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Autumn Equinox – 9.23.2010

Posted on September 23, 2010 | Leave a comment

Hello Autumn. Nice to see you again.

Man — after a long day at the office, it was so nice to be greeted by a wonderful full autumn equinox moon tonight. Came home and my wife baked a fresh pumpkin pie. Oh man. I am feeling very autumn-y!

The equinox marks a shift in season — where both night and day fall roughly into equal lengths. The “harvest moon” refers to the when the autumn moon is at its brightest, when the farmers would work by its light to bring in the harvest… I wasn’t doing any harvesting tonight, but rather doing a lot of watering. Tonight the harvest moon and autumnal equinox fall on the same date – and this won’t happen, I’m told until another 19 years in 2029.

I just took this photo a few minutes ago; it is a photo of the autumn harvest equinox moon from my deck.

moon_orig

When I think of autumn (Sarracenia wise), I think of leucophylla/leucophylla hybrids, seed pods, and the seed pod harvest …and speaking of harvest, I did a little bit of harvesting a couple of days ago. Here’s a quick mosaic taken with photos from the handy dandy iPhone reflecting some of this…

eqnox [Clockwise from top left: group shot | S. leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’, division from a seed grown plant before the HCW site was destroyed | Handful of Sarracenia pods | A pocket full of fresh harvested pods in envelopes to extract seed later. Yes – Cargo pants come in handy in situations like this.]

Harvest

Posted on August 15, 2010 | 4 comments

[Sarracenia Seed Pods, collected 8.15.10]
Clockwise from top: S. flava “widemouth” x ‘Adrian Slack’, S. ‘Alucard’ x leucophylla anthocyanin free,
S. “Goliath” x ‘Adrian Slack’, S. oreophila – veined x ‘Adrian Slack, S. ‘Alucard’ x ‘Leah Wikerson’

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It’s that time of year again – today I was out in the grow area harvesting some pods. I left some of the labels on them so you can see how I keep track of the crosses as I do them. I learned the hard way to cover the tag in tape as snails will eat the cardboard and you loose the ID all together. That was one mistake I learned the hard way last year. I did all these crosses only to have the identity taken by snails. DOH!

Anyway, I know the pods may not look like much now but I am hopeful for some of these crosses. Over here it’s been on the cool side of things so many plants and pods seem a little behind. More pods are forthcoming which means more seeds soon! I am really looking forward to some of the ones I did this year … now just gotta figure out where I can put them all… 😉

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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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Go Green!

Posted on July 8, 2010 | 3 comments

In today’s world, we hear a lot about being green. Think green. Be green. Green. Anthocyanin Free that is. (Anthocyanin is that pigment that makes things… well, er… not green… ) I’m partial to Sarracenia that are free and lacking in anthocyanin. So in light of this, I wanted to share with you a few photos of only some my green plants. These few photos all from this year. Enjoy 🙂

Sarracenia leucophylla flower, opening

Sarracenia psittacina

Sarracenia courtii

Sarracenia leucophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa

Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii

Sarracenia “Green Monster”

Sarracenia (purpurea ssp. purpurea x rubra ssp. jonesii) x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis)
One of my own select seedlings from a cross I did in 2008.

In the foreground – Sarracenia… something! Another one of my own anthocyanin free crosses, a few months old. The cross is secret, for now. Keep checking in and I will update you on the progress and reveal the identity in due time. 🙂

…And another Sarracenia courtii, going green, going vegan. GOING VEGAN!!!

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Behind the Shell

Posted on July 5, 2010 | Leave a comment

Hey everyone! I’m still stuck on this beginnings/seeds thread — so, before we embark further on our hybrid journey, I just wanted to show you what lies behind that shell. I took this photo in September of 2009. This particular cross is Sarracenia (oreophila x willisii) x “Green Frog”. This is a first glance of this cross in its seed/behind the shell form. I carefully stripped away the shell and left the seeds attached. Each one of those seeds has the potential to become some pretty interesting plant. Each will be different. Some will be stronger than others, some will appear to be more like one parent, and some will look more like the other. Some will clearly have characteristics of both. Each will be different; but for now as you can see – they all begin pretty much looking the same. All of these great plants we see around us start off the same. Lil’ small things. Yet, the potential inside each of those small things is inexplicably unfathomable.

myPod.

Posted on July 4, 2010 | Leave a comment

Sarracenia Seed Pod

Originally uploaded by RCO911

The pod.

I took this photo of a Sarracenia seed pod last year (2009) and thought it would be fitting to share during this “beginning” of this blog. Contained in the pod are the little seeds of the beautiful tubular death leaves. Encapsulated in each seed is beauty. The Sarracenia’s beauty for me lies in both it’s aesthetic form and deadly function.

The pod is a milestone in hybridizing that I strive for. For me, this is where the perception and interpretations are made manifest. This is where the hypothesis begins to solidify. In the pod are the seeds of vision that will be tried in period of cold stratification and then brought to life later in warmth and light.

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Autumn Equinox – 9.23.2010

Harvest

Sproutage!

Go Green!

Behind the Shell

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