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sarracenia x

Sarracenia x Elaine Wang (S. 'Adrian Slack' × 'Judith Hindle')

CA

Breeder
Mike Wang
First described
2012
Type
individual clone named but never registered

Origin

Mike's hybrid cross S. 'Adrian Slack' × 'Judith Hindle' — bred and grown out by Mike Wang. One specific seedling from a seed batch with "an incredible amount of variation" (Mike, post #6) was singled out early as exceptional. That individual is this entry; its named-clone title was assigned 2012-09-17 (post #18) after Mike's then-fiancée Elaine Wang.

History

  • 2012-05-06 — Mike posts first photos as S. x Adrian Slack x Judith Hindle with no clonal name. "Perhaps a few cultivars may spring out of this cross." Named-after-fiancée intent appears in the thread by 2012-09.
  • 2012-09-17 — Mike introduces the cultivar name S. x Elaine Wang (post #18). Notes the leucophylla-like summer phyllodia phase, then fall trap flush.
  • 2013-04-13 — first flowers; surprised by yellow (recessive), given both parents have red flowers.
  • 2015-05-18 — Mike teases an improved sibling, "S. x Ellie Wang" (post #81), which becomes the actual released plant.
  • 2021-12-22 — Mike explains the never-released decision: summer phyllodia phase + rot-proneness vs. Ellie Wang's superior trap-all- season + better refinement (post #97).
  • 2023-05 / 2023-11 — Mike admits "ever since my wife (Elaine Wang) found out about S. 'Ellie Wang,' she's been bent out of shape about this plant" (post #98). Mike floats the plan to "compost" the Elaine Wang name and reuse it on a different clone in the future. The conflict with Benny Wang (Mike's son's namesake hybrid) and Ellie Wang (Mike's daughter's namesake) creates a "have to be fair to all three family members" naming pressure.

Standout traits

  • Color contrast. Bright white lid with red veins (Adrian-Slack inheritance); pinkish-red body. Among Mike's most-color-contrasting hybrids.
  • Outdoor coloration. Mike (post #13, 2012-06-04): "what's great is it doesn't require a greenhouse to get those colors."
  • Yellow flowers. Both parents have red flowers but carry recessive yellow alleles; Elaine Wang is homozygous-recessive for yellow. Useful data point for breeders working in the AS × JH space.
  • Reasons for non-release. Documented honestly by Mike: summer phyllodia phase, sometimes-tricky fall trap induction, more rot-prone than Ellie Wang.

Cultivation notes

New divisions: medium vigor; established plants accelerate. Outdoor Northern California cultivation. Mike notes the plant survived the 2014 polar-vortex cold (compare another grower ([deleted user], post #54, lost their first clone in that event; second clone recovered).

Photos

Imported nine Mike-source photos spanning 2012-2023. See photos[]. Note: post #81's "first Ellie Wang teaser" image is included here for parentage context — Ellie Wang itself is a separate plant and would need its own entry.

Standout traits

  • Bright white lid with red veins (inherited from 'Adrian Slack')
  • Vibrant pinkish-red body — strong contrast with the white lid
  • Outdoor-coloration capable — does not require greenhouse
  • Yellow flowers (recessive, surprised Mike — both parents have red flowers but recessive yellow alleles)
  • Growth-pattern issue (the reason it was never released): leucophylla-like summer-phyllodia phase that suppresses summer traps; sometimes hard to coax fall traps; rot-prone vs. Ellie Wang

Cultivation

Vigor is "medium" for new divisions, accelerating once established (Mike, post #45, 2014-01-13: "By no means would I call this plant a slow grower, but it's not the fastest: somewhere in between Adrian Slack and Judith Hindle is pretty accurate"). Behavior shifts through the season: flava-like flush of spring traps → leucophylla-like summer phyllodia (very few summer traps) → fall trap flush. Mike's reason for not releasing (post #97, 2021-12-22): the summer-phyllodia phase plus rot-proneness.

Photos (9)

Elaine Wang first thread photo, 2012-05-06— Mike Wang
2012-06-03 — early first-year color— Mike Wang
Naming post — 2012-09-16, fall pitchers— Mike Wang
2013-08-23 fall traps— Mike Wang
2014-05-15— Mike Wang
2015-05 — strong spring color— Mike Wang
First teaser of S. x Ellie Wang (improved sibling), 2015-05-18 — INCLUDED for parentage context— Mike Wang
2023-05-22— Mike Wang
2023-11-14 — late-season durability— Mike Wang

Naming

Mike named this clone after his then-fiancée (later wife) Elaine Wang. Mike's 2012-09-17 update introduces the name (post #18); Mike's 2023-05 (post #98) and 2023-11 (post #99) reflect that the clone ended up not being registered or distributed because the later improved version, **S. x Ellie Wang**, supersedes it.