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Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’

Posted on October 9, 2012 | 5 comments

Ahhh. this cross is showing off some bangin’ color right here! Almost as if to say – “Yo, look at me. LOOK AT MEEEEE!” – A deep and vibrant fall flush of color explodes above the old floppy foliage. This is Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’ (or ‘Diana’s Delight’) – a cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman from 2008 that I grew out from seed. Seed was received from Dr. Wyman on 17 July 2008. A couple different clones photographed below. Bangin’.

Sarracenia areolata x 'Dana's Delight'
Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’

Sarracenia areolata x 'Dana's Delight' Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’

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Tagged areolata, Carnivorous Plant, Dana's Delight, Diana's Delight, Dr. Travis H. Wyman, North American Pitcher Plant, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia

Hidden

Posted on October 8, 2012 | 4 comments

As I was going through cleaning and organizing my plants, I’ve found some neat goodies tucked away in the mess. I’m constantly being thrilled by these “re-discoveries” of plants and crosses that myself and others have done from years past. One of the plants that has been hiding out has a hidden mutation by design. Back on April 21, 2011 I crossed Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora (cross by Phil Faulisi) as the pod parent with Sarracenia “Green Monster” (an anthocyanin free form of S. excellens) as the pollen parent. As a side note, the photo of S. leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora that I used below was from earlier in the season – the plant eventually goes a beautiful solid deep red. I’ll try to get a good photo of it next season. It’s a truly spectacular plant.

S. leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. rubricorpora x Green Monster What’s pretty fascinating about the offspring is that it contains a recessive, or as some others say – a “hidden” AF (anthocyanin free) gene. You can see the influence of both parents on the shape of the offspring. The colors are not accurate at this point in time as it has not received a spring or summer with strong light. As with everything else, it’s recovering and kinda lanky right now. Time will tell what this plant’s true colors and form will be like. What I really want to do is use the plants from this cross in future anthocyanin free breeding projects. When crossed with other AF recessive plants, or another AF plant, the anthocyanin free trait is unlocked and a certain percentage of the plants will exhibit the AF trait. Sweet! I know. This breeding stuff takes time, but it’s definitely worth it.

S. (leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. rubricorpora) x "Green Monster" Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora)
x “Green Monster”

S. (leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. rubricorpora) x "Green Monster" Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. rubricorpora)
x “Green Monster”

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Tagged anthocyanin free, Carnivorous Plant, flava, Green monster, hybrid, leucophylla, North American Pitcher Plant, purple lips, recessive, rubricorpora, Sarracenia

Cleaning and Organizing

Posted on October 6, 2012 | 8 comments

Much ado about cleaning! Now that I have water tables built, I finally have the chance to spread the plants out. The pots used to be crammed into either those 10 x 12 inch trays, or cement mixing tubs. There is nothing wrong with that, those make flippin’ AWESOME containers to hold water. I have used those for years! Now that I’m here, I figure a larger “container” would help me cut back on the time spent watering. Now I can just flood the tables by letting the hose run whenever I want to water the plants, instead of watering tray after tray after tray.

I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning, weeding, and getting things organized. You can kinda see how some weeds have begun to slowly take over above. There’s also the sad looking long and lanky foliage – a result of the “dark ages” earlier this year. I’m clipping some of the dead pitchers off, well ‘cuz you know that good floral hygiene is great. The joy and rapture of cleaning and organizing never seems to end here. At least things are coming together…slowly. What is cool is that I’m finding so many crosses and plants that I totally forgot about. Yeah, every now and then I find pots that contained rotted out plants. Dude, it still sucks, but what can you do. I just close my eyes, shed a tear, and toss those out. As my friend Jerry Addington recently reminded me, I’ll have time to remake stuff as the years go by. Anyway, I’ll update my surprise findings on the blog every now and then. Stay tuned!

Sarracenia Seedling Cleaning and Organization
Getting plants grouped and organized! In the foreground are the younger seedlings. The group of plants behind that are various hybrids I’ve done with S. ‘Adrian Slack’ from prior years. They don’t look that great now, but I have high hopes for next season. Various other hybrids are in the back.

