S. flava 'anthocyanin free' Brunswick Co, NC
Jun 14, 2021 19:25:21 GMT -5
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Post by meizzwang on Jun 14, 2021 19:25:21 GMT -5
Here's a clone you don't see very often in the US, but it's starting to make its way into some peeps' collections, including MW's! Many of you immediately are thinking, how the EF do you know this is anthocyanin free and not just some sort of maxima? There are several tell tale ways to verify a real deal anthocyanin free clone of flava:
1) If you ever get any powdery mildew, a regular maxima will respond by having the tissue near the infection turn red. AF clones can't do that!
2) no red coloration in the rhizome or roots
3) no red coloration when the plants are physically damaged or stressed.
4) no "chameleon" red veins in the throat when under certain stresses (some maximas do that). also, no red veins on the body of the plant, ever! Again, some maximas have light veining on the exterior of the trap.
5) Zero red pigments in the petals, sepals, and all flower parts. Lots of maxima clones have red hidden underneath the petals, go check it out sometime!
Okay, now that you have the MW's half buttox'ed guide to ID'ing an AF flava, what's so special about these anthocyanin free clones?
1) they're impossibly rare: I mean I'm a grown @ss man collecting these plants for almost my entire life, and it took me until now to finally get ahold of one!
2) they can get GOLDIE yellow! For those of you not familiar with goldie: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/4537/goldie I'm actually now equallyexcited about AF flavas after realizing their yellow color potential
3) they haven't really been bred with due to their rarity, so it'll be interesting to see what happens when you cross them with all sorts of different things. I'm told AF genes in general tend to bring out deeper colors in the offspring, we'll see if that's true!
Anyways, here's the beautiful S. flava 'anthocyanin free' Brunswick Co, NC clone, pics taken 6/11/21. Look at how YELLOW this thing got! YAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!
Check out that tendril: coupled with the shape, it looks very North Carolina-ey to me:
1) If you ever get any powdery mildew, a regular maxima will respond by having the tissue near the infection turn red. AF clones can't do that!
2) no red coloration in the rhizome or roots
3) no red coloration when the plants are physically damaged or stressed.
4) no "chameleon" red veins in the throat when under certain stresses (some maximas do that). also, no red veins on the body of the plant, ever! Again, some maximas have light veining on the exterior of the trap.
5) Zero red pigments in the petals, sepals, and all flower parts. Lots of maxima clones have red hidden underneath the petals, go check it out sometime!
Okay, now that you have the MW's half buttox'ed guide to ID'ing an AF flava, what's so special about these anthocyanin free clones?
1) they're impossibly rare: I mean I'm a grown @ss man collecting these plants for almost my entire life, and it took me until now to finally get ahold of one!
2) they can get GOLDIE yellow! For those of you not familiar with goldie: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/4537/goldie I'm actually now equallyexcited about AF flavas after realizing their yellow color potential
3) they haven't really been bred with due to their rarity, so it'll be interesting to see what happens when you cross them with all sorts of different things. I'm told AF genes in general tend to bring out deeper colors in the offspring, we'll see if that's true!
Anyways, here's the beautiful S. flava 'anthocyanin free' Brunswick Co, NC clone, pics taken 6/11/21. Look at how YELLOW this thing got! YAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!
Check out that tendril: coupled with the shape, it looks very North Carolina-ey to me: