Time to share more of my insane love of Sarracenia:
naturally occurring S. x moorei from Santa Rosa Co., FL (thanks Jay!) Sports a huge reddish-copper lid, and is one of my largest Sarrs.
'Leah Wilkerson' -- I have finally developed a strategy for reversing and eliminating Sarracenia crown rot. This plant was half-rotten at the beginning of spring, and is now surviving.
Trying to get some size back on the pitchers. The rhizome was only a few cm long after surgery.
'Judith Hindle,' 1 year old, directly from the tissue culture lab at ABG
oreo x flava rugelii
courtii x minor, a really cute, pinkish plant with great venation and fenestrations. As it grows, I'll think about registering it (open to names!) or possible using it to breed something better. Would really like to get leucophylla in there.
leucophylla, Baldwin Co., AL
leucophylla, Sumter Co., GA, not only one of the last two populations for this in my state, but also from a population that is currently down to ~6 individuals
Very open mouths and lids. I think they're some of the most beautiful of the leucos. My favorite feature is that the red-white mottling carries to the lips, which often doesn't happen to material from other locations. They've got more of a solid red or white thing going on.
flava rubicorpora, Liberty Co., FL
emerging 'Adrian Slack' pitcher
back shot... what a freakin' beautiful plant
'Hummer's Hammerhead'
'Dixie Lace'
think this is 'Bug Scoop'
purp venosa burkii, Baldwin Co., AL. This was AN EXTRA in my order from a private grower. What huge, ornately veined pitchers this gorgeous BEAST of a plant has!!!
S. "Barry," a primary hybrid of oreophila "Sand Mt." with a flava atropurpurea. Made by John Brittnacher, and used in the first Sarracenia Osmocote experiments in CPN.
gorgeous. Not many pitchers, but they're worth the wait.
alata 'Night' x flava rubricorpora, not quite colored
D. tracyii, looking an awful lot like something from a Tim Burton movie
shown in situ in my "sunken pit of doom." As you can see, I use Azolla to cool the pool surface. There are about 5000 tadpoles beneath it too, which I'm conscious of. They've now hatched and every other pitcher has a tiny treefrog sitting atop it in the evening. I love the frogs just as much as the plants!
Rudbeckia auriculata, down to 2 populations in Georgia. Very threatened.
flavas (var. maxima and var. flava) from Franis Marion NF, Berkeley Co., SC. There are some spectacular clones from this bunch.
Red Sumatra x OP
Red Sumatra x OP, definitely a keeper. Doesn't look like much now, but that shiny red lip is pretty eye-catching and will be useful in the future. I'm thinking perhaps some rubra got in here.
Same batch, third clone
another keeper from Red Sumatra x OP. The top of the pitcher and lid turn a chocolate color, like on S. minor. Plus fenestrations, plus great opening color. Can't wait to breed with it.
oreophila x minor.... love love love!! x harperi is among my favorite crosses, and I had no idea oreo x minor could also yield spectacular stuff!
purp venosa, Belle Fontaine, Mobile Co., AL
purp venosa--I'm really attracted to the shape and coloration of this little guy--a Dean Cook plant
flava var. rugelii, Tattnall Co., GA, a pretty rare location where we also get the southernmost purp venosas