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The Princes

Posted on September 5, 2013 | 3 comments

Here are some of the “princes” that are are growing in the garden.

Sarracenia "Dark Prince"
Sarracenia “Dark Prince”
A beautiful S. readii cross created by Brooks Garcia that involves S. leucophylla “Wilkerson’s Red Rocket”

Sarracenia “Dark Prince”
A beautiful S. readii cross created by Brooks Garcia that involves S. leucophylla “Wilkerson’s Red Rocket”

Sarracenia “Green Prince”
An anthocyanin free cross (S. “Green Monster” x leucophylla AF) by Bill Smith of Rarefind Nursery.

S. ‘Alucard’ – “Prince of Darkness”
This is a select S. ‘Alucard’ (S. flava var. rubricorpora x ‘Royal Ruby’) created by Phil Faulisi is looking quite crispy this time of year. This monster puts on a brilliant show of deep red large pitchers in the spring averaging 3 feet tall or more as you can see here. However, by the time fall rolls around, this prince is reduced to royal phyllodia.

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Tagged Bill Smith, Brooks Garcia, dark, darkness, green, Phil Faulisi, Pitcher Plant, prince, Rarefind, Sarracenia

Sarracenia alabamensis

Posted on August 30, 2013 | 4 comments

Whether you say S. rubra ssp. alabamensis, or S. alabamensis ssp. alabamensis, it is still a pretty nice plant in my humble opinion. Sure it’s not as showy as some of it’s other Sarracenia species siblings, but it’s still beautiful in it’s own way. Here’s Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis (…or S. rubra ssp. alabamensis) ICPS Location AL-02.

Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis ICPS 02-1
Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis – AL-02

Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis ICPS 02-2
Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis – AL-02

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Lecophylla Season

Posted on August 15, 2013 | 6 comments

It’s that time of year again! Sarracenia leucophyllas putting up their fall pitchers. It’s the start of the season’s final show before the plants settle down for their winter dormancy…

Sarracenia leucophylla "Juju Lips" Sarracenia leucophylla “Juju Lips”

Sarracenia leucophylla “Wilkerson’s Red Rocket”

Sarracenia leucophylla - Franklin Co., FL Clone A x B
Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co., FL – Clone A x B
Cross by Wes Buckner

Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co., FL – Clone A x B
Cross by Wes Buckner

Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co, FL

Sarracenia leucophylla – Clone AJ01

Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone C

Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone D

Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone F

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Tagged C, Clone, D, F, Franklin Co, hurricane creek white, leucophylla, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia, white top, Wilkerson's Red Rocket

Sarracenia flava var. rugelii x flava ‘Suspicion’

Posted on June 7, 2013 | 3 comments

The quest for more anthocyanin free goodness continues! Here’s one interesting cross that I will be using in future breeding efforts. The parents are S. flava var. rugelii x flava ‘Suspicion’. It’s anthocyanin free recessive (having that “hidden” AF gene) and when it blooms, I am looking to produce more AF plants by selfing it and/or crossing it with other AF or AF recessive plants. I like the slight pin stripe veins, the muddy splotch in the throat, and lip color that some of these plants have. Sweet!

Sarracenia flava var. rugelii x flava ‘Suspicion’

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Sarracenia minor – Anthocyanin Free

Posted on June 4, 2013 | 1 comment

Sarracenia minor is one of those plants that have such simple and streamlined beauty. No frills, no overly loud-melt-your-face-off colors for the most part (although I enjoy that too…) It’s just a simple hood, and windows to draw prey by. Minimalistic elegance. I’m enamored by the anthocyanin free version of it as it really draws my attention to the gracious form and beauty of the plant. As with the other anthocyanin free plants, the bright neon green makes it seem as if the plant were glowing. Here are a couple different clones of anthocyanin free Sarracenia minor.

Sarracenia minor AF
Sarracenia minor – anthocyanin free

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S.’Reptilian Rose’ x ‘Adrian Slack’ – The Four 2010 Clones

Posted on June 3, 2013 | 4 comments

Back in 2010 I crossed S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ with pollen from S. ‘Adrian Slack’ and only 4 out of the batch for that year survived. You can see more photos of the first clone that really took off this year in this post. For now I’m giving them a numerical designation. I’m partial to clones one and two. Both of these have clear influence from both parent plants. I’d love to see more of that angular nectar roll, but who knows if that characteristic would be reflected as it matures next year. I like the color on clone three, but I want to see how the pitchers will be like next year. Clone four turned out to be the runt of this pack. Pitchers are still very small on four and not too exciting for me. We’ll see what it will do in the coming years.

Sarracenia 'Reptilian Rose' x 'Adrian Slack'
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x ‘Adrian Slack’ – Clone 1