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sarracenia hybrids

Sarracenia 'Bud Wilkerson'

Walton Co, FL

Collector
Brooks Garcia
First described
2014
Type
single clone named from wild collection
Cultivar
'Bud Wilkerson'

A Brooks-Garcia-discovered natural hybrid from Bud Wilkerson's Northern Walton Co, FL property — appearance suggests S. moorei or complex moorei heritage. Throat color at maturity is intense enough to compare with S. flava 'Killer'.

History

Mike acquired a small division in mid-2014 (post #1) and posted it as the start of an "ongoing thread." 2015 follow-up (post #2) showed the plant established with a "hybridy" lid. sunbelle posted her own established Bud Wilkerson in 2015 (post #3) with characteristic vertical-color tubes in both spring + fall flushes.

Standout traits

  • moorei-suggesting lid morphology
  • 'Killer'-intensity red throat at maturity
  • Vertical color contrast on tubes
  • Vigorous spring + fall pitcher production

Cultivation notes

  • Outdoor; Mike's plant juvenile in 2014.
  • 1 year (mid-2014 → spring 2015) sufficient to establish from a small starter division.

Standout traits

  • Mike (post #1, 2014): apparent moorei or complex moorei hybrid — based on appearance, including the lid morphology
  • Outstanding throat — when mature, Mike compares the red throat intensity to S. flava 'Killer'. Raises Mike's wild-genetics question: 'how did these extreme red throats originate in the wild?'
  • Hybridy lid morphology (Mike, post #2, 2015)
  • Vigorous grower — sunbelle (post #3, 2015): 'producing colorful traps both in spring and fall'
  • Dark throat with color running vertically down the tube; strong contrast that enhances overall look (sunbelle, post #3, 2015)

Cultivation

Mike's clone was small when acquired in mid-2014 (post #1). 2015 established with hybridy lid (post #2). sunbelle's plant produced colorful traps in both spring + fall flushes — vigorous grower.

Mike's 2014 traps were 'still pretty small and nothing near what this plant will look like at full maturity.'

Photos (7)

Bud Wilkerson, just-acquired small plant, 2014-07-26— Mike Wang
Bud Wilkerson, 2014-07-26— Mike Wang
lid top — moorei-suggesting morphology, 2014-07-26— Mike Wang
bright red throat — 'Killer'-comparable, 2014-07-26— Mike Wang
Bud Wilkerson — established, 2015-04-28— Mike Wang
hybridy lid, 2015-04-28— Mike Wang
Bud Wilkerson, 2015-04-28— Mike Wang

Naming

Brooks Garcia named the clone after Bud Wilkerson, the property owner on whose Northern Walton Co land it was found.