S. flava, S. leucophylla, and S. x moorei Santa Rosa Co. FL
Oct 11, 2015 16:58:28 GMT -5
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Post by calen on Oct 11, 2015 16:58:28 GMT -5
Better late than never! Finally getting around to posting a few shots from my first trip of 2015 with DirtyDivisions back in May. This is a very large site in Santa Rosa Co. It goes on and on...and on and on. On May 7 we spent a few hours exploring a huge field that is merely one "corner" of this savanna complex. Lucky for us it had just been burned the previous winter and everything was looking neat as a pin. We were very happy to know that such a large site is being managed and should continue to persist for the foreseeable future. One interesting plant nerd historical side note is that the plant now known as S. x Adrian Slack was collected from this general area by Bob Hanrahan sometime in the '80s. As large as it still is, the fields used to be far more extensive and sadly the exact location where AS originated is now confirmed destroyed. This site is very hybridy with thousands of S. x moorei of unknown complexity. While "pure" flava rugelii were not that hard to find, "pure" leucos seemed much less common. Befitting the home turf of S. x Adrian Slack, the outstanding feature of this site is unquestionably the spectacular mooreis. Photos taken May 7 2015.
The site continues far back behind the treelines - we only explored a small percentage of it.
Happy Trey. The plants were relatively widely scattered and they hid well at a distance. We would wander towards an apparently empty area of the field to find it brimming with mooreis and leucos. Only the rugelii could be reliably spotted at a distance.
Not difficult to imagine that a plant like AS came from here:
Some moorei showed more leuco influence, others more flava influence. Complex back-crossing is probably involved in many of these clones:
Almost certainly back crossed to rugelii - how many more generations until you wouldn't know a lava had leuco in it?
Visited Sarracenia Dude's awesome collection back in June and saw a seedling that looked EXACTLY like this in one of his tables. No he hadn't been out in the bog with a shovel - it was a sibling to S. Legacy if I recall. Legacy is a select seedling of Leah Wilkerson x Adrian Slack and it was cool to see the complex moorei genetics turning out the same in cultivation as in the wild!
Endless incredible mooreis here:
And many beautiful flava rugelii:
As I mentioned, we saw surprisingly few plants that looked like "classic leuco" at this site. Many looked pretty suspect, but perhaps would be more identifiable with fall traps present.
There were many S. psittacina here that got zero photographic love (sorry S. psittacina!) but we also stumbled upon some P. planifolia in a depression. These are probably scattered here and there over the whole site, but we only spotted them once since they are kinda camouflaged with their brownish color.
Modelo was the bog beer of choice that day. As usual Trey got way too crazy with some of the pitchers. Jeez Trey!!!
The end.
The site continues far back behind the treelines - we only explored a small percentage of it.
Happy Trey. The plants were relatively widely scattered and they hid well at a distance. We would wander towards an apparently empty area of the field to find it brimming with mooreis and leucos. Only the rugelii could be reliably spotted at a distance.
Not difficult to imagine that a plant like AS came from here:
Some moorei showed more leuco influence, others more flava influence. Complex back-crossing is probably involved in many of these clones:
Almost certainly back crossed to rugelii - how many more generations until you wouldn't know a lava had leuco in it?
Visited Sarracenia Dude's awesome collection back in June and saw a seedling that looked EXACTLY like this in one of his tables. No he hadn't been out in the bog with a shovel - it was a sibling to S. Legacy if I recall. Legacy is a select seedling of Leah Wilkerson x Adrian Slack and it was cool to see the complex moorei genetics turning out the same in cultivation as in the wild!
Endless incredible mooreis here:
And many beautiful flava rugelii:
As I mentioned, we saw surprisingly few plants that looked like "classic leuco" at this site. Many looked pretty suspect, but perhaps would be more identifiable with fall traps present.
There were many S. psittacina here that got zero photographic love (sorry S. psittacina!) but we also stumbled upon some P. planifolia in a depression. These are probably scattered here and there over the whole site, but we only spotted them once since they are kinda camouflaged with their brownish color.
Modelo was the bog beer of choice that day. As usual Trey got way too crazy with some of the pitchers. Jeez Trey!!!
The end.