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From Lost to Found

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Sarracenia Dude| 3 Comments

Back in late 2010, I received seeds from fellow Sarracenia enthusiast and breeder, James Soe Nuyn of Lost in the Landscape. Among the seeds that were sent to me were Sarracenia flava “Widemouth” x flava var. ornata “Black Veins”- Bulloch Co., GA and Sarracenia leucophylla “Burgundy” x flava var. maxima.

I started the seeds in 2011, however with all of the transition last year, I was afraid that I may of lost these babies. As I was sorting and cleaning the seedling tables, I’m glad that I was able to once again be re-united with them. Lost and now found!

In going back through archives and notes, I saw that James was going for a flava with attitude with the first cross: a wide mouth and strong black veins. In using flava var. maxima with the other cross, James was going for a moorei clone with “strong smeared coloring and without a lot of veining (or maybe even light-on-dark veining).” The plants are young but I can see that he’s on target with both of them. It will be fun watching these seedlings evolve. Thanks again, James!

Sarracenia flava "Widemouth" x flava var. ornata - Bulloch Co., GA
S. flava “Widemouth” x flava var. ornata “Black Veins”- Bulloch Co., GA
Cross by James Soe Nuyn 2010

Sarracenia leucophylla "Burgandy" x flava var. maxima S. leucophylla “Burgundy” x flava var. maxima
Cross by James Soe Nuyn, 2010

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Prodigious Progeny

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Sarracenia Dude| Leave a comment

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)

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’

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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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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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Flava Widemouth

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Sarracenia Dude| 13 Comments

Sarracenia flava "Widemouth" Sarracenia flava “Widemouth”

I love Sarracenias that are just a little different from the rest; those that are unusual or just are shaped a little differently. One form of S. flava that I really enjoy is one that I received from Karen Oudean. She called it S. flava “Widemouth”, and it’s got this gaping hole-for-a-mouth. The nectar roll is very prominent and has this wonderful dip to it. This is a characteristic that I hope to work into future breeding lines. HAWT. Thanks Karen for such a wonderful and amazing plant!

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Widemouth Hybrid

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Sarracenia Dude| Leave a comment

Back in 2009, I did a cross using a Sarracenia flava form, informally called flava “widemouth”, just cuz… it gots a big ol’ mouf! It’s nectar roll is pronounced more than a typical Sarracenia flava. The pollen parent was a Sarracenia leucophylla “red” x minor var. okeefenokeensis

So, flash forward to 2011, this is what one of the seedlings is looking like. Its mouth is somewhat pronounced and it has some of those little light window things (areoles) visible around the tube. It’s only 2 years old, but for this “kid”, I am really hoping that mouth stays pretty big as it grows up.

[Sarracenia flava "widemouth" x (leucophylla "red" x minor var. okeefenokeensis)]