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Post by stevebooth on May 22, 2017 15:37:43 GMT
Well it's finally that time of year when the outside plants start their flowering period. This year the first are the S. flava although there are buds starting to open on oreophila, purpurea and their hybrids.   |
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Post by stevebooth on May 23, 2017 18:55:44 GMT
Now this one is a S. flava x maxima, it has seven petals but a normal five point style. That will confuse the pollinators. once again apologies for the poor quality picture.  Cheers Steve |
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Post by stevebooth on May 26, 2017 16:26:09 GMT
S. 'Maxima' x areolata freckled  |
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Post by stevebooth on May 26, 2017 16:52:55 GMT
S. "Manta Ray"   |
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Post by stevebooth on May 26, 2017 16:58:34 GMT
This is a bigger blousier flower S. leucophylla very large Baldwin Alabama x flava rubicorpora giant red.  This is a S.(leucophylla x purpurea) x flava the flava is obviously dominant  |
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Post by stevebooth on May 28, 2017 14:26:27 GMT
The purpurea and leucophylla are now beginning to flower, including this seed grown leucophylla Donald Schnell x purpura ssp. venosa, var. Burkeii, f. luteoa, the seed obtained from Christian Klein and this is the first time it has flowered for me. With that parentage I wasn't expecting the red tinge.  Cheers Steve |
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Post by stevebooth on May 29, 2017 8:22:54 GMT
The red tinge seems to intensify.  |
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Post by stevebooth on May 29, 2017 8:29:34 GMT
More or less all varieties of Sarracenia are now flowering, so we have almost the full gambit of colours from almost white, through the various yellows, oranges to the deep reds.  |
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 3, 2017 10:06:21 GMT
Well the leucophylla and purpurea and their hybrids inflorescences are following the flava and oreophila, with just the minors and rubra that are now in bud to come, I haven't made any crosses this year, but will save some seed and grow them next years to see what hybrids the pollinators have created. Shot this morning across some of the bogs.  Cheers Steve |
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 4, 2017 17:08:27 GMT
A particularly poor picture of another 6 petaled mutant flower having a normal five point style, taken with a mobile on the allotment.   |
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Post by stevebooth on Jul 21, 2017 18:45:11 GMT
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not here it isn't