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A Bright Find

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Sarracenia Dude| Leave a comment

Sarracenia (leuco x purpurea heterophylla) x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis) Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla)
(rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
Cross by Jerry Addington

I recently had a bright find. As I was doing some clean up of some young plants recently, I came across something interesting hiding in the fray of last year’s burnt out foliage. The cross is Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla) x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis) by Jerry Addington. There are 2 young plants in there.

As you probably already know, last year was not kind to the plants at all, and I didn’t get to see any of the real characteristics of the plants come about, so I couldn’t really tell what kind of things I had going on with the younger plants. I’m constantly finding surprises here and there… and I wonder what other things I’ll find as I still go through and trim the dead pitchers away.

The plant on the left still has one sort of decent yet fading pitcher left over from last year. The plant on the right has a new pitcher coming up that has a unique amount of pale cream/white that covers most of the pitcher. Interestingly enough, both parent plants have anthocyanin free recessive genes. I clipped the older pitcher that was all crispy and burnt, but the other burnt out pitcher on this pale plant from last year has a pitcher that looks like it stayed pale with a flush of red. I’m guessing that it will eventually get that red flush to the pitcher. For sure it’s something that I’ll be keeping a watch on.

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Minor … Hybrid?

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Sarracenia Dude| 2 Comments

Minor var. okefenokeensis?

Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x 'Golden Red Jubilee'

I grew the above plant from a seed batch that Brooks Garcia did in either 2008 or 2009. He crossed S. minor var. okefenokeensis with S. ‘Golden Red Jubilee’ and most of the plants look similar to the above photo. Only a couple from the batch look like the photo to the left (photo from 2011, a sibling plant) in where you can see just a tad bit more of the influence of S. ‘Golden Red Jubilee’, yet it’s S. minor that dominates the look. The plant above looks to be mostly minor, which leads me to assume that most of the plants could be selfed. I also have to mention that the pitchers in the photo above formed late-late-late fall. (Yes… some plants are confused from all this moving and I fear it could be another year before things settle back down to a more normal routine.) Form and color have held well since then. I’m really looking forward to seeing it flower and at that time will know better if any of the S. ‘Golden Red Jubilee’ genes made their way into this mix. S. minor flowers are yellow, while S. ‘Golden Red Jubilee’ flowers are a dark red/maroon. I am not sure if the above plant will flower this year, but if not – I hope it will next year. Just another example of the pretty awesome surprises you find when growing plants out from seed. I also like the windows that appear on the side and all the way to the front of the pitcher. It could be a useful characteristic in more breeding projects in the future. Anyway, I’ll photograph and update more of the siblings when a new flush of pitchers come up this year.

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Tagged awesome, breeding, fun, Golden Red Jubilee, minor, okefenokeensis, radness, Sarracenia, surprises

Homecoming

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Sarracenia Dude| 3 Comments

There’s no place like home. Like I mentioned in my last post, I deeply enjoyed my visit up north (thanks again Mark!), but it feels great to be back home and with the plants again. Below are some photos from my first day back in the Asylum. A few traps here and there… as well as a few blooms, and a few buds that I’m really excited to work with! Enjoy!

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Greenhouse
The Asylum. It’s great to be home.

Pinguicula doggy-piggy-bank planter, sending up a bloom!

Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’ x minor var. okefenokeensis
Sown last year and growing quickly.

Sarracenia alata x rubra ssp. wherryi, MBRS clone.

Sarracenia ((rubra x oreophila) x flava v. rugelii) x ‘Adrian Slack’
-Select Clone-
The pitchers from very late last season are still holding color well.

Sarracenia (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x (leucophylla x psittacina) – cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman.

S. ‘Godzuki’ x ((rubra x oreophila) x flava v. rugelii)

Sarracenia flava “Heavy Veined” flower breaking open.

Sarracenia ‘Adrian Slack’
FINALLY, a BUD! After 2 years with no bloom, I finally get one this year!
Hope it survives and actually blooms for me though…

Sarracenia 'Smurf'
Ok, I know. It’s a freak. S. purpurea “Smurf” has a bud.
This should be interesting.

Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. burkii f. luteola
Got another one with a bud! I wonder if I should cross with the Smurf? Hmm…

Sarracenia 'Reptilian Rose' x leucophylla "Pale" - Clone 1
Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “Pale” – clone 1
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman

Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’ x leucophylla “Pale” – clone 7
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman

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Widemouth Hybrid Update

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| Leave a comment

Sarracenia flava "Widemouth" x (leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” x (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis)

Yeah, with this wide open mouth, they look like they’re saying “AHHHH!!!” This was one of the crosses I did back in 2009, and so far it’s recovered quite nicely. Pitchers still look good this late as they put them up rather late in the season. I guess that’s just one of the side-effects of moving from those low light levels mid year. The little windows on the upper portion of the pitcher (called areoles) from the influence of the father plant (S. leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) carried over quite nicely. It’s subtle, but it’s there. The wide mouth influence of the mother plant also is quite apparent in this cross. They look kinda hungry…

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The Freak

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 7 Comments

Every now and then, a freak pitcher pops up. And I’m not just talking about “The Freak” SF Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum! (Although he had an amazing relief appearance during game 1 of the World Series last night! GO GIANTS!) In the past, I’ve run into freaks such as this double hooded thing, or this other double hooded thing. I recently spotted this Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) x 'Royal Ruby'] (cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman) with a double fused pitcher. Rad stuff!

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x
[(leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) x 'Royal Ruby']
Double Pitcher

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Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster”

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 6 Comments

Hi everyone. Just wanted to update you with a few quick photos from a couple different clones of S. minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster.” This cross was a collaboration project between Jerry Addington, Mike Wang, and myself back in 2009. I describe it more in detail in this post. I really enjoy the little undulation in the pitcher lid while maintaining most of the minor var. okefenokeensis traits. I’ve already self pollinated this plant and so excited to see those seedlings emerge later this winter. Also have all these crazy notions in store for anthocyanin free breeding projects in the future. For now, enjoy a few of the photos from a couple different plants. And as always, THANK YOU Jerry and Mike!

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Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis x “Green Monster”

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Mouthy Offspring

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 2 Comments

Sarracenia flava "Widemouth" x (leucophylla "red" x minor okefenokeensis) Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” x
(leucophylla “Red” x minor var. okefenokeensis)

A cross I did back in 2009 that I germinated in 2010 now showing some “mouthy” character. The pod parent plant is a flava clone I got from Karen Oudean which she calls Sarracenia flava “Widemouth”. (Check out this prior post for a photo of S. flava “Widemouth” from earlier this year.) It has a larger that your average spout-for-a-mouth and I can kind of see some of that in the one seedling above. This was one of those “OMG, I almost forgot about this thing” discoveries I referenced earlier. I also wrote about one of the siblings here – but not even sure if that one I wrote about earlier was one of the survivors of the group. I kinda like this one. It looks to have a very slight bulge at the top of the pitcher. Only time will tell what it will really be like as it matures.

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Tagged breeding, Carnivorous Plant, flava, hybrid, leucophylla, minor, North American Pitcher Plant, okefenokeensis, Red, Sarracenia, widemouth

Update: Beauty from Complexity

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 2 Comments

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) x 'Royal Ruby']
Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman

Earlier this month, I wrote about this intriguing and complex creature that was a result of Dr. Travis H. Wymans breeding handiwork. Dr. Wyman did this cross back on 2008. Phil Faulisi did the pollen parent cross of S. (leucophylla “red” x minor var. okefenokeensis) x ‘Royal Ruby’. As a note for clarity, the leucophylla “red” that was used here is *not* S. ‘Dana’s Delight’ or S. ‘Diana’s Delight’ as some may have noted. It is a red form leucophylla that Phil created and has used in his own lines of Sarracenia breeding. I can’t help but to share another photo… I’m utterly mesmerized by this beauty. Man, that nectar roll is hawt.

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Tagged Carnivorous Plant, Faulisi, leucophylla, leucophylla "red", minor, minor giant, okefenokeensis, oreophila, Phil, Royal Ruby, Sarracenia, Travis, Wyman

Beauty from Complexity

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 3 Comments

Sarracenia (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) x 'Royal Ruby'] – Cross by Dr. Travis H. Wyman, 2008

Here’s a cross that Dr. Travis H. Wyman did back in 2008. The parentage has a few things going on: S. (leucophylla x oreophila) x [(leucophylla "red" x minor var. okefenokeensis) x 'Royal Ruby']. S. ‘Royal Ruby’ is a red moorei with leucophylla and flava in it’s parentage. The pitchers here recently opened not too long ago, and I suspect that the whiteish interior of the pitcher and nectar roll will be coloring up along with the rest of it. As far as full potential and true colors – at this time, who really knows? (Again, this year has been quite eventful for me.) I didn’t get to really see all that the spring pitchers could do earlier this year, but there’s always next season. Even though it comes from a complex background, I’m finding this clone full of promise and beauty.

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Coppery J’s Pink Windows

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 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”