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Post by Alexis on Jul 21, 2007 14:38:39 GMT
6 four year old sisters of the cross harperi x flava 'Burgundy' which show the different results you get thanks to the effects of genetics:
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Post by RL7836 on Jul 21, 2007 17:03:03 GMT
Very cool & very interesting. A great demonstration of the advantages & the adventure of growing plants from seed...
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Post by Clint on Jul 21, 2007 18:19:59 GMT
All fabulous, but the last one on the top row is my fave!
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Post by trimen1000 on Jul 23, 2007 23:37:53 GMT
That is incredible. I have to say that the far left one on the top row is my favorite.
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Post by stevestewart on Jul 27, 2007 17:59:05 GMT
I have to agree with Clint! A couple of them would probably be easy to write up in cultivar descriptions, and have published. Then other growers could have a few more special plants to put on their wish/dream lists. The curved hood and great colors are very nice on the third plant top row! The red in the thoat of the first plant second row looks like a plus sign or a cross.
Take care, Steven Stewart
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Post by BarryRice on Aug 13, 2007 21:39:46 GMT
Very interesting spectrum.
I have noticed that there is a large degree of variation even when you hybridize within Sarracenia flava varieties. For example, I spent part of this weekend reviewing several now-mature plants that resulted from a single cross between two distinct S. flava var. ornata plants. The progeny, now flowering size and growing side by side, ranged in appearance from looking like classic S. flava var. ornata to deeply blushed, like S. flava var. rubricopora or even S. flava var. atropurpurea.
Cheers
Barry
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Post by Alexis on Aug 13, 2007 23:41:19 GMT
It's likely certain heavily veined plants have red tubed genes somewhere in their makeup and I remember a poster over at Terraforums grew a fantastic spectrum of flavas, all of which had come from a single seedpod.
On the other hand, some flava crosses end up very uniform and very unexciting!
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Post by Michael Catalani on Aug 14, 2007 2:05:49 GMT
The flava color forms (subspecies) are really interesting. S. flava seems to drop some of these color forms all along its range. In the wild, you can look at a stand that contains thousands of S. flava ssp rugelii. The pitchers of nearly every plant would look so identical that you would think they were all connected to the same rhizome. And then, out of the blue, will be a single ssp maxima or single ssp ornata. There is one wild color form in general that is interesting, especially since I havent seen it described anywhere. It grows in fields of S. flava ssp rugelii, but it's red spot has been reduced to something more of a watermark. This is a picture of the plant:
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Post by BarryRice on Aug 14, 2007 17:40:26 GMT
Michael,
Are you saying the grey patch under the lid is coloration? It looks almost like sooty mold. I'm trying to understand what you mean by this color morph.
B
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Post by Michael Catalani on Aug 14, 2007 17:50:09 GMT
Michael, Are you saying the grey patch under the lid is coloration? It looks almost like sooty mold. I'm trying to understand what you mean by this color morph. B Hey Barry, The color itself is like a very soft red/purple that's buried beneath layers of semi-transparent green. There is quite a bit of mold on this plant, especially in the nectar area of the column. This photo was shot in July, and by this time the top lid margins and column area are usually well coated in mold. Here's a zoomed shot of the throat area. You might be able to make out the color of the watermark area better.
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