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
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
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