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Seedlings: two very red S.x mitchelliana, and S.x harperi x flava 'Burgundy'. You can see the range of gentics in this last hybrid - some are very red, some heavily veined and a couple almost all green.
Three year old S.x moorei x leucophyllas. The pitchers look a bit like 'Leah Wilkinson' on one of them.
Alvin,
Interesting hybrid "S.x alata x flava 'Burgundy'". Most hybrids are noticeable as hybrids but this one has retained all (seemingly) of the S. flava characteristics without betraying it's S. alata parents.
On Tuesday, I visited Peter and Marilee at California Carnivores and saw a truly spectacular plant. I snapped a couple of photos that, unfortunately, do not do the plant justice. Here is
the S. moorei [S. flava x leucophylla] cultivar registered as
S. 'Adrian Slack' (B.Hanrahan & B.Meyers-Rice).
that's one of those i have been waiting years for, since seeing it on the cover of CPN a few years ago. probably never get one, but one can keep hoping.
That is very interesting indeed as I saw an 'Adrine Slack' at Bob Hanranhan's place and it looks nothing like Bob Z's photo. Mooreis can be a very fickled group of hybrids. They seem to change color from year to year. I have dozens and they are never consistant.
But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The plant photo you posted is also striking (& I don't usually like hybrids!).
My favorite VFT is 'fused tooth' specifically because you never know what the next leaf/trap is going to look like. They're all different - keeps you guessing!
I suspect that the color differences are related to pitcher age, time of the year, and light levels, if indeed they are identical clones (as they should be).
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