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AF Project

Posted on November 21, 2010 | 1 comment

So, since I’m stuck on the whole AF thing (again, AF is short for anthocyanin free), just wanted to share one of the crosses that is part of an AF hybridization project. So with this particular cross, my goal is to create a large green anthocyanin free gigantor S. minor looking type plant. This is only step one in the process. Last year, fellow grower Mike Wang, lent me a Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis that was going to flower. I had some stored Sarracenia “Green Monster” pollen in the fridge that I used on it. It gave me a few seeds this year and the below photo is a result of that cross. Now comes the fun part. Yay for awesome geneticish type stuff! The plants below now have that recessive AF gene, and when crossed again with another AF plant, it should unlock some of that AF goodness! I am also hoping some of the size from the Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis would carry over. It’s going to be a couple of years, but still a something to look forward to!

Sarracenia minor var. okeefenokeensis, x "Green Monster" [S. minor var. okeefenokeensis x S. “Green Monster”, November 20, 2010]

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Down with O.P.P.

Posted on November 16, 2010 | Leave a comment

Yo, so who’s down with OPP? (Yeah, you know me!) I’m not talking about the song by “Naughty by Nature” – I’m talking plants.
*Open Pollinated Plants. * Dude. I just had a 1991 moment. HA!

Anyway, OPP’s can be interesting. Today’s OPP feature is one I grew from seed from a few years ago. The parent plant is Sarracenia ‘Doodle Bug’ but as far as the pollen parent, ehhh…. who knows, hence the OP designation. It’s a sibling to this wide-ish-thing plant I wrote about earlier. Yeah, I’m down with O.P.P.

Doodle Bug, OP [Sarracenia ‘Doodle Bug’ OP, Photo taken 11/13/2010]

Off Season Bloomin'

Posted on November 11, 2010 | 2 comments

It is not all that uncommon for Sarracenia to bloom during the fall. It happens. Why exactly they do this now, I am not too sure. Some speculate it’s the similar lighting/environmental conditions as spring. The buds are shorter now in the fall, and I also believe that the flowers are not fertile (?) but, I have yet to try and pollinate in the fall. Who knows. I typically just cut off the flower during this time to allow the plant to conserve it’s energy for dormancy. At times I just let it do its thing. Whatever.

[Out of season flower bud. Photo taken October 31, 2010]

What I did find very awesome and very recently — one of my older 2 year old hybrids DID bloom recently. This is significant because it’s the first flower of a hybrid that I created. Blooming within 2 growing seasons! A bit weird that it did bloom for me now. And not a short bloom, but rather, a tall spring like bloom. Woah dude. I did a cross of Sarracenia ‘White Sparkler’ x (‘Ladies in Waiting’ x ‘Judith Hindle’) in 2008. The latter pollen parent is a very rich colored plant, and I hope that the coloration carries over to the progeny. The photo below is of a young pitcher later in the season. I’m getting a lot of color variation in this batch of seedlings. Some are deeper red, some like the below resemble the pod parent moreso. I want to see what this seedling batch does next season in terms of color and vigor.

[A hybrid I crossed in spring of 2008: Sarracenia ‘White Sparkler’ x (‘Ladies in Waiting’ x ‘Judith Hindle’). Photo taken November 6, 2010.]

[The flower. Sarracenia ‘White Sparkler’ x (‘Ladies in Waiting’ x ‘Judith Hindle’). Photo taken November 6, 2010]

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Still lookin' good

Posted on November 9, 2010 | 1 comment

In the sea of brown dried pitchers, a few plants still hold well. Most of them are the leucophylla / leucophylla hybrids that have that late season flush of pitchers. Here’s a recent photo of Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ – Open Pollinated, or “OP” for short. It is a plant that came from the S. ‘Wilkersons Red’ plant (a stunning red Moorei) but we don’t know what the pollen parent is. Anyway, It’s still a nice plant. 🙂

S. Wilkersons Red "OP" [Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ – Open Pollinated]

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Sarracenia "Woodnative #1"

Posted on November 7, 2010 | 2 comments

Amidst the sea of brown dry fall pitchers, a few plants still shine before heading off to that winter dormant slumber. Below is a recent photo of a pitcher of Sarracenia “Woodnative #1”, created by my friend Chris Gussman. Pretty awesome coloration on this — and for some reason that red/white/slight splash of green remind me that Christmas is right around the corner…

Woodnative 1 [Sarracenia “Woodnative #1, a Chris Gussman Hybrid]

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Stickin' out…

Posted on November 4, 2010 | 2 comments

When breeding, I’ve found that one will encounter a lot of genetic variations. Variants in all Shapes. Size. Colors. Shape. Smell. Feel. Maybe taste.

While doing some sorting in the yard, one of the seedlings really stuck out apart from its siblings. S. catesbaei “Flying Nun” x “Red Blush” (cross by Brooks Garcia) is the cross pictured below, 2 years old from seed. You can see that in the sea of red, one plant is coming up yellowish. The one in the center and the yellowish one on the upper right hand third of the photo are pitchers of the same seedling. The rest of the group is red. Ah genetics… interesting stuff indeed.

S. Catesbaei "Flying Nun" x "Red Blush" [Sarracenia catesbaei “Flying Nun” x “Red Blush”]

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Sarracenia mitchelliana x excellens

Posted on October 21, 2010 | Leave a comment

S. mitchelliana x excellens [Sarracenia mitchelliana x excellens]

A very rad hybrid here that was from my good friend, CP Mama Lois Ochs of Raccoon Ridge Nursery. In the spring it puts up somewhat regular colored greenish pitchers, but in the fall, that is when the leucophylla influence really shines imparting some stunning coloration as exhibited in the photo. The exact parentage is uncertain, other than it was a cross between a mitchelliana (in other words, a purpurea ssp? / leucophylla hybrid) and excellens (or minor/leucophylla hybrid). Thanks Mama Lo!

Tag Archives: Sarracenia Hybrid

AF Project

Down with O.P.P.

Off Season Bloomin'

Still lookin' good

Sarracenia "Woodnative #1"

Stickin' out…

Sarracenia mitchelliana x excellens

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