Flower Watch 2011

[Baylorguy]

Updated with pictures. Let's see some others. I know I am not the only one with flowers...


x2 Sarracenia alata Stone Co, MS

x1 Sarracenia 'Leah Wilkerson' (If you look you can also see pitchers coming up with the flowers)

x1 Sarracenia flava var. ornata Bay County, FL

x1 Sarracenia flava var. maxima Pender County, NC

x2 Sarracenia leucophylla 'Hurricane Creek White'

x3 Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora Apalachicola National Forest

I'll look to add pics this weekend!

 

[sarracenia]

I've already had a few come and go, in the greenhouse. The rest won't start until late May.
x2 Sarracenia 'Doreen's Colossus'
x1 S. 'Tapestry'
x1 S. (oreophila x x willisii) x open-pollinated (at 3 yrs old!)
x1 S. leucophylla x flava var. rubricorpora
x1 S. (oreophila x minor) x leucophylla

 

[mass]

must be nice.. we still have 2ft. of snow here.

 

[DavyJones]

I second that mass. I watch this stupid thread here every year from Cleveland, and I don't see any signs of life from my Sarracenia until May at the earliest.

 

[Bryophyta69]

I discovered another on the otherside this morning. Gotta Love the Greenhouse and the Early Spring...

 

[joossa]

I’ve got several buds poppin’ up all over the place. It’s nice that spring is right around the corner. Here are some of the better shots:

S. 'Tarnok':

S. flava var. ornata:

S. x catesbaei I got from FlytrapShop 2 years ago:

 

[Baylorguy]

Looks good Joel. That S. x catesbaei looks really vigorous. Am I counting 2 pitchers and flowers from one growth point?

Phil

 

[carnivoure12]

My first Sarracenia flower, S. x catesbaei

 

[joossa]

Looks good Joel. That S. x catesbaei looks really vigorous. Am I counting 2 pitchers and flowers from one growth point?

Phil

Yeah, that's correct. Although, it seems like the growth point is slowly dividing into two as the point itself seems to be getting more oblong since the two buds emerged. I am surprised to find that this one is so ahead of the game.... even ahead of most of the flavas and oreos when all of them were kept in the same conditions.

Where are everyone else's pictures!? Certainly, some of our more southern growers have buds/flowers.

Let us all cheer to a happy and productive growing season! (Unlike last year... )

 

[Adam]

I don't see any buds right yet on my stuff...

 

[Clue]

x2 alata (Taylor Co., TX)
x1 purp montana
x1 flava flava
x1 flava rubricorpora... finally.

EDIT:
x1 flava atropurpurea
x1 'Judith Hindle'

 

[Fred P]

You asked for southern growers Joel so here you go:
It’s been pretty cool in my area so everything is way behind last year but here are just a few of what’s to come when it finally warms up…

S. ‘Adrian Slack’

S. ‘Alucard’

S. “Orange Sunset”

S. “Umlauftiana”

S. ‘Royal Ruby’

S. ‘Leah Wilkerson’

S. ‘Leah Wilkerson’ x ‘Cobra Nest’ - First bloom since it germinated

S. ‘Schnell’s Ghost’

Antho free rubra gulfensis

Ahlesii Black

Leucophylla “Purple Lips”

Flava rubricorpora x ‘Leah Wilkerson’

S. “Snake Charmer”

S. ‘Cobra Nest’ - has 8 buds total

Alata Nigra Purpurea

D. Filiformis tracyi waking up

D. Filiformis var filiformis also starting to unfurl

 

[Baylorguy]

Wow, great pictures! Although I have to say I am surprised Texas is ahead of Southern CA. Usually we are a good 3-4 weeks behind. I already have 3 open flowers and I have tons of pitchers that are about a week from maturity.

Phil

 

[eou812]

I can't wait until i have some Sarracenia that are mature enough to flower/

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Nice ones Fred and my D. filiformis var. tracyi grow slower than the filiformis var. filiformis but they have bigger leaves way bigger leaves.

 

[DroseraBug]

Wow! Pretty plants Fred. Please keep posting the progress.

 

[joossa]

Excellent, Fred. Thanks for posting and do keep us updated!

 

[dashman]

Here's what I got showing a bud so far. It's still early in the season for me though so there may be a few more to add to the list.

S. Lemon
S. White Knight
S. Catesbaei
S. flava var rubricorpora
S. Leucophylla antho free
S. Leucophylla Tarnok
S. flava var rugelli
S. flava
S. minor x leucophylla hybrid (exact parentage unknown)
S. Wilkersons Red x open pollenated
S. rubra unknown (exact variety unknown)

Some crosses I am thinking of making...
S. White Knight x leucophylla antho free
S. flava var rugelli x (Wilkersons Red x OP)
S. (Wlkersons Red x OP) x S. Catesbaei
S. minor hybrid x (Wilkersons Red x OP) both of questionable lineage. LOL.
S. flava x flava rubricorpora
S. flava var rubricorpora x 'Schnells Ghost' ... (flowered last year)
S. Lemon x leucophylla antho free

 

[cp-connection]

Here's what I got showing a bud so far. It's still early in the season for me though so there may be a few more to add to the list.

S. Lemon
S. White Knight
S. flava
S. minor x leucophylla hybrid (exact parentage unknown)
S. Wilkersons Red x open pollenated
S. rubra unknown (exact variety unknown)

Is that the moorei white knight? And what's lemon like? Nice collection!

 

[Clue]

Update: Also am seeing 'Hummer's Hammerhead', purp hetrophylla, and alabamensis buds.

 

[limeslide]

So far only S. 'Ladies in Waiting' and S. rubra subsp. gulfensis, nothing special. :I


'Ladies in Waiting'