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November Photo Reel – Phone Edition

Posted on November 15, 2014 | 8 comments

Eh… so my camera is currently in the shop getting some repairs. I should have it back sometime soon, just in time to capture more photos of… dead foliage. Heh Heh! Still, that won’t stop me from taking beloved plant photos. (You can always find me and more plant madness on Instagram too – @rco911!) Anyway, enjoy a few photos snapped by the mobile device. Cheers!

Under the Nepenthes dome. View in fullscreen here!

Untitled Sarracenia leucophylla – Franklin Co., FL
Clone A x B, Select Clone. Cross by Wes Buckner.

Seed pod. Sarracenia alata “Red Mustache” x alata ‘Night’
One of the last seed pods of the season.

Sarracenia rosea – veinless. One of the last remaining pitchers that look somewhat decent.

Untitled Nepenthes tiveyi – “Red Queen”
(Thanks, Kinjie!)

Nepenthes ventricosa x talangensis
Just popped open.

Nepenthes “Song of Melancholy”

Nepenthes ventricosa x tiveyi
(Thanks, Paul!)

Nepenthes jamban

Drosophyllum lusitanicum

Amorphophallus titanum
Not carnivorous – but still worth the mention. (Thanks Derek!)

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Sarracenia Rosea Blooms

Posted on April 17, 2014 | Leave a comment

Here’s a selection of blooms from earlier this season of the ever beautiful S. rosea. Depending who’s naming convention you’d like to roll with, you may know it as S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. burkii. I just like to type S. rosea because typing that other thing out is bound to give me carpal tunnel… yeah.

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S. rosea “Big Mama”

S. rosea f. luteola – an anthocyanin free mutant

S. rosea – veinless form – Bay Co. FL

Buds!

Posted on February 18, 2014 | 2 comments

Awww yeah! Signs of life are appearing everywhere! The transition from the cool winter to warmer days has begun. Flower buds are a most welcome sight; the creative juices get flowing at the possibility of some great crosses. Here are a few spherical beauties getting ready to explode into those magnificent blooms that I so look forward to seeing each year.

Sarracenia moorei "Brooks Hybrid"
Sarracenia moorei “Brooks Hybrid” – the first flower to crack open for 2014!

Sarracenia flava "Powhatan"
Sarracenia flava “Powhatan”

Sarracenia flava var. rugelii

Sarracenia oreophila

Sarracenia 'Black Widow'
Sarracenia ‘Black Widow’

Sarracenia purpurea ssp venosa red black-1
*Ahem* Grow a pair…
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa black/red

Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla
Sarracenia rosea – veinless form

Sarrcenia "Smurf"
Sarracenia purpurea “Smurf” – I wonder if it will have 6 petals again this year?

Sarracenia hybrid by Jerry Addington

Sarracenia “Green Dragon”

Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla

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Sarracenia rosea – Veinless Form

Posted on October 29, 2013 | 3 comments

Back on 18 Aug 2013, Jay Lechtman came by to visit me at the greenhouse. He came bearing a plant that I’ve been looking to grow for quite some time: a veinless form of S. rosea! SO freakin’ awesome. (Jay: THANK YOU so much!) It’s been a couple months since I first received the plant from Jay and it appears to have acclimated just fine here. It has a few new pitchers and looks pretty happy!

On top of the whole anthocyanin free thing that I’m so into, I am also enamored by the veinless plants. At initial glance, they may look like AF plants, but upon a closer inspection it is clear that they are not. For me, veinless plants have this elegant porcelain-like look to them. The new growth comes up with a faint blush of color indicating the presence of anthocyanin. As the pitchers mature, the blush fades away. Don’t let the dainty soft coloration fool you, though. These plants are still lethal…with a pretty pastel color scheme.

Sarracenia rosesa - veinless form Sarracenia rosea – veinless form, Bay Co., FL

Sarracenia rosesa - veinless form
Sarracenia rosea – veinless form, Bay Co., FL

Sarracenia rosesa - veinless form Sarracenia rosea – veinless form, Bay Co., FL

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Veinless Purpureas

Posted on April 27, 2013 | 1 comment

While I truly admire the brilliantly loud and showy colors of some plants, I also find the quiet elegance of the veinless ones equally just as impressive. They’re like lethal porcelain vases. Here are a few veinless forms from the S. purpurea group.

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea - Fort Nelson, BC
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea – Veinless Form
Fort Nelson, British Columbia

Sarracenia purpurea – Veinless Form
This plant is a result of crossing two otherwise “regular” looking purpureas of unknown origin. Cross by Jerry Addington. These veinless plants were derived from his clones S. purpurea E x purpurea S1. This clone’s pitchers will fade to red later in the season.

Sarracenia purpurea “Copper Glow”
As the season progresses, S. purpurea “Copper Glow” develops a rich copper tone to its pitchers. I will post a photo later in the year once the plant starts to emit that rich copper glow that it is named after. This plant originated from seed and was distributed at Hortus Botanicus in Ft. Bragg, CA before the store closed in January 2012.

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Morning Mayhem

Posted on April 15, 2013 | 4 comments

Mornings. Oh, what better way to start the day than with plants?! Here’s a few photos from the other morning for your viewing enjoyment. Enjoy!

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Greenhouse Morning
Sarracenias

Greenhouse Morning Sarracenia youngsters.

Sarracenia flava var. ornata - Bulloch Co., GA Sarracenia flava var. ornata “Black Veins”- Bulloch Co, GA
Those veins will get very dark as the season progresses.

Sarracenia alata - veinless Sarracenia alata – veinless form

Sarracenia 'Abandoned Hope' Sarracenia ‘Abandoned Hope’

Sarracenia readii x moorei select Sarracenia readii x moorei – Select Clone
Cross by Phil Faulisi

Sarracenia seedling table Sarracenia seedlings

S. 'Alucard' - "Prince of Darkness" Sarracenia ‘Alucard’ – “Prince of Darkness”
A select form of S. ‘Alucard’, created by Phil Faulisi
This select clone gets pretty big. I’ve seen them get over 36″!
This trap is close to 33″ (I know… I busted the yard stick.)

Sarracenia "Yellow Jacket" Sarracenia “Yellow Jacket”

Sarracenia "Legacy" Sarracenia “Legacy”

Sarracenia 'Reptilian Rose' Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’

Sarracenia flava “Powhatan” starting to color up.

Sarracenia ‘Adrian Slack’

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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”