Sarracenia Seedling Cleaning and Organization
Another shot of the recent babies! Grow lil’ homies, grow! Can’t wait to see what you’ll look like in a couple of years! In the background, you see a fraction of the stuff I still have to go through, sort, and clean. WOOHOO!

Sarracenia Seedling Cleaning and Organization Yeah, I know. It’s really messy looking, but some neat and interesting young plants here. All are on the road to recovery and doing well.

Sarracenia Seedling Cleaning and Organization
More seedlings! Finally having the ability to stretch and enjoy a little! Still more space to fill in, but that will be filled very soon as I continue going through the various jumbled trays of plants.

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Tagged Adrian Slack, breeding, Carnivorous Plant, cleaning, expanding, hybrid, next generation, North American, Organizing, Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia, seedling, seedlings, Table, Water

Shadow of Former Glory

Posted on October 4, 2012 | Leave a comment

Sarracenia 'Leah Wilkerson' Former Glory Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’
An old spring pitcher now fading into nothing more than a shadow of it’s former glory.
Off to sleep, now go…

S. leucophylla Franklin Co., FL – A x B

Posted on October 3, 2012 | Leave a comment

Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co., FL
clone A x clone B
Cross by Wes Buckner in 2008. Seed received 23 October 2008.
One of the select young plants from the group.

Sarracenia alata “Veinless”

Posted on October 2, 2012 | 6 comments

If you’ve been following my blog, following me on twitter, or even had a 2 minute conversation with me about Sarracenia, you already know that my obsession is anthocyanin free plants. (Those are plants that lack anthocyanin, or the pigments that give the plants the colors that range from red to blue.) I know, I know… I am strange.

I must confess that I think I’m starting to have a little crush on veinless plants too. They’re hawt. (GASP!) Now, those are not anthocyanin free as there’s still some red/pink tones in the leaves. “Erm…OH GAWD ROB, THAT’S SO BLAND AND BORING!“, you may say. Well, yeah. Duh. It’s different. And I like it! I find that vienless plants have this delicate and elegant element about them. Perhaps it’s the hues of the pink and yellows that leads me to think this. It gives the plant this quiet glow. Such a nice contrast to all the face-melting loud coloration and patterns of many a fine specimen out there. (Hey, there’s nothing wrong with those either, love those too!)

Here’s a few photos of S. alata “veinless.” I know that there’s some faint veins in the photos below, but as it ages, I think that those fade out anyway. I received the plant this year. Along with the rest of the plants, it has had a rough spring/summer and now recovering quite nicely. It’s making a good comeback and looking forward to more veinless goodness next season.

Sarracenia alata - veinless Sarracenia alata “veinless”

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Harvest

Posted on September 30, 2012 | 4 comments

Sarracenia seed 2012

Autumn is a beautiful time of reflection and of hope. As the suns path begins to dip on the horizon, shadows lengthen, and a familiar chill begins to fill the air. Plants that pitcher in the fall, such as Sarracenia leucophylla and their hybrids, will put up one last hurrah flooding the garden in a grand chorus. Many others begin to go dormant to get their well deserved rest. It has been a long year indeed. It has been a long year filled with many memories and lessons. I for one look forward to the loud silence that winter’s rest will bring to the plants. That is when I will be doing much of the cleaning and dividing. As things begin to wind down, seed pods begin to ripen offering a steadfast reminder of hope for the subsequent seasons. The great culmination of ideas, dreams, riddles, and answers become encapsulated within these little gray-brown chambers. In the coming weeks, I’ll be harvesting more pods. I am already dreaming of unlocking the living resplendent ardor that lies within the shells of these tiny and silent enigmas.

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Tag Archives: Sarracenia

Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’

Hidden

Cleaning and Organizing

Shadow of Former Glory

S. leucophylla Franklin Co., FL – A x B

Sarracenia alata “Veinless”

Harvest

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