- First described
- 2022
- Type
- population
Origin
Population from a large Brooks Co, Georgia private-property site, new to cultivation around 2022. Per forum member acalvin: same site is home to one of GA's largest S. flava var. rugelii populations, abundant S. × harperi, and is one of only a couple GA sites that still host Drosera tracyi.
Standout traits
- Population includes some of the thickest minor trap forms Mike has seen — high girth at modest height.
- Earliest minors in Mike's collection to open each spring (out of ~1000 different clones), suggesting genetic earliness rather than pure environment.
- johannsgarden suggested this earliness makes the population a promising parent for minor-based hybrids.
Cultivation notes
Vigorous in cultivation; multiple sub-clones at varying maturity in Mike's collection. As of 2022 not yet circulating widely — Mike is propagating divisions for distribution.
Standout traits
- New to cultivation circa 2022 — not yet in wide circulation.
- Some clones exhibit very thick, girth-heavy form despite modest height — among the thickest minors Mike has seen.
- Population is the *first* of ~1000 minor clones in Mike's collection to open each spring (e.g., May 2023).
- johannsgarden suggests the early-season trait makes this population a candidate for minor-based crosses.
Cultivation
Vigorous; produces traps earlier in the season than other minors in the collection. Multiple distinct sub-clones being grown out — one already flagged as exceptionally thick.
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Naming
Locality only. (Mike's running joke: 'Brooks Garcia Co, GA'.)