A few Sarracenia leucophylla mugshots to kick this weekend off!
Sarracenia leucophylla – GA TAHBWG Clone
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’- Clone A
Sarracenia leucophylla HCW – Fukada Clone
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone F
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x leucophylla “Mesa Exotics”
Cross by Phil Faulisi
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Bris’
Weirdo.
Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co., FL – Clone A x B
Cross by Wes Buckner
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This year is really flying by. It felt like it was only moments ago where I had fresh spring pitchers and flowers in the Asylum… now I’m seeing more S. leucophylla and S. leucophylla hybrids starting to show their pitchers off. Tis’ the season! Here’s a few S. leucophylla and friends to greet the arrival of August…
Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co., FL – Clone A x B
Cross by Wes Buckner
Sarracenia leucophylla “AJ01”
Sarracenia leucophylla – Anthocyanin Free
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x leucophylla “Mesa Exotics”
Cross by Phil Faulisi
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone A
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Bris’
Whatta freak.
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Bris’
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Schnell’s Ghost’ x ‘Adrian Slack’
Just cracked open not that long ago!
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Schnell’s Ghost’ x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone F x ‘Adrian Slack’
Still a very young seedling. They all used to be uber crowded in one pot…
that is until I placed them in group trays. Now they’ll have a little bit more time before getting crowded again. See the second photo of this post. There’s a few others out of this batch that are showing some really nice promise. Stay tuned. 🙂
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone F x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sibling to the one above.
Sarracenia “Peedough’s Passion” – Exact parentage unknown
From Lois Ochs (Thanks Lois!)
Sarracenia (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Bugscoop’
One of my crosses from a couple of years ago. Showing some character now.
Sarracenia alata red/black x ‘Kilimanjaro’
The Sarracenia leucophylla influence via S. ‘Kilimanjaro’ shines through on
new fresh pitchers, but as it ages it darkens to a rich deep red. Such a nice plant.
(Thanks, again Eric!)
Check Eric’s crazy Sarracenia inspired Instagram feed: @sarraceniacrazy!
Hello all you beautiful people! Yeahhh, I know — It seems like it has forever since I’ve posted anything here. Yeah, things have been pretty busy outside of the garden the past couple of months but rest assured I still make time to go down and recharge my soul in The Asylum. The plants are all still doing good, but it’s that weird in-between time for me now. Spring pitchers already are burning out (thanks to my early season start) and pitchers of the autumn-indulging plants are just starting to form. Anyway – here’s a quick and dirty photo-update-reel from the past few weeks.
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Sarracenia oreophila – for the most part the spring pitchers are gone. Still a pitcher here and there looking ok.
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – clone F x ‘Adrian Slack’ I had this one seriously cramped pot of of these seedlings and repotted those seedlings into these four trays. You can see the old foliage all floppy n’ crud but they’re all throwing up new pitchers. Should be a pretty interesting cross.
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x leucophylla “Mesa Exotics”
Cross by Phil Faulisi
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ – Clone F
Sarracenia leucophylla “Helmut’s Delight”
Sarracenia lecuophylla ‘Bris’
Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis – Ware Co., GA
Sarracenia flava var. autropurprea
Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora – lidless
Sarracenia flava var. ornata – lidless
Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia flava “Extreme Red Throat”
FREAKIN’… THANK YOU ERIC!! So not that long ago a really awesome surprise came in the mail from Eric Morrow. After a somewhat really bad week for me, this surprise was a huge pick-me-up. By the way – check out Eric’s Instagram feed for some Sarracenia-heavy updates: @sarraceniacrazy!
Sarracenia (‘Leah Wilkerson’ x oreophila) x (flava var. rubricorpora x leucophylla)
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman
In my clean up of plants this year, I was glad to have found this baby barely surviving. I salvaged what I could and glad it’s recovering nicely!
Sarracenia ‘Royal Ruby’
Sarracenia “Blood Moon” – new pitcher unfolding.
Cross by Brooks Garcia
Sarracenia ‘Black Widow’ coloring up.
Sarracenia lecuophylla “burgundy” x flava var. maxima
Cross by James Soe Nyun
DOUBLE HEADER! Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava var.rubricorpora x leucophylla)
(Ehh… forgot to note which clone this was…)
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava var.rubricorpora x leucophylla) – Clone 4
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman
Sarracenia alata – AF
Sarracenia minor – AF
Sarracenia flava AF – Shalotte – Brunswick Co., NC
Sarracenia flava AF – Telogia – Liberty Co., FL
Kinky lip on that pitcher for some reason, heh!
