S. leucophylla (Chuck Powell clone, 10/14/12))
Jun 6, 2012 0:40:45 GMT -5
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Post by meizzwang on Jun 6, 2012 0:40:45 GMT -5
Here's the very first Sarracenia I've ever had! I acquired it from a guy name Chuck Powell, who was well known in the local Bay Area CP Society as someone who had an amazing collection. I visited his house, and I remember him having cephalotus (which was very rare in collections at the time) and a TON of beautiful S. purpurea ssp. venosas-huge adult specimens. Oh, I wanted one of those soooooooo bad, but you guessed it...they weren't for sale-ARG!
Anyways, back to the story-when I first received the S. leucophylla clone, I remember it had a huge rhizome, and that during the fall it produced some amazing pitchers that first year. Unfortunately, it was growing on a sunny windowsill, even during the winter (I didn't know about winter dormancy requirements at that time, haha). The next grow season, almost the entire plant died, but somehow, I was able to salvage a side shoot. For the next few years, that tiny side shoot struggled to grow, but it eventually turned into a multiple-growth point plant. However, it hadn't been repotted, and was neglected for at least a decade. During that time, it rarely produced pitchers, and if it did, they went un-noticed!
Maybe 2-3 years ago, I found the original tag and a plant in a 6" pot with perhaps 10 growth points growing way out of the pot, so I groomed it up and placed it into fresh media. Within a grow season, it was back to full force! Today, it produces nice spring pitchers, and in the fall, it has a strong flush of these oval-shaped traps. I still find it very unique and attractive, even though it has been in the collection longer than any other clone!
I suppose there's a lot of sentimental value behind this plant, and fortunately, I've cloned the hell out of it. It was hidden in the collection for so many years because the tag was buried, so I had no idea what it was, and consequently, it has never been sent to any other collection-DOH!
Anyways, Here's some spring pitchers of S. leucophylla Chuck Powell clone:
check out the color on this trap-it even has a weird notch on the lip:
Anyways, back to the story-when I first received the S. leucophylla clone, I remember it had a huge rhizome, and that during the fall it produced some amazing pitchers that first year. Unfortunately, it was growing on a sunny windowsill, even during the winter (I didn't know about winter dormancy requirements at that time, haha). The next grow season, almost the entire plant died, but somehow, I was able to salvage a side shoot. For the next few years, that tiny side shoot struggled to grow, but it eventually turned into a multiple-growth point plant. However, it hadn't been repotted, and was neglected for at least a decade. During that time, it rarely produced pitchers, and if it did, they went un-noticed!
Maybe 2-3 years ago, I found the original tag and a plant in a 6" pot with perhaps 10 growth points growing way out of the pot, so I groomed it up and placed it into fresh media. Within a grow season, it was back to full force! Today, it produces nice spring pitchers, and in the fall, it has a strong flush of these oval-shaped traps. I still find it very unique and attractive, even though it has been in the collection longer than any other clone!
I suppose there's a lot of sentimental value behind this plant, and fortunately, I've cloned the hell out of it. It was hidden in the collection for so many years because the tag was buried, so I had no idea what it was, and consequently, it has never been sent to any other collection-DOH!
Anyways, Here's some spring pitchers of S. leucophylla Chuck Powell clone:
check out the color on this trap-it even has a weird notch on the lip:
Here are images of plant progress on 03/16/2023