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
Purpurea Project with Jerry Addington
Back in Jun 2023, my good friend Kinjie Coe and I went to visit Jerry Addington. In this short video, Jerry talks a little about his S. purpurea project: crossing a veinless with a heterophylla – and then crossing those.
2024: First Bloom
A new year, new bloom and new possibilities. Some time ago, I crossed S. (courtii AF x “Green Monster”) with pollen from S. flava var. ornata lidless. Photo on left is from 03 Nov 2021. It has a combination of characteristics from both parents. The semi upright form one could expect from the combination. Worth noting are the veins patterns that are from S. flava var. ornata lidless. This … 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
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!
Big Green Ala
One AF (anthocyanin-free, or all green) line of breeding I’ve been having fun exploring is that of big AF green wing things. Or “ala” (a wing like part). I was inspired by the shape of Sarracenia rosea “Big Mama”. Below are a few shots of S. rosea “Big Mama” wings. The first photo on the left is from Oct 2012 (enjoying the warmth of the greenhouse) and the other … Read More
Curious Catesbaeis
A curious group of young S. catesbaeis are maturing and making their presence known in the seedling fray. I’m very excited to see these grow up, and I’m even more excited to work with them once they bloom. Not only do they look very promising, but they have something else going on under the surface. The parentage is S. purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana – Transylvania Co., NC #1 … Read More