Sarracenia flava ‘Suspicion’
Sarracenia “Green Monster”
Sarracenia “Green Monster” – F2
This one is reflecting a lot of S. leucophylla color influence
Sarracenia moorei AF – parentage: Sarracenia leucophylla AF x flava ‘Suspcion’
Cross by Aidan Selwyn.
Sarracenia “Monster Cat” (“Cat” short for “catesbaei”)
Cross by Jerry Addington.
Sarracenia purpurea “Smurf”
Sarracenia willisii x alata “red/black”
from Eric Morrow, Cross by Michael Sprouse.
Sarracenia willisii x alata “red/black” *(correction caught by Eric, tag mislabel!)
Sarracenia alata red/black x ‘Kilimanjaro’
from Eric Morrow, Cross by Michael Sprouse.
Sibling to the plant above.
Another angle of the above Sarracenia willisii x alata “red/black”
*(correction caught by Eric, tag mislabel!)
Sarracenia alata red/black x ‘Kilimanjaro’ from Eric Morrow, Cross by Michael Sprouse.
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x (rosea “Big Mama” x leucophylla “Purple Lips”)
Cross by Phil Faulisi
Sarracenia ‘Alucard’ “Prince of Darkness” x alata ‘Night’
A cross I did a few years ago. Had a few of these growing in one pot, and the pot self culled itself. I recently repotted the survivors (strongest of that bunch…) and they’re putting up some promising young pitchers.
Sarracenia (minor x willisii) x purpurea ssp. purpurea) x leucophylla
Another neat little seedling of a cross I did that is reacting well to the repotting from earlier this year.
Sarracenia flava “widemouth” x (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis)
Sarracenia oreophila x ‘Adrian Slack’
I repotted most of these plants into individual pots only this year. They seem to have liked that.
Sarracenia oreophila x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sibling to the one above it. The whole litter has everything in between both of these forms and color schemes. Gotta love the diversity.
Sarracenia oreophila “veined” x ‘Adrian Slack.
S. ‘Legacy’ like!
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata) x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia ‘Alucard’ x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia (oreophila x ‘Royal Ruby’) x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’
Sarracenia ‘Legacy’
Here’s one of the more recent crosses I did – Sarracenia leucophylla “Hanrahan” x alata AF. I’m excited about this one because… well… it’s an AF recessive S. areolata and can’t wait to use it in future AF projects. And… it’s fuzzy!
Not a pitcher plant but… sheeyat, I’m loving how this Drosophyllum is doing.
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Tagged Adrian Slack, alata, Alucard, anthocyanin free, autorpurpurea, Big Mama, Black Widow, Blood Moon, Bris, Catesbaei, clone f, Drosophyllum, Extreme Red Throat, flava, Green monster, Hanrahan, Helmut's Delight, hurricane creek white, hybrid, Leagacy, Leah Wilkerson, leucophylla, lidless, Mesa Exotics, minor, Monster Cat, moorei, night, okefenokeensis, oreophila, ornata, Photo Dump, Prince of Darkness, purepurea, purple lips, Reptilian Rose, rosea, Royal Ruby, rubricorpora, Sarracenia, willisii
A young plant from a cross I did some years ago. Not of blooming age yet. The mother/pod parent plant – Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) – is a fantastic red moorei bred by Phil Faulisi. There are some interesting variations going on with the siblings, and I’ll post some photos later on in the season. For now here’s one of the larger plants from the bunch. There’s some great coloration going on right now with this one.
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Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) x ‘Adrian Slack’
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora) x ‘Adrian Slack’
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Tagged Adrian Slack, flava, leucophylla, purple lips, rubricorpora, Sarracenia
February, so far, is looking pretty fab. Thanks to the warm January, much of the crop has been moving at a very fast speed. There are plenty of buds to be found all over the place, a few open pitchers, and… seeds germinating! Enjoy a few snapshots from the past couple of weeks.
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The seeds (from 2013!!) have been sown! Yes, you read that right. These have been sitting in cold stratification for a year. A couple of weeks ago, my wife and the kiddos helped pot up all 202+ crosses. It was an extremely busy year for me last year and by the time I was ready to put them down, the year was half way over. I didn’t want to use supplemental lighting as with this many seeds, as that electric bill would just be nuts. Now that I finally have a little more space, I was able to finally put these down.
And guess what? Many pots have seeds that have are sprouting! Exciting! The one in the photo is S. purpurea heterophylla x leucophylla “Red” – these came from Jerry Addington and should produce a brilliant crop of anthocyanin free recessive plants to work with in the future.
