Post by meizzwang on May 6, 2019 18:07:07 GMT -5
To preface this thread, here's a link to the cultivar description: www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v42n3p107_109.html#bob
Hailing from a population in Colquitt County, GA, this is probably the most sought after rugelii clone because of it's extraordinarily gigantic lid, gigantic traps, and well defined red throat. Bob sent Peter of California Carnivores tons of flava rugeliis in the 80's and 90's, and the biggest, fattest, most baddest flava rugeliis established on Bob's property were from Colquitt Co, GA (the extirpated defuniak springs, FL giants come in second place). I wouldn't be surprised if the giant Georgia native rugeliis that Bob originally dug up from the wild are the only ones left on this planet: his population doesn't resemble any of the rugelii populations that I'm familiar with from Colquitt Co, GA. What is now deemed unethical and illegal in most cases today was common practice decades ago.
S. flava var. rugelii 'Bob Hanrahan' hasn't yet performed well for me for the past 3 years, but that's not surprising when acclimating greenhouse grown plants to outdoor conditions. I acquired a large rhizome from CC's, and the first year I got it, the plant had a nice sized trap and decent sized rhizome. Second year, only small traps, followed by phyllodia in early summer. This year, after babying the plant and getting some really good growing momentum, it's finally producing the very first trap worth photographing, but I guess that doesn't say much...yet.
As many of us found out the hard way, so many flava rugelii clones in cultivation don't perform well year after year, at least under outdoor conditions where we have cooler nights and somewhat low humidity. I've seen S. 'Bob Hanrahan' produce gigantic traps during many different years at California Carnivores (greenhouse grown), this clone has been around since I was a teen! As an aside, a former co-owner of CAlifornia Carnivores, Marilee Maerts(not sure if that's spelled right), told a young Mike Wang (god I was probably in my late teens), as she was admiring the plant, that she was going to name that plant her son! S. flava 'Marilee's son?' Let's just say when it comes to the cultivar name, Damon and Peter had other plans, and the rest is hisotry.
Anyways, is S. flava var. rugelii 'Bob Hanrahan' a cultivar only under glass, or can we get this plant to produce enormous lids and traps under cooler outdoor conditions? I don't know, still too early to tell. What I do know is that compared to other flava rugeliis, this plant is slow growing, so it's definitely a genetic giant.
Well, it does have a very nice, well defined red throat, I can confirm that much! Photos taken 5/5/19:
Trap is just starting to crack open:
Hailing from a population in Colquitt County, GA, this is probably the most sought after rugelii clone because of it's extraordinarily gigantic lid, gigantic traps, and well defined red throat. Bob sent Peter of California Carnivores tons of flava rugeliis in the 80's and 90's, and the biggest, fattest, most baddest flava rugeliis established on Bob's property were from Colquitt Co, GA (the extirpated defuniak springs, FL giants come in second place). I wouldn't be surprised if the giant Georgia native rugeliis that Bob originally dug up from the wild are the only ones left on this planet: his population doesn't resemble any of the rugelii populations that I'm familiar with from Colquitt Co, GA. What is now deemed unethical and illegal in most cases today was common practice decades ago.
S. flava var. rugelii 'Bob Hanrahan' hasn't yet performed well for me for the past 3 years, but that's not surprising when acclimating greenhouse grown plants to outdoor conditions. I acquired a large rhizome from CC's, and the first year I got it, the plant had a nice sized trap and decent sized rhizome. Second year, only small traps, followed by phyllodia in early summer. This year, after babying the plant and getting some really good growing momentum, it's finally producing the very first trap worth photographing, but I guess that doesn't say much...yet.
As many of us found out the hard way, so many flava rugelii clones in cultivation don't perform well year after year, at least under outdoor conditions where we have cooler nights and somewhat low humidity. I've seen S. 'Bob Hanrahan' produce gigantic traps during many different years at California Carnivores (greenhouse grown), this clone has been around since I was a teen! As an aside, a former co-owner of CAlifornia Carnivores, Marilee Maerts(not sure if that's spelled right), told a young Mike Wang (god I was probably in my late teens), as she was admiring the plant, that she was going to name that plant her son! S. flava 'Marilee's son?' Let's just say when it comes to the cultivar name, Damon and Peter had other plans, and the rest is hisotry.
Anyways, is S. flava var. rugelii 'Bob Hanrahan' a cultivar only under glass, or can we get this plant to produce enormous lids and traps under cooler outdoor conditions? I don't know, still too early to tell. What I do know is that compared to other flava rugeliis, this plant is slow growing, so it's definitely a genetic giant.
Well, it does have a very nice, well defined red throat, I can confirm that much! Photos taken 5/5/19:
Trap is just starting to crack open: