- Breeder
- Jim Bockowski (original F1) + Phil Sheridan / Meadowview Biological Research Station (F2 distribution)
- First described
- 2012
- Type
- breeding line multi clone
Origin
The cultivation AF minor traces to a single Bockowski / Meadowview Biological breeding line, not a wild-collected pure-AF clone. Phil Sheridan's 2019 confirmation (post #25):
"The green S. minor got distributed as F2 seed from an F1 cross of green S. minor × S. minor Okee. Jim Bockowski did the original F1 cross utilizing the original green S. minor (since extirpated from its natural Georgia site) and we distributed the F2 seed to our British friends, and perhaps a few others."
The original wild green-minor parent is therefore lost from its GA habitat; cultivation-distributed AF minors are F2 segregants of green-minor × okefenokeensis. This explains the size variability: F2 segregation produces both small (~4-7" Mike's plants) and large (17"+ adaetz100's plants) phenotypes from the same seed lot.
History
- Pre-extirpation (date not stated): Bockowski makes F1 green- minor × okefenokeensis cross.
- Pre-2012: Meadowview distributes F2 seed to the UK and a few other growers.
- 2012-08-26 (Mike, post #1): seedling community pot; first forum documentation of Mike's plants.
- 2014-09: Mike posts maturing plants showing yellow color development.
- 2015-04-11 (post #15): tiny plants flowering on 4"-tall pitchers.
- 2017-08-14 (post #20): neon-yellow with age.
- 2019-08-10 (adaetz100, post #24): identifies AF minors as okee F2 segregants.
- 2019-08-11 (Sheridan, post #25): confirms the F1/F2 history with a public Meadowview statement.
- 2020-09-22 (adaetz100, post #28): documents anomalously large 17"+ traps in his plants.
- 2021-2022 annual updates with consistent yellow color and the "green patch below the lip" phenotype documented.
Standout traits
- Pure green / lemon-yellow AF expression.
- Vigorous — exceptionally so for an AF Sarracenia.
- Highly size-variable across F2 segregants — 4" to 17"+.
- Free-flowering even at small size.
- Tolerates undrained culture — no rot under multi-season observation.
Cultivation notes
For most growers: standard Sarracenia minor culture works. Voles target this clone preferentially (alongside other slow / rare plants).
For breeders: the F2 line is unstable for size — segregating size phenotypes are visible across the cultivation stock. Crossing a known okee-like AF F2 with a pure okee giant might produce larger AF offspring (adaetz100's 2020 plan).
Photos
40 photos: Mike's gallery from 2012-08 through 2021-12, plus contributions from adaetz100 (2019-2020) showing the large F2 phenotype.
Standout traits
- Pure-green / lemon-yellow anthocyanin-free pitchers — unusual 'glow' (kiwiearl, post #4, 2014)
- Vigorous AF — 'unheard of for an AF Sarracenia' (adaetz100, post #28, 2020); grows like a robust standard Sarracenia
- Highly variable size: 4-7" (10-18cm) for Mike's plants, up to 17"+ (43cm) for adaetz100's larger F2 segregants
- Neon yellow color intensifies with age (Mike, post #20, 2017)
- Mature plants flower freely — flower spikes on plants with 4"-tall traps (Mike, post #15, 2015)
- Common 'green patch below the lip' phenotype that also appears in other minor clones and in gulfensis (Mike, post #38, 2021)
- Tolerates undrained pots (adaetz100, post #26, 2020) — no rot in multi-season culture
Cultivation
- Robust for an AF Sarracenia — adaetz100 calls it "one of my most vigorous plants in the entire collection" (2020).
- Tolerates undrained pots without rot.
- Vole-prone (wireman, post #11, 2014) — voles preferentially target AF and slow-growing plants.
- Pure 100% peat is the suggested substrate (consistent with Mike's general advice for color expression).
- Crossable with var. okefenokeensis to potentially produce taller AF F1 hybrids — adaetz100 (post #26, 2020) plans this line: "A meter-tall all green minor would be wicked."
Photos (38)
Naming
"Anthocyanin free" / f. viridescens — the recessive AF phenotype. AF Sarracenias express only chlorophyll + carotenoid pigments, no anthocyanin reds.