The Asylum. Check out the Sarracenia alata flowers already opening up! And check out that other half of the greenhouse that needs trimming! Heh!
Sarracenia rosea – Baldwin Co., AL in flower.
A few more Sarracenia alata buds about to pop!
One of my crosses from a maybe 3 or so years ago. This is S. ‘Alucard’ x ‘Adrian Slack’ glowing with the sun hitting it from behind. Notice one of last year’s autumn pitchers compared to this year’s larger spring pitcher. What a jump! You can see tell-tale signs of what the plant would be like from last year’s pitcher. However, with this year’s pitcher, you can see much more character shine through! The unknown of what comes out of the cross and how that plant matures is part of the excitement that comes with growing from seed. Anyway, I’ll post another photo later on so you can get a better view of this year’s most recent pitcher from this cross.
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava var. rubricorpora x leucophylla) – Clone 14. New pitcher coloring up against last year’s wreckage. Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman.
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava var. rubricorpora x leucophylla) – Clone 9
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman
Another one of my crosses – Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora x ‘Adrian Slack’ – new pitcher opening up!
Sarracenia oreophila, awake and ready to devour insects!
Sarracenia alata – Anthocyanin Free!
A new pitcher stands out against last year’s crispy dead pitchers.
Young pitchers stretch towards the sky. Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora x flava ‘Suspicion’ – an anthocyanin free recessive cross. This cross was done by Aidan Selwyn. I hope to use these AF recessive S. flava plants in future (anthocyanin free) crosses.
Ok, ok, ok… I’m totally geeking out here. This is a flower bud of an anthocyanin free form of S. flava – Colquitt Co., GA. YEAH. You know what this means… 🙂
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Greetings all! I hope you’ve had a great start to the new year so far. My wish is that you, your loved ones and your plants will find happiness and health all throughout this coming year. Things are quite busy on this end with winter clean up. All this in preparation for the growth that will soon follow. The Sarracenia in The Asylum are all brown and crispy and pot-by-pot, table-by-table… slowly they are getting their shave on. Winter fun, yes? I’m about to burn them all down… 🙂
Yet, with all the dead foliage that surrounds me, I’m still growing things. A few plants (both carnivorous and non-carnivorous) around the greenhouse are doing well. I have a few plants in my office cubicle that keep me company whilst I’m at the office. And YES – I’m still tinkering around with the Nepenthes. Remember this last year? Ugh. Sheeeyaaatttt…. I hope to do better this year. And so far, so good. That greenhouse-within-a-greenhouse (woooah, that’s so botanically Inception-y) is doing wonders for them. Man, those things are so fascinating and beautiful. They give me something to grow while the rest of my botanical world is not as green. I still have the tank going on that I referenced at the end of this post. I’ll update you with a few photos in my next entry, so stay tuned for that. In the mean time, here’s a handful of frames of what’s been going on in The Asylum.
This is my winter-ish-zen moment. Yeaaa, gettin’ this mo-fo cleaned up. For the most part, this is my view – carting out dead pitchers, weeds, and old media wheelbarrow load by wheelbarrow load. Oh joy, oh rapture! It’s such a cleansing experience!
Thought this was pretty cool, a few of the S. alata “Maroon Throat” pitchers still looking quite nifty!
Another angle of those S. alata “Maronon Throat” pitchers.
S. alata “Red Mustache” with a couple of pitchers. Don’t mind that mess in the background.
The flytraps now all spiffy and ready for the growing season.
Ah, you know. a small pitcher of S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava var. rubricorpora x leucophylla) – Clone 8 just hangin’ out in that mess of dead pitchers…
S. leucophylla “Purple (kinky) Lips” and her burning-out phyllodia tips. The traps normally do not form that way, it just happened that this one opened weird for some reason and ended up looking… kinky.
This year promises to be a pretty good one! There’s a few things in the works, and some neat crosses that will be sown soon. And YES, I hope to have some plants/rhizomes available in the shop once I’m able to get a little more organized. (Right now, there’s still a few seeds available… check it out) I’ll post some photos from the Nepenthes house as well as photos from the grow tank in the next post. In the mean time, I’m off to the next table… Woohoo!
Off to the next table…
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Tagged clean up, flava, Greenhouse life, leucophylla, purple lips, Reptilian Rose, rubricorpora
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora)
x ‘Adrian Slack’
A cross I did in 2012, showing off some nifty coloration!
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Sarracenia oreophila