Tag Archives: rugelii

Buds!

Posted on February 18, 2014 | 2 comments

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"
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'
Sarracenia ‘Black Widow’

Sarracenia purpurea ssp venosa red black-1
*Ahem* Grow a pair…
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa black/red

Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla
Sarracenia rosea – veinless form

Sarrcenia "Smurf"
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

2 Comments

Posted in Blog

Tagged black, Brooks Hybrid, buds, courtii hybrid, flava, flowers, Green Dragon, moorei, oreophila, Powhatan, Red, rosea, rugelii, Sarracenia, Smurf, veinless, venosa

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’

3 Comments

Posted in Blog, Breeding

Tagged AF, anthocyanin free, breeding, flava, Pitcher Plant, recessive, rugelii, Sarracenia

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

Posted on May 20, 2013 | 2 comments

Sarracenia [(rubra x oreophila) x flava var. rugelii] x 'Adrian Slack' Sarracenia ((rubra x oreophila) x flava v. rugelii) x ‘Adrian Slack’
Select plant from a 2009 cross.

2 Comments

Posted in Blog

Tagged Adrian Slack, Carnivorous Plant, flava, oreophila, Pitcher Plant, rubra, rugelii, Sarracenia

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!

***

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

3 Comments

Posted in Blog

Tagged Adrian Slack, alata, Asylum, burkii, flava, Godzuki, Great to be home, greenhouse, Heavy, Homecoming, hybrid, leucophylla, luteola, minor, Missing Alaska, okefenokeensis, oreophila, pale, Piggy Bank, Pinguicula, psittacina, purpurea, Red, Reptilian, Rose, rosea, rubra, rugelii, Veined, venosa, Wherryi

Standing Out

Posted on February 12, 2013 | 3 comments

Hey everyone, hope your having a good week so far! Here’s a few more photos of some plants that are awake and are standing out among their (slowly waking) siblings. Enjoy!

Sarracenia moorei, Yellow River x [((purpurea x flava) x flava) x minor]
A cross I did around 2008.

Sarracenia ‘Godzuki’ x ((rubra x oreophila) x flava var. rugelii)
Cross I did around 2008.

Sarracenia readii x ‘Leah Wilkerson’
Cross by Wes Buckner

Sarracenia "Redman" F2 x rosea Sarracenia “Redman” F2 x rosea
A cross by Jerry Addington
An older pitcher that formed late last season, but it’s colored up quite nicely.