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Reptile Cheer

Posted on April 13, 2011 | 3 comments

Hiya folks, recently it’s been one thing after another for me – just a slight little rough patch… The plants always cheer me up a bit , they’re like my sanctuary where I can rest, and refocus away from the craziness of life. Today, the Reptile brought me some much needed cheer as now the pitchers are finally opening up. The flowers reminded me of a little sunshine that brightened up my day.

A little Reptile Cheer is always welcome… 🙂

Sarracenia 'Reptilian Rose'
[Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’]

Special thanks to my Sarracenia bro dude, Phil Faulisi. More information on S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ can be found here: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v38n1p12_22.html

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Another Reptile Crossing!

Posted on September 18, 2010 | 3 comments

Happy weekend everyone! Hope your weekends are going well!

Here’s a seedling that was created by Dr. Travis Wyman. It’s yet another Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ hybrid. This one is another clone of S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “pale”. There’s a few other photos of its siblings from an earlier post – (Reptile Crossing).

What strikes me about this particular seedling is that the lips are still staying green, even in strong light. When the light hits the nectar roll at just the right angle, it also can also seem to have a slight blueish-green hue to it. I hope that the angular features of the parent plant get more amplified as it matures on this particular plant. A green angular peristome (nectar roll) would mos’ def be pretty awesome!

S. 'Reptilian Rose' x leucophylla "pale" [Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “pale” – cross created by Dr. Travis Wyman]

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Looking Back: The Early Years

Posted on August 18, 2010 | Leave a comment

Howdy y’all! I was just going through some old archived garden photos and found a few of my early Sarracenia ones! Photos below from 2004 – 2006, when I used to live in San Francisco. I moved from one unit with a small patio, to another larger unit with a slightly larger patio while living at this complex for a few years. Anyway, given my limited space, I still was able to grow a lot of cool things there. Just wanted to share a few of these photos with you! 😉

May 27, 2006. This should give you an idea of what my patios were like when I lived at the 2 different condos in SF. Lots of plant diversity could be found here. Notice the Sarracenia in the back, by the cacti.

May 28, 2004. One of my first Sarracenia photographs. I was fortunate enough to have this Sarracenia catesbaei grow in this quasi terrarium for a couple years. Hey, I didn’t know any better! I did grow this plant outdoors though, so that did help a lot. I let the pitchers grow out of the top.

April 11, 2005. More quasi open terrarium action. Sarracenia ‘Scarlet Belle’ in foreground.
Sarracenia catesbaei in the back. There’s even that little Drosera capesis flower stalk there too… yay.

August 24, 2005. Various Sarracenia around the garden.

May 21, 2006. Again note the floral diversity and the Sarracenia pitchers growing behind the cacti/succulents and Ginko biloba. Yes, that aquarium is filled with water plants. Yes, so is that really cool moss lined barrel that I made in the back ground. (I made 2 of them the other is out of the shot.)

May 21, 2006. Another view of the Sarracenia in the patio garden.

Reptile Crossing!

Posted on August 11, 2010 | 5 comments

Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ is definately one of my all time favorite plants. S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ was created by a good friend and breeding mentor, the legend: Phil Faulisi. (DUDE!) More information on the plant can be found here: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v38n1p12_22.html#Reptilian The following photo is an example of what S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ looks like. (Same plant as in my gravitar, to the right) 😉

[Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’]

The following photos are seed grown crosses of S. ‘Reptilian Rose’ that were created by fellow carnivorous cohort, Dr. Travis Wyman. (Thanks Travis!) These photos were taken in June/July of this year (2010) and seedlings are just a little under 2 years old. I began to germinate them indoors back during the December of 2008. You can see some variation and some similarities. Keep in mind that these plants are still young and still have a lot of growing up to do. Some are showing tell-tale signs of the angular nectar roll, but we won’t really know how pronounced that characteristic will be until these pitchers are fully mature. And I haven’t noticed any scents just yet… but I’ll keep you posted on my findings and I’ll post photos now and then as the plants mature. 😉

[Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “pale”]

[Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x (flava var. rubricorpora x leucophylla)]

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Sproutage!

Posted on August 5, 2010 | 2 comments

Howdy y’all! I was out checking some seeds that I started this year and to my delight, saw one sprouting! I did this cross early on this year, harvested seed roughly a month ago, put through about 2 weeks cold stratification in the fridge and… viola!

By the way…I did this same cross last year and only had a few seeds from that pod. A few of those germinated but none survived. (Don’t ask…) I was so torn… anyway, hope to have better success this year.

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Tag Archives: Sarracenia Reptilian Rose

Reptile Cheer

Another Reptile Crossing!

Looking Back: The Early Years

Reptile Crossing!

Sproutage!

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