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Grow On!

Posted on February 26, 2012 | 1 comment

Sarracenia hybrid – unknown parentage; new growth jumpin’!

A few weeks ago I trimmed a lot of the plants back – that was stage 1 of my clean up project after the move.  Stage two is repotting and divisions. (Which, seemingly is taking F O R E V E R.)  You can see how the new growth of this year is shooting up and the plant is deforming the pot!  This is a multi crown 3 or 4 year old young plant that’s flowering this year.  I grew this plant from seed that I obtained a while back from Karen Oudean – the exact parentage is unknown, but I am assuming that it has a flava/alata/rubra-ish influence.  Grow on, lil’ dude — grow on!

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Hopeful Abandoned Hope

Posted on February 25, 2012 | 5 comments

Abandoned HopeSarracenia ‘Abandoned Hope’ – With a hopeful flower bud.

Busy day today in the greenhouse. I’m still doing a lot of repotting. HELLA repotting.  Couldn’t help but take a quick snapshot of S. ‘Abandoned Hope’ as I was getting ready to repot it. Just pulled it out of the pot and started to take some of the old media off… I fear that my repotting is starting to run a little behind as a lot of the plants are throwin’ up buds already.  I am tryin’ to get to them all before they really start to explode into growth.

I have some high hopes for that bud and the hybrids that could possibly come from it! I’m quite hopeful for some interesting stuff, that’s for sure.

By the way — yes, I am wearing some disposable nitrile gloves.  It is very true that I do like to get duh-duh-duh-DIRTY – but it is also very important to have good hygiene while working with potting media. It’s no fun to get stuff like this.   OK, so I don’t always wear gloves but am always sure to wash hands after working. I’m also careful to address any cuts/wounds that happen while working with plants/media.

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New Additions to the Family

Posted on February 24, 2012 | 5 comments

I came home today to a very awesome surprise — a huge and special thank you to my friend Wes Buckner for sending a few nice plants over to me!  I got home late this evening — it was really was a great way to end a wonderful day for me.  It also means a start to a great weekend — lots of potting ahead!

Thank you Wes, I really appreciate it!


The box of Sarrs and it’s aura of awesomeness.  


Check out the way Wes expertly cushioned the plants!


Sarracenia rhizomes packed nice and snug.

Rhizomes arrived in perfect shape.  Oh man, I’m going to have a fun time potting them up this weekend!  It’s going to be fun seeing these new additions grow up with the rest of the Sarracenia family!

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Long Lid

Posted on February 19, 2012 | 4 comments

Found this one plant on my recent trimming project…. Back in September 2010 I wrote about a cross I did with Sarracenia “Starry Night” and Sarracenia ‘Hummers Hammerhead’  here. (Check that link out to see some of the sibling crosses…) One of the plants turned out with a clear S. Hummers Hammerhead influence… Just an example of the variation that comes when growing from seed.


Sarracenia “Starry Night”x ‘ Hummers Hammerhead’

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Got Buds?

Posted on February 13, 2012 | 5 comments

It’s that time of year again! I’m really encouraged to see some buds growing here in the greenhouse.  There’s been a lot of challenges here with lighting (… well it’s winter,  so what can I expect, right?), ventilation, and water — but the good news is I’m seeing some new growth.. and buds!  That’s  good sign, right?

Sarracenia “H1” – Bob Ziemer Hybrid

Sarracenia rosea

Sarracenia courtii x “Adrian Slack”, Select Clone

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Rad Rosea!

Posted on February 11, 2012 | 2 comments

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Coppery J’s Pink Windows

Posted on February 11, 2012 | 3 comments

My home-boyeeee Mike Wang recently gave me another clone of Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis, (aka, ‘Okee Giant’).  He dubbed this particular one “Clone J” for his record keeping pleasure.  He has some awesome clones! A- I, and K-Z and whatever else he has in between is ALL just stunning stuff.  If you haven’t figured it out by now, there’s a lot of variation with Sarracenia and that’s part of what makes growing and breeding them so fun.  Endless permutations of Sarracenia bliss!  S. minor var. okefenokeensis – Clone J is a seed grown clone (Mike correct me if I’m wrong?), but I find it rather interesting as Clone J gets a coppery hood and some pink windows.  It’s almost like J got some pink tattoo’s all down her back… Awww, daaaaat’s HAWT!!!

Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis – “Clone J”

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