Whether you say S. rubra ssp. alabamensis, or S. alabamensis ssp. alabamensis, it is still a pretty nice plant in my humble opinion. Sure it’s not as showy as some of it’s other Sarracenia species siblings, but it’s still beautiful in it’s own way. Here’s Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis (…or S. rubra ssp. alabamensis) ICPS Location AL-02.
Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis – AL-02
Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. alabamensis – AL-02
Here’s some young green (anthocyanin free) plants! There’s still a lot of evolving to do, but so far, so good!
Sarracenia (rubra ssp. jonesii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
x “Green Monster”
This AF plant is the result of crossing one AF recessive plant with an anthocyanin free plant. This seedling is the only one that survived the multiple moves. Glad that it was the AF one that survived!
Sarracenia moorei AF
Sarracenia mitchelliana AF x “Green Monster”
Sarracenia venosa AF F2
Sarracenia courtii AF x purpurea ssp. venosa AF
Sarracenia ((purpurea heterophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii AF) x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. gulfensis AF)) x “Green Monster”
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…and here are a few AF recessive babies that should be fun to work with in future breeding projects!
Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”
Sarracenia “Green Monster” x rosea “Big Mama”
I think the little seedling that photo-bombed this photo may be S. “Green Monster” – F2. It’s possible that some of pollen from the pod parent may have gotten on the stigma. At this point, it certainly looks that way.
Sarracenia rosea “Big Mama” x venosa AF
Sarracenia ‘Doodle Bug’ OP Hybrid x “Green Monster”
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Tagged Anthocyanin, Big Mama, Courtii, Free, Green monster, heterophylla, jonesii, leucophylla "red", minor, mitchelliana, moorei, okefenokeensis, purpurea, recessive, rosea, rubra, Sarracenia
If you know me, you know I can’t get enough of the anthocyanin free plants! Here are a few up and coming green seedlings. Some are a result of breeding with anthocyanin free recessive plants (those plants with that hidden mutation that suppresses anthocyanin production) with other AF plants. Others are just a result of straight AF breeding lines. Fun stuff!
Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla) x leucophylla AF
The parentage of this plant consisted of one AF recessive plant, and one AF plant. One of the surviving seedlings from this cross turned out to be AF, while the other clearly exhibits the presence of anthocyanin.
Sarracenia (rubra ssp. jonesii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
x “Green Monster”
The parentage of this cross also consists of one AF recessive parent, and one pure AF plant. I’ve had a couple plants sprout from this batch, but this was the only survivor. I’m glad it turned out to be AF.
Sarracenia mitchelliana AF x “Green Monster”
This cross uses pure AF parentage – S. mitchelliana AF and S. “Green Monster” which is another anthocyanin free plant.
Sarracenia moorei, AF
S. leucophylla AF X S. flava ‘suspicion’
Both parents of this cross are AF resulting in AF progeny.
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Tagged anthocyanin free, Green monster, jonesii, leucophylla, minor, mitchelliana, moorei, okefenokeensis, purpurea, rubra, Sarracenia, Suspicion
![Sarracenia [(rubra x oreophila) x flava var. rugelii] x 'Adrian Slack'](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/8721269667_6332ddcf4d_z.jpg)
Sarracenia ((rubra x oreophila) x flava v. rugelii) x ‘Adrian Slack’
Select plant from a 2009 cross.
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Tagged Adrian Slack, Carnivorous Plant, flava, oreophila, Pitcher Plant, rubra, rugelii, Sarracenia
In the last post, it seems that the plant I have shows off anthocyanin free qualities – without any red coloring. I mean, it’s *supposed* to be AF, right? After all, Brooks Garcia did this cross with anthocyanin free plants: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF). A photo of a few of his S. “Bog Goblins” are below.
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Photo by Brooks Garcia
So here’s the weird thing: the plant I have *at initial glance* seems to be AF. New pitchers have no red markings whatsoever. As the pitchers age for me, it’s a different story. There seems to be a “leakage” of anthocyanin in this anthocyanin free plant. It could stem from a variety of reasons. Could it be my environmental conditions? Water? After all, I water my plants with tap. My tap water, thankfully is clean enough but it’s not as “pure” as I would like. My water runs anywhere from 50ppm-110ppm. The water company here adds chloromine (a chlorine/ammonia compound) to treat the water.
Here’s an interesting post on the International Carnivorous Plant Society Forums. In the thread, Phil Sheridan of Meadowview points out:
“Red blushing in floral or vegetative structures of anthocyanin-free plants is possible. A classic case was Don Schnell’s anthocyanin free Sarracenia jonesii which sometimes have a slight red hint in some leaf veins. Although all Sarracenia studied to date share the lesion in the same gene which blocks anthocyanin biosynthesis there is occasional “leakage” and anthocyanin may be produced in some plants. We don’t know why yet but perhaps enzyme activity is restored due to some factor and a small amount of pigment is produced.”
It could be that something or a combination of some things on my end triggers the enzyme activity that causes this “leak” in this particular clone. Or could it be that what we’re seeing is not really anthocyanin, but another pigment like betalain? (Ehhh maybe. Or maybe not. It is said that betalain occurs in other plant families, and probably not present in Sarracenia… who knows though.) For me, the red leakage has happened on very rare occasions and in a small quantities on other plants, like the AF S. jonesii mentioned above. Perhaps only two or three times that I can recall out of all the years I’ve been growing so far.
Anyway, check it out. These older pitchers exhibit some faint red coloration in the veins. Interesting stuff!
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF)
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF)
Sarracenia “Bog Goblin”
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla
x (leucophylla AF x rubra ssp. jonesii AF)
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Tagged antho free, bog goblin, Brooks Garcia, jonesii, leucophylla, mystery, Pitcher Plant, purpurea, rubra, Sarracenia
Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla)
x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis)
Cross by Jerry Addington
I recently had a bright find. As I was doing some clean up of some young plants recently, I came across something interesting hiding in the fray of last year’s burnt out foliage. The cross is Sarracenia (leucophylla x purpurea heterophylla) x (rubra ssp. jonseii AF x minor var. okefenokeensis) by Jerry Addington. There are 2 young plants in there.
As you probably already know, last year was not kind to the plants at all, and I didn’t get to see any of the real characteristics of the plants come about, so I couldn’t really tell what kind of things I had going on with the younger plants. I’m constantly finding surprises here and there… and I wonder what other things I’ll find as I still go through and trim the dead pitchers away.
The plant on the left still has one sort of decent yet fading pitcher left over from last year. The plant on the right has a new pitcher coming up that has a unique amount of pale cream/white that covers most of the pitcher. Interestingly enough, both parent plants have anthocyanin free recessive genes. I clipped the older pitcher that was all crispy and burnt, but the other burnt out pitcher on this pale plant from last year has a pitcher that looks like it stayed pale with a flush of red. I’m guessing that it will eventually get that red flush to the pitcher. For sure it’s something that I’ll be keeping a watch on.
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Tagged anthocyanin free, heterophylla, hybrid, jonesii, leucophylla, minor, okefenokeensis, rubra, Sarracenia
Hello there, here’s a few Sarracenia buds and blooms to brighten your day. Have an awesome weekend everyone!
Sarracenia Blooms
Sarracenia (purpurea heterophylla x rubra ssp. jonesii)
x (leucophylla x rubra ssp. gulfensis)
Anthocyanin Free Clone
Sarracenia flava “Big Mouth”
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Tarnok’
Sarracenia “Smurf”
Sarracenia ‘Jessica’
Sarracenia “Pink Eye”
Sarracenia “Lemon”
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava var. ornata – clone 1
Sarracenia leucophylla – Alabama Clone
Double buds!
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Tagged Alabama, anthocyanin free, Big Mouth, clone 1, Double Bloom, flava, flowers, gulfensis, heterophylla, Jessica, jonesii, Lemon, leucophylla, ornata, Pink Eye, purple lips, purpurea, rubra, Sarracenia, Smurf, Tarnok
