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Post by stevebooth on Aug 3, 2019 11:50:53 GMT
This is one of those rather annoying plants that only produce one or two pitchers a year, but they do start early and last all season at which point it gets a lot darker. It is a seed grown ((S. X ‘Red Sumatra’) x (purpurea x leucophylla)) X (purpurea venosa x ‘Adrian Slack’) although all siblings look similar, I do wonder about that. cheers steve |
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Post by dvg on Aug 4, 2019 13:50:32 GMT
Guess there were too many cooks in the kitchen for any sort of hybrid vigor to remain there, Steve. And wasn't aware there were any Sarra's that slow either. But she is a pretty one.  dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on Aug 4, 2019 15:12:49 GMT
I have three or four differing hybrids that I keep because they look nice, that exhibit the same frustrating habit, but I’m hoping that when crossed with something else the vigour will return.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by stevebooth on Aug 4, 2019 15:52:07 GMT
I don’t grow too many psittacina or its hybrids as the tend to be less hardy than most other Sarracenia outside in my conditions and are slow to get going early in the year typically only starting to produce pitchers in July. This is a seed grown cross IPX99 S. X exellens yellow flower x IPS32 psittacina Blackwater Rd Florida, which seems to go through winter OK and start producing pitchers earlier, which given the minor (which is also poor through winter and produces pitchers late outside) and psittacina content in it, surprised me. Attachments:
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Post by dvg on Aug 14, 2020 19:10:25 GMT
Steve, how is the clone in your first post here, growing for you this year? That one has a particularly pretty pitcher rim. Hopefully, it is putting out more growth for you this year.  Cheers, Doug dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on Aug 17, 2020 14:52:49 GMT
Hi Doug
It spent its first winter planted in a bog this year and has grown fairly well, it has four pitchers, coloured as above, but I fancy shorter than last year, more growth points coming so in theory, if it survives this winter we will have more next year.
The excellens x psittacina plants above, due to the leuco and psitt in them are just producing their bigger more colourful pitchers now, they always look nice but due to the late time in the season, they don't always get to mature properly and look their best outside.
The best psitt cross I have for year-round colour and weather resistance is 'Dixie Lace', the pitches stay good for two years or more and I love the intricate patterning.
Cheers
Steve
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Post by dvg on Aug 17, 2020 15:57:31 GMT
Hi Steve, that sounds promising. Best wishes to you for a mild winter, so these can show their true colors for you next year. Cheers, Doug dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on Mar 10, 2021 20:49:38 GMT
 Last of the ‘lookers’ in the greenhouse it is a S. ‘pink thing’ X alata black tube |
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Post by stevebooth on Mar 19, 2021 17:22:34 GMT
![]() Some of the outdoor bog plants can keep their looks too, through our winters, even unprotected. Whilst Psittacina aren’t particularly good on their own at keeping their pitchers in good order over winter, some of their hybrids such as ‘Dixie Lace’ and this psittacina giant x leucophylla Freeport, seed grown, can be beguiling all year round. This picture was taken today and whilst showing some damage after winter, I hope you agree for the time of year, is is a cheery smile inducing plant.  |
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Post by stevebooth on May 1, 2021 10:13:49 GMT
This is my very first flower of the year, in the greenhouse obviously, outside is held back by at least another 3 weeks, assuming the cold nights subside. it is a S. (Minor x purpurea ssp. purpurea) X leucophylla anthocyanin free, with its ‘minder’   |
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 16, 2021 19:44:27 GMT
 The first red tubed Sarracenia of the season has opened outside, it is a seed grown cross from Insektanfang seeds, and is labelled iPX33 X IPX01 ‘Brooks hybrid’ X ‘Brooks hybrid’. I shall have to investigate. |
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 30, 2021 16:58:45 GMT
The outside plants are beginning to show their true forms and are very vibrant at the moment, this is a bucket of ‘Glider’ X “Goldie” seed grown plants showing some variation and more ‘Glider’ than “Goldie”. I will wait a couple of years for them to develop more before having a sort out. Cheers Steve   |
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Post by stevebooth on Aug 22, 2021 11:52:13 GMT
This S. X moorei x moorei seems to have taken the free nectar give away to a new level, the drops extend fully a third of the way down the tube internally.  Cheers Steve |
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