- Breeder
- Sarracenia Northwest (Jeff Dallas / Jacob Farin) — open-pollinated seed-grown selection
- First described
- 2014
- Into cultivation
- 2005
- Type
- single clone named cultivar grower source
- Cultivar
- 'JuJu Lips'
A genetically distinctive Sarracenia Northwest open-pollinated seed-grown clone — the lip shape is so unusual Mike has not seen its match in "hundreds of thousands of plants." Named by Jacob Farin (SNW) in 2008 after Rob Co (sarraceniadude) shared photos of his 3-year-old seedling.
History
Rob Co (sarraceniadude) purchased the plant from Sarracenia Northwest on 2005-04-16 (3,519 days before his 2014-12-04 forum post). After 3 years of growing it (~2008), Rob shared photos with Jacob Farin, who emailed back on 2008-10-01 with the 'JuJu Lips' / 'Magic Lips' name suggestions. Rob adopted JuJu Lips.
Mike acquired a division from Rob "a year or two" before his 2014-12-03 introduction post (so ~2012-2013).
Jeff Dallas (SNW) confirmed the name was acceptable on 2014-12-07 ("JuJu Lips it is!") after briefly worrying it might be derogatory. Mike's post #9 entertainingly defends the name with two definitions of "JuJu Lips" as Hawaiian slang for juicy/plump lips.
By 2017, rmeyer had a division from Mike (post #11, 2017) reporting steady performance under less-than-ideal conditions.
Standout traits
- Unique, deep, pronounced lip — distinctive even among hundreds of thousands of leucophyllas
- Color develops over time (multi-year)
- Vigorous and tolerant of suboptimal conditions
Cultivation notes
- Outdoor NorCal; standard leucophylla cultivation.
- Patience required — the lip-color expression develops over multiple growing seasons.
Standout traits
- Genetically unique 'lip' shape — Mike (post #1, 2014): 'I've seen hundreds of thousands of plants, but never have I seen this bizarre looking lip on any other plant'
- Deep, pronounced lip; gets more color over time (Rob Co's flickr description quoted by Mike, post #6)
- Steady performer even under less-than-ideal conditions (rmeyer, post #11, 2017)
- Open-pollinated seed-grown — believed-pure species (Jacob Farin email 2008-10-01)
Cultivation
- Outdoor Northern California.
- Lip color development is a multi-year process — Rob Co's note "gets more color over time" implies young divisions may not show the full lip-color expression.
- Mike's plant came from Rob Co (sarraceniadude) "a year or two ago" relative to 2014 (so ~2012-2013 acquisition).
Photos (7)
Naming
'JuJu Lips' = Hawaiian slang for "juicy / large lips" (Mike's definitions, post #9, 2014). Coined by Jacob Farin (Sarracenia Northwest) on 2008-10-01 via email to sarraceniadude (Rob Co), who had purchased the plant on 2005-04-16 and shared photos with Jacob in 2008. Jacob also suggested 'Magic Lips' as alternative; Rob went with the first name. Formally accepted by Jeff Dallas (post #10, 2014-12-07): "JuJu Lips it is!"