 2008. The parentage has a few things going on: S. (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’]. S. ‘Royal Ruby’ is a red moorei with leucophylla and flava in it’s parentage. The pitchers here recently opened not too long ago, and I suspect that the whiteish interior of the pitcher and nectar roll will be coloring up along with the rest of it. As far as full potential and true colors – at this time, who really knows? (Again, this year has been quite eventful for me.) I didn’t get to really see all that the spring pitchers could do earlier this year, but there’s always next season. Even though it comes from a complex background, I’m finding this clone full of promise and beauty.

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Tagged leucophylla, minor, okefenokeensis, oreophila, Royal Ruby, Sarracenia, Travis Wyman

Tag Archives: okefenokeensis

Homecoming

Widemouth Hybrid Update

The Freak

Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster”

Mouthy Offspring

Update: Beauty from Complexity

Beauty from Complexity

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