VARIEGATED Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea!
Oct 19, 2020 11:35:33 GMT -5
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Post by meizzwang on Oct 19, 2020 11:35:33 GMT -5
A VARIEGATED S. purpurea ssp. purpurea! I'm pretty sure this is a very significant discovery: a more common mutation is to have white streaks on the leaves, but this one has yellow streaks!
Generally speaking, variegation is extremely rare in Sarracenia, and the odds of finding it are like the odds of winning the lottery: very slim! There are a few clones out there, but the rare anthocyanin free mutation seems to be more common than variegation!
This purpurea ssp. purpurea clone originated from seed, so the mutation happened during sexual reproduction. This is very different from a point mutation, which occurs asexually.
Just like the variegated minor var. okefenokeensis seedling I found earlier this year, this variegated purpurea ssp. purpurea isn't stable: not every leaf produced by the original seedling produces variegated leaves. However, just like the minor giant seedling, there appears to be a side shoot from the original mother plant that does have stable variegation! Every single leaf on one of the side shoots thus far has produced variegated leaves! It's important to mention that not every side shoot produces variegated leaves. Is this a coincidence, or do we see a pattern forming here? For more info, check out this thread: sarracenia.proboards.com/.../variegated-minor-var...
For all you "maxsea junkies" out there, this seedling was pumped to the minimum...err, rather, tha MAX! It was sown on 2/27/2020, so it's not even 8 months old yet!!! It's impossible to prove and hard to believe, but for those of you who have done it, you'll know I ain't BS'in! This is probably the fastest I've pumped a seedling! At this rate, I think it could reach flowering size in about 1.1 years, but I've since stopped pushing the plant (can't spend anymore time on this plant). The fastest I've ever seen Sarracenia reach maturity (from tissue culture starts) was at 6 months, but this was with state of the art equipment (at my old job). by maturity, I don't just mean flowering size, I mean plants with many large, mature sized traps!
To end this post, check out the last picture: only 2 leaves on the mother plant are variegated, the rest of the plant looks normal!
Pics taken 10/18/20:
Wouldn't it be cool if the whole dang thing turned yellow instead of having streaks?
The whole plant. Notice it mostly looks normal:
Generally speaking, variegation is extremely rare in Sarracenia, and the odds of finding it are like the odds of winning the lottery: very slim! There are a few clones out there, but the rare anthocyanin free mutation seems to be more common than variegation!
This purpurea ssp. purpurea clone originated from seed, so the mutation happened during sexual reproduction. This is very different from a point mutation, which occurs asexually.
Just like the variegated minor var. okefenokeensis seedling I found earlier this year, this variegated purpurea ssp. purpurea isn't stable: not every leaf produced by the original seedling produces variegated leaves. However, just like the minor giant seedling, there appears to be a side shoot from the original mother plant that does have stable variegation! Every single leaf on one of the side shoots thus far has produced variegated leaves! It's important to mention that not every side shoot produces variegated leaves. Is this a coincidence, or do we see a pattern forming here? For more info, check out this thread: sarracenia.proboards.com/.../variegated-minor-var...
For all you "maxsea junkies" out there, this seedling was pumped to the minimum...err, rather, tha MAX! It was sown on 2/27/2020, so it's not even 8 months old yet!!! It's impossible to prove and hard to believe, but for those of you who have done it, you'll know I ain't BS'in! This is probably the fastest I've pumped a seedling! At this rate, I think it could reach flowering size in about 1.1 years, but I've since stopped pushing the plant (can't spend anymore time on this plant). The fastest I've ever seen Sarracenia reach maturity (from tissue culture starts) was at 6 months, but this was with state of the art equipment (at my old job). by maturity, I don't just mean flowering size, I mean plants with many large, mature sized traps!
To end this post, check out the last picture: only 2 leaves on the mother plant are variegated, the rest of the plant looks normal!
Pics taken 10/18/20:
Wouldn't it be cool if the whole dang thing turned yellow instead of having streaks?
The whole plant. Notice it mostly looks normal: