S. leucophylla 'Bright Red' Covington Co, AL
Sept 1, 2017 16:07:58 GMT -5
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Post by meizzwang on Sept 1, 2017 16:07:58 GMT -5
Alright Wilkerson's Red Rocket, you betta watch out cuz now you got some compatish (aka competition)! It took years upon years of growing out hundreds of plants to finally find this one gem (although I have found a few others that are even better than this! They'll be photo-documented in the future) that is at least a good match up to Wilkerson's Red Rocket. WRR has been the king of red leucos for a good decade or so, with very few other red leuco clones coming close to being as amazing, fast growing, and large-pitchered, but now we have something else that compares and perhaps is even better! Wilkerson's Red Rocket also has been a PITA due to its susceptibility to rot.
The key features that make this new clone pictured below stick out from the rest are:
1) very bright white top. Not alba-ish, but you don't have red pigments "watering down" or mixing with the white pigments...the white is crystal clear and beaming!
2) vigor: this plant grows with hybrid vigor, much like wilkerson's red rocket. It clumps up over time and forms nice specimens.
3) Bright Red color that stretches rather far down the petiole, even when the trap just opens!
4) Stout, firm pitchers.
I'm going to see if this clone is more disease resistant than Wilkerson's Red Rocket, and if so, this clone will likely take the crown. My only complaint about WRR is how rot prone it is...otherwise, it's jaw dropping, shapely, and beautifully red! The disease susceptibility is (at least in my outdoors grow environment) has really slowed down getting that plant into circulation. I grow thousands of leucophyllas, many are even side by side with WRR, and none of them are so sensitive to rot like WRR. A clone that stands the test of time will be one that is at least somewhat disease resistant and cultivation friendly. This plant has yet to reach "vegetative maturity."
S. leucophylla 'Bright Red' Covington Co, AL, photos taken 8/31/17:
there's multiple growth points, so I'll divide this plant during the winter,it would be nice to secure this clone in other collections in the near future
The key features that make this new clone pictured below stick out from the rest are:
1) very bright white top. Not alba-ish, but you don't have red pigments "watering down" or mixing with the white pigments...the white is crystal clear and beaming!
2) vigor: this plant grows with hybrid vigor, much like wilkerson's red rocket. It clumps up over time and forms nice specimens.
3) Bright Red color that stretches rather far down the petiole, even when the trap just opens!
4) Stout, firm pitchers.
I'm going to see if this clone is more disease resistant than Wilkerson's Red Rocket, and if so, this clone will likely take the crown. My only complaint about WRR is how rot prone it is...otherwise, it's jaw dropping, shapely, and beautifully red! The disease susceptibility is (at least in my outdoors grow environment) has really slowed down getting that plant into circulation. I grow thousands of leucophyllas, many are even side by side with WRR, and none of them are so sensitive to rot like WRR. A clone that stands the test of time will be one that is at least somewhat disease resistant and cultivation friendly. This plant has yet to reach "vegetative maturity."
S. leucophylla 'Bright Red' Covington Co, AL, photos taken 8/31/17:
there's multiple growth points, so I'll divide this plant during the winter,it would be nice to secure this clone in other collections in the near future