Here’s another one with those hidden sleeper lidless genetics. (Hopefully.) A few years ago I did a pairing of S. ‘Chaos’ and S. flava – lidless giant. This was a mash-up of two plants with unique definitive characteristics: S. ‘Chaos’ with its ominous angular peristome combined with the strange but sophisticatedly simplified S. FLG. (FLG for Flava Lidless Giant). Parent photos are below for context. The above gallery features … Read More
S. “Sun Piercer”
A plant that has been catching my eye in recent season is a moorei that I’m calling S. “Sun Piercer” as a working name. I don’t remember exactly where the seed came from or who did the cross. The seed was received as S. leucophylla 30A x flava “Goldie” from a few years ago. It is turning out to be a rather nice moorei featuring golden undertones, an angular … Read More
Lidless Moorei: S. ‘Bris’ x flava lidless giant
More lidless-ness? Yes please. Here are some clips and photos of the lidless S. moorei seedlings, resulting from a primary cross of two lidless plants: S. leucophylla ‘Bris’ x flava “lidless giant”. The cross was done in 2021. Pollination in May, seed harvested in September, then germinated in December of that year. Out of the five seeds, three sprouted and two survived. This past season, seedlings grew outside for … Read More
Curious Catesbaei Encounters of the Lidless Kind
The seedlings are growing and it has been remarkable to witness the growth and evolution of these babies. It’s really exciting to see how these are shaping up. These are a few photos to document the growth and journey of a 2022 selfing of S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana x flava var. ornata – lidless. Here are some seedlings from the batch. (An update to this post…)
Lidless S. x Catesbaei
The evolution of an intangible concept into something tactile is fascinating. Sarracenia provide a wonderful canvas to observe the growth and advancement of something that may have started out in reverie. This is an update on one of those daydreams. I had this strange notion and in 2016 was able to take the first successful steps on this journey. I did a cross between S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. … Read More
Lidless Moorei: S. ‘Bris’ x flava “Lidless Giant”
Update to this. In May of 2021 I did a cross between two lidless plants – S. leucophylla ‘Bris’ x S. flava “lidless giant”. It’s a pretty interesting primary lidless cross. Seeds harvested in Sep of that year. Five seeds were harvested. Three germinated. Two survived. And I am sure glad those did. I had them growing outdoors this year. They’ve developed slowly but steadily. One is now showing … Read More
Seedling Spotlight: Lidless
Pitcher plants come in all sorts of colors and forms. They look pretty unique already … but those lidless ones? Oh, those lidless ones are on another level of strange and I like it! They are beautifully bizarre and appear heliamphora-esque. I enjoy the overall look of their simplified shapes. Back in 2019, I crossed S. flava var. rubricorpora – lidless and S. flava – lidless giant. That cross … Read More
2022: First Flower
The first flower of 2022 goes to an interesting plant that resulted from 2016 cross I did: S. purpurea montana x flava var. ornata – lidless. This is the first bloom from anything of this batch. For the winter season this, along with a few others plants, have been under lights which has helped push some growth along. Outdoors is a different story; plants out there are still dormant … Read More
Seedling Spotlight: Lidless Moorei
A very special seed recently germinated. It may not look like much now, but this is one that I’m pretty excited about. As some of you may know, I’m into strange and interesting looking plants. This recent sprout is no exception and is one that I’m really looking forward to watching develop. The parentage uses two lidless plants – S. leucophylla ‘Bris’ as the pod parent and the pollen … Read More
Catesbaeis
A sweet catesbaei cross I did back in 2016: Sarracenia purpurea montana x flava var. ornata – lidless. These babies resulting from this cross sport an upright pinched hood and some glorious veins. Fun stuff!
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