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Prodigious Progeny

Here are some up and coming youngsters,  most around 2-3 years old.
Presenting some prodigious pitcher plant progeny.

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Sarracenia leucophylla "Juju Lips" x flava "Widemouth"Sarracenia leucophylla “Juju Lips” x flava “widemouth”

Sarracenia mitchelliana x 'Leah Wilkerson'
Sarracenia mitchelliana x ‘Leah Wilkerson’
Cross by Wes Buckner

Sarracenia leucophylla "Purple Lips" OP
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” – OP

Sarracenia oreophila "Purple Mouth" OP
Sarracenia oreophila “Purple Mouth” OP
Seed originated from Jerry Addington

Sarracenia ((minor x willisii) x purpurea) x leucophylla "Purple Lips"
Sarracenia ((minor x willisii) x purpurea) x leucophylla)

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila - Oudean Clone) x (leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. ornata)
Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila – Oudean Clone)
x (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata)

Sarracenia (mitchelliana x 'Royal Ruby') x (leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. ornata)
Sarracenia (mitchelliana x ‘Royal Ruby’)
x (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata)

Sarracenia (leucophylla "Purple Lips" x flava var. ornata) x 'Leah Wilkerson'
Sarracenia (leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata) x ‘Leah Wilkerson’

Sarracenia ‘Wilkeron’s Red’ x ‘Leah Wilkerson’

A cross between to stunning plants – here’s a black and white of Wilkerson’s Red x Leah Wilkerson. This is the plants first pitcher of the season. The cross was done by Brooks Garcia.  Happy Friday!

Sarracenia 'Wilkersons Red' x 'Leah Wilkerson'
Sarracenia ‘Wilkeron’s Red’ x ‘Leah Wilkerson’

Sarracenia 'Wilkersons Red' x 'Leah Wilkerson'
Sarracenia ‘Wilkeron’s Red’ x ‘Leah Wilkerson’

September Opening

Why, hello September, nice to see you again…

September is here… a new month and a new season opening up before us.   A few plants will start to send up their last pitchers of the season before heading off to slumber.  As the calendar page turns, it signals that there is imminent change in the air.  Another shift in seasons is about to begin…

Sarracenia 'Wilkerson's Red' x 'Leah Wilkerson'
Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ x ‘Leah Wilkerson’ – new pitcher opening
Cross by Brooks Garcia

Genetics

 

Genetics
[Sarracenia ‘Wilkerson’s Red’ OP]

My momma always said, Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
– Gump

You know, genetics is a pretty funny thing. Especially when it comes to breeding and Sarracenia seedlings.  It’s always interesting to see what comes up.  Some are good, some bad. Some just fugly.  The genetic diversity is pretty interesting though. Check out this post on diversity from fellow blogger James at Lost in the Landscape. Now when I do crosses I do have a general idea in mind of what the progeny will kind of look like. I have ideas and hopes of what characteristics would pull through from the parents… but it’s always a surprise.

You also have the OP’s (Open Pollinated) plants that you have no idea really who the pollen parent is.  In the above photo – this is one of those OP crosses. The pod parent is S. ‘Wilkerson’s Red’, and I have no idea who the pollen parent is.  You can see 1) that it’s in dire need of repotting and 2) the diversity from this one OP cross from one Sarracenia seed pod.  That red seedling is mos def’ one to watch out for.

Still lookin' good

In the sea of brown dried pitchers, a few plants still hold well. Most of them are the leucophylla / leucophylla hybrids that have that late season flush of pitchers.  Here’s a recent photo of Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ – Open Pollinated, or “OP” for short.  It is a plant that came from the S. ‘Wilkersons Red’ plant (a stunning red Moorei) but we don’t know what the pollen parent is. Anyway, It’s still a nice plant. 🙂

S. Wilkersons Red "OP"[Sarracenia ‘Wilkersons Red’ –  Open Pollinated]